MP3 Players

The range of MP3 players is truly staggering. Its a full time job to keep pace with all the latest models.

Amongst the many tasks the BT shop site undertakes is keeping up with the ever changing world of MP3 players - a member of the shop staff claims its a full time job. Sites such as BT services can only do so much - remember they're written by volunteer enthusiasts who simply wan nothing more than to share their experiences. The job of compiling the top tens is not easy and if you see any glaring errors or omissions please please do let us know.

According to the MP3 Player Guide as well as the world best selling iPod the following models are top rate mp3 players.

• Creative - the Creative Zen MP3 Player is very popular and the latest Mozaic models have designs that will attract attention.
• Archos - the Archos Wifi Media Player boasts models of up to 160GB storage with a full 7" touch screen competes well with the iPod touch with its paultry 32GB

For those looking to get more MP3 tracks for their players try following the instructions here

use the following search query in google:

intitle:"index.of" (mp3|mp4|avi) enter.song.title.here -html -php -asp -jsp -cf -tones -mobile

you never know with a little bit of blooming luck you could end up with a whole bunch of free mp3 player tracks.

More Cheap Laptops for Mobile Computing

Mobile Broadband

The retailers ar enow offering free laptops when you take up their 12 and 18 month mobile broadband deals so armed with a dongle you should be able to browse the web and send / receive mail from almost anywhere.

Looking for a cheap laptop?

Use a price comparison site to search hundreds of online shops to find a cheap laptop. Check different models and compare prices of laptops and notebooks including the latest models of

• Acer Aspire
• asus eee pc
  
• macbook
• Toshiba laptops
  
• HP Pavilion
  
• Sony VAIO

Don't forget reconditioned laptops either - one would hope that they've been properly serviced and are possibly more likely to be Reliable Laptops. Reconditioned Laptop Bargains often offer upgrades to the basic new models and should be much cheaper.

Gifts from BT Shop - iPods

Gifts for all - the iPod is a suitable gift for anyone who enjoys music. Prices have dropped a lot recently and its possible to pick up a cheap ipod online.

The Bt Shop now has a full range of portable music players and mp3 players on offer so we offer some resources to help choose an iPod

The following guide at Ezine proved helpful in choosing the latest models of ipods including the recent release of second generation of the various iPod models.

When investigating the iPod range currently available remember that there are four types - all of which are ultra stylish and come in a crazy funky range of colours. Compare storage memory and calculate how much "bang for your buck" you will,

Pod Classic - the first of the players and still maintaining a place on the shelf with its awesome storage capacity. Remember it is surprising how much memory storage your music collection can take and for the extra money it may be worth investing in the 80GB or 120GB iPod Classic

New iPod Nano released in 2008 includes "Genius" which allows you to be a super star DJ by assembling playlists from your stored music.

Top of the heap has to be the iPod Touch which hasn't yet the storage capacity of the Classic but offers an amazing range of features so you can listen to music, watch videos, play games and access the internet from this well designed hand held player.

The BT shop has a selection of the latest Gen ipods

Laptop House-Keeping

Top tip from the BT Clean Team - take care of your laptop and it will take care of you.
As you can see following our post about the availability of laptops online there are a lot of reports that laptops aren't being maintained and kept clean.

Five reports here suggest that general housekeeping is straight forward and is easy to do:-

• Laptops
• Good Price Comparison Site
• savebuckets.co.uk Services
• All about Laptops
• Price comparison
• Laptops are replacing Desktop computers

There was a lot of support for this how to clean a laptop video
with all these bloggers agreeing that it is helpful to see how the chap in the video unplugs various lead and effortlessly stops the fans running in order to clean his laptop.

• Laptop I dream of
• The Best Laptop Prices
• How to buy a laptop?
• Bets Laptops
• Laptop
• Laptops

Others however are simply happy to let dust and dirt accumulate and the oly cleaning they expect to complete is a quick once over with a damp cloth.

• can't live without this.
• Deals on laptops
• Laptops
• Amazing Laptops
• Laptops
• Laptops and their uses
• Cheap Laptop

Whichever method you think you preferewe urge you to be open minded and give all these a go. Rememeber a laptop is only as clean as you make it.

Laptops and Wifi - Freedom

The selection of a new laptop proves to be tricky for most people especially students who need to consider getting the best value for money. Deciding on what specifications are needed is difficult - few students know what will be required of them during their course and decisions about the laptop they choose tends to be influenced by the anticipated days of leisure - watching dvds and gaming.

Invitations were sent out to the blogosphere and the following responses help narrow the choice - many suggestions were made from personal experience.

St John Strobel gave this laptop review and Sindrone offered suggestions where to get best prices using price comparison sites. BollyWood Celebrity agreed that using price comparison to buy a new laptop was a smart move and gave an example of how much saving there was between different online shops.

Study a buying guide like this "How to Choose a Laptop" is worthwhile offering features to look for such as which operating system suits what needs and encourages you to check if it is Wifi ready. Don't be distracted bu features you don't need is the clear message - better to have more hard drive and RAM than a laptop stuffed with useless software you'll never use.

BT Shop - Open for Business

It may surprise some people to learn that BT has an online shop in addition to its many telecommunication services websites. Some say how many websites should a company have and BT have raised the bar now offering a full shopping cart service for a variety of consumer electrical goods.

The range of laptops is comprehensive and they expect to be able to offer discounts and cheap laptops for students beginning the new academic year.

Once you have invested in a good quality laptop and worked out how to connect to wifi networks you immediately become vulnerable to the internet nasties that threaten your computer and the files saved on it.

BT have a range of security software available to help protect you computer including efficient firewall software to stop unwanted intrusions accessing your machine. In the unlikely event this fails - or more likely you innocently open an infected file then its antivirus software will detect and destroy the offending files keeping your system squeaky clean.

BT Health Check

It will only be a matter of time before the trusted BT brand will look to offer medical supplies for both professional and home use. Clever marketing could for example tempt new medical students with a bundle including laptop, mobile broadband and a quality littmann stethoscope. A home comfort and safety package could give a free blood pressure monitor to those buying new tvs and home entertainment packages as a reminder to look after their health.

The BT Shop offers an extensive range of electronic products for the home and businesses along with special offers and are guaranteed with the BT price promise - they even sell tvs

Online Health Records & Data Storage

How far the power of the internet has come. It only seems like yesterday when TV adverts like Broadband has Landed raised awareness of the increasing speeds and how that would enable more data to be shared and accessed faster. When that advert was run average UK broadband speeds still hovered in th Kb/s measurement - now any home user can perform a broadband speedtest and be pleasantly surprised with the results - average is around 5mb/s - remember the advertised max speeds are misleading and there are moves afoot to address this deception.

Reading this latest news about Intel's Health Guide it is clear that a new era in medical record keeping is upon us with Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health both offering medical file storage and backup for information about your health and a combination of mobile, broadband and bluetooth technologies is now making routine health measurements such as blood pressure readings something we can do ourselves - self management of health and send onto the web for experts to check.

Intel expects the Health Guide to be available from healthcare providers in the United States and the United Kingdom later this year or early next.

Mobile Broadband Fast Internet Access - Anywhere

Competing technologies for faster broad band away from fixed phone lines will hopefully see an improvements in speed and a reduction in price. Those with wifi are able to find free wireless hotspots or cheap wifi broadband zones however the new "must have" accessory for laptops and portable computers is a dongle.

Whilst the dimensions of Laptops and portable computers shrinks - see the remarkable asus eee pc - they have yet to rival the compact mobility of a mobile handset.

Broadband on the move is traditionally seen as wireless however the new breed of gadgets such as the iPhone are offering truly mobile broadband. BT are offering a sort of hybrid to give Total Broadband that's mobile

Mobile broadband using BT ToGo lets you keep in touch via email, instant messaging and browse the web and make calls when you're on manoevres.

Those who are unsure if mobile broadband is the right communication method for them should consider requesting a broadband speedtest to be conducted in the areas they are most likely to use the device.

A Job with BT - a job for life?

Time was when a Job with the Post Office working in the telephone exchange was like many other careers - it was a job for life if you wanted it to be.
Since the telephone exchange arm split away from the Post Office and became British Telecom leaving the PO as Royal Mail the same still held true - once you had a foot in the door you're there for the duration.

As the business areas that BT have embraced - UK Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile Broadband and extensive Data and File storage online the range of career opportunities has expanded to include a wide range high tech jobs - developers and programmers, backup software engineers to PC Support engineers as well as backroom boys filling accountancy jobs and clerical work.

BT still offer good employment security - and are keen to boost personal development and learning as part of the job. Sites such as IT Job Switch offer a specialist service for those looking to find jobs in the Information technology sector.

More good links for office and tecno jobs related on June J's Hints and Thingies Office Section

Home Computer Support

Home Computer Set-up

How little has changed since the early days of the home computer explosion. As if choosing the right laptop or pc wasn't difficult enough there was always the dread of finally extracting all the gubbins from the box. What goes where, where should this go and what the heck is this anyway?

Many of us have tried the type of tactic in this BT advert - wooing the IT chaps with offers of party fun and romance but all the while the objective is to get them to DIFY - Do It For You. After all these geeky guys thoroughly enjoy fiddling with loose slots and twiddling knobs and what else would they be doing of an evening anyway?



Now there needs to be no embarrassment in getting someone else to DIFY and there are plenty of companies that now offer a comprehensive home IT support service covering all your personal computing needs. They will set-up a new computer, connect to the internet, explain what wireless broadband is and discuss if it is right for you. If later you have problems they can offer pc help over the phone or arrange to visit should you need computer repair.

Choose your computer support package - either a monthly fee for ongoing help and advice or simply pay for each consulation of visit. For more information visit the BT IT Support website

PC Help - IT Support over the phone or in the home

Recent research suggests that home home computer users feel let down by the support available when they face problems with their equipment.

The report cobbled together by cheap broadband provider Tiscali claims that over half the common computer problems could be sorted with help over the phone but it takes a major player to offer a full home IT Support service to give PC help both over the phone or if appropriate arrange for an engineer to visit the customer at home for computer repair, install antivirus software and arrange a backup & online storage system for your valuable computer files.

Its not just computers that present us with headaches - with the fast moving technologies that surround us many people are struggling to keep up - Wireless Broadband, Digital Cameras and camcorders, webcams and even iPods can be deeply frustrating if they don't work straight from the box.

Welcome to my world - not quite a numpty but firmly believe that if whenever possible "Get Someone Else to do it"

Another vote of Confidence for BT Home IT Support

It is next to impossible to get by without a computer at home today. The PC and the Internet have revolutionized our lives having made a massive amount of information and services accessible to us from the comfort of our homes. Regardless of the many technological advances that have allowed us to own super fast computers and high-bandwidth Internet connections for cheap, setting up and maintaining a computer and network system at home is still a huge hassle for the average person.

Some IT home providers realize this and make it their business to help their customers cope with running a computer system. UK’s BT is one such company. They offer an incredible IT support service for those who subscribe to their network. Technical support is accessible via telephone or home visits. Yes, a BT engineer will come to your home and help you set up your computer including tasks such as installing a new Operating System, setting up a new printer or removing spyware from your PC; if you are getting lots of pop-ups when surfing the World Wide Web then chances are that your computer is infected with spyware and BT’s home IT support engineers can help you get rid of them.

The service is not free but BT customers get their money’s worth for the peace of mind that the company offers. In fact, the computer repair service alone is worth the monthly fee. The home IT service certainly makes BT stand out compared to other communication service providers.

Computer Help in the Home

The first desktop Computer that we purchased years ago when both of our children were young. It was right in back of where I am sitting now (with my Asus Eee PC) at a desk in a part of the house where we could monitor what they were viewing on the internet. With four of us using one computer, and the children using it to play games, download software - thank heavens for a super fast broadband internet connection, and more, things would not work properly at times, and we'd find ourselves in need of home IT support, because we didn't know what we were doing. We would call the manufacturer of our computer - Dell - who eventually answered the phone (three hours of folky fiddles and rapperty tapperty irish drums whilst on hold being our household record), and depending upon who answered the phone we would get help, or more often than not end up in more of a mess than we started out with.

I checked out a computer repair site today that helps people with just the kind of problem I am talking about, they have skilled people ready to answer your questions, and even give you tips on how to do better with your computer. In fact, they help with more than just computers, but other electronics as well - webcams, iPods even footspas if you ask nicely. Stop by and visit BT Home It Support Centre - they could be classed as the Land Rover of the IT support World - A true British Workhorse

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