Friday, August 19, 2011

The tools of a Virtual Assistant…smartphone or superphones?

As I process more tasks for starting my VA business, I am relying more and more on my cell phone. When I got the phone, the sales person described it as a computer in my hand. I knew it was meant to be, and I bought it.

I can do many things on my phone. I can check emails. I can scan a document (once I figure out the application Winking smile) I can use messenger and text. I can check my Twitter account, Linkedin, and Facebook accounts. I have a reliable extension of my office. As a virtual assistant, being able to keep in touch, market my business, and network is not just a benefit. It is the life blood of my business.

On the horizon, it is a ‘superphone’. It is the smartphone, but it can run the world with this thing. Superphones have up to 2GHtz of processing speed and can handle HD video. It sounds like a laptop that can dial. Physically, the phones have larger screens, better recording mikes, and 8 megapixel cameras. In fact, superphones have the physical hardware of a good computer. I know that means software and applications to go with it.

It is because of these phones that new chips and new software are needed. If there is a need, there has to be ways to fulfill it, right? If that is the case, jobs and growth are the results. Economically, it is a good thing.

The economy gets a shot in the arm, and I get new tools that make me more efficient as a virtual

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