"Hooking into a back-end server to retrieve data for a personal productivity device is vital if companies are to get the most value out of their devices". Groupware and "always on" connection key, according to Computing.
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"The Symbian OS is now reaching the shipment levels needed to make it a contender in the enterprise". The Register reports on smartphones outselling PDAs in 2003Q4.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa: 2.24 million smartphones were sold in the quarter compared to 1.23 million PDAs.
Friday, January 23, 2004
Databases on Smartphones: making data more usable and manageable?
The Register
reports on the issues.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
MOBIlearn's latest newsletter discusses this issues of "occasionally connected computing" and synchronization to enterprise applications.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Computing expects world-wide mobile revenue to be US$126 billion by 2008. Main factors are messaging, games and music but they "...also forecast strong growth for business use of mobile services".
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Japan Media Review reports on Emerging Business Applications in the Japanese Mobile Internet. "It is estimated there were between 100,000 and 200,000 business people accessing information in corporate databases from their mobile phones as of April 2003."
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Thursday, January 08, 2004
China now has more mobile phones than landlines, with mobile subscriptions at 269 million versus 263 million land line subscriptions. - More at the BBC
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
According to the Mobile Data Association (MDA) a record 111 million text messages were sent at New Year. ( The Register)
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