Hi everyone,
Our company needed to pick up another Android phone this Christmas. I really wanted to wait until the spring to purchase a phone and activate another two-year agreement, hoping on developments with the iPhone 5 or a price reduction in the new Nexus, but we couldn't.
I spoke to many Andriod owners over the last month, and combined with our recent experience, I'd like to offer the following suggestions:
Processor Speed: at least 1 gigahertz (1.2gh dual-core preferable)
RAM: At least 512 megabytes (1 gigabyte preferable)
Storage: at least 16g (32g preferable)
Rear Camera: at least 5mp
Front Camera: at least 1mp
LED Flash: rear
Video: at least 720p (1080p preferable)
Audio Out: 3.5mm standard jack
Screen: at least 4"
Battery: at least 1500 mAh (1800 mAh preferable)
Network: at least 4g (4g LTE preferable)
OS: at least 2.3.5 gingerbread (4.0 ice cream sandwich preferable)
Of this list, I give priority to processor speed and RAM. Your life can be miserable without enough of either.
This is a pretty strong suite and well above the standard fare offered as a "free" phone from the primary carriers, but if you are going to be happy in three months, let alone two years, you need to buy "up."
We run our phones hard, heavy on social networking and location services. I can't stand phones that slow down, or are unreliable. Unfortunately, technology is progressing much faster than the typical two-year contract.
I hope this is helpful for post-Christmas shopping.
You can follow the New Technoloy Working Group on twitter or our facebook page for more tech tips!
Blue skies,
Sam
www.SamWhiteRealty.com
979-589-4487
Dear readers,
This morning I'm writing to introduce you to a new technology and social media training group that recently opened to the public after providing private consulting services for several years. The New Technology Working Group (NTWG), or NewTechWorkGroup.com, was formed in early 2010 to advance social media and technology training in Bryan and College Station, Texas, home of Texas A&M University.
The group is comprised of several professionals from different generations and trades, to include Web designers, writers and editors, marketing consultants and social media nerds. The company's goal is to promote individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations on the Web with custom programs to leverage new or already existing reputations and outbound marketing.
With over 15 years of experience in advanced technology training for large corporations such as Continental Airlines and Texas state agencies, as well as small business and non-profit organizations, NTWG's trainers and consultants are used to working with businesses of all sizes.
Real estate training and consulting by the New Technology Working Group in the Bryan College Station area is currently exclusively limited to agents of Keller Williams Realty Bryan College Station. Real estate agents from other, noncompetitive areas of the country are welcome to contact NTWG for consultations.
NTWG has a presence on facebook and twitter, where they post best practices and keep clients and potential clients up to date on the latest trends in technology and social media.
If your interested in how social media, new technology and inbound marketing can improve your business, I urge you to give them a shout on facebook or twitter, email them at info@newtechworkgroup.com or finally give them a call at 512-931-4487.
Feeling left behind? NTWG's motto is "We'll help you catch-up fast!"
As always, if you have any questions regarding real estate in Bryan, College Station or Texas A&M, don't hesitate to call or text me at 979-589-4487 or contact me through my websites, BrazosValleyPremierHomes.com or BryanCollegeStationHomes.info.
Blue skies,
Sam White
I grew up on a nice lawn. It made the running games of tag or hide and seek up and down the neighborhood pleasant. And since we lived in town, I guess my Mom and Dad really didn't think about the water it took to keep our lawns green in Hereford, Texas. Hereford isn't exactly tropical.
We came to Hereford from a "semi-arid" climate at 4,700 feet in New Mexico. It was a ranch where green lawns were small, you worked to keep the trees alive in the summer, and leaving the water or a toilet running through, could cause there to be no water for several hours. It wasn't really a pain, you just had to pay attention. It was part of life.
Even during a normal year, meaning one without extreme drought, it is expensive to maintain a classic green American lawn. We live in a nice neighborhood, built in the early 80's. Our neighbors are older and traditional, and I've watched many struggle to keep their grass alive, knowing not only what it cost but also how scarce water is this year.
Another neighborhood trait is that no one does their own lawn, so several times per week, large pickups pulling flatbed utility trailers with several riding lawn implements appear, and the neighborhood fills with the sound and smoke created by several small, inefficient engines. Grass is cut (which of course releases the little moisture that was in the ground), the smoky, noisy caravan moves to another part of town. I humbly apologize to my friends in the lawn care business...and I have some, but it just doesn't make sense.
I'm not suggesting that we go "Las Cruces, NM," where most lawns are rock or gravel, but in our part of Texas native landscaping natural and acceptable...when you think about it.
Deep down, I believe that humans are smart and that we'll get it. Drilling fewer wells, for those of us lucky enough to have wells, saves water and money. For those relying on dry lakes and rivers, you already know what a water emergency is like.
Hoping for rain in the fall,
Sam
Everyone needs a break, and I just took mine from blogging. I was absent several months. It was well worth it.
I've spent my time setting up the social media program for Growing Green Communities, a conference series we're holding in Texas on sustainable rural economic development. More simply put, we are teaching rural governments, organizations and businesses how they can Save Money, Make Money and Create Jobs.
Our next major conference is the statewide conference in Austin, November 14-16. In the meantime you can catch our "Green Track" at the Texas Rural Challenge, which is in San Marcos June 16-17.
That's all for now. Have a great week.
Blue skies,
Sam White
Hi everyone,
I'm blogging live today from the National Diving Championships being held at the Texas A&M Natitorium in College Station, Texas. We have a great facility here, including:
Dive Pool
* 25 meters long 58 feet wide (eight 7-foot wide lanes)
* Two 1-meter and two 3-meter springboards and 1, 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 meter platforms with rough-tex surfaces
* One inch ceramic tile throughout (blue field with white markers)
* One underwater viewing window
* Sparger bubbler system under all platforms and three meter springboards
* Bubble and spray surface agitation systems
* Trampoline room and separate Port-A-Pit area
* Hydrolic self-operated handicap lift
* Adjacent eight person in-ground hot tub
* 16-17 feet deep 24 x 80 tri-color full matrix scoreboard/message center
The contest has been running all week and ends tomorrow (Sunday) after lunch.
Today's competition includes:
If you are here in the Brazos Valley, this will make a great Saturday or Sunda activity.
For more information see:
http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/events/2010_AT&T_nats.htm
Our thanks to USA Diving and Texas A&M for bringing this great event to our area.
Blue skies,
Sam White
9790589-4487
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With 25 years of depth in the Brazos Valley, I provide quality, premium service and excellent communication. I'm happy to be promoting and supporting sustainability in our community.
Sam White
Sam White, a New Mexico ranch native, moved to College Station in 1983 to study history at Texas A&M University. In 1993 he and his wife, Sondra (Class of 1987) - moved to the Western Pacific - where Sam flew for Continental Airlines until 2003. Their son, Quentin, was born on Guam in 1998, and the family also spent two years living in Hawaii. In 2003 the Whites left the islands and returned to the Brazos Valley to raise their son.
"We chose to return to Bryan/College Station because of the clean industry and good schools," says White. "During the decade we were away, there were extensive investments in the area infrastructure. Great schools, the benefits of Texas A&M University and easy access to Austin and Houston make the Brazos Valley desirable."
In addition to Sam's local real estate business, he maintains contacts in the real estate, investment and leisure industry throughout the Hawaiian Islands and Western Pacific. According to White, "Guam, Saipan and the Marianas are undergoing an influx of almost 25,000 U.S. Marines and their dependents, being transferred from U.S. bases in Okinawa. There is only so much land on an island, and real estate prices have begun to rise."
Sam has several programs designed to assist his clients in their real estate quest.
For more information call me at 979-589-4487, or send me an e-mail at Sam@SamWhiteRealty.com.
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