Ever since I first discovered Evernote I knew that it was an amazing tool. I previously talked about trying to use Evernote to go paperless but was concerned about security. There was also an issue of trying to upload images of documents to Evernote without having to turn on my computer each time.  I was able to get around this by using an HP All-in-one and an Eye-fi card. The only problem with this is that all my digital documents had to be jpegs. I would prefer they be saved as PDFs.

It appears that Lexmark has developed a solution to my problem.

I see a new Lexmark All-in-one in my future.

After seeing an article on Consumerist about how much some people are actually paying for there cell phone minutes I thought I would run some numbers on my current cell phone plan. My wife and I share a cell phone plan and are on the lowest possible family plan AT&T provides. We never use all of our anytime minutes. I calculated our anytime minutes that our anytime minutes cost us about $0.25 per minute. Now that does not include the mobile-to-mobile or the night and weekend minutes. Therefore, based on the consumerist article I think I'm doing pretty good.

However, more than anything I would like to see an unlimited data plan that allows me to pay about $0.10 per minute for voice minutes.  It is time for cell phone companies to rethink the way they sell there services. I believe they would actually sell more smart phones if they pricing followed this type of format. So here is a message to all the cell phone service providers:

SHOW ME THE DATA! 

Now that my current cell phone contract is about to expire data pricing will be a top priority in my future mobile communication needs. I would consider a reasonable priced plan provides me unlimited data and texting and charges for voice by the minute.  

After nearly a year of hearing nothing from Grand Central, Google has announced that the latest generation of this service will be known as Google Voice.

Grand Central is a phone service that touted 'one phone number for life'. However, Grand Central provided more than just a phone number it gave users the ability to control who called them and where that call was routed to be answered.

I first came across Grand Central when I was in the process of changing mobile phone numbers. After providing all my contacts with my new Grand Central number I quickly learned of its limitations. The biggest problem I came across was the inability to receive text messages to my Grand Central number. While only a select few of my contacts actually text me I quickly realized this would not be a number I gave to most of my regular contacts.

I regularly followed the Grand Central blog as well as the the Grand Central help forum but after seeing little feedback from anyone at Grand Central I decided this would not become my one number for life. Instead I now use this number where I want to make sure I can screen the calls I receive.

I logged into my Grand Central account tonight and other than a message on the home page indicating the switch to Google Voice is coming nothing has changed. Google Voice appears to be a step in the right direction for this phone service. However, I am cautiously optimistic as the service is only as good as the support behind it.