Tech Tutor Mark

It sounds like a two-for-one deal, but it's actually two tips in one.   Hongkiat .com has a great article on how to back up SMS messages from an iPhone .   I see three methods for this, and two of them require your computer.   The iOS being a closed system makes it more difficult to do this than on, say, an Android phone.   It requires locating your SMS Backup file.   On my Android phone, I just downloaded an amazing app called SMS Backup   which gets an average rating of 4.6 stars from all of its reviewers in the Google Play Store.  That is high praise, and since I have used it successfully, I also checked in with a 5-star rating.  It couldn't be simpler.  You just install the app and tap the Backup button and it backs up all of your SMS messages to your Gmail account and creates an SMS section at the left, which syncs all of your current and future texts into that Gmail folder.  Every time I get a text on my phone, it goes directly in...

Geek.com did a nice comparison piece on the three big Smartphone OSs.  Here is a link to the article, where they compare iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.  It really does put things into perspective.  My Sprint contract runs out on March 1st, so I found this article helpful as I try to figure out which phone to go with at that time.  By the way, I've never owned an Android or iPhone before.  I'm admitting to being one of the Windows Phone users who signed a 2-year contract with an HTC TouchPro2.  Trying something new will be interesting to say the least.