Everything About Mobile Phones

Accessing your web content through mobile phones has become a trend these days. Consequently, SharePoint 2010 has been designed for improved ability for access of sites and content from mobile phones using a modem micro browser and an access gateway.

Take advantage of SharePoint mobile access feature and other useful features of SharePoint 2010 hosting, SharePoint Foundation hosting or SharePoint Server 2010 – with shared or dedicated hosting by a leading SharePoint 2010 hosting provider.

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation provides architecture to support mobile access to SharePoint pages and list data. Users of mobile devices navigate to the same URL as the users of desktop browsers. The mobile device is automatically redirected to a version of the page that is optimized for mobile devices. From there, users can use navigation links in the footer section of the mobile page to navigate among the home page, the all content (”list of lists”) page, list view pages, and mobile version of custom site pages including Web Part pages and wiki-enabled pages. There are also mobile versions of the New item, Edit item, and Display item forms. Any list that has a mobile view is accessible. A mobile view is simply a standard SharePoint list view marked for additional use as a mobile list view.

As SharePoint has different set of pages for mobile access, it also has an entirely separate set of controls for the mobile pages. Unlike server controls of the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace which are typically used in Web site pages displayed in the browser, SharePoint Foundation mobile controls of the Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileControls namespace used in mobile pages inherit from Microsoft ASP.NET controls of the System.Web.UI.MobileControls namespace.

Mobile access to the Web-based team sites connects people, organizations, suppliers, and customers no matter where they are. With mobile access to team sites, you get a powerful solution that offers an immediate venue for expressing ideas and communicating in a collaborative environment. Most important, mobile access to workspaces can help your organization more effectively handle three of the primary challenges of working on team projects:

o Getting timely approvals
o Coordinating team efforts
o Tracking outstanding issues in near real time
SharePoint 2010 is truly ready for the challenges of mobile access from anywhere.

This idea comes from a Harvard economist. But Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein put the idea into action as the “Million” Motivation Campaign. This program gives free cellphone air time to high-performing students. It’s like a motivating thing for the kids to continue doing well in academics. About 2,500 students in seven middle schools are already involved. Free “minutes” and other rewards are expected if these kids achieve the academic goals set by their respective principals.

Hmm… would I have seen this as an incentive when I was a teen? Nah… I hated (and still do) phone conversations. But if they were talking about free movie passes or book coupons… oh geez!

I’m a geek… I know!

SOURCE: New York Times

Apple has released a warning to iPhone users and buyers about downloading unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs that are rampantly available on the Internet. Company executives state that these programs can cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software. It’s better to wait for official software updates because any damage caused by said unauthorized programs is not covered by iPhone’s warranty. Besides, the new update will include exciting new features such as iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, not to mention that you only have to wait a few days for that one as it will be released later this week. So be warned, iPhone republic (catch phrase mine), and listen to your elders.

Source: Engadget

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Sweden’s Mobycator is pretty chummy with cell phone company Nokia as it has recently launched a media publishing system for the Nokia S60 models. This system called Mobypal is a free application that allows customers to publish and store photos and videos on the Internet in a flash. Media can be uploaded to the server via WLAN, 3G or Edge at the original resolution without reducing the quality when published on the site. Another feature is a Mobypal Face book plug-in for users who want to categorize certain media as “blog” which will then be directed to the user’s Face book account after uploading. All of these free of charge!

Mobypal can be downloaded here

Source: CameraCore

T-Mobile has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Coffee which has been using their service as part of their free customer service. In efforts to boost numbers of patrons, Starbucks has been offering free WiFi access to all customers which brought in office workers in droves with the knowledge that they could still keep tabs on the office on their breaks. T-Mobile argues that they had a license agreement to provide WiFi access for all US branches of Starbucks without the addition of the free WiFi access offer, that has taxed the mobile provider heavily in terms of bandwidth.
The suit comes when T-Mobile learns that they would be replaced with provider AT&T at the end of the year when their service agreement with Starbucks expires. They are claiming that the free service for customers was not part of their service agreement but was restricted to office use only. What is to come out of the wranglings of the two companies is yet to be seen as they conduct negotiations and talks to resolve the issue.

If you’re in Dallas or visiting Dallas for a while, and if you plan to pass through a school zone (for whatever reason) you’d better start refraining yourself from using your mobile while driving– unless you’d rather want to divest yourself of 200 bucks. Apparently, that’s the new city law. Before, there were only seven school zones where the ban was effective but now, they’ve added about 230 more. The city just passed that ordinance today, following others. How serious is the city? About
$145,000 sure. That’s the amount they are using to install signage to alert drivers to the changes.

SOURCE: WFAA

Scientists and bee researchers are blaming cellular phones as the main reason why bees are dissapearing from all over the globe due to the pollution in terms of radio waves they flood the globe with. They are saying that the the immense ammounts of radio waves that are being broadcast by cellular cell sites are causing the occurence of CCS or Colony Collapse Syndrome that is wiping bees from all over the globe with the exception of China which is now considered to be the largest exporter of honey the world over. Many colonies in France, UK and the US have been suffering irreversable damage with hives that used to be teeming with bees and of course honey being left ampty and dry of their precious golden by products. Even genetically modified bees are suffering form the phenomenon as scientists try to learn more abou the problem. Without a better explanation, we might see the end of honey as pary of our daily breakfast routines.

In what has been hailed by many as the most decent competitor to the iPhone, Samsung’s Instict is sen by many as that indeed. Sporting the same features as the iPhone with it’s touch screen and innovative applications, this may truly be the best of the best competitor that would take a bite out of Apple’s share of the cellular phone market. The phone features a customizable home screen (totally void in all other phones in the same class) and many applications from Sprint that adds more function to the older and more expensive LG Prada – F480 which had a smaller screen. iPhone has created a whole distinct niche in the cellular phone industry with the release of the iPhone and cellular manufacturers have been trying to find a way of getting a bit of the market it has. Though initially a flop, the iPhone still managed to top most people’s want lists and continues to do so, just hope the newer version can keep its hold on the market share.

The much loved mobile phone and their smarter kin, the smart phone would be capable of playing and receiving streaming video of movies you may purchase from online sites like the much famed HULU. Huge advances in streaming video and 3G transmission hardware and software are all coming together to allow the latest phones to playback full-length movies as if you were at your desktop or laptop. Another of the great advances have been in the memory arena where the next generation of iPhone would have a total of 32 gigabytes of ram with expansion slots to match allowing full customization of the much loved smart phone. (more…)

The next marketing trend, viral ads have turned advertising not only as informative tools but also as fun tools you enjoy while you get advertising. Viral ads are here to stay and it is hailed by many as the next mass marketing tool the world over. Almost everybody has a mobile and with them comes an untapped market for ad companies. Having ads sent to your mobile is as easy as an sms message and its costing next to nothing. Everybody from burger chains to just about any form and shape of industry, they’re jumping in.

“All viral means is that you’ve created a message that people want to share,” says Gregg Spiridellis, who founded animation and design studio JibJab with his brother. “If people want to pass it along, that’s what brand marketing is all about.”

An effective viral ad is something that people have fun with and pass along in the process, and that is what advertising is all about. In the age of the social internet, that is one of the advantages of haviong all your friends just a click away. You get to share and enjoy stuff online that would be impossible physically due to distance and time limitations. Viral ads are the way to go and more and more people would surely get onto the fad as time and technology speeds up the way people communicate over the internet and beyond.