Transcript Mobile Devices Overview

Mobile devices are computers small enough to carry in your pocket.
Increasingly, they combine telephone functionality with limited
computer capabilities. Mobile devices operate wirelessly, and
synchronize wirelessly with a server or synchronize with a connection
to your main computer.
This guide provides general information about mobile devices. Learn
what they can do, how they compare to desktop and laptop computers,
and how you can use them in your daily work at Microsoft.
Mobile devices must make do with less, but they have other advantages.
They can be taken anywhere at any time; they can help you stay in contact
when you are out of the office; and despite their size, they can still do many
things that desktops and laptops do.
The challenges of mobile devices lie mostly in their processing power,
screen size, and smaller data-entry methods.
The main thing to keep in mind about mobile devices is that they aren’t
meant to replace desktop and laptop computers. They are meant to
supplement them.
Common Mobile Devices
Why Mobile?
There are two general types of mobile device: Pocket PCs with phone
functionality, and cell phones with computer functionality.
We usually assume that where computers are concerned, smaller is better.
But a small size is not in itself a virtue. The virtue of a small size lies in the
mobility it provides. And mobility allows us to expand our ideas about the
workspace, and about the possibilities for being productive.
An example of the first type is the Pocket PC Phone Edition; an example
of the second type is the Windows Smartphone.
That’s why information workers are going mobile. Mobile devices enable us
to communicate and collaborate in environments that were previously
unavailable. They free us from the traditional workspace, making it possible
to maintain progress on work projects even when we are away from our
main computers.
Mobile Device Versus Desktop or Laptop
The benefits of large devices are well understood: Desktops and laptops
contain many hardware features and applications, not to mention
processing power, RAM, and storage space. Their semi-permanent locations
mean they can remain plugged in and operate almost indefinitely.
Pocket PC Phone Edition
Windows Smartphone
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Mobile Devices and Work
The most valuable use of a mobile device is in accessing information while
traveling. This table shows common examples of such use.
Benefit
Scenario
E-Mail Access
You are traveling between work sites and need
information. With your mobile device, you can use
e-mail while waiting to board a plane, while riding a
shuttle, or while getting food at a cafeteria.
Line-ofBusiness
Applications
You are away on business and need an internal
company tool to help with your work. With your
mobile device, you can install such tools, as well as
set yourself up to receive important notifications.
Access to
Calendars and
Tasks
You are in an unfamiliar building for a meeting, but
you have forgotten the meeting location and time.
With your mobile device, you can access your calendar
and tasks list to come up with the information.
Access to
Address Book
and Contacts
You need a co-worker’s contact data, but you are
away from your office. With your mobile device, you
can access the Global Address List and your Outlook
Contacts list.
Access to
Pocket Office
Programs
You are off-site and have received Office documents
in e-mail that need your input. With your mobile
device, you can access the message, open the
attachment, edit the documents, and mail them back.
Web Access
You are off-site and need information on the Web.
With your mobile device, you can browse the Web and
look up weather conditions, traffic reports, industry
news, and so on. You are never without Web access.
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