Mobility Tips and Tricks


Recent Mobility Tips and Tricks Articles

Texting on the Company Tech

By Alice Osborn |  Dec 1, 2008

As texting becomes more popular so do compliance issues regarding what can and cannot be sent via text by people in business. Is there liability for text mes...  Read more

New Tools for the Mobile Presenter

By Bill Pfleging |  Nov 1, 2008

Increasingly, your staff is making presentations on the go -- either at conferences, with clients, or even one-to-one in airport lounges. Here are new techno...  Read more

Road-Ready: Printing on the Go

By Todd Wasserman |  Nov 1, 2008

Whether you need to print out a last-minute sales proposal on the road or get a printout of a document in your hotel before a client meeting, a portable prin...  Read more

Google's Android: Phones for Your Business?

By Marc Saltzman |  Nov 1, 2008

It’s here: the first mobile device powered by Google's new open-source mobile software platform, Android. But do these new smartphones, such as the new HTC...  Read more

Netbooks: The Smartphone Alternative?

By Marc Saltzman |  Oct 1, 2008

Small-sized and small-priced PCs are taking off with consumers. But are they ideal for your business?  Read more

Bluetooth Uses Beyond Headsets

By Marc Saltzman |  Oct 1, 2008

From Bluetooth-enabled GPS to exchanging business cards to printing photos from a Bluetooth camera, here's a rundown on how businesses are finding benefits b...  Read more

Curb Costs of Mobile Device Management

By Michelle V. Rafter |  Oct 1, 2008

It can cost more than $2,500 a year for a company to take care of a single iPhone. Multiply that by the number of smart phones, laptops, and other mobile dev...  Read more

No Fly Zone: Virtual Meetings

By Michelle V. Rafter |  Sep 1, 2008

Companies looking to cut sky-high travel costs are switching to online meetings, and thanks to better technology and high-speed Internet connections, they’...  Read more

Battle of the Mobile Operating Systems

By Marc Saltzman |  Aug 1, 2008

Can Microsoft's mobile computing platform, Windows Mobile, compete in a business world dominated by BlackBerry and hold off the iPhone from gaining ground?  Read more

How to Standardize on a Mobile Device

By Renee Oricchio |  Jul 1, 2008

Should your business equip employees with ultra light PCs, mobile Internet access devices, or smartphones with mobile component add-ons?  Read more

The Untethered Future

By Andrea Peiro |  Jun 1, 2008

Wireless technologies are changing how small businesses operate, but also how you -- and your employees – live. And the revolution is only beginning. Ubiqu...  Read more

Enabling the Mobile Workforce

By Linda Wilson |  Mar 1, 2008

IT managers need to be able to provide the tools and support to help traveling salespeople, jet-setting executives, and telecommuters, but they also need to ...  Read more

Tech Talk: Virtualization Helps Distribute Software During Tax Season

By Elizabeth Wasserman |  Mar 1, 2008

An accounting firm uses application virtualization to keep its laptops up to date.  Read more

Alphabet Soup: What are WEP and WPA?

By Tara Swords |  Jan 1, 2007

Wireless networking security has evolved -- don’t get caught using an outdated protocol for your business.  Read more

Maximizing Your Cell Phone Battery Life

By Damon Brown |  Dec 1, 2006

Four steps you can take now to get more mileage out of your cell phone battery.  Read more

Going Wireless in Your Office

By Todd Wasserman |  Nov 1, 2006

Setting up a wireless local area network is easy and inexpensive but is it good for business?  Read more

Why Cell Phones are Replacing the Laptop

By Damon Brown |  Sep 1, 2006

Even people who write reports and simple data entry will find themselves leaving their notebook computers behind.  Read more

Choosing Mobile E-Mail that Works for You

By Rich Martini |  Sep 1, 2006

A host of new services are taking on the BlackBerry, and giants like Nokia and Motorola are entering the game.  Read more

Alphabet Soup: What are GSM, CDMA, and TDMA?

By Damon Brown |  Aug 1, 2006

How do you pick wireless phones for your business? The secret is in the letters.  Read more

Eight Great Cell Phones

By Marc Saltzman |  Aug 1, 2006

Eight Great Cell Phones for Entrpereneurs. Hot new cell phone models meant for business  Read more

Instant Gratification

By Damon Brown |  Aug 1, 2006

Cameras that talk to your computer with Wi-Fi.  Read more

Wi-Fi for the Masses

By Martha Baer |  Jul 1, 2006

Tropos Networks aims to bring the high-speed internet to everyone. Here's how the company is doing it--one city at a time.  Read more

Philadelphia Presses Forward with Wi-Fi Plans

By Melanie Brooks |  May 1, 2006

A new deal will provide wireless Internet access for the entire city.  Read more

RIM Releases BlackBerry Server for Small Businesses

By Melanie Brooks |  May 1, 2006

The new version will run thousands less than ones designed for larger companies.  Read more

On the Road

By Melanie Brooks |  Apr 1, 2006

New technology is giving the mobile office a facelift.  Read more

Travel Tech

By Larry Olmsted |  Oct 1, 2004

New gizmos keep your business connected on the road.  Read more

Why Go Wireless?

By Derek Johnson and Luke Slymen |  Oct 1, 2004

Going wireless is about the bottom line. A 2003 study Conducted by NOP World Technology on Behalf of Cisco Systems showed that adopting a Wireless Local A...  Read more

Technofile: Why Wi-Fi?

By Anne Stuart |  Sep 1, 2003

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, you've seen the term "Wi-Fi." You've probably figured out that it's shorthand for "wireles...  Read more

2003 Tech Buying Guide: Here, There, and Everywhere

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Staying connected to your enterprise while not losing sight of your bottom line.  Read more

2003 Tech Buying Guide: Laptops Set the Stage

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Report from business owners on the latest in laptops.  Read more

2003 Tech Buying Guide: Handhelds Go the Distance

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Report from business owners on the latest in handhelds.  Read more

2003 Tech Buying Guide: Hybrids Put It Together

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Report from business owners on the latest in cell phone/PDA combos.  Read more

Digital Inc: Going Mobile

By Anne Stuart |  Dec 1, 2002

Investing in a wireless network slashed inventory errors at one electronics distributor. Better yet, it turned warehouse workers into high-tech innovators.  Read more

Measuring Returns on IT Investments: Some Tools and Techniques

By Tommy Lai |  Jul 1, 2001

Laptop computers could make a sales force more productive, but they also cost more than desktop PCs. Should a company buy laptops for its salespeople? Sof...  Read more

How can my telecommuting employees safely dial into my company network?

Jul 1, 2001

Offices & Operations mentor Mie-Yun Lee responds to the following question from an inc.com user: It seems like telecommutin...  Read more