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I have a pretty nifty Nokia 6101b cell that snaps covert pics down at the mall, does ambush
video clips of the neighbor's late-night pool parties, picks up FM broadcasts and probably
lots of other neat-o stuff as well, but, nonetheless, I still harbor several deep-seated fears of
owning a cell phone.
1. I will lose (not loose) my cell, or it will be drowned or accidentally damaged
to the extent that my extensive and oh-so-important personal phone list will be
gone forever or even longer, whichever comes first!
2. Someday I will switch to a new phone with a different technology whereby I
cannot move my contacts from my old model to the new phone via IR transfer,
and will be forced to do a onesy-twosy number-by-number manual entry of my
list that will take at least two weeks!
3. The long-threatened & dreaded "cell phone directory" will become a reality.
So I'm looking for a neat-o solution to resolve 1 & 2, but I will have to rely on the integrity and
public-mindedness of the FCC and those big cellular companies keep my cell number out a
massive cell phone directory that is accessible to half of the six billion humans on the planet.
Here are two hi-tech companies with simple, portable cellular phone book backup solutions,
either of which might possibly allay my fears:
CellStik www.sparktech.com "a fast, simple solution that protects users from the ordeal of
losing (not loosing) a cellphone and every name and number on it."
Back-Up Pal www.backup-pal.com "for the 99% of cellular phone users who don't currently
backup their cellular phone books."
I'm sure there must be others.
video clips of the neighbor's late-night pool parties, picks up FM broadcasts and probably
lots of other neat-o stuff as well, but, nonetheless, I still harbor several deep-seated fears of
owning a cell phone.
1. I will lose (not loose) my cell, or it will be drowned or accidentally damaged
to the extent that my extensive and oh-so-important personal phone list will be
gone forever or even longer, whichever comes first!
2. Someday I will switch to a new phone with a different technology whereby I
cannot move my contacts from my old model to the new phone via IR transfer,
and will be forced to do a onesy-twosy number-by-number manual entry of my
list that will take at least two weeks!
3. The long-threatened & dreaded "cell phone directory" will become a reality.
So I'm looking for a neat-o solution to resolve 1 & 2, but I will have to rely on the integrity and
public-mindedness of the FCC and those big cellular companies keep my cell number out a
massive cell phone directory that is accessible to half of the six billion humans on the planet.
Here are two hi-tech companies with simple, portable cellular phone book backup solutions,
either of which might possibly allay my fears:
CellStik www.sparktech.com "a fast, simple solution that protects users from the ordeal of
losing (not loosing) a cellphone and every name and number on it."
Back-Up Pal www.backup-pal.com "for the 99% of cellular phone users who don't currently
backup their cellular phone books."
I'm sure there must be others.