Posts Tagged smartphone
What Others are Saying About ActivePrint Traveler
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 12, 2009
Aside from our own ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway, Pocket PC Thoughts is also doing a giveaway to 25 of their readers. Here’s what some of them have been saying in their forums:
“This would be very helpful as I travel around my not-for-profit facilities helping our team to serve the public on a National Recreation Area where we serve.
The publishers do a great job with other software so this title should be good too.”
- bystander
“That would save me the step of moving stuff to the home pc.”
- twcook
“Thanks for the opportunity to win some cool software.”
- psyjohn
“Yeah, this would be some nice swag.”
- kerrins
“Very handy!”
- lsbeller
“What a time-saver this could be!
Thanks guys!”
- MaxDude
“Definitely useful.”
- Catman51
“Thanks for the oppurtunity to win some great software!”
- Vapor03
“It would be nice to print from my phone without copying to the PC first….”
- hogger_jeff
So if you haven’t already, go download and try ActivePrint Traveler on your Windows Mobile Phone for free for 14 days here.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Feb. 10th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on February 10, 2009
Here’s another user who says they could save time being able to print from their phone with ActivePrint Traveler:
“Having the capability to print from my mobile phone would come in handy when trying to print out pictures, documents, etc., without the hassle of hooking up to the PC and printing from there.”
Download a free 14 day trial version for your Windows Mobile phone here.
Read how ActivePrint Traveler works in our How To Article available here.
New Server, New Services For You
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 10, 2009
Some of you may have noticed a few hiccups in this blog over the weekend. Well that was us hitting our thumbs with hammers as we did some construction work while moving the blog over to a new hosting service with DreamHost! This means a lot of great things for our ActivePrint Traveler customers:
- Increased capacity for the site. This new service is providing us with an unlimited amount of support for new services in the ActivePrint Traveler Community.
- New Announcements Email List. You can sign up to receive our periodic news letter about new developments in ActivePrint Traveler. You can sign up now here.
- Streaming Video! Currently we’re working on a few videos that will demonstrate the usage of ActivePrint Traveler in day to day life to supplement our web series “Printing On The Go“. Keep an eye out for these videos.
We’re growing quickly here, and I’ll have more news in the days to come about ActivePrint Traveler and our development projects!
As always, you can download free Windows Mobile Trial Versions here and our How-To article here.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Feb. 7th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on February 7, 2009
Here’s another user who says they could save time being able to print from their phone with ActivePrint Traveler:
“I frequently travel and carry my PPC , this [ActivePrint Traveler] will be good tool for me to print on the move…”
Download a free 14 day trial version for your Windows Mobile phone here.
Read how ActivePrint Traveler works in our How To Article available here.
Printing On The Go – Doing Business While Away
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on February 6, 2009
As with any business, there are always plenty of contracts and papers sent between Pocket Watch Software and other businesses. Today I received a contract by email on my Blackjack in MS Word format while I was on campus at school. There was no way I was going to be able to get back to my office till this afternoon.
So first I used DataViz’s Documents To Go to read and review the contract while away from the office. After reading through it and seeing what I wanted in the contract, I was able to send it to my ActivePrint Traveler account for printing. Then I went to the nearest open access lab on campus and ran the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app from my USB drive to have the contract automatically printed from my account. From there all I had to do was sign it and fax it back.
How-To: Print from Your Mobile Phone
Posted by Charles W. Teel in How To on February 3, 2009
You have a huge collection of documents, photos, and emails on your mobile phone. But there is no easy way built into your phone to print any of it. ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are.
What Can I Print?
Depending on what kind of phone you have, ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print the following documents and information:
- Photos and images (including integration with the camera built into your phone)
- Office Documents (including Microsoft Office 2000 and 2007 compatible, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Plain Text
- Web Pages
- Contacts from your phone’s address book
What Do I Need?
ActivePrint Traveler requires very little to print.
- A mobile phone with the appropriate version of ActivePrint Traveler installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- A data connection for your phone either through your cellular carrier or through a WiFi connection
- A USB Flash Drive with the ActivePrint Traveler Helper App installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- An ActivePrint Traveler account which you can register for free for at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net
How Do I Print?
Printing with ActivePrint Traveler is very simple. Simply follow the steps below.
- Launch the ActivePrint Traveler app on your phone
- Choose what you want to print (“Photo from Album” for example) – screenshot
- Set the options for how you want your document to be printed which including number of copies and portrait/landscape paper orientation – screenshot
- Choose “Send” – screenshot
- If it is your first time to ActivePrint Traveler on your phone you will be asked for your login information (screenshot) which you entered at the ActivePrint Traveler Account registration page at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net.
- Then go to your nearest Windows XP/Vista PC and run the ActivePrint Helper App from your USB Flash Drive (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com) – screenshot
- This PC can be your office computer, a computer at the hotel you’re staying at, or a computer in an open access lab at your school.
- Click the button labeled “Print…”
All your documents will then be automatically downloaded and printed to the PC’s printer.
Is It Secure?
Yes. ActivePrint Traveler uses 128 bit data encryption to make sure that your documents are safe when traveling between your phone, your account, and the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app.
What Phones Are Supported?
Currently we support Windows Mobile phones. Support will be added for Apple iPhone next, with RIM Blackberry and Google Android soon to follow. We plan to finish production on the iPhone version within a couple of months (March 2009).
How Much Does ActivePrint Traveler Cost?
ActivePrint Traveler only costs $3.99 per phone. This price is the same on all types of phones that ActivePrint Traveler supports.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Feb. 3rd, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on February 3, 2009
Here’s another user who says they could save time being able to print from their phone with ActivePrint Traveler:
“I’m very dependent on my Touch Pro and use it for notes, calendar, document storage & editing, etc. but so far I’ve been unable to print to my home office printer (Canon MX850). It sure would save me a lot of time to be able to skip the laptop step!”
Download a free 14 day trial version for your Windows Mobile phone here.
Printing On The Go – Remind Me From The Phone
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on February 1, 2009
First official entry for Printing On The Go today!
Even though this is Sunday and I’m not at school or the office today, I still found a good use for ActivePrint Traveler. While at church this morning I had several people telling me about upcoming events that I need reminders for as well as several things that I need to get done. While its nice to write some of these things down in the built in notes option on my Samsung Blackjack, I still need those reminders hard copy form. Having the printed copy makes it easier for me to remember. So I used the Notepad option in ActivePrint Traveler (screenshot).
The Notepad option is basically a plain text editor. So I wrote out several notes to myself. When I came back home I plugged in my USB drive into my desktop and ran the helper app (available here for free) which then automatically printed out all those reminders and todo lists.
Now off to the Super Bowl Party!
Introducing Printing On The Go – A New Web Series
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on January 31, 2009
I’m introducing a new series of posts to the ActivePrint Traveler called “Printing On The Go”. The best part of ActivePrint Traveler is the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are whether you’re at your office, at school, or away.
To demonstrate this I am going to start blogging about my use of ActivePrint Traveler in my own day to day life as I go through work here at Pocket Watch Software and at school as I work on my second degree in the College of Business at Lamar University. As I go through this series you’ll get to see some examples of how ActivePrint Traveler could be used in your day to day life whether you’re in business, a student, or just an average user of your phone.
I’ll be doing a mix of regular text blogging as well a few YouTube videos of my use of ActivePrint Traveler. Currently I’m using a Samsung Blackjack running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones. So I’ll be using ActivePrint Traveler for Windows Mobile Standard.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Jan. 30th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on January 30, 2009
Here’s another user that is benifiting from being able to print while on the go with ActivePrint Traveler:
“…I could use this program to print documents in court.”
Find out how you can benifit from being able to print from your phone by checking out our free 14 day trial versions for Windows Mobile here.
