Hello Again, Happily, I am now able to receive e-mail at: Editor@sweetviolets.com Hoping to hear from many of our Violet friends, with articles for our Summer 2005 Issue, 'Viola News'! The deadline for sending articles is August 7th, if possible please try to send articles sooner, say by August 1st. With Thanks, Jill Ann Editor@sweetviolets.com

I am very happy with my Garmin. Here is a tip. Spend the extra money for the dash mount. It is so much easier to hide

Android Samsung Mesmirize (Fascinate on other carriers) I love it! Got the wife one first as her old phone was dying and even though she is not the most techy (that's my job) she had it all figured out before I even got mine the following week. It looks as sleek as the iPhone, but has several advantages in my book. 1) Has an microSD slot. Comes with a free 16gig card. If I need more, instead of having to buy a new phone, aka iPhone, I can just swap out to the next size of card. 2) Although battery life is great, it is a removable battery, so if you do use it a lot and have battery life issues, you can swap out a spare. I will give the iPhone credit for the front camera, but that only works in wi-fi zones right now, so I don't consider that a deal breaker. Any app you can find for the iPhone, you can find for the Android. Wish I had the Evo, as it has HDMI out, but the coverage in my area for the carrier is not good. I was thinking about the iPhone for a while, but where I live (Iowa) AT&T's 3G coverage only exists in 4 cities, everywhere else is practically dial-up speeds when surfing. That prompted me to stay with USCellular as they switched to 3G to almost the entire state last May. For me, speed and coverage was the biggest factors. If the iPhone would have been available on USCellular last year, I might have changed my mind. Best feature right now is my desk cradle. I have it beside my bed, and have replaced the alarm clock with it. I can wake up and see the current weather as well as the time. Just my 2 cents worth,

Snidely, When going to Wal-Mart always be careful in what you buy. Their Return Policies are so liberal that: I saw a Logitech Mouse I didn't recognize (thought I knew every Logitech mouse out there) and when I picked up the package I found out why I didn't recognize it. Someone had returned their Old Microsoft Mouse in the Logitech Package. Of course Wal-Mart didn't bother to look at the returned product or they would have seen this right away (thru the plastic). I also purchased a set of The Rain-X Wiper Blades ($20 for each blade). Mine were so bad I went right out to the car and started to change them while in the parking lot. When I took the Blades out of the package they were falling apart. Someone had returned their Old Blades (which were worse than the Blades I was replacing). I walked right back in and Returned them for my money back! I told them that they were welcome to come look at the blades I was replacing and the blades I purchased there 5 minutes before! Anyway, they just gave me my money back! Just saying, be careful when shopping at Wal-Mart. Lot's of Opened Items on the Shelves being sold as New! They just return the Returns to the shelves and never inspect them. Maybe this differs from Store to Store, but this is the policy at the Wal-Mart I shop at!