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read our content on your favorite PDA (Sony Clie PDA shown) Now you can take TimeForDVD.com with you, on your iPhone, BlackBerry, smart-phone with internet access.  We have designed a mobile-friendly version of our web site.

Whether you're new to DVD or home theater, use your web-enabled smart phone to download our content and go shopping with confidence.  We have tutorials, shopping guides, frequently asked questions, and glossary of common terms.  If you are already a DVD-Video connoisseur, then stay abreast of the latest DVD-Video movie releases.  Download our list of upcoming DVD-Video releases for the coming months and our latest DVD movie reviews.

To take a test drive of our mobile content using your PC-based web browser, simply click here.  Its format and content is optimized for the small-screen PDA and web-enabled handheld devices.

How to access the mobile content from your wireless device?

If your handheld device has wireless internet access, simply point your web browser to this URL:

AvantGoHere's how you can access the PDA version of TimeForDVD.com using your PDA or handheld device.

  1. First, you should have an AvantGo.com account.  AvantGo is the mini web browser application for PDAs.  You can create your own free account, if you don't already have one, with 2 MB of web clipping space.  Sign up here.  Then install any needed software on your PC.  See AvantGo for instructions on how to install the PC software.

  2. Next, login using your username and password.

  3. Click on the My Account tab on the gray column on the right side of screen.

  4. Under the Subscriptions category, click on the Create a custom channel link.

  5. Enter the following:

    Title: TimeForDVD.com
    Location: http://timefordvd.com/pda 
    Maximum Channel Size: 200(recommended)
    Link Depth: 3  (recommended)
    Include Images: select Yes  (recommended)
    Follow Off-Site Links: select No
    Refresh this channel: select once daily at the time of your choice  (recommended)

  6. Click on the Save Channel button when you're done.

  7. Hot synch your PDA with your computer.

  8. Turn on your PDA and select AvantGo from the main menu.

  9. Scroll down and select TimeForDVD.com content.

  10. Navigate by clicking on the underlined hypertext links (as you would in any PC-based web browser).  The PDA content should look just like this.

That's all there is.  Enjoy!

While we do not have everything that's on our web site in the mobile version yet.  The mobile version includes content designed to help the everyday consumer shop intelligently for a DVD player and other home theater components with tutorials, shopping guides, and frequently asked questions (FAQs).  It is also designed for the casual DVD collector and enthusiasts to help them stay on top of the latest DVD-Video releases and upcoming releases.  We also feature some of our latest DVD-Video movie reviews of the most popular titles to help you select which DVDs to rent or buy.

Sometimes, we will provide an abridged version of our web site's feature article and inform our mobile content users that they can find additional information on the web site.

We keep the feature articles such as tutorials, hardware buying guides, FAQs, and glossary synchronized with our web site, as we update them.
 

Did you find the mobile content helpful?  Let us know your thoughts, send an e-mail to us at Feedback@TimeForDVD.com.

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