Source: CUSTOM HOME Magazine
Publication date: January 1, 2005
By CUSTOM HOME Staff
Ted Visnic
MBVisnic Custom Homes
Rockville, Md.
These days, when custom builder Ted Visnic is roaming the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., meeting with clients or checking on projects, he's always connected to his office and to all the other jobs he's not visiting. Visnic stays connected with the Sidekick I wireless device, which utilizes technology by Danger and is offered by T-Mobile USA. The device incorporates a keyboard, screen, mobile phone, and, in the newest version (Sidekick II), a digital camera within its 5.1-by-2.6-by-.09-inch body. And yet at just 7 ounces, the Sidekick rides along easily clipped on Visnic's belt.
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Visnic's only complaint about the product is that the phone is awkward to use. (The company claims that the Sidekick II provides a better phone experience because it's 25 percent thinner than the earlier version and includes a speaker phone.) But he says the device compensates for that shortcoming by allowing him to instant message with his supervisors and office, to get and send e-mail, and to browse the Web in the field without hauling a laptop around. “I can just e-mail our supervisors any time,” he says, “and the communication is all in writing so there's a record of it.” Visnic says his device is “hot synched” with his main office computer, allowing him to retrieve data whenever and wherever he needs.
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