Happy New Year!<\/p>\n
I’m a big believer in NOT<\/em> upgrading your computer hardware, cell phone, etc. every<\/em> year. Such a practice is bad for the environment<\/a> (creating a ridiculous amount of e-waste<\/a>), the upgrade is not always an improvement over previous tech, and not everyone can afford the latest and greatest technology. <\/p>\n My latest web page representing this philosophy:<\/p>\n Using a Cell Phone or Feature Phone as a Smart Phone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Though it may be hard for those of you have smart phones to believe, not everyone has a smart phone<\/strong>. Millions of people simply cannot afford a smart phone. Some of them use a simple cell phone, with very limited capabilities: the ability to make and receive phone calls and text messages. Some people have something that’s more than a cell phone but less than a smart phone: they have a feature phone<\/em>, which has some web browsing capabilities.<\/p>\n Can you use a simple cell phone or a feature phone as a smart phone? Yes! There are several free online tools that can help you use whatever phone you have interact with various Internet tools, and I’ve tried to outline them on this page. Additional suggestions are always welcomed (as are first-hand accounts by cell phone and feature phone users).<\/p>\n I hope to update my page on Resources For Users of Older Computers<\/a> in 2012 as well. This has, at times, been one of the most popular pages on my web site<\/a>, along with my page on using an iBook still running OS9<\/a> (yup – you can still use such).<\/p>\n On a bit of a related note, I also spent the holidays researching and creating a page for people that travel, regarding Using the Internet to Share Your Adventure During<\/em> Your Adventure<\/a>. It has advice on blogging, photo-sharing, tweeting, etc. while you are traveling. It’s part of a growing section of my web site on advice for women travelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n