Its time to raise the flag and say ‘help’ here at UMPCPortal / Carrypad. We’re asking for donations (and offering services in return.)
We’re a independent website provider focused on mobile computing and survive purely through advertising and the support of our readers. We resist the temptation to add roadblock ads, overlay ads, pop-ups, affiliate links in articles, ‘deal of the day’ and text-link-ads and we direct-sell our ad space to chosen partners on preferential terms. We also try to provide unique content, detailed reports and in-depth coverage rather than just news blogging. Our job is to promote mobile computing, for the customer, manufacturer and reseller in an honest, open and professional way.
A few years ago many of you kindly donated to support an IDF event. You donated, I attended and reported. This time I’m offering my knowledge in return for donations. I’ve been 100% full-time focused on mobile computing during the last 4.5 years and want to give you a chance to have direct access to that knowledge so I’ve created a nice package for anyone that donates during Oct 2010. The money will go towards improving the product database (now over 600 products) and a new forum setup that we’ll try to get running before Christmas. It will also go towards running the podcast and Open Review sessions that are unsponsored and have been so popular that we want to improve them and grow them further.
Update: Two Open Review sessions planned for next week. Tega V2 and Galaxy Tab. Please support these efforts!
All donations get an optional ‘thank you’ link on the UMPCPortal front page. (Page Rank 6, latest 20 shown)
Free FULL RSS feed and ebook. – Donate Now
Donate €5 or more and I’ll send you a URL to a year-long private RSS feed with full posts and no advertising. If you wish, you can have a daily email post instead. You’ll also get the 2008 Ultra Mobile Guide as a PDF and if you donate in October you’ll get a free copy of the 2010 Mobile Computing Guide ebook (which won’t be free to others) when it gets released later this year.
Product Advice. (Only for donations in October) Donate Now Advice available from 25th October
The perfect way to get expert buying advise for the holiday season. Donate €15 or more in October and you’ll get the RSS feed, the ebook offer and I’ll also provide you with a priority email address that you can use to send your device shortlist and requirements to. I’ll then analyze your product choices and send you a link to a ‘chooser’ page similar to this. The ratings on that page will be based on our knowledge (the public page uses public input and doesn’t include all products.) If you send a few requirements notes (e.g. I’m looking for a device for traveling, gaming etc.) then I’ll also return some notes about your choices. If you want to donate in October and receive a ‘get mobile device advice for free’ card for later use, that’s also fine. We’ll sort that out via email.
Thanks in advance for your support of Carrypad and UMPCPortal, the independent mobile computing websites.
Where can I donate?