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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Virtual Laser keyboard for your PDA

Typing on a PDA is cumbersome and slow. Use the Virtual Laser keyboard anywhere, anytime to add notes and documents to your PDA. The device is the size of a small cell phone and can be used anywhere. Airports, on the plane etc.


1.Go to this link: http://www.laser-keyboard.com and purchase the Virtual Keyboard.

2.Simply connect to your PDA and the device projects a keyboard using a laser. You type just like any other keyboard except you are actually typing on whatever the keyboard is projected onto. A table surface..anything. It really is the take anywhere keyboard.

3.The Virtual keyboard can use bluetooth technology for wireless operation.

Wallpapers for a Mobile Device

1.Obtain the dimensions of the internal screen for the mobile device in question. If there is an external screen obtain this information as well. This information is usually found on the manufacturers website or the site of the wireless provider. Most often this will be listed as the display or the resolution, it will have a "size X size" in pixels.


2.Obtain the software Easy Thumbnails from Fookes.com. Install the software leaving everything to it's original default settings.

Selene, about to kick some ...  in the movie Underworld (2003)Selene, about to kick some ... in the movie Underworld (2003)3.Open Easy Thumbnails and browse for an image that is suitable for use as a wallpaper on the mobile device in question. Choose a good quality image that is the same in shape as the screen in which the wallpaper will be used on, i.e., if the screen is square in shape then select an awesome image in a square shape as well.

4.Locate and click on the settings tab, adjust the width and the height to the necessary dimensions of the screen for the mobile device. The device used for this tutorial was the Red Cyclops which has an internal screen dimension of 128x160, these dimensions can also be used on the Sony Ericsson Z525a.

A screen cap of the software with thumbnail version of our pic, this will be used for our new wallpaper.A screen cap of the software with thumbnail version of our pic, this will be used for our new wallpaper.5.Click the drop down menu next to the width and height which is titled Resize, select either Best Fit, Stretch to Fit or Shrink to Fit depending on the display of certain items on the mobile device screen. These items are things usually found displaying on all mobile devices such as the name of the wireless provider, the date and time or the options menu.
6.Select the tab in the software marked Preview Output, if the image is how it should be click on the button at the bottom titled "Make". This will create and then save a thumbnail version of the image in the same folder as the original. It will have the same file name as the original but also have a "tn_" in front of the file name, these images are always jpeg's (.jpg).

The final image that was sent to my daughters phone.The final image that was sent to my daughters phone.7.Close Easy Thumbnails, open an email client or web mail and send the new wallpaper to the mobile device as an attachment in a plain text email. Accept the message and let the image download. If it will be used as a wallpaper immediately, select to use the new wallpaper according to the mobile device options.