I admit it. I one of those obsessed techno geeks you hate. I can't get my hands on enough toys. I need the next toy to hook up and love finding ways to do things.
So why am I bringing up a 3 or 4 year old phone? I guess I'm slow. Here's the deal, 2 years ago, you could answer your email in an hour or two. You could let an auto responder start your drip email, and the consumer would be happy. Not so any more. Consumers count the minutes until you respond. I'm 51, I can't text worth beans. I needed a keyboard to communicate in the manner my clients have shown me to reach them.
Bought this phone on Ebay (from a respected seller) for $180. I'll upgrade in January with Verizon's "New every two" plan. I have paid the $50 to have unlimited broadband on this phone. I'm lucky to have Small Business Server and it syncs my entire Outlook every few minutes. Emails, calendar, contacts. Full sync up and down. I can respond to an email enquiry in minutes. I can text anyone, my appointments are current in 3 places (phone, desktop, server).
Life's great, mobile, and Idon't worry about how fast I get to a computer. My email is always fully branded (from my server), and my clients get my greg.fox@rwwichita.comemail on everything. One last side benefit, I can send out hundreds of emails from my own server......
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