Apple's new and improved smart phone, the iPhone 3G, goes on sale Friday, to the delight of gadget-loving consumers. But the feature-packed touch-screen device also could make an impact with corporate and enterprise customers.
No high-end smartphone? No problem. Standard consumer-grade mobile phones from Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and other vendors are capable of syncing with Exchange servers, empowering mobile e-mail for nearly anyone who needs it.
Speech recognition technology wins the "the most over-promised and under-delivered of all time award," according to vlingo Corp. CEO Dave Grannan. But the space may finally be delivering on its promise.
A relative newcomer to the field, vlingo made its first direct-to-consumer play last...
North American Information Technology (IT) decision makers within the transportation, manufacturing and trucking/warehousing industries stated that global positioning system (GPS) technologies are an essential tool for their mobile workforce, according to a recent survey commissioned by Motorola
Sprint Nextel Corp. announced its small- and medium-sized CDMA business customers now have access to its Business Premier loyalty program.Since its merger with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier has been working to merge all users onto one network and one billing platform. Thus, the...
FMC has supporters, but cost and complexities are a concern.Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you define it, but for most, there's no rush.
Don't underestimate 3G data services, industry experts say. These offerings will tie mobile laptops and voice/data smartphones into corporate networks with something approximating a useable desktop computing experience.
While WiMAX appears to be set for commercial deployment in some US markets by year-end, the technology itself has been plagued by various fits and starts.One of its biggest problems has been at the carrier level, where only Sprint-Nextel has adopted it as its...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to bridge the gap between enterprise users and multimedia devices with a new mobile e-mail service.The offering, awkwardly dubbed Sprint Mobile Email Work, allows customers with the new Samsung Instinct and other handsets to access Microsoft Exchange Server and...
New smartphone is still largely untested from a corporate security standpoint, Gartner says.The enhanced security features built into Apple's new iPhone 3G will enable the devices to be connected more securely into corporate networks.
Verizon Wireless appears to have been inspired by the company it is currently working to acquire.Just days after the carrier proposed purchasing Alltel Communications L.L.C for almost $30 billion, Verizon Wireless announced a new plan that bears a striking resemblance to Alltel's MyCircle plan....
Verizon Wireless is merging its online tools for business subscribers. The carrier, working alongside parent company Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Business division, has launched Verizon Enterprise Center (VEC) a unified online tool for large-business customers. The new portal is made of the two former...
Mobile instant messaging will eventually cannibalize SMS and computer-based e-mail, according to a survey from TNS Technology.The survey of 17,000 respondents in 30 countries found that once users adopt MIM, it becomes their primary non-voice method of interacting with others. Of those who already...
One key message to enterprises that mobilize their work force, according to analyst Iain Gillott at iGR:"If you think networks are fast today, there's more coming - what are you going to do with it?"The challenge to make use of higher network speeds and...
Issues about server virtualization, in-cloud security, NAC, firewalls and more. Security issues often seem to smolder more than burn, but these six are certainly capable of lighting a fire under IT professionals at a moment's notice. Handle with care.
The burgeoning world of smartphones is a big headache for those charged with managing them. This long feature at InformationWeek maps out the threat and presents what in essence are two interrelated ways of approaching the problem.
Business-savvy handsets are expanding at Verizon Wireless. This doesn't mean current smartphones or PDAs are adding new features, it means now you'll be able to check your e-mail on select phones that can access the carrier's Get It Now service. Verizon Wireless has teamed...
Perhaps no segment in mobile data remains as untapped as wireless e-mail.Research In Motion Ltd. continues to dominate the market for high-powered users, resulting in millions of CrackBerry addicts hunched over their flashy devices who don't mind paying a premium - or charging their...
There was a time when only the IT shop had the smarts to hook a smartphone into the enterprise network and grant it access to services such as mobile email. Today, that's just not the case. Just about any average Joe can run to...
While not yet ready for everyone, organizations should consider buying notebooks with embedded wireless broadband capability for moderate to extensive travelers in 2009.
The continued adoption of wireless broadband technologies will have a major positive impact on the U.S. economy, according to a new report by the CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association).
