Here's the situation. You're walking through a store and there stands an old friend you haven't seen in years. You're right in the middle of catching up, when your cell phone rings and you've got to go pick up one of the kids. Your friend says, "It's OK. Get going. I'll call you later. What's your number?" You rattle it off, but then you realize that nobody is going to remember the number all the way home. Neither one of you has anything to write on. Now, what?
It's no problem, because you reach in your pocket and pull out a personal calling card. It's got your name, address, phone number and perhaps a favorite quote or hobby. Your friend does likewise. Now you've got contact information for phone calls, holiday cards, and whatever. It's so easy, so valuable, and so inexpensive.
Time was, a few hundred years ago, that calling cards were all the rage. At that time they were also known as visiting cards. When you dropped by someone's home unexpectedly, you handed whomever opened the door a small card announcing who you were. It was considered proper etiquette at the time for those in the upper classes.
Today, calling cards have been largely replaced by business cards that serve the same purpose. In addition to introductions, they are also valuable in business networking and having your customer's or vendor's contact information available at a glance. Business cards have become standardized in size and format. So much so, that you can even create your own and print them out on perforated card stock or get free business cards online.
But, not everyone is in business. There's the rub. You would like a way to share your personal contact information, but not pay a fortune for some special engraved and haughty visiting card. You're in luck. There's a way to get free calling cards, too. Just don't call them that. Call them business cards, but leave out the business part. Voila! Calling cards!
Go ahead, give it a try. Vista Print offers free business cards with over 42 different color backgrounds. Not just corporate themes, either. There are trees, flowers, artistic designs, American flags. Lots more. Browse the designs, pick the template you like best and enter the text you want on your card. There are blanks for Company Name and Message. If you type in a space instead of a company name, that line will be blank. Or use it for something else, like a personal motto or nickname. When you like what you've entered, go on to finalize the cards and have them printed.
You'll be sent 250 calling cards (business cards sans the business part) printed on heavy card stock with smooth edges. These are better than what you can make on an inkjet printer because the printing won't run when it gets wet. They look both professionally made and very personal. You do have to pay a few dollars for shipping and processing, but the basic cards themselves are free. If you want, you can add upgrades for glossy finish, foil accents and hundreds more designs. But that's up to you. Get free business cards online.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
A Pink Walkman Phone For Mom
Mother's Day is fast approaching. What will you be giving dear mom this year? Chocolate? Flowers? Card? How about something that will really make you stand out in her mind as an appreciative son, daughter or hubby? Forget the usual. Get her the unusual. Imagine mom's delight when she opens her brand new pink Walkman cell phone.
Stunning notion, isn't it? It's a stunning phone. This is the new Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman Pink for AT&T. It's a cell phone, a music player, an FM radio, a high resolution digital camera and a camcorder, all wrapped up in a beautiful pink case. Sony calls it "metro pink." Mom will call it beautiful.
Sure, there are other pink cell phones. But this one is like no other. This beauty is first and foremost a fantastic cell phone in a slider package only a half-inch thick. Closed, it looks like a music player. It's that too. But slide down the keyboard and you are ready to make calls on the AT&T wireless network. Yes, it supports a Bluetooth cellular headset. But you'll only want that when you are too occupied to hold up this gorgeous pink mobile for all to see... and envy. Battery life is outstanding. You get up to 540 minutes or 9 hours of talk time and 370 hours or over two weeks on standby. Many very basic cell phones can't measure up to these specs.
Now let's look at the music side of the W580i Walkman Pink. Close the phone again and all you see are the large high resolution color display and buttons used to control your music. Load your tunes into your Walkman and you've got music on the go. A stereo headset is included, along with a USB cable for downloading from your computer. If you have way too many tunes, buy a Memory Stick Micro (M2) expandable memory card and add more songs to your phone.
The built-in music player will play MP3 and AAC format music selections. That big color screen shows you playlists and album art. You can play, rewind, fast forward, equalize and shuffle tracks like you would on a stand-alone music player. Never enough bass in your tunes? MegaBass adds depth and stereo widening to give you that big sound in a small player.
Here are a couple of features unique to this pink Walkman. It has a shake control. Want to change songs in a hurry? Shake your phone. It vibrates a bit to tell you it's moving on to another tune. Hear a song but don't know what it is? Use the TrackID feature to record a few seconds and the service will tell you the name of the song, the artist and the album. Stream your music to a big stereo or large stereo headphones wirelessly with Streaming Stereo Bluetooth.
More music, information, news, sports and talk shows are yours with the built-in FM radio. There are 8 presets so you can get to a favorite station quickly. Or stream AT&T music with any MEdia add-on rate plan feature.
Don't forget that this is a cell phone, a music player and a digital camera. You get high resolution pictures with the 2.0 Megapixel camera that includes 5x zoom. Or switch to camcorder mode and capture video clips that are limited in length only by the amount of available memory.
What a fantastic cell phone. What a gift! Daughters, sisters and aunts will all want one. But mom comes first, right? Hey, it IS Mother's day. Then, again, a daughter who buys two of these on a family plan gets the best of both worlds: A very happy mom and the joy of having one of these for yourself.
Want to please mom or just get a fantastic phone for yourself in another style? You'll find a huge selection at excellent prices right now when you visit Cell Phone Plans Finder.
Stunning notion, isn't it? It's a stunning phone. This is the new Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman Pink for AT&T. It's a cell phone, a music player, an FM radio, a high resolution digital camera and a camcorder, all wrapped up in a beautiful pink case. Sony calls it "metro pink." Mom will call it beautiful.Sure, there are other pink cell phones. But this one is like no other. This beauty is first and foremost a fantastic cell phone in a slider package only a half-inch thick. Closed, it looks like a music player. It's that too. But slide down the keyboard and you are ready to make calls on the AT&T wireless network. Yes, it supports a Bluetooth cellular headset. But you'll only want that when you are too occupied to hold up this gorgeous pink mobile for all to see... and envy. Battery life is outstanding. You get up to 540 minutes or 9 hours of talk time and 370 hours or over two weeks on standby. Many very basic cell phones can't measure up to these specs.
Now let's look at the music side of the W580i Walkman Pink. Close the phone again and all you see are the large high resolution color display and buttons used to control your music. Load your tunes into your Walkman and you've got music on the go. A stereo headset is included, along with a USB cable for downloading from your computer. If you have way too many tunes, buy a Memory Stick Micro (M2) expandable memory card and add more songs to your phone.
The built-in music player will play MP3 and AAC format music selections. That big color screen shows you playlists and album art. You can play, rewind, fast forward, equalize and shuffle tracks like you would on a stand-alone music player. Never enough bass in your tunes? MegaBass adds depth and stereo widening to give you that big sound in a small player.
Here are a couple of features unique to this pink Walkman. It has a shake control. Want to change songs in a hurry? Shake your phone. It vibrates a bit to tell you it's moving on to another tune. Hear a song but don't know what it is? Use the TrackID feature to record a few seconds and the service will tell you the name of the song, the artist and the album. Stream your music to a big stereo or large stereo headphones wirelessly with Streaming Stereo Bluetooth.
More music, information, news, sports and talk shows are yours with the built-in FM radio. There are 8 presets so you can get to a favorite station quickly. Or stream AT&T music with any MEdia add-on rate plan feature.
Don't forget that this is a cell phone, a music player and a digital camera. You get high resolution pictures with the 2.0 Megapixel camera that includes 5x zoom. Or switch to camcorder mode and capture video clips that are limited in length only by the amount of available memory.
What a fantastic cell phone. What a gift! Daughters, sisters and aunts will all want one. But mom comes first, right? Hey, it IS Mother's day. Then, again, a daughter who buys two of these on a family plan gets the best of both worlds: A very happy mom and the joy of having one of these for yourself.
Want to please mom or just get a fantastic phone for yourself in another style? You'll find a huge selection at excellent prices right now when you visit Cell Phone Plans Finder.
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