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Use these simple, low-tech tips and best practices to minimize your handheld device support headaches and maximize the security of your clients' incredibly valuable data.

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The Whole World in the "Palm" of Your Hand In most cases, either your consulting firm or your clients' internal gurus get the first handheld device or PDA support request. Even when an employee purchased the handheld device on his or her own or received it as a gift, they will call on you for support. Inevitably, regardless of whether your small business clients purchase them for employees, handheld devices or PDAs sooner or later will make their way onto your computer support radar screen.

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When you Purchase streamed audio, video or audiovisual content intended to be Used on a Wireless Device (collectively, "Mobile Streamed Content"), you will be entitled to Use, in real time, that Mobile Streamed Content on the Wireless Device from which you Purchased it, view basis or an unlimited number of times within a given period following that purchase, depending on the particular Mobile Streamed Content purchased. Prior to Purchasing Mobile Streamed Content, you may be able to sample that Mobile Streamed Content by means of your Wireless Device or computer.

Wi Fi Antenna Before making a handheld device purchase recommendation, check out some independent product reviews in leading personal technology magazines and online portals. Pay particular attention to comments regarding device drivers and ease-of-installation.

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When you Purchase a mastertone, voice tone, or polyphonic or monophonic ringtone (each, a "Ringtone"), screensaver, wallpaper or other graphic, downloadable audio, visual, or audiovisual content other than a Recording or Video, or videogame or other software, each as intended to be Used on a Wireless Device (collectively, "Downloadable Mobile Content"), you will be entitled to download that Downloadable Mobile Content to one (1) Wireless Device, and to Use that Downloadable Mobile Content on that Wireless Device. Prior to Purchasing Downloadable Mobile Content, you may be able to sample that Downloadable Mobile Content by means of your Wireless Device or your computer.

Wi Fi Card Do your homework before making the handheld device purchase recommendation. Because of their small size and minimal costs, PDAs are often impulse purchases for your clients. However, making the "right" hardware and software selections can have an enormous impact on clients' computer support costs.

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Palm Wi Fi Card Watch out for dangerous end user installation snafus. Unless your clients' end users are very PC savvy, you probably don't want to leave users to install and support their own handheld device to desktop connectivity. All too often, a user inadvertently will break a multitude of key software configurations while accepting default installation settings.

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Belkin Fi Phone Wi Consider if any proprietary data should be "PDA-banned". Be sure you and your clients have thought through what kinds of sensitive data can be stored on these handheld devices, given that the pocket-sized PDA devices are inherently vulnerable to theft.

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Nintendo Ds Wi Fi In the same context of data security, establish some kind of backup procedures for your clients. We've all heard the horror stories of users losing three years of appointments and 2,000 customer names that were stored on their handheld device and not backed up anywhere else. Don't let your clients' organizations or supported users become one of these statistics.

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