Dropshipping 101 - Don't Be Misled When Selecting a Dropship Warehouse

Choosing a dropship warehouse is a vital decision when starting up an online business in order to avoid having to personally stock and ship your inventory. It is also an essential component when it comes to managing your overhead costs. A dropship warehouse is not only imperative to costs but can potentially be a long term asset to your business.

However, the internet is full of false information, spam, and misleading advertisements. As with any other start-up venture, you must take the time to do your research before selecting a dropship warehouse. One of the best ways to ensure that your selected dropshipper is legitimate is to use your favorite search engine to see what you can find out. Search the name of the warehouse, alongside the word 'scam', to see if there is any online chatter about how the wholesaler runs their business. Check with the Better Business Bureau (BBB), as well, to see if they have any information on the validity of the company. If the dropshipper offers a guarantee and reliable testimonials from previous customers, it is a bit more likely that they are for real.

Be wary of businesses that market themselves as wholesalers but are really just setting themselves up as the middle man. How the 'fake' warehouses work is that they begin by establishing contact with a couple of dropshippers they will utilize on your behalf. Another warning sign, like many online scams, is that there are often significant fees associated with their services. Why pay someone to deal with the wholesaler when you could easily perform this task yourself and save the cost?

A legitimate company, like Salehoo, may charge an access fee but they will have an established reputation in the industry, will be able to provide customer testimonials, will be established with the Better Business Bureau, will have an available and easy to contact customer support department, and will typically have guarantees for their services.

A false company will try to woo you with offers that appear too good to be true, such as a complete website customized for you that will sell whatever you have to offer from designer handbags to electronics.

Do your research and cut out the middle man! Take the time to really build an enticing and appealing niche website for what you want to sell and differentiate the good dropship warehouse companies from the mediocre. The time you spend up front will more than pay for itself when you avoid the fees, hassles, and disappointments of working with companies who are more interested in your money than in how successful your business becomes.

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Talk Talk Broadband - Most Popular Means to Get Connected!

Broadband has become the most common means of connecting to the internet with its fast speed and better uninterrupted service. With the increasing popularity of the broadband, which a person can use to browse through internet, read mails, or download his other liked stuffs, many players have appeared to benefit from this popularity and Talk Talk Broadband is one among them.

Broadband reaches to our home through the cables and the ADSL lines pulled to our homes by the service providers. These service providers have made it very easy to connect to the web world. Large number of service providers have entered into the broadband business due to its popularity all over.

Out of so many service providers, TalkTalk is the one most talked of due to its free broadband service provided in UK. It is a consumer telephone business of the Carphone Warehouse group that deals with mobile phones. It acquired the Opal Telecom in the late 2002 and started working in its own landline network together with gaining strength from there on.

In the beginning, Talk Talk tried to offer cheaper phone calls and slowly they brought in limited number of free calls which was stretched to be unlimited in number by 2004. There were many other attractive and tempting offers brought by the organization after that. Due to these, people were soon rushing to the provider and Talk Talk had done its work.

Soon, it brought the cheap broadband service along with the phone service and many cheap and attractive packages were put in pipeline. Free boadband service was also offered which catapulted the popularity of Talk Talk Broadband service to a great extent.

There are different kinds of packages which are offered for different groups of people. They choose packages according to their needs and enjoy the same. There are packages with download limits and also the unlimited ones. Again, there are those with limited time surfing and also the unlimited ones. Different packages have different cost tag associated with them. As stated above, Talk Talk also has the free broadband service for their costumers.

TalkTalk Broadband [http://www.shopcorn.co.uk/broadband/broadband-provider.aspx?pname=TalkTalk-broadband] has utilized its vision and foresight to come up as a top broadband service provider. The provider also offers free service through phone calls round the clock. Any problem remaining unsolved on phone is solved by their well trained technical professionals.

Talk Talk broadband also offers the Voice over internet protocols or the easier and cheaper means to talk to your near and dear ones. You can talk as much as you want through the technology. It is something similar to the Yahoo Messenger and the Gtalk where users just need to create an account and talk as much as they want. It is a very nice means to reduce the cost of communication and is effective too.

The broadband has made us forget those days of slow connections working at snail's pace where even the download of a small sized document took a few minutes and you can't think about the large sized documents and movies which even took days and you had to download them with breaks. Also they used to interrupt your phone lines and you could either use the phone or the internet.

Few of the providers other than Talk Talk broadband competing in the field are O2, Three, Virgin broadband, Vodafone and a few more. All of them provide excellent service quality at an excellent price. But the one you need is to be decided by you and should be done carefully thinking all the pros and cons of each provider.

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Five Tips To Get Great Real Estate Deals

After a few weeks of search many people start being disappointed and wonder if they will ever find a good real estate deal. What they don't realize is that there is an abundance of deals out there, but they don't actually work to find them or they don't really know how to find them. Here are a few tips that might help real estate investors' beginners or simply people who are looking for the house of their dream.

First, against the odds, the oldest methods are still good. Indeed knocking on doors is still the best way to find deals because other investors hate to do it. The biggest problem is that investors don't know what to say. Just find the right way to introduce your offer.

You can benefit from a lot of information that are public knowledge and mail to people. Most investors mail postcards to people in foreclosure. This is a great idea. But you can also try mailing to people in probate, going through a divorce, in bankruptcy, and landlords who just walked out of eviction court. This kind of information is public knowledge. You can also buy a mailing list and farm neighborhoods.

You can also think about newspaper advertisements. Why? Most people think that ads are too expensive. In fact most advertisements are very affordable provided that you are committed to at least one month of publication. If you are an investor you should find the best place for your ad. One of the best position is to put your ad under "money to lend." Many times the homeowners' first choice is to save their house, not sell it. Once you have them on the phone you can negotiate your way into the deal.

Therefore you may have understood that the bottom line: There are thousands of deals out there. If you don't make the effort to find them, other people will. Just try to find methods that are not conventional and you will get unconventional great deal.

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2003 Dodge Grand Caravan Renton WA

We areproud to present this 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan. Please visit our website at www.enumclawcjd.com and if you have any questions you can always call us at (888) 776-2470. We've been honored to serve the Enumclaw WA area, we promise that your experience at our dealership will exceed your expectations! Year 2003 Make: Dodge Model: Grand Caravan Engine: 3.8L V6 SMPI Trans.: Automatic Exterior: Gold Miles: 68467 Interior: Gray Enumclaw Chrysler Jeep Dodge (888) 776-2470 www.enumclawcjd.com 726 Highway 410 Enumclaw, WA 98022 Enumclaw Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge is a Dealership Warehouse offering warehouse pricing on more than $10 million dollars in inventory! When you visit our dealership, you won't find a brand new expensive showroom. Our dealership has low overhead meaning you will make that up in savings on your new or pre-owned vehicle purchase. With warehouse pricing on all of our new and pre-owned inventory in stock, Enumclaw Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge is sure to beat any big city price, in fact, We Clobber any big city price! It's definitely worth the drive to take advantage of giant selection, savings and hometown deals sealed with a handshake. Enumclaw Chrysler Jeep Dodge is a certified DaimlerChrysler Five Star dealership with a huge inventory of high quality new and pre-owned vehicles. Our team at Enumclaw believes that customer service means making your vehicle buying experience an enjoyable one. Used 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan Enumclaw WA

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DLM Open to the Public Oct 30th on Best Deals TV Show

(323) 724-5474 2343 Saybrook Ave, Commerce, CA 90040 Off the I-5 freeway, 15 minutes from downtown. www.dlmoffprice.com View Map Usually closed to the public, DLM opens one SATURDAY a month. They will open again for ONE DAY ONLY Saturday, October 30th from 8:30-AM to 4:30-PM. DLM enjoys the unique privilege of being the first west coast supplier called when high-end stores wish to clear their unsold quality merchandise. When you come to our warehouse, you get the cream of the crop merchandise. This is a gold mine for shoppers interested in saving a HUGE amount of money. All merchandise on sale for 70-90% OFF from retail! These are all name brand items, and not cheap knock-offs like many other retailers offer. Take advantage of this limited time sale and head over to DLM for all your shopping. You'll be very glad you did when you see how much you save!

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Retail Space and Warehouse Space

Whether you are looking for warehouse space or retail space, most spaces for lease can be obtained through a realty company. Many realtors will work independently and can get you great deals on properties that are just being put on the market or are not yet vacant but will be very soon. When looking for your retail space or warehouse space, even office space for lease; you should choose wisely.

There are a few things to keep in mind when looking for your next location. How large an area does your business need? How much parking will you require? What is your budget for a lease? What part of town will your business do the best in? Is your target market going to be within a 5 mile radius of your store or warehouse? When you speak to a realtor, these are all questions that he or she can also help you to answer. Finding your new location can be easy with an experienced realtor that knows your city well enough to tell you what areas work best for different types of businesses. The realtor can make appointments for you with landowners so you are able to tour the premises and ask any questions you may have about additional costs or utilities.

The best two places to begin a new business in Maryland are in Wheaton, Bethesda and College Park. The reason behind College Park is that there are so many students in the area that need jobs and shop on a regular basis. Bethesda and Wheaton are very close to the national capital, where there is constant traffic by vehicle and foot. Knowing the best areas in these cities will be a matter of finding an experienced realtor to help you find the right area. You would not want to be situated near the warehouse district in Bethesda if you are a retail store that needs the foot traffic of the Arboretum. If you are a warehouse business, you do not necessarily need retail business store fronts to drive your business, so looking for the right location can make or break any new business.

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Used 2007 Jeep Liberty Sumner WA

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2010 Dodge Challenger Issaquah WA

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Good Decisions on Picking Or Owning a Contract Warehouse

Individual warehouse across the country can be so different from each other yet they are so much the same. Whether they are domestic right here at home or all the way on the other side of the world like Hong Kong or Iran; they all serve the same purpose. Are you interested in a onetime holding area or are is your company searching for contract deal for long term or continuous traffic with your merchandise; on the west coast at busy corporations they might be searching for something like a California Contract Warehouse. This would be just ideal for a place that or even jumping over with the same plan for a Texas Contract Warehouse; it does not really matter where you are you are able to find something to suit your needs.

So many of these large businesses have so much traffic with their merchandise they need a middle ground, producing the products in high volume to the point that they have no place to store anything except the beginning by-product in order to make the finished item, it can be a vicious cycle. Even though the product is in high demand the company must make a greater amount for future sells, and without someone to provide proper and safe storage these companies can be at a loss.

Security is another issue with professional storage facilities because many of the products are very valuable; many companies have very expensive computers that they make or even life saving medical equipment. Here you are talking into the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and with a lack of security and we are talking state of the art security here; with this in thought research in the best storage facility is very important at this stage along with another issue of insurance.

Insurance for a large storage and container company is very important as mentioned above the financial responsibility could be staggering; even for a large company, it is just not worth the chance to take. The variety of issues such as these can be rather vast including damaged goods; accidents do happened and they happen to everyone, that is why they are called accidents; even an act of mother nature can relate to very large liabilities with storms causing roofs to cave in and damage an entire unit of products or earthquakes can topple over those giant shelves that are so stable already it is just hard to say what could happen.

As a successful storage facility you should also be prepared to have a trucking system, because almost all of the companies that are relying on your company to safely maintain their lively hood expects you also to get their products to all of the awaiting companies such as department stores or other factories so that they may continue making further products out of what you are expected to deliver. And actually this is a good thing because it will also increase your revenue dramatically, so get out there and deliver whatever they want delivered.

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Commercial Property Solicitors - How Does Commercial Property Law Differ From Domestic Conveyancing?

Though they both deal with the transfer of property, the issues involved in commercial property law are very different to those associated with domestic property. In a domestic situation the legal process is fairly standard. Property solicitors are simply required to oversee the exchange of property from one owner to another. Though it may not seem so at the time, this process is relatively straightforward.

The commercial property arena is significantly different. The number and importance of the roles that commercial property solicitors are required to fulfil are a lot more varied. Firstly, the legal requirements that companies have are a lot more diverse. It is equally common for companies to want to buy, sell and lease buildings and land which are very different from those dealt with by domestic property solicitors.

Commercial property solicitors need to deal with anything from warehouse leases to agricultural purchases. This means that they must not only be familiar with the legal implications of the transactions they oversee, but also have a good understanding of the property requirements relevant to a number of different corporate sectors.

Another difference between commercial and domestic property exchanges is the importance of timing. In domestic property exchanges there is a lot of red tape which means that exchanges can take a long time to go through. In a commercial environment these delays could have huge financial implications. One very good reason to use specialist commercial solicitors is their ability to work to a deadline. Due to their experience in the particular field of commercial property law they will know the importance of completing a sale or lease contract on time. Additionally, their experience will enable them to utilise various methods to ensure that your deadlines are met.

As with most legal disciplines, using a specialist has many advantages. Compared to a non specialist solicitor, commercial property solicitors will be tuned into the specific needs of their clients. They will understand the importance of deadlines and communication. They will also understand the greatly amplified financial implications of any hold ups or problems for your business. As a result you are likely to receive a much better service as well as greatly improved results. If your company needs to buy rent or sell a property then you will want it done as quickly as possible, with the least amount of stress. You will also want the process managed by someone you can rely on. By far the best way to achieve this is by using professional commercial property solicitors.

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2009 Dodge Avenger Auburn WA

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Warehouse Loan Modifications - What You Can Do When Rental Income is Low

When the rental income provided by your warehouses has dropped so low that you are having trouble coming up with the mortgage payments, then it may be time for warehouse loan modifications. Banks and lenders are often agreeable to a prudent loan workout if you are able to present you case in a convincing manner. Adequate preparation and getting the services of an expert in such negotiations can enhance your chances of getting your lender to lower the interest rate or even extend the term.

And even if you are currently able to make the monthly payments, there is also the balloon payment required at the end of term. With the financial crisis, the resulting tightness in money supply and the high demand for refinancing by holders of CMBS mortgages are expected to make it extremely difficult to locate a refinance lender when the time comes. Warehouse loan modifications can also help in this kind of situation.

Lastly, if the negotiations for warehouse loan modifications fail, a commercial short sale may provide the solution, particularly if you have decided to move on to another type of business. In this kind of transaction, the lender agrees to receive the proceeds of the sale as full payment for the balance. This kind of deal is particularly helpful for situations where the value of the property has declined substantially such that it is lower than the balance. Getting the bank to agree is quite difficult yet it is possible, especially when it is demonstrated that it is the only sensible option left to avoid foreclosure.

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eBay Tips - Learn How to Use Online Warehouses to Boost Your eBay Profits

When it comes to starting an eBay business you have to have products to stock your eBay store with. Many people start an eBay business to sell a single product from their personal home collection. They will generally do this to make a profit from a single item or product that they are trying to sell from home. However, you can continue your eBay store after you have sold your "at home" items and products, by selling products from online warehouses.

There are thousands of online warehouses that have products of all types, sizes and prices. You can actually sell these items in your eBay store and can make a profit. Additionally, you will save yourself time and effort since you won't have to package and send out the items on your own. When you sell one of these items from your eBay store you simply go to the online warehouse and complete the order and they will ship the products out for you.

If you start an eBay business there is no reason why you shouldn't "take the easy way out". With online warehouses you will save yourself a great deal of time and money. Additionally, you will have access to thousands to millions of products that have a proven track record of selling and producing a profit while also being able to provide your customers with the products and services that they desire to purchase. There is no better time than right now to start an eBay business and to begin making money immediately.

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Rehabbers! Landlords! House Flippers! Discover how to find and buy wholesale properties CHEAP! Most houses available for pennies on the dollar. Even better, Just Place Your Order for exactly which zipcodes, neighborhoods, radius from your last deal or ???? you want, at the price you want... Save big $$$$ on marketing to find your 'motivated sellers'.

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Used 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Sumner WA

We areproud to present this 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Please visit our website at www.enumclawcjd.com and if you have any questions you can always call us at (888) 776-2470. We've been honored to serve the Enumclaw WA area, we promise that your experience at our dealership will exceed your expectations! Year 2004 Make: Chrysler Model: PT Cruiser Engine: 2.4L I4 16 Valve Trans.: Manual Exterior: Black Miles: 68311 Interior: Black Enumclaw Chrysler Jeep Dodge (888) 776-2470 www.enumclawcjd.com 726 Highway 410 Enumclaw, WA 98022 Enumclaw Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge is a Dealership Warehouse offering warehouse pricing on more than $10 million dollars in inventory! When you visit our dealership, you won't find a brand new expensive showroom. Our dealership has low overhead meaning you will make that up in savings on your new or pre-owned vehicle purchase. With warehouse pricing on all of our new and pre-owned inventory in stock, Enumclaw Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge is sure to beat any big city price, in fact, We Clobber any big city price! It's definitely worth the drive to take advantage of giant selection, savings and hometown deals sealed with a handshake. Enumclaw Chrysler Jeep Dodge is a certified DaimlerChrysler Five Star dealership with a huge inventory of high quality new and pre-owned vehicles. Our team at Enumclaw believes that customer service means making your vehicle buying experience an enjoyable one. Preowned 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Enumclaw WA

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Warehouse Management Systems

Warehouse Management Systems or WMS are put in place to help control the storage and movement of the materials within the warehouse. They are a vital part of the supply chain and control processes within the warehouse such as shipping and picking & packing. Also based on real time the systems help to direct and optimize stock.

The main purpose of a warehouse management system is primarily to control movement and storage of materials in a warehouse.

WMS provides computerized procedures which deal with the receipt of stock & returns into the warehouse facility. It also enables a link to the ordering processes and logistics enabling ordering, picking, packing and shipping the product out of the warehouse.

Some WMS are stand-alone systems, whilst others are modules of an ERP (Enterprising Resource Planning) system or supply chain execution suite.

Many systems will often use data capture technology such as ;

o Mobile scanners
o Radio frequency identification ( RFID )
o Wireless LANS
o Barcode scanners

The use of this technology helps to efficiently monitor the flow of products.

When the data has been collected it is transmitted to a central database, and this database will then provide important and useful reports on the status of the goods within the warehouse.

It deals with the movement, storage, and receipt of warehouse goods to temporary or intermediate storage locations or to the final customer.

Good efficient warehouse management can make a lot of difference to a retail chain distribution company. It should start with initial planning of container design for a specific product. Both warehouse and process design within the warehouse is also an important part of good warehouse management.

The primary objective of warehouse management is to optimize order fulfilment and cost of time by managing the available resources economically.

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How Often Do Software Development Outsourcing Deals Fail?

The numbers vary depending on which study is cited and what definition of failure is used. But executives initiating or in the midst an IT outsourcing relationship must be constantly sobered by the fact that, from a purely statistical viewpoint, their deal stands about as much chance of failing as of succeeding.

Managing IT outsourcing is hard. It doesn't pay to pretend otherwise. Deloitte Consulting LLP's study "Calling a Change in the Outsourcing Market" found that 70 percent of participants have had significant negative experiences with outsourcing projects.

Let's define failure for offshore software projects and explore some of the reasons for the high failure rate of outsourced software development projects.

I think that not getting software which meets the goals of the buyer is the first element needed to define a failure. The next would be cost, either exceeding the expected costs or exceeding the cost that onshore development would have been. Not meeting schedule is another problem with these projects. Another element would be a lack of relationship with the developer which enables changes to be made easily and functionality added as the project proceeds.

Language and cultural challenges, the time zone shift, and the distance between you and the faces of the development team are all stopping points to the development of your offshore project. Since offshore outsourcing often results in failure of one kind or another (quality, schedule, cost), companies are rethinking this strategy.

The fact of the matter is, offshore software development requires that the buyer carefully develop a plan for the development and then manage the project as it unfolds. Check on code quality and conformance to standards and validate progress when you take a look at the code. If you specify incremental deliveries, be sure that they have organized their development so this can occur. When an operational portion of the code can be tested early, you will be able to see how well they are doing unit testing and whether they are building what you asked. When they deliver an increment, test it yourself right away. This means you need an in-house test team. Make sure this is included in your costs.

This kind of project management may be more than most companies want to deal with. Unfortunately, you can't just turn over the management of the project to an offshore company.

Buyers and software providers need to analyze the risks and consider the costs associated with mitigating them. Management usually assumes that by giving away software development to another company they also give away the risk, not realizing that they keep the primary management responsibility and most of the risk. The project manager will face all of the challenges of an in-house development plus many additional ones. The outsourced employees are part of another company with its own goals that are not the same as your company's goals. They're not right there with you to ask or answer questions. They have their own managers they must listen to.

You may want to seriously consider onshore development for your project unless you have the following:

Solid specifications

A sound project manager on site

An experienced team in India or China with senior developers

A good QA team

U.S. software companies can find reasons not to outsource software development and coding to offshore sites, such as these:

they can do background checks on U.S. Citizens

Eliminate the language, culture and time zone barriers

They prefer to help the U.S. economy

The draw of outsourcing is cost savings, but most companies find that outsourcing has many unexpected costs that, when weighed against the savings, negate the benefits.

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Samsung B3410 Available on T-Mobile

T-Mobile, a major telecommunications carrier is currently offering clients a choice of several 24 month subscription plans that will grant them the new Samsung B3410 for free. One of the best value plans that they are offering consists of a 15 Pound tariff with 300 minutes of talk time to any network and unlimited texts anytime to any network. This deal is available on Carphone Warehouse's official listing. There are also other plans through T-Mobile's various Combi deals. Though in terms of a value-per-Pound setting, the 2 year Combi-15 is best suited for overall value.

The phone is available as a pay-as-you-go offer. This device is more of a budget phone and people who are looking for budget phones are more likely to go for pay as you go deals. Carphone Warehouse currently has exclusivity for this mobile phone.

Speaking of deals, this phone is a great steal (figuratively speaking), offering you not only the convenience of a touch screen but also the practicality of a physical keyboard. The entire phone is light and small, making it easy to carry around. The Samsung TouchWiz interface makes you see that the company knows who to make a great phone inside and out by delivering an interface that is intuitive and easy to use (and now Samsung is releasing the Bada OS, no surprise there).

B3410 Specs

The Samsung B3410 has a nice 2.6 inch touch screen display. It has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and can display up to 256 thousand colors. It's a small screen, but it does a great job when playing videos or viewing images. When it comes to typing messages, the lines deliver a nice, compact readable font.

This little 2G phone may not have the connectivity options of a 3G device, but it supports the full GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 bands, and of course GPRS & EDGE. The 2 mega pixel camera is good for taking quick images to share and upload. The 13 FPS QVGA video recording capability is also nice for a phone of this caliber.

Back to the keyboard, the slide out layout is easy to use and comfortable in the hands, allowing users to easily type messages quickly without much making many typographical errors. The button layout is suitable even for people with large fingers. This is a really big improvement over Samsung's Genio QWERTY.

This mobile phone is sized at a reasonable 102.3 x 52.4 x 15.9 mm, slightly stubbier than the average GSM phone, but considering that this has a full keyboard and a touch screen, it is not a big deal. The weight is very reasonable 113.7 grams with the battery so it will hardly weigh you down if you slip it into a pocket.

Improvement Over the B3310

The hardware of this device is obviously an improvement over the previous B3310. But the big bonus is that the B3410 no longer has a vertically aligned keypad that was present in the old model. The keys are now all in the slide out keyboard and the device is now more ergonomically sound. Now that is what you can call an improvement.

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