RE: wireless charging

2020-06-15 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi. A couple of curiosity questions about wireless charging. 1. . Does using wireless charging use more or less electricity than plugging in a power cord to charge an iPhone? 2.Are there any risks of receiving an electric shock while touching the charge pad if your han

How can I sync my Outlook 2010 contacts that are on my computer to my new iPhone 8?

2017-12-01 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I recently upgraded from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 8. I want to copy my contacts from Outlook 2010 to my new iPhone 8 contacts. But when I tried to sync my Outlook 2010 contacts using iTunes 12.7.1.14, none of my Outlook 2010 contacts are copied to my iPhone. I open iTunes, then activate th

RE: Convince me guys IOS or no IOS

2017-05-20 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi The reasons Android phones can be different is because they are running different versions of Android. The same is true for iphones using different releases of IOS. There are a lot of differences how things are done between IOS 7 and IOS 10. -Original Message- From: viphone@googl

RE: MYSMS

2017-05-03 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi You don’t need an app to send a text message from a computer to a Phone . The capability of emailing a text message to a phone has been available for some time. Of course the text message rules about length etc. still apply. To send an email as text message from a computer to

RE: Fw: iTunes 12.1 fix

2015-02-12 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi If iTunes 12.1 had never been installed, is it still necessary to uninstall the earlier version of iTunes before installing the fix? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 08

RE: ITunes and Backups

2014-09-25 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi When I go to iTunes, preferences, devices and tab to the list of backups, the only one that appears in the list is the latest backup. So when I backup again, the old one will be gone and only the latest one shows up. Are there supposed to be multiple backups? -Original Message- From:

iTunes, automatic syncing and backup

2014-07-01 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi If you have set iTunes to automatically backup and sync when you connect the phone to the computer, does anyone know which of those actions is performed first? Hopefully they're not done simultaneously. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list.

Confusion over syncing outlook contacts

2014-06-18 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I'm setting up a new iPhone 5C running IOS 7.1.1 for my wife. I have seen messages on this list, and read in the Getting Started with the iPhone NBP book you must use iCloud with the iCloud Control Pannel to sync contacts from the computer to the phone. I have set up the phone to use iCloud,

RE: New EyeNote

2013-12-20 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I would assume that they had to save 2 beeps for the $2 bill. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 5:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New EyeNote Hi, I posted a message on

iPhone encrypted backups

2013-10-28 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I backup my iPhone 5 to my computer using iTunes. So when I connect the iphone to my computer, iTunes starts and automatically backs up the phone. I like to create an encrypted backup for both security and it will backup email passwords. So my first question is if I do an encrypted backup, ar

RE: Syncing an iPhone on a different computer?

2013-09-05 Thread Mike O'Brien
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Syncing an iPhone on a different computer?

2013-09-02 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I know that you are only supposed to sync an iPhone with a single iTunes. But, my main Windows 7 computer where I sync the phone is awaiting a new hard drive. So, can I safely copy a backup if the iTunes library to another Windows XP computer , point iTunes to that library, and then sync the p

At Bat and mlb.com

2013-07-28 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I thought I had read on this list several months ago that if you had a mlb.com account, you could listen to games on the iPhone without purchasing a separate At Bat subscription. I have had a mlb.com subscription for as long as it has been around. So I downloaded and installed At bat, read th

New features for Seeing Eye GPS

2013-07-11 Thread Mike O'Brien
Sendero has put up a page on their site where people can vote on some new features for the Seeing Eye GPS. See the following email. From: gps-talkusers-bou...@freelists.org on behalf of Michael May http://senderogroup.com/products/seeingeyegps/segpsform.asp Thanks Michael May, CEO Sendero

RE: gmail and email list question

2013-06-30 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi As has been said, that's the default for gMail. But if you want to see your own messages, edit your account settings and put recent: (that's recent followed by a colon) right before your gMail user name. You will then receive a copy of every message you send through gMail. -Original Mes

RE: latest dropbox version

2013-06-05 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I have heard that at least on Windows, DropBox 2.0 is inaccessible, but that version 2.0.22 is accessible. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Lockwood Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 04:17 To: iphone group Subject: latest

RE: iPhone cases with belt clip and rubber shell - was - Re: How many folks carry their iPhone without a case?

2013-06-05 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi When I got my iPhone 5 several months ago, I found the MiniSuit Clipster Combo Case with Kick Stand + Holster Belt Clip for Apple iPhone 5 (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and Unlocked Models)- Black on amazon.com. It sells for about $10. It is a hard shell that covers the back and the edges of the iph

RE: Seeing your own messages on this list [was "Re: Accessible address book"]

2013-06-05 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi I have read that if you want to receive your own messages from the same gMail address from which they were sent, in the settings in your email client, or on the GMAIL server, put recent: (that's recent followed by a colon) before your user name or account name. I just did that, so we'll see if

RE: Sat nav Solution.

2013-02-19 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi Sendero is the company that developed the navigation component of MobileGeo. They say they will be demonstrating their new Seeing Eye GPS application for the iPhone at the upcoming CSUN conference, , Jan. 27th through Mar. 1st. I am assuming that this is the same App that is being discussed