Wireless email "The most important business tool"

Wireless Email Solutions Becoming the Most Important Business Tool

Among all the useful business tools that are available today, wireless email solutions has become the most important because today's business is very fast paced, confusing and huge. It has become the need of the hour to stay connected ...

Publish Date: 07/29/2010 0:55

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iPhone 3.0

Is it just me or does the rest of the world see through all the hype around the iPhone 3.0 release? So many promises yet nothing of any real substance to make the iPhone a "contender" in the enterprise space.

Oh sure, adopting Microsoft's ActiveSync was a smart move, but to take credit for "exposing some hidden features" like business policies is, uhm, blowing your own horn a little too much for my liking. The iPhone is still so far behind the BlackBerry, one doubts they will ever really catch up. There's no way the worlds most popular smartphone manufacturer is going to sit on their hands and watch while iPhone hypes up their second rate business phone.

Don't get me wrong, I like the changes the iPhone has brought to the market. But do any of you really consider "automatic software updates" to be a leap in technology? It's sounds really cool that they've sold 800,000 software applications, but aren't a lot of them only a few dollars? Unless you were one of the 7 or 9 idiots who bought the "I am rich" "application" for $1000 only to find out it was just a screen saver, you're not helping change the course of smartphone history. Besides, who'd really want to be remembered as one of the nine dumbest people on earth who would pay $1000 for a screen saver...while there are thousands of starving children that could really use a nice screen saver!

The only thing that iPhone 3.0 shows us is that with the right amount of hype, you can make people believe almost anything.

BlackBerry wins again!

NotifyLink v4.6 now released

Notify Technology has announced the release of their NotifyLink v4.6 server software. There are hundreds of new features and improvements abound in this new version.

Most dramatic among the updated changes are the enabling of the use of "Business Policies" to monitor and control mobile usage. Administrators will love this new set of features.

There is a huge list of improvements numbering in the hundreds. Contact Notify Technology for a full list including a 52 slide powerpoint presentation that highlights all the changes and upgrades.

Mobility programs are cost effective

With the current economic climate, administrators are being asked to justify expenditures of any sort. These days, your project better deliver either cost savings or increased profits or you probably won't get approval for funding. The logic applies right down to the family level who create small mobility projects of their own.

Mobile technology can save you money when the right products are applied to the process being mobilized. Remembering that a successful mobile program is an equation of mulitple parts, if you're careful you can economize to the point of eliminating some costs entirely by selecting the right products and services. How can you eliminate costs entirely? By choosing the right products and services as the components of your overall mobility equation. The right products are those that give you the most flexibility in choosing the remaining components like devices, service plans and even groupware choices. Flexibility will give you agility in the deployment of your overall mobile program.

Competion among device manufacturers and wireless carriers can work to your advantage if you're not locked into any single program under long term contract. With the pace of change in the wireless industry, long term should be considered to be about 60 days! You can rest assured if you don't like things today...wait a week and there'll be changes.

So once you've selected the right components you should find that some choices actually pay for others so your mobility program enjoys an increased ROI sooner and longer.

Ultralight Computer or Heavy SmartPhone?

The lines are merging between today's ultra-light computers and some SmartPhones. Sony Ericsson introduces their beautiful new Xperia SmartPhone at a price of $800 USD with no subsidies available from any carrier.

The Symbian operating system has not proven as popular as developers had hoped with the main players BlackBerry and Windows Mobile holding their own. Newcomer, Apple has also eaten up a big chunk of the pie that once belonged almost exclusively to BB and WM.

Meanwhile Sony Ericsson and giant Nokia, stumble along trying to crack the North American market for SmartPhone PDA's. There's no logic to their lack of sales as their devices are top-notch in every category. The Symbian OS is mature and stable but they just can't seem to get the carriers on side, to support sales with subsription incentives (subsidies).

There are some great choices out there among ultra-light computers that with the addition of an "Internet stick", give users their entire desktop, anywhere they go. The real factor that seems to determine who prefers what device for which activity is user input. Until voice recognition enters the mobile space, keyboards either virtual or physical are going to remain the input mode of choice. Leaving consumers...with an ever increasing variety in choices.

Canadians check your data plan rate!

Our readers in Canada should be aware that data rates are changing dramatically. You can't blame them, but you'll need to reach out to your wireless carrier to learn about the newest data plan rates.

Not only are rates dropping like a stone off a cliff, but the amount of data allowed is also increasing exponentially! My own plan with Rogers went from $90 a month for 250 minutes of voice and 25 MB of data...to 550 minutes of voice and 1 GB of data...for only $70 a month.

Telus just announced an "unlimited personal email, text and web" plan for only $30 per month.

No more overages in data will save you a fortune. When's the last time you checked on updating your wireless data plan?

Mobile Net the next frontier

The next big shift in the way people gather information and surf the Internet will be mobile browsing. The industry is experiencing a surge in the uptake of devices capable of providing the ability to browse the web from a mobile device.

On the other side of the equation, Organizations are not keeping pace with this demand by optimizing their websites for viewing from a mobile device. At the same time we are still saddled with less than exemplary mobile browers available on today's devices. Apple is the first (aren't they always?) to recognize this paradigm shift in the way people are trying to access information. The iPhone arguably provides the best mobile web browsing experience available today.

Some of the applications that will provide future services, have yet to be written. Surprisingly, Nokia was testing these waters back in 1997 when they wrote an application that used GPS and crime statistics database, to offer life insurance to users who strayed into statistically high crime neighbourhoods. That was probably all most people needed to "high tail" it out of there!

The mobile Net will be the next battle ground for the hearts and minds of consumers and information junkies. The mobile Net will belong to those who best anticipate the new ways people will use it. Just think how the functionality of GPS can create a "situational awareness" of not only where you are, but what goods and services are available near by. It adds the benefit of creating a context to where you are and what you may be doing. to which Goods and Services can be applied and offered.

But that's only the first part of what some people envision for mapping. Using data they collect with GPS handsets, people will begin to create virtual maps of their lives. It's already starting to happen. Last year, Nokia posted a prototype of Sports Tracker, a free application for runners and other athletes that uses a GPS phone to record their training. A million people downloaded the program, which quickly morphed into a way for users to create online diaries and share photos of their whereabouts. Nokia rebranded the program as viNe for athletes and others, underscoring how the mobile Web is evolving more by user creativity than corporate decree.

BRICs and the Mobile Web
New research from Nielsen reveals contrasts in Web surfing of cell-phone users in developed countries vs. those in the so-called BRIC nations. Mobile subscribers in Brazil, Russia, India, and China rank entertainment, gaming, and music sites among their top five categories visited. In Europe and the U.S., e-mail, weather and news, and sports top the list. Why? BRIC residents often don't have the home PCs, cable TV, and iPods that Westerners do. (AAPL) So more use cell phones for entertainment. Read the study HERE

NL v4.5 has been certified against CGP v5.2.7.

Notify Technology Corp. (NTFY) of San Jose, CA, announced today that they have certified NotifyLink v4.5 against CommunigatePro v5.2.7.

This means users of CGP's latest version can be assured of full bi-directional synchronization of email, calendar, contacts and tasks when using NotifyLink for any BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Palm or Symbian 9.1s60r3 device.

Palm TREO 800w

Sprint plans to launch the latest Treo smartphone, the 800w, on Sunday. The device will feature EV-DO Rev. A data speeds,Wi-Fi with a 1-touch dedicated key, GPS navigation, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.1 and Live Search for Windows Mobile.

Notify Technology makes important press release on iPhone 3G support

Notify Technology’s Wireless Enterprise Solution To Support the Apple iPhone

NotifyLink solution will extend enterprise wireless synchronization to 12 additional email suites using Apple’s new iPhone 3G and any iPhone or iPod touch upgraded with the new iPhone 2.0 software

SAN JOSE, CA – July 11, 2008 – Notify Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NTFY), today announced that its NotifyLink Enterprise Edition will now support the Apple iPhone 3G and all iPhones and iPod touch devices once upgraded with the new iPhone 2.0 software. With the iPhone 2.0 upgrade for the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple is only providing enterprise wireless email and PIM synchronization support for Microsoft Exchange users. The NotifyLink Enterprise Edition will extend the enterprise functionality of the iPhone and iPod touch to include support for the wireless synchronization of email and PIM (calendar, personal address book, and global address book) to an additional 12 email suites. The NotifyLink support for the iPhone and iPod touch will include all supported email suites listed on Notify’s website at www.notifycorp.com. In the coming weeks, Notify will make separate joint announcements with many of its email suite partners regarding support for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch...

You can find all the details in the press release on the NotifyLink website.

F-R-I-D-A-Y is the day for iPhone

NotifyLink for Google Apps Premier Edition

Yes, it's true! Insiders at Notify Technology advise us that Notify Technology (NTFY) is releasing their client for Google Apps!

You can now enjoy full bi-directional synchronisation on your device of choice while enjoying the benefits of Google Apps.

There is an official press release being prepared this week for release on July 16!

Prices are rumored to be in the $120 per user per year range.

iPhone 3G — Twice as Fast. Half The Battery Life.

Just as Jun. 26, 2007 was likely your last chance to buy shares of Apple for less than $120, July 8, 2008 may well have been your last chance to buy them for under $170. A trio of iPhone 3G reviews went to press yesterday evening, and all are largely positive. There are some caveats though: battery life is disappointing (4 hours and 27 minutes of talk time? The first iteration of the device provided up to eight hours), as is lack of video and voice capture. And the device’s GPS receiver is apparently too weak to support turn-by-turn navigation. Oh, and you’ll likely need an adapter to use first gen iPhone accessories.

If you’ve been waiting to buy an iPhone until it dropped in price, or ran on faster cell networks, you might want to take the plunge, if you can live with the higher service costs and the weaker battery life. The same goes for those with existing iPhones who love the device but crave faster cellular data speeds. But if you already own an iPhone, and can usually use Wi-Fi for data, you probably should hold off and get the free software upgrade before deciding whether it’s worth getting the new hardware.”

– Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal

So the iPhone 3G is a nice upgrade. It more than keeps pace with advancing technology, and new buyers will generally be delighted….But it’s not so much better that it turns all those original iPhones into has-beens. Indeed, the really big deal is the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store, neither of which requires buying a new iPhone. That twist may come as a refreshing surprise to planned-obsolescence conspiracy theorists — and everyone who stood in line last year.

– David Pogue, The New York Times

The iPhone 3G … is worth the wait….It’s cheaper, faster and a lot friendlier for business. Apple’s blockbuster smartphone already had nifty features such as visual voicemail, a splendid built-in video iPod and the best mobile Web browser I’ve ever used. With GPS newly added to the mix, this handheld marvel has no equal among consumer-oriented smartphones.”

– Edward C. Baig, USA Today

Get ready for a wave of interest in iPhone 3G

Headlines like these are becoming more common as the iPhone 3G is introduced around the world. UK customers can hardly wait to get their hands on the new phone through O2.

Full story here:

Rogers unannounced iPhone rates causing uproar in Canada

iPhone love it or hate it...is causing a ruckus in Canada. There is even a petition being circulated, demanding that Rogers offer an unlimited data plan "like AT and T in the US".

No one knows for sure what Rogers will charge for data plans for the sleek new device. A company spokesperson quoted in the Edmonton Sun, stated that Rogers has not yet released any pricing and any speculation is premature. She went on to indicate that Rogers customer's will have complete freedom to adjust their plans to meet their needs... OK...I need a free unlimited data plan! Accomodate that!

Nokia Intellisync Handheld Edition 6.0 Notice of Product Discontinuation

Nokia Intellisync Handheld Edition 6.0 Notice of Product Discontinuation
Nokia Intellisync Desktop Suite includes Nokia Intellisync Handheld Standard Edition and Nokia Intellisync Handheld Edition for Enterprise.

The sale of both Nokia Intellisync Handheld Editions is being discontinued. There will be no replacement products.

Schedule for products discontinuation is as follows:

Last order date: July 19, 2008
Last date to purchase support: July 19, 2009
Last (possible) date of contracted support: July 19, 2010
New product purchase:

Product can be purchased until July 19, 2008.
New product purchase will automatically include one year full support.
Nokia Intellisync Handheld Standard Edition
For new product purchase, click 'Buy Now' button on right side.

Nokia Intellisync Handheld Enterprise Edition
Product Support Contract Renewal Purchase

Support offerings will be offered for one-year renewal of one year of service.
Support contracts purchased up until July 19, 2008 will include full remedial support for one year.
Support contracts purchased after July 19, 2008 and up until July 19, 2009 will include only critical security fix support until July 19, 2010.
For new product purchase information or for support contract renewal purchase, visit nokiaforbusiness.com to locate your nearest Nokia for Business Channel Partner.

Do you like video on your BB?

Here are some sites for collecting video for viewing on your BB:

www.blackberryvids.com
Videos4blackberry.info
Videos4blackberrys.net
seabyrd.com

London Web win Gold!

London, UK (PRWEB) June 4, 2008 -- London Web Limited are pleased to announce they have been appointed by US software manufacturer Notify Technology as their "UK Gold Partner" for providing "NotifyLink Enterprise Server" sales, support and the provision of hosted NotifyLink "On Demand" services from the UK. "Live Remote Support" is offered as well as on site server installation and handset configuration services if required.
NotifyLink Enterprise Server not only provides mobile push email but also synchronises PIM Data (Contacts, Calendars, Tasks) from an extensive array of established Enterprise Collaborative email solutions. Offering wider handset support than other single manufacturer solutions (such as BES), NotifyLink Enterprise server works with Blackberry, Windows Mobile, PalmOS and Symbian 9.1 smartphones. (Apple iPhone support is confirmed for later this summer).
The solution comprises of client software installed on the phone, which communicates securely with a server "over the air". The server may be installed "On Premise" or London Web can provide a hosted "On Demand" solution from within their secure UK datacentre. The NotifyLink server communicates securely with the corporate email/PIM servers and pushes any changes in both directions. Any IMAP4 compatible server can be used in email only mode and the following platforms are supported for PIM Synchronisation: CommuniGatePro, Exchange, Gordano, GroupWise, Kerio, MDaemon, Meeting Maker, Mirapoint, Oracle, Scalix, SUN, Zimbra
According to Jamie Easterman, Managing Director, London Web "This partnership confirms and strengthens our position in the marketplace for providing secure, flexible and reliable solutions for the growing mobile workforce. Our hosted email solutions have now pushed the envelope of Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere availability with the addition of NotifyLink to our product portfolio."
London Web has been providing business quality Internet services since 1996 and NotifyLink compliments the existing solutions it offers in the "Unified Communications" sector. Despite the local sounding name London Web provide global Internet and business communication services and support to some of the finest organisations around the world.
"We are excited to have London Web on board as our Gold Partner providing NotifyLink Technology in the UK" says Paul DePond, president and CEO of Notify Technology. "London Web's experience of secure business hosting and the NotifyLink Enterprise Mobility Solution enables the company to provide businesses real-time, secure, wireless access to corporate data including the management of email, calendar, contacts, and task information with local support during UK business hours."
For further information contact Jamie Easterman on +44 (0)20 8349 4500 or notifylink-pr@londonweb.net or see http://www.notifylink.londonweb.net/