| One of the latest services that is growing steadily | | | | certainly won't have a computer with you (I |
| is "email to phone", whereby you can receive | | | | hope!). But you might have cell phone access. And |
| email messages by voice over the phone, or send | | | | if one of your hunting buddies does drag along his |
| voice messages as emails from any phone - cell | | | | PC from home, you can tell him to get an email |
| phone, satellite phone or a regular land line. | | | | to phone service instead. |
| When I first heard of this, I wondered, "Why | | | | 6. Check in at the cottage, without lugging a |
| would I want to listen to my email instead of | | | | computer around. Need I say more. It is indeed |
| reading it?" But I soon learned that there are a | | | | relaxing to know you don't have to fret about a |
| great many people who can stay in much better | | | | missed email that cost you your job. It is NOT |
| touch receiving email messages by phone. Here is | | | | relaxing to have to open your eyes to look at a |
| a list of the top ten reasons I have complied to | | | | computer monitor. |
| use an email to phone service: | | | | 7. There are also many countries where Internet |
| Email to phone for busy people on the run | | | | access is not reliable, even in parts of |
| 1. You can pick up a message any time, any | | | | well-traveled countries. Who needs Internet for |
| where, even if you had not planned to. Have you | | | | emails, when you can receive them by phone? |
| ever had that eerie feeling there was an urgent | | | | 8. Indeed, even in your own country, there might |
| email waiting for you? Now you can relieve your | | | | be areas you frequent that are outside of the |
| curiosity, deal with the email and feel 100% | | | | digital coverage area, where SMS and text |
| assured that landing the sand trap was not a | | | | messaging are unavailable, such as driving through |
| result of email anxiety. | | | | deserts or mountains. Even with analog coverage |
| 2. Receiving emails by phone is ideal for a busy | | | | or a regular phone line, you can keep monitoring |
| person on the run. Between the meetings and the | | | | your email. |
| restaurant and the cab, a busy person does not | | | | Special monitoring email by phone |
| always have the time to sit down in front of a | | | | 9. Some people need instant alerts, and have to |
| computer. But he always has time for his cell | | | | be in touch even while in the lunch room or |
| phone (You might have noticed this in restaurants, | | | | traveling between meetings. IT support people, |
| theatre shows, etc.) | | | | who subscribe to a website monitoring service |
| 3. International travelers have a great use for | | | | are a perfect example. If a company's website |
| email to phone services, as they cannot always | | | | goes down, the CEO won't be pleased if 45 |
| foretell the availability of a computer or an | | | | minutes later the IT manager says, "Sorry, I was |
| Internet connection, nor how much time they | | | | out to lunch." |
| might have between flights, meetings, etc. This | | | | 10. Some people have the misfortune of having |
| way, they can keep monitoring all their urgent | | | | to communicate with high-tech show-offs like me |
| messages wherever they end up, and delayed | | | | who use email to communicate. For these |
| flights will no longer mean delayed business. | | | | unfortunate people who might otherwise be |
| Email to phone for constant access | | | | forced to adapt to 21st century technology, email |
| 4. There are some places where you just can't | | | | to phone messaging rides to the rescue. "Hah! |
| plug into your computer (or would not want to). | | | | Now I can listen to email messages on my cell |
| On a boat, for instance. With email to phone | | | | phone. And they thought they could force me to |
| messaging, you can receive email while you relax | | | | adopt modern technology. Hah! I sure fooled |
| on a boat, far from an Internet connection. And | | | | them!" |
| yes, it IS relaxing to know you don't have to fret | | | | There you have it - my top ten reasons to use |
| about a missed email that could bring down the | | | | email to phone services. Amazing how new ideas |
| company or cost you your job. | | | | can turn even a stone-aged telephone into a |
| 5. On a hunting or fishing trip, you might often find | | | | technological leap forward. Imagine what they'll do |
| yourself with no Internet connection. And you | | | | with boulders next. |