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Friday, May 26, 2006
The search for the best mobile platform for mobilizing the workforce
This is the first in a series of articles that will look at different mobile platforms suitable for corporate use. This article is specifically about RIM Blackberry.
Interestingly most users still seem to see the Blackberry as mainly an email device, even though it functionality-wise is a smartphone or PDA. That's the side effect of connecting certain functionality to a brand. On the positive side, those in the survey also considered the Blackberry to have the best corporate email support, pointing out the fact (?) that the Blackberry technology uses real pushing of emails to the device, while e.g. Windows Mobile pulls emails at given intervals. I don't think that is true, but I haven't dug deep enough into the specs to know for sure. Lack of Wi-Fi is pointed out as a clear drawback when using the device within the office.
The author promises that this article will be followed up with ditto about Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Palm OS, Linux and Java ME.
Mobile platforms: BlackBerry -- Mobile e-mail's 'gold standard'
Interestingly most users still seem to see the Blackberry as mainly an email device, even though it functionality-wise is a smartphone or PDA. That's the side effect of connecting certain functionality to a brand. On the positive side, those in the survey also considered the Blackberry to have the best corporate email support, pointing out the fact (?) that the Blackberry technology uses real pushing of emails to the device, while e.g. Windows Mobile pulls emails at given intervals. I don't think that is true, but I haven't dug deep enough into the specs to know for sure. Lack of Wi-Fi is pointed out as a clear drawback when using the device within the office.
The author promises that this article will be followed up with ditto about Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Palm OS, Linux and Java ME.
Mobile platforms: BlackBerry -- Mobile e-mail's 'gold standard'
