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Ohio Entrepreneur Introducing Video Communications to the World
Youngstown, Ohio March 1, 2005 – Over 30 billion emails are sent daily worldwide, and online communication are expected to double in the next few years. However, the future of online communications is already here. Today, video can add the human touch of emotions, gestures, personality and more to the otherwise gray matter of text email. Mr. Daniel Webb of Youngstown, Ohio has positioned himself in front of this expanding and evolving marketplace for the masses which are predicted to use video communications within the next 3 to 5 years.

The domestic markets in both the U.S. and Canada are exploding with this new technology, and 20 International markets are expected to open throughout 2005. Tapping into worldwide expansion with this marketplace is a win-win situation.

Mr. Webb, could be on to something, according to Dustun Rosdail, President of Rosdail Associates. “If I can communicate face to face with my friends and clients, that’s a valuable tool. Email has deteriorated the quality of customer service. It used to be all face to face. People want ‘face time.’ This kind of technology can help that. This helps humanize communication again,” he said.
Mr. Webb added, “In a marketplace where change occurs at light speed we must capitalize on true ground floor opportunities. The key is to be ahead of the curve, and video is a logical progression for the communications industry. If people are sending photos by email, I can see video being the next step.”
As a result of over six years and $55 million of research and development, Mr. Webb can offer the most sophisticated, simple-to-use and feature-rich video communications on the market as an independent affiliate of a major streaming video solutions provider. The future opportunities are completely untapped with a mission to democratize video communications by providing everyone with the power to create and distribute streaming video content directly from any camera-enabled PC at the lowest possible cost. The services include video email, LIVE video broadcasting, video-on-demand, video autoresponders, video chat / video instant messaging, video blogging and much more.
“By 2005, video email or pointers to rich content media will begin replacing text messages as the online communications mechanism. Text based email will soon be as archaic as black and white TV.” said Forrester Research, an independent technology research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice about technology’s impact on business.
Many entrepreneurs throughout North America are following Mr. Webb’s lead and taking control of their financial situations by recognizing and positioning themselves in front of this marketplace of one billion users. Video communication is here and the potential for entrepreneurs to create a leveraged residual income is real. If you would like to learn more about video communications and/or how you can profit from this expanding and evolving marketplace contact Mr. Webb today.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Daniel Webb
(330) 743-8473
www.RealFreedom.net

About the author:

Daniel Webb resides in Youngstown, Ohio with his wife and three children

Here is some free software tools to help you build your own websites and create web products.

Learning new skills is not difficult. It just takes a bit of willingness to give it a go. You will feel great satisfaction knowing that you can do this stuff.

Zip Utility

HTML Editor

FTP Software

Screen Shot Software

Zip Utility

You just gotta have a zip utility if you intend to spend time on the Internet. I use Winzip for all my zipping and unzipping needs. It is fast and easy to use. If you would like to check out other zip utilities, go to download.com and do a search.

HTML Editor

To build web pages and eBooks, you’ll need some kind of HTML editor. I use 1st Page 2000 for all my HTML editing. It is 100% Free for ever with all features working. This page and web site is being built with this editor.

After the editor is installed, you’ll need some web pages to study. Search Google with the key words “free web page template”. Don’t worry, I just did it. Here is the search results.

Quick Lesson:

All I did to begin learning was to simply open up these templates and study the code from within the editor and try to relate it to what I could see on the actual web page. For example, here is a shot of code from within the HTML editor:

This is a screenshot of some code from this web page. Study the code and relate it to what you see on this page. The red and blue codes are commands which create a hyperlink and cause the link to open in a new browser window.

Take it easy. Learn one command at a time. It won’t be long before you get some web pages happening.

When you are ready to learn some more commands, go to HTML Goodies for a good range of Free tutorials.

FTP Software

To transfer your web site to the Internet, you’ll need an FTP program. Go to download.com to find several Free FTP programs available for download. I like WS_FTP because it is fast to learn and easy to use. Another popular program is CuteFTP.

Screen Shot Software

To capture images from your computer screen, you’ll need a program that will cut the image quickly and easily. I use a freeware program called SRip32. No installation is required and it is very user friendly.

You can also do a search at Google for even more free screen capture software programs.

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Gone are the days when a golf training system mainly involved going over to the course and practicing your swing. This was hardly effective and for many unprepared golfers in poor physical condition often led to injury.

These days golf training systems have become more sophisticated and the key objective is to get results. Modern golf training systems usually involve golf-specific exercises designed to strengthen muscles that are used in the game.

Modern golf training systems also incorporate the use of exercise machines and equipment. The most effective of this seek to strengthen particular muscles and parts of the body that are critical to golf.

Stretching exercises are also important in any good golf training system. The right stretch exercises, sometimes incorporating the use of dumbbells, can help dramatically improve a golf swing and the distance of the drive on the course. And stretching exercises do not have to be limited to the gym or exercise area. There are a number of stretch exercises that can be performed in the office, even while still seated on your chair. These have proved to be especially useful with many amateur golfers who hardly seem able to find the time to play golf, let alone spare a few hours at a crowded gym.

Golfers however need to be extremely careful because not all golf training systems are designed by qualified people. The wrong golf exercise can be even more harmful than no exercise at all.

The ideal situation is to have a golf training system that starts off dealing with the particular golf weaknesses you have, or at least emphasizing on them. As you see the positive effect the exercises are having on your game, it will then be the perfect incentive for you to stay on the exercise program and your golf training system.

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About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness experts in the country, author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, and founder of several cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Visit his new golf fitness site at http://www.performbettergolf.com

Copyright Mike Pedersen - http://www.performbettergolf.com

It’s easy to become a webmaster. But, to become a really good webmaster
takes a lot more. And this takes a lot of work and study.

Many years ago, I started yacht racing in the Caribbean. I had been
sailing since the age of 11. I thought that I was an “expert” sailor,
but I found that I was really a novice. It’s easy to teach someone to
sail from point A to point B. BUT, getting from point A to point B in
the shortest possible time is a whole new story. It took me a full year
before I won my first race in a field of 10-12 boats.

Webmastering is very similar. Sure, anyone with more than three brain
cells rubbing together can learn HTML, and with all the free editors
out, it doesn’t even take that much effort. (Like learning to sail from
one point to another.)

As my own webmaster, being retired, an ex-digital engineer (before
psychologist), and computer guru, ex-sales engineer/sales manager, etc.
I thought that I had the tools to do the job.

After having a web site for over a year, I found that I have put
thousands of hours of just plain study in to all facets of this
fascinating job. Having spent my “retirement” money in sailing around
the Caribbean for several years, I don’t have much money, so had to
learn it all on my own. (I don’t regret the cruising years at all, by
the way.)

So, what did I learn about webmastering? It’s a very complex job,
requiring several levels of completely different areas of basic
knowledge. I’ve been studying it intensely for well over a year, and
have set up four web sites for different types of sales, (free health
advice, a yacht company, a travel company, and a personal site). When
starting a web site, what is necessary?

First, the webmaster (and you if you have decided to hire one), have to
analyse just what you are selling. After that analysis, decide how to
present what you are selling, and how to do that on a website. All too
many people just jump into a web site using one of the fancy editors
such as Front Page. Using their “flashy” setups is easy, but is it
really the way you want to present your message?

How about graphics and salemanship? If your graphics are too big and
take too long to load, people will click off before they get to your
real message. So, you have to know (or learn) a lot about how to make
graphics effective - not just flashy - and how to condense them so that
they load as fast as you can get them to. You have to learn a lot more
than you wanted to know about graphics, but it’s all necessary. If you’d
like to see a site (mine) that has minimal graphics for the message,
loads fast, easy to read, see:

http://www.alternate-health.com/home.html

For this site with mostly free health advice, I believe this approach is
right, but for more involved salesmanship, spice it up as needed while
still keeping the load time as low as possible. For an example of a lot
of necessary graphics, look at:
http://www.smg-yachts.com
The emphasis here is on graphics, as people want to get a look at the
yachts that are being sold. This sells, where text wouldn’t do the
job.

Next, if you aren’t gifted with sales ability in writing (and graphics
to go along), you have to learn a lot more in this field. Or, you have
to have somebody around that does. Decisions, decisions - do you use
paid ads, paid banners, ffa’s, ezines, MLM’s,or what? More and more
study is needed, or more and more money is needed to hire this knowledge
(and hope that whoever you hire knows what they are doing.)

With thousands of ads telling you that “they” have all the secrets of
the internet, and positioning, and making 10,000 a month, it’s more than
a little confusing, and some expertise is needed in this area as well.
>From personal experience, I can state that this knowledge comes with
making some mistakes and learning from them.

So what’s a competent webmaster? He/she is a really multitalented
person, or preferably, a team. A technical HTML expert, an expert on
search engines, a graphics expert, a sales/marketing manager, a
technical writer, an ad writer, a computer technician experienced in
software and the list goes on and on.

There are a lot of would-be webmasters out there, charging a lot of
money, and designing lots of very flashy webs. But, are these webs
actually doing the job, and making money for the owner? Do they load
reasonably fast? Surfing will show you hundreds of sites that are
pretty lousy in some ways, and the odds are that they cost somebody a
lot of money, and they are getting very little return.

About the Author

Phil Bate PhD - http://www.alternate-health.com
Free health advice site using holistic techniques.
Professional resources lists on all health subjects.

Even an “entry level” computer today usually includes an 80GB hard disk for data storage. But if this is an “entry level” computer, does this suggest that you, as an “experienced” computer user, really need more than 80GB on your hard drive?

Let’s consider what 80GB really translates into. To do this, we will need to make some assumptions. First, let’s suppose your operating system is XP Home Edition, which takes about 2.91 GB of your hard drive. Let’s further suppose you really love to take pictures and use the program, Adobe PhotoShop Elements TM to fix and store them.

This means you should have at least 75 GB left over to store your photos. If you store your photos in the JPEG (.jpg) format, they will probably average about 800 KB each – meaning you should be able to store at least 90,000 photos on that 80GB hard drive.

Here’s another for example. Let’s assume that instead of being nuts about photography, you’re a serious writer and use, as I do, the great, free program OpenOffice.org Writer. In this case, you will need about 3GB for XP and OpenOffice.org, leaving roughly 77GB for your documents. I calculate that a page in OpenOffice.org writer is normally requires about 34 KB or 34,000 bytes. Assuming this is true, you should be able to store more than 2 million, that’s right, 2 million pages and still have room left over.

When I purchased the computer I’m using now –about 18 months ago – I figured that I really needed disk space. So, I paid extra for a computer with a 160GB drive. Now, I use XP, OpenOffice.org, PhotoShop Elements and something like 60 other programs on my computer – as well as hundreds of graphic files — and have used only 29GBof storage space. I have nearly 124GB left over and, at this point, can’t even imagine ever using more than 4GB to 5GB more.

At this point, a fair question might be, so what? Hard drives are so cheap, why not buy a really big one? I suggest there are two answers to this. First, if you don’t need the capacity, why pay for it – even if it is cheap. Second, suppose you do buy a 160GB drive. How will you back it up? After all, hard disks can crash.

A better investment might be to buy two 80BG drives – and use the second one for backup.

There’s something else that’s great but costs nothing. It’s a new form of broadcast radio called HD Radio that enables AM and FM radio stations to broadcast their programs digitally. These digital broadcasts provide listeners with radically improved audio quality, more radio channels through multicasting, and new data services. To learn more about this amazing new technology, just go my Web site, http://www.hd-radio-home.com, to get all the buzz.

Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive and the author of numerous articles on HD radio, the Internet, computer technology and family finances.

Donna Karen bras come in all shapes and sizes and colors too depending on the taste of the wearer. Women all over the world could not help but salivate for the latest Donna Karen bra in the market.

The Donna Karen push up bra can provide good breast support to well-endowed women. At the same time, this underwire bra is in ideal choice for those who are less blessed in the chest as they can make the most of their assets by wearing the Donna Karen push up bra.

Push up bras by Donna Karen come in comfortable cups lined with cotton and straps that are adjustable. The tulle material used for the cups can make the wearer feel sophisticated.

Another work of art is the Donna Karen lace contour bra with underwire. Modern women will feel comfortable and elegant wearing this bra which exudes a feminine touch.

All these luxurious feminine wear were designed by Donna Karen who started her training stint in fashion at the Parson’s School of Design. Donna Karen worked as one of Anne Klein’s designer but ultimately established her own fashion line in 1984.

While Donna Karen is known for her various clothing lines including the men’s line she designed with her husband as inspiration, her underwear line has remained timeless and remains sought after by women of all ages.

Among the sector looking forward to her old and new bra designs are career women who want to wear comfortable but classy underwear. Donna Karen’s bra designs are also a hit among housewives and single females who want to experience the luxurious feeling of being clad in a Donna Karen bra.

Today, bras are considered as part and parcel of a woman’s clothing wear but this was not the case several years ago. During the period from 450 BC to 285 AD, women in Rome and Greece used bands to decrease the size of their breasts.

The delicate present day bras fail in comparison to the warrior-like corsets worn by women in the early 1800s. Most of these corsets were made of steel and other hard materials that it usually required a lot of help before a woman can squeeze herself into it.

The invention and registration of the very first bra-like device came in the 1950s but the corsets remained still a fashion statement despite the discomforts and health problems it brought women who wore them.

The first invention which closely resembled the modern bras worn by today’s women was the one invented by Marie Tucek. Just like today’s bras, Tucek’s breast supporter had two pouches straps a hook and eye for easy attachment. However, the first patented bra which was made of silk and ribbons was the one designed by Mary Phelps Jacob, a socialite from New York City.

Thanks to the invention of Lycra, women have been liberated from uncomfortable bra materials. Some of the modern day bras are made of Lycra which was first produced by Dupont and Warners way back in 1959. .

The term brassiere was coined by Vogue magazine in 1907. Prior to that, the bras worn by women today had varying names like breast support. But whatever name it is called, the modern day bra is a memorial to women’s struggle since time immemorial. In fact, the bra burning incident in 1968 did not really just involved bras but other female clothing and accessories such as heels and make up. However, the focus was on the bra burning because it signified liberation for women which was what the protestors would like to emphasize at that time.

We’ve all had those moments where we were with someone we liked and somewhere on the back of our mind we kept wondering how do we kiss that person? Do we ask them? Do we just go for the kiss? Do we wait? If so, how long?

These questions can be quite discouraging due to not knowing exactly what to do next to bring yourself closer to that special someone.

There are, however, a few key steps and signs that we can watch out for and do to increase the probability of bringing ourselves closer to that special someone.

For guys:

When you’re out with a girl on a date and you and her walking around or just talking, you have to understand that you’re the one who has to make a move! Girls are told by society that they have to be passive and receptive (not as much after shows such as Sex and the City). Thus, she is expecting you to take charge in escalating the touching that will eventually lead to a kiss.

When you’re out with her, be the first one to take her hand! Taking her hand is the first step towards bringing yourself closer to her. If she’s comfortable, you can escalate non-intrusive touching a little later, such as touching her shoulders or hugging her. As you progress doing this and watch her grow more and more comfortable with your touch, you have much better chance of kissing her successfully, rather than just going for the kiss out of the blue. When you built this kind of touching comfort, get her and yourself into some sort location where two of you could either sit or stand and talk comfortably. As two of you talk, start stroking her hair softly and look into her eyes. If you feel that she’s comfortable with that, move in closer and closer. If she doesn’t withdraw, go for the kiss, since if she’s comfortable with you touching her hair and standing so closely, most likely at that point she already wants to kiss you anyway. If she withdraws or acts weirded out, relax for a bit and continue building comfort with her. Resume normal conversation and try again later.

For girls:

Usually girls are viewed as the ones who are kissed, rather than the ones that kiss. It’s really a matter of personal preference and personal set of beliefs as to how you want to go about this.

Most guys are very shy about kissing a girl for the first time, so you might try to make him feel comfortable by accepting his touch or even initiating non-intrusive touching yourself, such as holding his hand or hugging him and being close to him. If he feels like you’re accepting him and enjoy his company and being close to him, he’ll most likely go for the kiss.

If you want to kiss him, it’s going to be rather tricky, since some guys might feel you’re too aggressive to hang out with. If he’s super shy, you can simply tell him you want to kiss him, and let him kiss you. This way you preserve his male ego and still get kissed

For both:

Kissing should be light and bring pleasure to both partners. Don’t rush too fast and start shoving your tongue down his or her throat. Just relax your tongue and softly touch your partner’s lips and tongue. Just barely touching, almost sliding. The kiss should feel light, yet passionate. As two of you get comfortable kissing, you can progress to more aggressive and deep kind of kissing, such as French kissing. French kissing is essentially the kind of kiss where there is lots of tongue and sucking action.

Conclusion: Just let if flow and let it come to you naturally. Build touch comfort over time and when the time is right, try to move closer to your partner so that the kiss can naturally happen. Visit Kissing tips, advice for more information.

The 10 point plan for Stress Reduction

Ok … So we’ve recognized the signs and it’s official, we’re stressed!

Stress affects the whole person - body, mind, feelings, and behavior, and just as symptoms can take many forms, so there are many simple actions that you can take to relieve these symptoms.

Learn to Relax

Imagine… having relief on tap - something you could experience whenever you need it, something that would remove all the stress from your body and return the sparkle to your mind. How would you feel if you could wake up tomorrow, feeling in control?
Well, Happily, you are blessed with a really powerful tool that can remove stress instantly - your body’s relaxation response.

You can use hypnosis to trigger this wonderful natural effect, which will release hormones and neurotransmitters that flood your body and mind with pure, cleansing relaxation. You owe it to yourself to feel the relief you can have instantly, so learn this technique. Seek out a hypnotherapy DVD or find a hypnotherapist to help you refocus on relaxation and stress relief.

Take Action on stress

Procrastination is itself a cause of stress, simply making a conscious decision to act upon your situation will bring to you, such a sense of relief that this unpleasant situation is going to change, that you will immediately start to feel some benefit. Eliminate procrastination from your life. Don’t put things off until tomorrow, do them today. Create a “DO IT NOW” mentality.

Speak to someone

A problem shared is a problem halved, it’s good to talk. Talking it over with a friend or someone who is willing to listen, who wont judge or offer advice, can often help to de-clutter the mind and clarify your perspective and help you to take appropriate action to relieve stress. If you feel uncomfortable talking to someone at first, then write a letter to yourself or to someone else, without posting it, but find a means of getting your true thoughts and feelings down on paper. You can then destroy it if you wish, it’s a form of release, which you can then follow up with a plan to resolve your issues.

Change the Dynamic of your situation

Don’t be afraid to say NO. If you can learn how to be more assertive, you are more likely to have choices and this will enable you to say what you think and act how you want to. Imagine how much less stressed this will make you feel.

Give yourself choices, change the stress factors that you can and strengthen your ability to cope with ones that you cannot change. Be creative, find compromises, Reframe problems and look for solutions that create win-win outcomes.

Time Management

Time management allows you to plan and organize your life to give yourself more space and opportunity. It involves planning, delegating, setting goals and not wasting any time doing unnecessary things or worrying about things over which you have no control.

Be Organized. Prepare for the coming day, the night before. Don’t rely on your memory (it’s the first thing to go when you’re stressed). Write down appointments, to-do lists, directions and shopping lists. Create order out of chaos. Plan your day to give you time to eat and relax afterwards, it will aid your digestion (peptic ulcers aren’t fun).

Give yourself more time to do things so that you are not pressured. Get up a little earlier, leave a little earlier for appointments. Do one thing at a time and do it well, focus on the job at hand and forget everything else you have to do.

Finally, allow yourself some personal time, everyday, a private moment for peace, quiet and contemplation.

Life Management

Have an optimistic view of the world. Life only comes once, it’s quite short and you have to appreciate what’s good in it. See things from a relaxed viewpoint. Learn to live one day at a time and take each day as you find it. Enjoy the moments.

Remember that most people are doing the best that they can. Find it within yourself to be tolerant and understanding. Accept the fact that we live in an imperfect world.

Exercise

Exercise combats many of the physical and emotional symptoms of stress and can make you feel better about yourself. Exercise can bring about improvements in self-esteem and self-image and increase confidence. When our confidence and esteem are lifted our perception of ourselves changes completely and becomes much more positive.

Exercise also releases hormones that affect your mood, creating a more relaxed and positive frame of mind and releasing physical stress from the body.

Don’t ignore the mental and emotional aspect of exercise. Giving yourself time out to do something fun simply makes you feel good, so if you’re feeling stressed and unsure about whether to exercise or not, simply remind yourself of how you are going to feel afterwards.

Mind and Spirit

The following practices may help you to relax and unwind. Explore them and find out what works for you. Relaxation should be part of your daily routine.

- Guided relaxation and visualization techniques: obtain a CD or DVD

- Meditation: Brings an abundance of calm into your life

- Deep breathing techniques: Re-energizes and invigorates

- Progressive Muscle Relaxation: deeply, physically relaxing

- Massage/ Aromatherapy: Go on, pamper yourself

- Yoga; a mixture of meditation and gentle movement and stretching

- Shiatsu; Energy balancing and deeply relaxing

Other methods and therapies include; Floatation tanks, Reiki, Indian head massage, Thai Chi and Reflexology. Do your research and try a few things and find the treatment most suitable for you.

Get Healthy

Food is a celebration of life, it’s not just fuel. Take time to enjoy your meals and look after your health by eating a sensible balanced diet. If you need to, create new good eating habits. Ensure that your lifestyle changes to suit your real needs. Eat breakfast to kick-start your day, lay off the coffee and tea (the caffeine doesn’t help you to relax) and if you’re smoking more to help you calm down, they’re bad for you, cut them out. You’ll feel better, believe me.

Take a hot bath in the evening to relieve the tension in your body before going to bed and ensure that you get enough sleep. This is essential. You’ll wake up feeling refreshed with more energy and able to function better throughout the day.

Remember to Enjoy Life

Every day, take time to do something that you enjoy.

Find something that makes you smile or laugh out loud. Laughter is the answer to stress, because it’s hard to be stressed and anxious when you’re having fun!

Ron Goodswen, partner at Imagine Me Media - the Hypnotherapy DVD Company.
Roderick Piggott - Hypnotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. Imagine Me… The Hypnotherapy DVD Company.

Before beginning, please be sure that you have the necessary tools. You’ll need (a) a very small flat-head screwdriver, (b) a small Phillips screwdriver, (c) and a tri-wing screwdriver. The tri-wing screwdriver can be obtained by doing an Internet search (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) and looking for “Gameboy Advance Screwdriver.” To my knowledge, this screwdriver cannot be bought in store.

If you’re doing this for someone else, I recommend fully testing the phone before taking it apart. Check the speakers (regular and loud) and the mic to be sure of proper operation.

Start with the phone lying face-down in front of you. Before you take the battery off, you’ll need to remove the screw cover located directly next to the antenna. It’s not the small rubber circle; rather, it’s the rectangle with the rounded edges. Just use the small flat-head and push into the edge. This piece is nothing more than a sticker, but it may take a little effort to pry it off. Now remove the battery cover. You’ll see a total of 4 tri-wing screws here. Remove those and set them aside.

Using your thumbnail or the flat-head, go around the edge of the phone and split the phone apart. You should hear a “snapping” sound. Don’t panic! This is just the clips releasing. There are two clips on each side of the phone to release. After that is done, hold the phone upside down and gently pull the phone apart while wiggling it. The phone should pop apart. Sometimes one of the side keys falls out while doing this. Don’t worry, all you have to do is just slide it back in and you’re set.

After you get the back completely off, you should be able to see a small square hole at the top of the phone where the hinges are. Look into this hole. On the right side, you’ll see a white plastic “pop-rivet.” Use your screwdriver and push in towards the center as well as out. You’re trying to push this out of the side of the phone. It takes a little practice at first, but it will pop out. The edges may be damaged a little, also, but it will still go back into the phone when you’re done. After you get the hinge out, put the back of the phone back together. Leave the hinge lying on the counter for now.

Congratulations! You’re halfway done with this phone. After you’ve finished putting the screws into the back of the phone, flip it open. You’ll notice four (4) screw covers around the inner-LCD screen. Just as with the piece next to the antenna, these are nothing more than stickers. Push as deep as you can with your flat-head screwdriver and pull them out. Then take the four (4) tri-wing screws out just as you did in the back of the phone.

Remember how you popped the back of the phone off? You’re going to do the same thing to the front of the phone. After you’ve gotten all 4 screws out of the phone, run your thumbnail or a small flat-head around the slit in the edge of the phone. You’ll hear the same “snapping” sound, and then it will pop open like a car hood.

After you’ve opened the phone, look at the hinge. You should see a small silver piece (similar to a jigsaw puzzle piece) that you can snap out with your fingernail. Go ahead and pop that piece out. Now this should look familiar! Just as you did in the back of the phone, pop this hinge out as well and the faceplate will slide right off.

Now just take your Phillips screwdriver and remove the loudspeaker from the plate. You’ll see two screws. It may help to have your screwdriver magnetized so you don’t lose the screws. Put the speaker into the new plate and replace the screws. Put the little plastic cover back of the hole, and the put the faceplate back onto the phone. Push down on the outside edges, and you’ll hear the “snapping” sound again. That’s a good thing. It means you have put it back together properly.

Before you put the screws and hinges back in, this is a good time to turn the phone back on and test it. When it powers up, you should hear the startup sound. If not, check and make sure the phone is not set to vibrate or silent modes and try it again. If you still do not hear it, don’t panic. Open up the phone again and look towards the top of the LCD. You’ll see what looks like two little gold feet. These are not making contact with the speaker (that’s screwed into the faceplate). Very very very carefully, bend them up just a little and close the faceplate again. Try the speaker. If you did everything correctly, you should hear something coming out of it. Now replace the hinges, screws, and screw covers and admire your work! Send a picture to me at coolpix@thephoneguyonline.com and I’ll post it to the photo gallery!

If you need to see pictures of anything described above, please go to my website (listed below), click on ‘Installations’, and the proper PDF file. There is no charge for this. After clicking on the file, you’ll have the PDF pop up on your screen with pictures embedded.

Disclaimer: The Phone Guy Online claims no liability for customers taking apart their phones. The pictures and instructions provided herein are to be used as a guide. Even though we provide these instructions, we still recommend taking your phone to a trained professional should you experience any difficulty whatsoever. Through our experience, we know that not all phones behave in exactly the same fashion (ie: a little “rigging” may be necessary with some after-market accessories).

Jason R. Cunningham
The Phone Guy
http://www.thephoneguyonline.com
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