| After many years of faithful service, I | | | | first time round, I thought I would follow |
| recently realised that it was time to trade | | | | the instructions to the word, rather than |
| in my trusty old mobile phone. Despite the | | | | just delving in as I normally do! To my |
| jeers from my friends, I had held on to my | | | | surprise, after following the steps in the |
| chunky old phone well after my phone company | | | | Quick Set-up Guide, it actually worked! it |
| had offered me a free upgrade. It had always | | | | was really that easy, my phone was connected |
| performed reliably and more importantly, I | | | | to my computer and it worked. I made a few |
| knew exactly where I stood when it came to | | | | setting changes (as mentioned in the |
| use it. | | | | instructions) on the mobile phone software |
| | | | and within moments I had transferred all of |
| As you may have guessed, I like my gadgets | | | | my telephone numbers and addresses into my |
| and was fairly excited about the prospect of | | | | phone! The great thing here is that now I can |
| getting a new phone, especially with the | | | | update any new person and telephone number to |
| incredible host of features now available on | | | | my phone and my computer at the same time, |
| the latest phones. After much research, I | | | | all I need to do is connect the phone to the |
| settled on the Sony Ericsson K750i with its | | | | computer and one button automatically updates |
| colour screen, digital camera (with panoramic | | | | my computer with information on my phone or |
| feature), video capture, bluetooth | | | | vice versa. |
| connectivity, access to the internet, MP3 | | | | |
| Player and FM Radio. It also allows use of a | | | | I then got even more adventurous and thought |
| separate memory card up to 1Gb so I can store | | | | I would try and get some music onto the |
| loads of photos, songs and video. It made | | | | phone. I have never used MP3's before, but |
| phone calls too! | | | | heard loads about it and following the |
| | | | instructions, within 5 minutes I had music on |
| After receiving the phone I started to look | | | | my phone! It even sound good. Using the |
| into the daunting prospect of learning how to | | | | camera is great too, easy and useful at |
| use the thing. The first task I had to tackle | | | | times, not having to carry a separate digital |
| was getting all my phone numbers onto the | | | | camera for snaps. |
| phone. After consulting the manual, I found | | | | |
| that it was possible to copy my address book | | | | I thing that amazed me was how |
| directly from Microsoft Outlook on my | | | | straightforward everything was, I had avoided |
| computer over to the phone, saving me from | | | | changing the phone mainly because I did not |
| having to manually key in all of my phone | | | | fancy the hassle, but it was actually easier |
| numbers. This would save me a lot of time, as | | | | to set up then my old phone which was so |
| long as I could get it to work! | | | | basic in comparison. Within an hour I had |
| | | | charged the battery, added my lengthy |
| All I needed to do was install the phone's | | | | contacts list and appointments onto the |
| software onto my computer from the supplied | | | | phone's calendar as well as recorded a few |
| CD-ROM and connect the phone to my computer | | | | songs. Brilliant! |
| using the supplied data cable. I also had the | | | | |
| option of connecting my phone to my computer | | | | Now all I need to do is expand the memory |
| wirelessly using the Bluetooth facility to | | | | capacity of the phone as the few songs I have |
| connect to my computer, this sounded very | | | | put onto the phone have already used most of |
| interesting, but meant I would have to get a | | | | the memory that comes free with the phone. |
| USB Bluetooth Dongle for my computer, so I | | | | Apparently, I just need to buy a Memory Stick |
| decided to leave that for later. | | | | and slot it into the phone then enjoy, will |
| | | | try it soon. |
| As these things have a habit of not working | | | | |