How Do You Protect Your PDA & Laptop if it is Lost or Stolen?

On Wednesday November 29th I attended the NY Business Expo and I had the opportunity to speak at one of the afternoon workshops entitled Benefit from a Smarter Computer Connection. The workshop discussed how to protect your wireless devices if they were lost or stolen.

Here are some interesting statistics you might want to be aware of:

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• According to Symantec, a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds in the USA — and 97% of them are never recovered.
• 600,000 laptops stolen in the USA alone in the year 2004
• In most cases a PDA will carry more vital data than the computers they pulled data from. PDA theft is twice as high as mobile PC theft. 15 to 20% of PDA’s are stolen each year.

Beware the Technical Support Specialist for Your Cell Phone / PDA Service

Maria called me in tears the other night upset that after two hours on the phone with a technical support export for Verizon that she had lost her entire calendar. Maria’s calendar was used to keep track of her entire life; every appointment for her two children and other social events.

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Choosing the Right Smart Phone

Organizing our lives in business has become a priority for many of my clients. The wireless companies are capitalizing on this desire by offering so many options for all in one phones / pdas. All in one Palm Pilots like the Treo, all in one Pocket PC like the Motorola Q, and of course who can forget the all in one blackberry like the 7130c. But to make the choice on which phone to choose depends on more than just which one is cool. You need to be aware of a few different areas:

1. Usability
2. Compatibility
3. Features

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