Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Make use of Android for Business

By Eric Vykin


The past five years the Blackberry mobile phones have been synonymous with business. Never would you find a city worker worth their salt who would not have his or her trusty Blackberry. The current President of America, Barack Obama is actually a self confessed Blackberry user. However, with an upswing of Android as well as the innovation the open system delivers, it is high time enterprises assess their love affair with the Blackberry?

Blackberry's number one feature is the ease which it synchronizes your e-mail with the cell phone. Using a data plan you're able to send and receive e-mails as speedily as sending a txt message. The 'Push' feature lets your mobile to auto-magically obtain your recent emails as they arrive to the mail server. If an Android mobile phone is capable of all of this and provide a choice of applications, style, functionality and features, don't you think it makes the Blackberry somewhat redundant? With many email programs for the Android you are able to pick one which matches your preferences as opposed to allowing Blackberry decide how to manage e-mail for you.

Many organizations are heading to the cloud model where everything is stored in datacenters and information is used as it is needed from where ever you are. At the forefront of this is Google utilizing many different services which range from contacts to word processing. A lot of large corporations are in fact implementing Google's e-mail service, thereby replacing their Windows Exchange servers. An Android mobile comes bundled with many different Google applications including documents, contacts, email, maps and others meaning that all the stuff that you've got on the PC in the office can be accessed with a touch of a button on the Android cell phone. Looking for the contact info of a client? Not a problem, it's actually a click away in your Google contacts.

Ponder how much a lost or thieved smartphone would most likely cost the organization. All your contacts, all of your messages as well as your stored files might be irreplaceable. Nevertheless, with Android's syncing ability with your Google accounts, zero emails need to be lost. Your contacts are saved in the cloud and your Google Docs. The expense of losing or damaging the cell phone is limited to the expense of the device itself.

Today's smartphone needs to allow the businessperson to perform all the operations they would normally need to have a desktop computer for. If they are on the way to a client meeting and want to make some last second modifications to the presentation they would typically need to carry a laptop. The Android phone can eliminate this necessity by letting the user to create, change and view popular office files on the phone making corrections wherever necessary. The built in Wi-fi and Bluetooth capability allows you to send any edited files to a PC or other device at the touch of a button.

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

To read more about Android Tablets and Smartphones take a look at Android Tablet Reviews HQ. Be certain to browse the various reviews available to make sure you are purchasing the ideal device for your needs. A Windows 8 tablet may also be something worthwhile considering as these are just about to enter the market.




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