Adding contacts to your mobile devices

Contacts

1. Open Contacts

2. Click plus button to add a new contact

3. Tap in the first box - this will bring up the keyboard.

4. Note the order of entering names on your screen. You can choose later whether to have the names displayed by First name or Surname but for this to work the names must be entered in the correct field.

On your phone you may choose to have a different ring tone for individuals so that you can know who is calling without needing to look at the screen.

Choice at Chelsea

24 May 2014

The delight of visiting the Chelsea Flower Show  is that there is so much one can choose to focus upon.

The pavilion filled with gorgeous flower themed displays was certainly the choice for me. Outside were hundreds of stalls with every garden gizmo and tool one could imagine. These ranged from upmarket gardening clothes to the latest in watering and composting systems.

The display gardens attracted large crowds and for this short person, it was quite difficult to catch a full view. The sculptures of many kinds were most impressive. The wire horses, the driftwood bear catching a fish and the children reading in a garden all deserve a mention.

This was certainly a once in a lifetime expedition worth the planning. We purchased tickets the day they became available, structured our travel to be in London on the right weekend and we were lucky enough that the rain held off until early afternoon. A surprise and delight was the World War I commemorative concert with a jolly good sing-a-long at lunch time. Many of these songs were ones my mother continually hummed and sang through my childhood. Fond memories.

Below are some favourite photos from the day. If they please you, more can be seen in this Flickr album

One of the amazing driftwood sculptures

The gardener

Flowering Azalea bonsai

Colourful cactus

Do you have a manual for that?

A new tech toy

So now you are the proud owner of a new tablet or phone. It looks like it should be easy enough to use and all your friends are coping with their devices but what happens when you are home alone and have no one to ask what to do next? You search the box it came in and only find minimal instructions; how to plug it in, switch it on, basic operations but little else. Help!

Time for a manual. Online manuals can be found for most devices and it is recommended that this is one of the first things you find and download to your device.

iOS - iPads, mini iPads, iPhones

Make sure you have iBooks installed on your device. Choose App Store icon on your device, search for iBooks and tap to download the free app.

Tap to open iBooks.

Select Store. In the search field type iPad guide

Select the suitable guide for your device, tap free to download it. Now it will open in your iBooks app and is ready for you to use at anytime. You do not need to be connected to the internet to read and use it once it is installed on your device. iPad mini users, just install the iPad User guide you do not need a separate guide.

Reading your guide

Android  - Samsung, HTC, Bauhn, Acer, many other brands

Search the web - Use brand name, model. Free guides and manuals

Search Google Play -Books on your device -usually need to pay for these, but can restrict search to Free.

Windows devices

Search the web for a manual by brand name and model.

Search the Windows app store for a User manual. If all else fails here is Getting started with Windows phone.