With a massive growth of smart phones for business use this video looks at how you can get the most out of smart phones in your business.
Apples iPhone has changed the game for Smart phones – before the iPhone they were expensive gizmos for globetrotting executives now they are a must have for many business people. In reality Smart phones are powerful mini-computers with more power and memory than many desktop PCs that were around just a few years ago.
Some small businesses are already effectively run from Smart phones, this trend will only grow as larger organisations increasingly mobilise their employees, applications and processes. Why have a salesman chained to a desk or home office when he can do everything on the move?
Why have a service engineer or delivery driver come into the office every morning to pick up job sheets when she can get all the information she needs on her smartphone?
Many organisations are now actively changing their applications so they can be accessed from mobile devices, to enable them to take advantage the flexibility that Smart phones provide.
Smart phones are more expensive than simple voice phones but their greater functionality and ability to make our working lives easier outweigh the extra cost. So which Smartphone is best for your organisation?
While Apple may still have the brand kudos, this is changing fast as shipments of Android phones show. Blackberry continues to be the leading Enterprise based Smartphone if you want business-class email and the control and security to block the download of applications, content and games which could pose a security threat.
If your organisations is looking for Smartphones that will mainly be used for email and browserbased applications, then you should look seriously at BlackBerry and Android solutions. Both offer platforms that you can use to mobilise your business applications too. With so much choice it has never been so important to get it right.
Speak to BT to help you ensure that you deploy the right devices, security and mobile management for your organisation and your people.
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With in our sphere of operation, we are seeing a massive increase in smart phones being used in business. For sure Blackberry remains the most popular, but with the cost to businesses to run BES etc organisations are looking for alternatives.
iPhone looked to be the natural choice, however Android is gaining fast. The new breed of Android smart phones from HTC have additional security and remote wipe functions via the HTC Sense portal, that could well prove of interest to business.
The Signify service provides software tokens for 2 factor authentication on both Blackberry and iPhone, with Android being planned for release in Q1 2011.
The future looks bright for smart phones.
This is an easy decision. If you want a really trick toy with lots of great games and stuff to play, get an iPhone. If you want a business tool, choose Blackberry. Sadly we have just changed to iPhone.
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