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Volume 3, Issue 8
Five Cool New Things To Do With Your Mobile Device If any of the following apply to you, keep reading (then send us your resumé): (a) you know "Bluetooth" was
It turns out mobile devices can be used for more than Aeroprise. We know this may come as a surprise but work with us here. In that spirit, this month we offer our list of the top five coolest things you can do with your mobile device. Over the past year as handset shipments have soared, so have the number of creative uses for them. Here are the five we like best:
Honorable mention: your old phone is much more than a museum piece. Donate it to Phones 4 Charity and support victims of domestic violence or the charity of your choice. Learn more here. Good job, loyal readers. After last month's IOWA exposé, you pushed the index up 23.2% this month. Well, you and a lot of M&A activity (see QCOM, GOOG, and SY) combined with positive announcements from Google about its mobile strategy and Sprint-Nextel about the completion of their merger. This month, the index closed at 211.5. This represents the second largest one-month gain since its inception. Upcoming Events Mobilizing Service Management Applications: Opportunities and Challenges for State, Local, and Federal Government Organizations Free one-hour webcast September 1, 2005: register here Aeroprise CEO to present on Silicon Valley WebGuild Mobile & Wireless Panel Microsoft Campus, Mountain View, CA September 22, 2005: Register here Industry Buzz Yahoo! Finance: iAnywhere Acquisition of Extended Systems Changes Mobile Software Landscape USA Today: $35B sprint-Nextel Merger Complete, Third-largest Wireless Carrier Begins Integration Effort Tip of the Month: Control Device Behavior Your users access Aeroprise from a variety of devices. Who's using which one and how can you guarantee you're taking advantage of their unique capabilities? Here's how: From your Administration Console, select "Device Profiles" in your User Interaction tab. You'll see a list of all the devices that have logged into Aeroprise and which display style is being associated with each. You can also set device-specific behavior such as "maximum menu size" and "alerting mechanism". From your "Display Styles" tab, you can view and modify how your mobile apps will appear on various devices. These are powerful tools that help you give your users the best mobile experience possible - without hiring a team of wireless engineers. Trivia Question: Competition Fierce Among Top Handset Manufacturers Question: Which handset manufacturer is the market-share leader in mobile phone sales? (a) Nokia (b) Samsung (c) LG Electronics (d) Motorola (e) Sony Ericsson source: Gartner [answer in next month's newsletter] Last month's question: Of 1,000 IT decision makers recently surveyed by Forrester Research, what percent intend to deploy mobile line-of-business applications like CRM and SFA instead of or in addition to personal information management ("PIM") applications like email and calendaring? (a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 40% (e) 50% Last month's answer: According to Forrester Research, (c) 30% of IT decision makers intend to deploy mobile line-of-business applications by the end of 2005. The study also concludes that businesses are adopting mobile applications faster than they had planned. Most of the enterprises surveyed have deployed some form of mobile data applications and estimate that full deployment will reach 23 percent of their workforce. Resources Aeroprise Newsletter Archives Aeroprise Newsletter Signup Mobilizing Your Applications: A Primer Aeroprise online demo Aeroprise customer case studies Aeroprise Partner Portal Questions o: +1(866)809-9102 f: +1(650)404-1185 information@aeroprise.com If you'd prefer not to receive future Aeroprise updates please click here. We never share subscriber information with anyone. |
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