What is out there? Mobile
devices range from laptops, to PDAs
(Personal Data Assistants) and mobile
phones. Each with varying levels
of services on offer. A laptop is
the most functional and is ideal
if you need to make presentations
or work out of the office with a
lot of data input. But even the
smaller laptops can be pretty big
and a pain to carry around, and
if all you need to do is check your
email from time to time and open
the odd office document when your
out of the office, then a PDA or
mobile phone might be better for
you.
Laptops are the
more traditional method of connecting
to the office remotely. You can
easily plug it into a phone line
to connect to the internet or with
more and more wireless hotspots
popping up all the time, especially
in the cities, all you need is to
turn it on within range. A laptop
has many advantages and is the most
functional mobile device you can
use. It is a proper PC so you can
use all the programs as you would
on your desk PC, you also have a
decent sized keyboard so is easy
to use to type documents whenever
you need them.
PDAs are also widely
used. PDAs started out as more of
an electronic organiser, able to syncronise
emails, calendar and certain documents
when connected to your PC via a cable
and docking station. These can be
useful, but only allows you to view
what is already there. In the last
few years, the PDA has developed a
long way and has now become an invaluable
device to many businesses and individuals,
inluding ourselves. Many PDAs now
have built-in wifi, integrated mobile
phones, satellite navigation, web
browsers and a cut-down version of
Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and
Powerpoint. So now, not only can you
syncronise your data while you are
in the office, you can syncronise
anywhere you can get a GSM signal.
The easiest to use devices are those
with a Microsoft Windows Mobile based
operating system and resembles Windows
on your desktop PC as closely as possible.
Mobile Phones are
becming more functional too. Some
have a version of the Microsoft Windows
Mobile operating system on them, which
although a cut-down version of that
found on the PDA devices, can still
be very useful, syncronising email,
contacts, calendar and task lists
in the same way as the PDAs, but in
a much smaller unit. And this is probably
most useful for the occasional user.
You will probably even find that your
existing mobile has an email facility
that enables you to view the text
of emails in your inbox.
If you would like to find out more
about these devices then we are always
available to give free informal advice
to help you get the right device first
time. Contact
us
What
do CheckiD Systems use?
Mobile Devices
