Ask A Geek Girl Group

Need help making a major gadget purchase or got a burning techie question? Join our Ask a Geek Girl Group and spill it! hyzenthlay20 recently asked the crew:

I'm trying to help my dad choose a new cell phone. He's a total gadget-head, but admits that he doesn't need/wouldn't use a smartphone. He'd love a reason to have an iPhone, but all he really does is talk on the phone. He needs a phone with a speakerphone, bluetooth, voice dialing, and great call quality. He doesn't need internet, or data, or email . . . And he's loved his RAZR for the past two years. We're looking at the Motorola MOTO, but it gets mixed reviews, although people on their reviews seem to agree that it is similar to the RAZR. He was saddened when we realized that there are no RAZRs available anymore (except for the pay-as-you-go option). He'd like to go with either AT&T or Verizon. Does anyone have any ideas?

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TeamSugar user PeachyKeen19 recently wrote me asking for advice in buying a new gadget — a camcorder.

A video camera is definitely something you don't want to buy without guidelines, and PeachyKeen19 needs one that can take great quality video for short films and have the whole package: great audio and video. It also needs to be up-to-date and simple to use (just how I like my gadgets).

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For this installment of Ask a Geek Girl, TeamSugar user amers230 asks what she should do with her old iPod, now that she's received the new iPod of her dreams:

As a special surprise for my birthday my parents bought me the new iPod I've wanted for forever. Now that I have my 80GB Classic, I have no use for my 3-year-old 20GB. Thing is, I'm not sure what to do with it now. I'm asking around to see if any friends or family want it, but no one really is interested. I could just sell it on eBay for five or ten bucks, but I was really wondering if anyone knows of some sort of donation center.

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I love being asked about digital cameras. Not only are there so many options out there in terms of size, color, and features, but I am always on the look out for the next hot camera to drool over! So when I saw cwjam88's question about which new digital camera she should spring for, I jumped at the chance to give my two cents. Cwjam88 writes:

What is a good point and shoot camera? The one that I have says it has "image stability" but it really doesn't, unless it's used in really high-lit places, the images look noisy. Plus is there a long wait after taking a picture to be able to take another one? Which point and shoot takes images quickly, turns on quickly, and doesn't have noisy images?

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When you're down and out, and aren't sure what to do about your techie problems, don't worry — you've got a friend! The Ask a Geek Girl group is here to help. We've been seeing some great questions, as well as some smart, in-depth answers from our many geeky ladies (and gents) cruising the Ask a Geek Girl group to lend their computer and tech expertise.

Just remember, no question is too hard or too easy. So if you want the lowdown on how to upload a picture on Myspace, want to know what the heck a motherboard is, or maybe just want to impress your buds when you show off your YouTube vids on your new Wii next weekend, then let us know! You may see your question featured on geeksugar! And since it's totally painless to join and easy to post a question, learn how when you read more

Since we've started the Ask a Geek Girl Group, we've gotten some pretty awesome questions, as well as some really insightful answers from you readers. Great job! Doesn't it feel great to help others? This question, posted by TeamSugar user amers230 about external hard drives is something we all may face at some point.

"A few weeks ago, I finally took my laptop into the Geeksquad to have them fix a few things. While I was there I mentioned it had been running really slowly for a while. I found out I had less than a gig of memory left on my hard drive. The guy told me to get an external hard drive and put all of my stuff on it. Do you have any recommendations on type/brand of an external hard drive? I'd like to upgrade my iPod, so I'm thinking I shouldn't get one with less than 120 gigs of memory, but I'm also a poor recent college graduate who can't afford to spend more than $100 (but spending less would be preferable if possible.) Any good tips on how to actually move my music to the hard drive?"

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Why, why, why, have you not joined the Ask a Geek Girl group yet?

Maybe you have a burning question about the best Blackberry, or maybe you are the one with the advice to give — let's foster a girl-geek community where we have the questions and answers ourselves!

I felt like a proud mama after I read the "What's your geek specialty?" thread — I was wondering the same thing after my geeky girl post yesterday!

Come on in, whether you're a computer programmer with coding questions or a mom who needs to bone up on where to find a Wii or a guide to Facebook — we're all friends here!

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Even the geekiest of us have technical breakdowns. Who do you turn to when you want to upgrade your RAM, but don't know how? Or maybe you don't even know what RAM is! Just Ask A Geek Girl, of course! In this group, we'll be explaining everything from how to handle keyboard spills to tackling shortcuts on your Blackberry, syncing your Wiimotes and how to get those photos from your SD card to your computer.

Subscribe to the Ask A Geek Girl group and ask us anything — there is no question too easy or too techie. Bonus, your questions may be featured on geeksugar — so you'll get the warm fuzzies for helping out others in a techno bind! Or join one of our other geeky groups. Try it — you'll like it!

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