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  • Laptop Travel Checklist

    Mon, 06/29/2009 — Ray Stahl

    This is a laptop checklist of the things to bring with and to do before you leave on your next business trip.

    One-time Steps

    • Insurance - Who is responsible if the laptop is lost or stolen?

    • Security - there are number of steps you can take to both physically and electronically lock down your laptop from the bad guys. See my article on the 12 basic steps for laptop security.

  • 2BMobile Starts Corp Blog

    Thu, 04/23/2009 — Ray Stahl
    Today 2BMobile.com announces our new corporate blog is up and running. We will be publishing all of our latest news and topics of interest on our blog instead of the front page as we have done in the past. We decided to use a blog because want to have a more interactive conversations with you and look forward to having some great discussions in the coming weeks, You can reach by either selecting the Blog option on the menu to the right or by click here.

  • GMail Mobile WebApp or Mail Client?

    Thu, 04/09/2009 — Ray Stahl
    Gmail announce improvements made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser only. First, you'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching. And if the data network drops out on you, that Gmail won't. You'll still be able to open recently read messages and to compose over a flaky, or non-existent, network connection. All this is achieved with aggressive caching and by leveraging new browser technologies, like HTML 5 and Gears.

  • Best Mind Mapping Tools

    Mon, 03/30/2009 — Ray Stahl
    by Ray Stahl March 30, 2009 Knowledge workers output is information and we need to have the right tools to get the job done. I have been using two great products for years, Mindjet's Mind Manger Pro 6.0 and FreeMind 0.9 both have been useful in different situations. Mind Manger is just plain easy to use with Microsoft Office 2003/2007. FreeMind is great because it is free and Java-based so it runs on just about any operating system.

  • What is a Mobile-Knowledge Worker?

    Mon, 03/16/2009 — Ray Stahl

    Finally, these new industries differ from the traditional 'modern' industry in that they will employ predominantly knowledge workers rather than manual workers. - Peter Drucker in The Age of Discontinuity (1969)

  • Netbooks for Business?

    Thu, 03/05/2009 — Ray Stahl
    <br />I suggest taking a look at Berry Gerber's article over at Tom's Hardware.com in which he describes the netbook from ASUS ( Eee PC 1000HE) which has the capabilities and usability for business users. I believe that the combination of economic challenge in today's business environment with the technology trend of Software as a Service (SaaS) and better Internet connectivity means businesses must review the needs and balance the laptop cost per user to overall business IT cost.

  • Dell Mini 9 Netbook Going Fast!

    Tue, 02/24/2009 — Ray Stahl


    Dell's Mini 9 Netbook is being sold at rock bottom prices to make way for the new Dell Mini 10 which has a 10" screen a larger keyboard, and a 160GB hard drive making it much more competitive with the leaders Asus and MSI products. I have seen the Mini 9 with XP Home OS on Walmart's SamClub's website for $249 delivered and choice of color (a $30 adder from Dell).

  • Google Apps by 2BMobile

    Mon, 02/23/2009 — Ray Stahl

    Today 2BMobile LLC has begun the process of becoming a Google Apps Reseller. In our efforts to be a valuable resource and support for our mobile users we believe that Google Apps provides the kind of low cost and highly flexible set of services for our mobile users and knowledge workers that we serve.

  • Virtual Office Options for Mobile Workers

    Fri, 02/20/2009 — Ray Stahl

    In today's Web 2.0 world we have a lot of options for e-mail, collaboration tools, office suites, and other services to make mobile work easier. But what really works for people that are not always connected to the web. Can the online tools work well with your desktop products?

    Over the next several weeks I will be doing a series of articles that will highlight products that we think you should consider as part of of your mobile life.

    If you have suggested products that has worked for you please let me know.

  • Rules for Meeting Etiquette for Mobile Devices

    Fri, 02/13/2009 — Ray Stahl

    In todays connected, urgency addicted and multi-tasking world it is hard to hold a business meeting without laptops and smartphone being in them and being an issue for many people. Some executive are upset with having spent the money to bring everyone together for an important meeting to find that many people are there pyshical but only half the time mentally. The resulting frustration by the executive can be anything from dissapointemnt to a major impact to your career.