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Smartwatch: Technology of the Future or Fad of the Present?
Nov 07, 2018
Wi-Fi enabled smartwatches are a popular accessory today, but will they replace the smartphone? How smartwatches impact the cellular world. For now, your smartwatch is only as good as the phone it is paired with. With the rise of the smartphone, wrist watches have become little more than fashion statements, if they are worn at all. Ask someone for the time today and they are more likely to check their phone than their wrist. Smartwatches may revitalize interest in wrist watches. Capable of operating independently or in combination with smartphone apps, a smartwatch allows the wearer to track personal activity,...
How winter weather hampers your connectivity.
Nov 06, 2018
Weather affects Wi-Fi & Mi-Fi: Fact or Fiction? Frequent internet users often complain of slower Mi-Fi and Wi-Fi speeds during bad weather. Find out if there is something to these claims or if it is just in our minds. Does Bad Weather Affect Wireless Signal? It is winter. A major blizzard has set in, and the wind's howling outside your door as the temperature drops. You're not going outside in that maelstrom, so you curl up with a hot coffee and your laptop, only to discover your internet speed or cell phone connection is moving at glacial rates. What gives?...
Ensuring Worksite Safety With Reliable Communications
Nov 05, 2018
Learn how you can bolster worksite communications and eliminate cellular dead zones on your worksite. Worksite communications is key to ensuring safety. The most important factor related to worksite safety isn't equipment failures or lack of employee training - it is communication. A study by the Federal Aviation Administration reports only 30 percent of verbal communication is understood by both parties in the conversation, with most people only remembering the first and last things they are told. Miscommunication is a very human failing, and one that only gets worse when dealing with unreliable wireless worksite communications. Construction, logging, mining, and...
Does using code #3370# really help boost your cell phone signal?
Nov 02, 2018
DIY Signal Boosting Series - Secret Phone Code #3370# Some DIY cell phone signal booster tricks can provide some minor improvements, but as we see with secret codes, they are not legitimate cell phone signal solutions. Getting in on the secret: Smartphone codes not all they are cracked up to be. An email entitled "Five Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do" has been making the rounds for some time now, forwarded on by well-meaning friends and family. The email makes several claims, ranging from the misunderstood to the outright goofy, including suggesting you can use secret phone...
Do Smartphone Manufacturers Purposely Slow Down Your Old Phone?
Nov 01, 2018
Cell Phone Speed Conspiracy: Is your software upgrade a ploy to slow down your phone? Many smartphone users complain about new phone upgrades slowing down their phone. Does your phone company purposely slow down phones? Mobile service providers or carriers are certainly not going to do this. But is this a conspiracy by phone manufacturers and distributors to drive sales - or something else? New upgrades and old phones don’t always mix due to lack of storage. Here's one of many alleged claims: "With the newest phone coming out, my old phone suddenly started slowing down. You know what this...






