Teleplex president Dennis Novick says the company has installed 27 of them in Manhattan--with plans for 100--so New Yorkers and tourists alike can check e-mail, buy theater tickets, even pay bills.
To find out whether your public library lends out e-books, check their website or ask a librarian.
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And employees are taking advantage, with some checking dashboards and KPIs every 5-10 minutes, or the same frequency that they check e-mail on their smartphone, he says.
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How can IT administrators control executives who are using their mobile devices as their personal phone or junior-level staffers who are using their personal devices to check e-mail while on the go?
An added benefit for the Gmail-addicted would be having an excuse to check your e-mail while cuddling.
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Users will be able to take immediate action when important events occur--so no longer does the user need to manually connect to the network and check for e-mail or changes to his or her calendar.
Just 15% say they check e-mail before work, at weekends or while on holiday.
This means I need to log on each time I want to check e-mail.
Also, Communicator still can't check e-mail across multiple POP3 accounts at one time.
This scheme works fine if you just surf the Web and check e-mail, but it's too limiting for many users.
The iPhone converted people who use their phone to talk into people who also surf the internet and check e-email.
Each time we landed, we'd check e-mail on our quickly dying Blackberries.
The survey revealed that men are less likely to snoop, with only 25% saying they would check e-mails and 39% happy to sneak a peek at text messages.
The typical cycle for a unit was five and a half days out, followed by one and a half back on post to rest, refit, check e- mail, and clean up.
But anxieties that people like Daly and Taylor experience don't mean that all communication devices should be left at home, or even that you shouldn't ever check e-mail on a phone, experts say.
All you really want is to get out of the store and start using that shiny new phone to play games, check e-mails, share photos and take advantage of the plethora of fun and functional apps on the market.
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Clarke offered few details, but he said the technology relies on a second processor and an embedded Linux system that allows users to bypass Windows to surf the Web, check e-mail and calendar, and view attachments the moment users flip up a laptop's lid.
After ordering, he briefly switched out of vacation mode to check his e-mail on his phone.
An aide handed him a laptop computer and a satellite cord so he could check his e-mail.
Then she said good night, stopped in her study to check her e-mail, and went into the bathroom.
To help users partake in its content, BiblioTech will also carry actual e-readers for users to check out.
Sony Reader customers can use the company's Library Finder software and check out e-books with a valid library card.
But now there's an expanding market of tourists and business travelers wanting to check their e-mail while on the road.
"I check my e-mail twice a day, once in the morning and again at the end of the day, " she reveals.
Apparently, you'll be much more productive if you check your e-mail only a few times a day, rather than incessantly, as I do.
Since I can usually be relied upon to check my e-mail religiously, I felt that I needed to warn those who are part of my virtual world.
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One of the only exceptions was the Rixos Hotel, where government minders came to check their e-mail (and charge their cell phones, as the power shortages got worse).
Thanks to its simplicity, gOS Cloud boots in mere seconds, allowing people to check their e-mail and perform other simple web tasks without having to boot a full operating system.
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