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Next session is March 29th starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
Coffee etc. served. See you there.
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Topic:
Devices, Gadgets and Tools for the workforce – from Apple to Laptops what are mobile workers using and why?
Speakers will include: Palm, Allegro, S. Schick Editor, IT Business Canada.
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Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study.
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1) Articles:
- Research In Motion introduced Monday its BlackBerry 8800, designed to offer up multimedia consumer features to the corporate user.
- Nokia feels that mobile and the Net are starting to merge
- Yahoo starting to move into mobile advertising area
– Tennant a Field Service firm won a 2006 award for a mobile deployment. See story below.
- Kelleher a huge distributor of lumber products deployed an award winning mobile system.
Story below.
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- thanks to the presenters and attendees for coming out.
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Phone and Software Makers Urge Cheaper Web Mobiles
February 12, 2007
By Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters
BARCELONA (Reuters)—Wireless operators need to make mobile Internet much cheaper if they want it to become a success that can generate extra revenues, major mobile phone and mobile software makers said on Feb. 12.
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Windows Mobile 6 Doesn't Go Far
February 8, 2007
By Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
With Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft set a skilled handyman to work on the creakier joists of its mobile operating system, but stopped well short of a gut renovation.
The new OS is really more of an honorable Version 5.5 than a true 6—an accumulation of new, useful features that doesn't disturb the operating system's underpinnings or solve some of its deeper problems.
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Sherbourne Health Centre connects e-records via wireless
EVDO to link clinic, mobile buses and new infirmary
2/7/2007 4:50:00 PM
by Briony Smith, IT Business Canada
A Canadian health provider that works with the homeless is using wireless technology to link up the clinic, its mobile buses, and new infirmary so that electronic medical records can be accessed at any point of care.
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Mobile Technology shorts:
1) Research In Motion introduced Monday its BlackBerry 8800, designed to offer up multimedia consumer features to the corporate user.
Adopting some of the features of its , the BlackBerry 8800 includes a media player and a microSD expandable memory slot for music and videos. The device is among many smart phones being unveiled this week at the 3GSM World Congress, a wireless-industry trade show in Barcelona, Spain.
RIM says the BlackBerry 8800 also features its slimmest corporate design yet, with a QWERTY keyboard and trackball screen navigation system. Global-positioning system software and Bluetooth 2.0, for use with wireless headsets, also are built into the device.
The BlackBerry 8800 is expected to be available this month through a variety of carriers worldwide. Pricing has not yet been disclosed.
2) Nokia feels that mobile and the Net are starting to merge
"The worlds of ," Nokia CEO said during a press conference. "The products we are launching today reflect some key areas that we believe become part of a new connected life and where we will start to see much more widespread adoption."
Nokia announced three additions to its E series phones specifically designed for business users: the , a thin BlackBerry competitor; the , a stylish slider; and the , a device with high-speed 3G connectivity that uses the next-generation technology HSDPA as well as integrated Wi-Fi.
"Only 30 percent of companies have mobile phones deployed throughout their work force," Kallasvuo said. "That translates into a huge opportunity for us."
Nokia also introduced the , the company's first navigation-enabled handset designed for the mass market. Kallasvuo said he expects similar mapping and navigating functionality to soon be embedded as a standard feature on a wide range of Nokia phones and multimedia devices.
Along with the business-focused phones, the company revealed the first handset developed for streaming TV, the multimedia computer. The device is designed to be used on networks that use the . Nokia predicts that the technology will be embedded in between 5 million and 10 million units by the end of 2008 and in about 20 million units by the end of 2009.
3) Yahoo starting to move into mobile advertising area
The Internet media company has begun offering its brand advertising to reach mobile phone users across markets in Western Europe, South Asia and the Americas, capitalizing on its prowess in supplying Web advertising to computer users.
Yahoo said it has signed up major advertisers including Hilton's Embassy Suites, Infiniti, Intel, Nissan, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble Asia-Pacific and Singapore Airlines. They will be among the initial advertisers on Yahoo's mobile advertising system.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company already offers online marketing services to a large majority of the top 100 U.S. advertisers. , Yahoo aims to help corporate advertisers run coordinated campaigns that reach both computer and phone audiences, an official said.
"This is really about Yahoo staking out its leadership in ," said Steve Boom, Yahoo senior vice-president for mobile and broadband.
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Business Cases including new additions are here;
1. Tennant Company is a world-leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor cleaning solutions and specialty coatings. They have over 550 field technicians calling on thousands of customers worldwide. Their existing business processes - which were largely...
Solution Type: Field Service
Vertical Market: Industrial
2. Kelleher Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of lumber and molding products in the western U.S. Its largest account is Home Depot, with more than 1,800 home improvement stores throughout North America.
Solution Type: Field Sales
Vertical Market: Retail
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