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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Implementing Android for Business

By Justin Bernard Jr.


For the past Five-years the Blackberry phones used to be associated with business. No city worker worth a damn who'd be without their trusty Blackberry. Including the current President of the U.S.A., Barack Obama is a self confessed Blackberry user. However, an upswing of Android mobile phones as well as the innovation the open platform brings, it is about time businesses evaluate their relationship with the Blackberry?

Blackberry's top feature is the ease which it synchronizes an individual's email with the mobile phone. Using a data plan you can easily submit and receive email messages as fast as sending a text. The 'Push' feature allows your blackberry to instantly retrieve your most recent e-mails as they arrive to the mail server. If an Android cell phone is capable of all of this and give you the choice of apps, style, functionality and features, doesn't it make the Blackberry relatively redundant? Because of so many email apps for the Android you can pick one that meets your business needs instead of having Blackberry choose how to deal with e-mail for you.

Many companies are migrating to the cloud model where things are saved in datacenters and data is used as it is needed from anywhere. At the forefront of this is Google with their an array of offerings including contacts to word processing. Many large corporations are even using Google's e-mail service, thereby replacing their Microsoft Exchange servers. An Android mobile phone comes tightly integrated all sorts of Google applications such as documents, email, contacts, maps and a lot more which means that all the information which you have on the PC at work is accessible at a touch of a button on the Android smartphone. Looking for the contact details of a client? Easy, it's actually a click away in your Google contact app.

Think of just how much a lost or stolen smartphone would cost the company. All your contacts, your messages and all of your stored files might be irreplaceable. Nevertheless, with the Android's synchronization capability with your Google accounts, no e-mails have to be lost. Your contacts are saved in the cloud and your Google Docs. The price of losing or damaging the unit is limited to the expense of the device itself.

The present day smartphone must allow the businessperson to execute all functions they would normally need a PC for. Should they be on the way to a client meeting and need to make some final adjustments to the demo they would usually need to carry a heavy laptop. The Android phone can eliminate this necessity allowing the user to create, update and view popular office documents on the smartphone making corrections where needed. The built-in WiFi and Bluetooth capability makes it simple to send any files to a PC or other device at the touch of a button.

The Android is the ideal business smartphone capable of replacing single purpose products like GPS navigation units, PDAs and mp3 players.

To read more about Android Tablets and Smartphones on the market check out Android Tablet Reviews HQ. Be sure to browse the countless reviews available to ensure that you are purchasing the ideal unit for your situation. A Windows 8 tablet may be something worth considering as these are just about to enter the market.




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