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RIM's BlackBerry Bold Aims at Business Users: By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd (RIM)(RIMM) is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek new smartphone will also catch on with the broader retail...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.; News items 2008-05-12
RIM's New BlackBerry Bold Targets Business Market: By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters UK) - Research In Motion (RIM)(RIMM) is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek device will also catch on in the broad retail market. The BlackBerry Bold,...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Hardware, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., Oukbs; News items 2008-05-11
Trick Out Your BlackBerry with 7 Killer Apps: BlackBerry users often forget (or don't even know) that they can add software to their devices. Web Worker Daily rounds up 7 productivity-boosting apps for the BlackBerry, including: JiveTalkÂ If you use IM for chatting with colleagues and clients, JiveTalk will make your life a lot easier....; Tags: Handhelds, Rick Broida, RIM BlackBerry; Blog posts 2008-05-08
How Many Hours a Day Do You Work?: In the age of the Blackberry, the workday is no longer fixed. We hit the streets of San Francisco, London and Sydney to find out how many hours a day people are actually working.; Tags: Hour, Handhelds, Hardware, Sidewalk Stories, Hours; Videos 2008-05-08
Lockheed Likely to Win GPS Satellite Contract: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) is likely to win a contract over Boeing Co (BA) to build next generation navigation satellites for the U.S. military, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the contract....; Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Satellite, GPS III, GPS, Handhelds, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Boeing Co.; News items 2008-05-13

Get Voice-Prompted Information from Your BlackBerry with Tellme: In an interesting display of cross-platform love, Microsoft just released a BlackBerry applet that taps into its voice-operated Tellme service. Here's how it works: You press and hold your phone's Call button, then say something like "coffee," "travel," orÂ a business name. Tellme finds local results based on your phone's GPS...; Tags: Handhelds, Rick Broida, Tellme Networks Inc., RIM BlackBerry; Blog posts 2008-04-30
The Coming Smart Phone Shift: I'm attending the Nantucket Conference, where the East Coast entrepreneurial community gathers to talk about the state of the business. It's all off the record (though I can negotiate to post specific comments with the speakers). Perhaps because of that, the conference has a kind of intimacy that's unusual...; Tags: Smart phones, PRODUCTIVITY, Cellular phones, Notebooks, Handhelds, Michael Fitzgerald, smart phone, computer; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Smartphones Disencumber Webcor's Construction Pros by Combining Handheld, Laptop, Cell Phone, and Camera Functionality: This case study discusses the wireless connectivity needs of workers in the building trades and explains how Palm® Treo™ smartphones are meeting those needs for the construction professionals at Webcor Builders. Previously, salaried employees of the California construction firm carried these four devices: Palm handheld Laptop computer...; Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Palm Treo, smart phone, Palm Inc., handheld, cell phone, laptop computer, digital camera, phone, worker, camera, photograph, wireless, e-mail, computer; Case studies
Smartphones Let Attorneys Take Their Offices with Them: When the San Francisco law firm of Hanson Bridgett needed a wireless solution that would give its attorneys access to data from any location at any time, it chose Palm® Treo™ smartphones with Good Technology's GoodLink service. Among the solution's major selling points: Combined PDA and cell phone functionality...; Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Inc., smart phone, Palm Treo, attorney, wireless access, wireless, processor, cell phone, e-mail; Case studies
Wireless email solutions: trends, benefits, and barriers: This whitepaper recaps the findings of a Harris Interactive Market Research Project on wireless email solutions. Online quantitative research was conducted in the U.S. among 959 firms and targeting individuals who play a key role in wireless email solution purchase and deployment decisions. Respondents were representative of a wide...; Tags: Handhelds, Palm Inc., wireless email, barrier, wireless, benefit, e-mail; White papers
Public Works Department Uses Smartphones to Improve Field Worker Efficiency: Read this case study to find out how Palm® Treo™ smartphones are enabling Public Works field staff in California's Contra Costa County to expedite services for the county's taxpayers. The paper highlights the advantages that California's ninth most populated county has gained by being able to send and receive numerical,...; Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, smart phone, California, enterprise server, cost savings, worker, benefit; Case studies
5 Reasons Your Next PC Might Be A Phone: A 2004 survey of Pocket PC owners by software developer Spb, found that 85% of users rely on their phone as an organizer. More than half use it to browse the Internet and check e-mail. Interestingly, about a third of Pocket PC owners use their devices for GPS navigation, and...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., Pocket PC, phone, PC, GPS, finance, survey, e-mail, Internet, software, computer; White papers
Frost & Sullivan: Assessing the ROI of Palm Treo Smartphones: This white paper by Frost & Sullivan presents an ROI model that can be used to build a business case for the deployment of Palm Treo smartphones. Smartphones combine the features of wireless handsets with the flexibility of PDAs. They enable mobile employees to: Use their time...; Tags: Smart phones, ROI/TCO, PDAs, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Frost & Sullivan, Palm Treo, smart phone, ROI, Palm Inc., wireless handset, PDA, business case, handset, cell phone, laptop computer, mobile, phone, wireless, e-mail; White papers
7 Things To Know Before Buying A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA): Handheld computers, known more widely now as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), are the Swiss Army knives of the tech world. They began as address books on steroids and have turned into pocket-sized multimedia communication machines. Combining PDAs with cell phones or digital cameras - two handheld products in one -...; Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., PDA, handheld, multimedia, handheld computer, digital camera, camera, cell phone, phone, computer; White papers
Family Medicine Center: Family Medical Practice Goes Paperless With Integrated Microsoft Solution: Founded in 2003 by Dr. Sumathy Pathy, Family Medicine Center in Bellevue, Washington, provides primary and preventative medical care to people of all ages. After witnessing operational inefficiencies at her clinic of residency, Dr. Pathy was determined to use technology to help her create an efficient, paperless family medical practice....; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Dr., mobile computing, mobile, patient, wireless network, Microsoft Corp., wireless, network; Case studies
Strategic Growth by Repositioning Business Within Value Chain: A pioneer in the GPS, navigation, and guidance technology market was experiencing a progressive, but dramatic, shift in its business. The company had thus become interested in expanding its market position, specifically by broadening its presence in the emerging location-based services business. To capture profits from this market, management believed...; Tags: PRTM, value chain, GPS, team, strategy; Case studies
Collaborative Outsourcing Is Key to Fast-Track Growth: New Company Hits the Ground Running With Robust IT Infrastructure: When a handheld computing subsidiary's parent company decided to spin it off as a separate entity, the first challenge was creating a technology infrastructure, applications and systems to support the new organization. Outsourcing with EDS provided the solution. EDS quickly deployed a new data warehouse and converted mission-critical data. Then...; Tags: Handhelds, Storage, handheld computing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., handheld, data warehouse, IT infrastructure, data center, outsourcing, Web site, information technology, desktop, Web, network; Case studies
Smartphones: Improving Efficiency, Productivity, and Communication in the District of Columbia: Find out how Palm® Treo™ smartphones and Good Technology's Good Mobile Messaging service are enabling employees of the District of Columbia to provide better government service to the citizens of Washington, D.C. This case study highlights the benefits that employees are realizing through the smartphones, including the ability to: ...; Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Inc., District of Columbia, smart phone, customer service, laptop computer, benefit, e-mail; Case studies
Top 8 Business Travel Accessories: Sometimes a person just has to take the business to the streets - or onto the plane or down the highway to make the pitch face-to-face. But savvy road warriors know that doesn't mean leaving the office behind or being incommunicado. These top business travel accessories run the gamut from...; Tags: accessory, PDA, laptop computer; White papers
Effective Scheduling - Planning to Make the Best Use of Your Time: There are many good scheduling tools available, including diaries, calendars, paper-based organizers, PDAs and integrated software suites like MS Outlook or GoalPro 6. The scheduling tool that is best for each individual depends on his situation, the current structure of his job, his taste and his budget: The key things...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, PDA, tool, job, software; White papers