Adults today spend nearly half of their time on using a mobile phone. While texts and social media are popular uses for mobiles, more and more people are using their devices to get ahead in the workplace. Companies can increase workplace productivity by as much as 50 percent by implementing the use of mobiles. Business applications for mobile technology are growing at a rapid rate, and many companies are picking up momentum by taking advantage of mobile functionality.
Smartphones are now considered by many to be an essential business tool. Their success can be attributed to the way mobiles allow work to transition seamlessly from the office to the coffee shop to the home. They allow users to keep in contact with their clients and access a mobile office system that contains pertinent business information. Documents, spreadsheets, financial reports, email messages and more can be viewed, manipulated and stored at the touch of a screen from anywhere in the world. These features keep business owners and employees connected at any time and greatly reduce the risk of a lost opportunity. Many business people keep their mobiles within immediate reach for up to 17 hours each day, often sleeping next to the phone in bed. All of these increase productivity for businesses, making them more marketable to clientèle because their service is not tied or restricted to one geographical location.
Because competition in the business world is extremely fierce in today’s economy, clients and customers are increasingly motivated by quality service. Rather than loyalty to brand and tradition, consumers are flocking to whichever company can provide the fastest, most reliable experience to meet their needs. Mobile technology can help ensure that businesses stay ahead of their competition by allowing them to meet the increasing demands of their customers, no matter when they arise. In addition, customers want to socially connect with the companies that they use. Mobiles give businesses instant access to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more, where they can connect with existing customers and attract new ones.
OfCom reports suggest that 27 percent of adults have a smartphone. This number is expected to increase significantly over the next few years, especially with the shift in business usage. Land line office telephones have fallen in number by five percent. Time spent talking on the business phone is up 350 percent, but it is clear that most of this talk time comes from mobile users. This indicates a serious migration to mobile plans. With most major providers catering to businesses with affordable multi-line plans, the traditional telephone system may soon be eclipsed.
Mobile phones increase business flexibility and provide a useful tool for owners and employees alike. Their functions continue to grow: From simple applications like email and voice calls to complex features like video conferences, and credit card processing, smartphones can be a valuable player on a business team. Whether the business is large or small, accounting service or medical service, there are plenty of ways to put a mobile to work.
Just announced, Motorola will be sending to retailers a new flip phone called the Motorola GLEAM+ that balances basic communications needs with low cost.
Overview
The feature phone is well-slotted as a basic mobile phone. It doesn’t have a lot of the extras that high-end flips contain, but the GLEAM+ balances a short offerings menu with decent capabilities in what it does present, especially as a lightweight music phone.
One feature it doesn’t have that has come to be relatively common in mobile phones is a GPS system. This mobile won’t help you if you get lost. From the information given with the announcement, it also lacks a compass.
Whilst it does have one camera, it’s pretty low-powered. However, it is better than most front cameras in smartphones, so there’s a quality trade-off for single-camera design. Unfortunately, it also lacks autofocus, which will probably confound users who are used to a point-and-shoot design.
Alas, you can’t automatically get additional brightness out of the screen: There is no automatic light sensor. The data released doesn’t mention if manual adjustments are possible.
Specifications
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Dimensions: 107 x 52.5 x 13.5 mm / 105 g
Display: 2.8 inches / TFT screen / LED / 240 x 480 pixels at 192 ppi.
Memory: 50 MB, expandable up to 16 GB via microSD or microSDHC card.
Battery: 750 mAh / Talk: up to 4.81 hours; standby: up to 714 hours.
Camera: 2 MP, digital zoom. Camcorder-ready.
Connectivity: GSM 900, 1800 / Data: GPRS
Features: Numeric keypad; two soft keys and a D-pad. Volume control on right side. Audio files: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, AMR, MIDI. Video files: MPEG4, H.263. FM radio. WAP 2.0 browser for Internet. 3.5-mm headset jack.
Additional comments: Nice expandable memory option. Talk time range is below industry average, especially for feature phones.
Overall opinion: For baseline mobile phone needs, this cheap mobile phone might find a niche in the low-budget market for which it’s intended.
Both announced and released last month, Samsung brought the Samsung C3312 Duos, also known as the Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos, into the retail limelight.
Let’s see what this mobile phone has to offer, shall we?
Overview
Using the word ‘compact’ for this feature phone might be off a bit. It’s not as tiny as a mobile phone watch, but it certainly isn’t a mini-tablet. For those who have smaller hands or don’t want even an average-sized mobile phone, the Champ Deluxe Duos just might fit the bill.
Its rounded corners makes this model fit very comfortably in the hand, and it’s certainly light enough to avoid strain while handling it.
For the screen size, the images on the screen are remarkably clear; Samsung has hit a good balance between smaller screens and resolution with the 143 pixels per square inch density and seats itself well into the hybrid area of a touchscreen-, candybar-formed clamshell without the flip or the segregated keyboard – a touchscreen feature phone.
Specifications
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Dimensions: 101.8 x 55 x 12.1 mm
Display: 2.8 inches / TFT capacitive touchscreen / 240 x 320 pixels at 143 ppi
Memory: 30 MP, expandable up to 32 GB via external microSD slot.
Battery: Talk: up to 15.83 hours; standby: up to 500 hours (20.8 days)
Camera: 1.3 MP / 1280 x 1024 pixels / Video: yes, VGA.
Connectivity: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz / Data: GPRS / EDGE
Features: TouchWiz UI. Single-camera design. WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML browser. FM radio. Few games on-board; more downloadable. Social networking intergration. MP4 / WMV / H.264 video player; MP3 / WAV / eAAC+ audio files player. Document viewer. Can hold up to 500 SMS (text) messages. Phonebook carries 1000 entries. Organiser: Calendar, alarm, calculator, currency converter, stop watch and world clock. Bluetooth 3.0.
Dual SIMs; one active, one stand-by.
Not WiFi compatibility data available – either not published or not compatible.
Additional comments: One of the best features, in our opinion, of this touchscreen feature phone is the external memory slot.
Overall opinion: For those who want the size of a flip phone but the touchscreen of a smartphone, you’ve found your mobile phone!
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The issue of mobile phones in schools has been bantered back and forth for a number of years. A school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US of A, has stepped up its fight against
“bootlegged”
mobile phones – quite literally.
The term ‘bootleg’ was coined from stuffing illegal liquor inside the boot and has branched out into almost anything illegally copied – or hidden and smuggled, such as the smartphones into classrooms.
A small percentage of the 600 students of the Pottstown Middle School system, comprising sixth- through eighth-grade children, have been sneaking their mobile phones into school in the open-top boots, Uggs, that are popular there.
Effective today, the school system has instituted a ban on not just mobile phone use in school but the wearing of any open-topped boot into class. Their goal is to stem the smartphone smuggling.
John Armato, Director of Public Relations for the district, stated:
“[Mobile] phones are a problem for obvious reasons.”
Superintendent Reed Lindley added that the school principal asked for the ban
“because of the classroom disruptions that are resulting from ringing cell phones.”
Parents and children alike protest the blanket boot decision, but at least most will comply with the rule or risk … ahem … a boot into detention. Three episodes of bootlegged mobile phone detention will cause confiscation of the mobile device.
[Ed note: Writer's editorial opinion follows.]
Whilst the editorial ‘we’ acknowledge education systems’ rights to mandate the lack of potential distraction and method of cheating, ‘we’ ask that school system this: What is next, educators – strip searches before being seated? Why not simply require mobiles be set on Silent mode and left out of sight during class time?
If you focus on the boot issue, punish the only the guilty: Ban the footwear for those who violate the rule. Don’t punish the innocent for liking the same style of shoe.
Odds are that those who smuggle smartphones into classrooms will find other ways or places to accomplish the same end.
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