Backup Pal Backs Up Cellphone Numbers
November 19th, 2009 admin
My cellphone is such a piece of junk that I cannot sync it with my computer, and it seems not to recognize the numbers of any incoming callers anyway. This is why I hold an iPod Touch in one hand and manually dial the number with the other. And as I never answer calls from unknown numbers, there is little point in calling me. However, every few months I (and probably you) get emails from people who do store all their numbers on their phones, and have lost those phones. “Please…

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