by Phillip Redman | September 28, 2010 | Comments Off
I get asked a lot about taxes. Though I am not a CPA, and I don’t play one at work, many IT managers were worried and asked me about the tax implications of personal cell phone usage on a business-paid phone (see my blog entry last year from June 18, 2009). Leglislation to remove this [...]
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Category: cellular Enterprise IT mobile phones Regulation Tags:
by Phillip Redman | July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
I first started working in the wireless market over 15 years ago. The economy and the interest in wireless has clearly expanded since then–which is obvious. But what isn’t as obvious is that practices and business decisions that may make sense in another industry–computing or software–don’t stand a chance of succeeding in the wireless world–because [...]
Category: cellular Enterprise IT mobile phones Technology Tags: Apple, RIM, Smartphone, wireless
by Phillip Redman | June 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
There was a lot of excitement in the air this week, or at least on the Internet, about the release of iOS4 to upgrade the iPhone 3G and 3Gs (and oh, yeah, the new iPhone 4 availability to those that pre-ordered!). Currently, iPhone is a mile wide in enterprises, but only an inch deep–basically most [...]
Category: Enterprise IT iPhone mobile phones mobility management Tags: Apple, MDM, Smartphone
by Phillip Redman | December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” It’s one of my favorite moments in Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol” from one of my favorite stories. It is a moment of sheer terror in the dread of what can come, but also one of [...]
Category: cellular FCC mobile phones Policy Regulation wireless carriers Tags:
by Phillip Redman | June 30, 2009 | Comments Off
In an industry not known for agreeing on a standard, ten of the largest mobile phone manufacturers have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Commission to standardize on mobile phone chargers by 2010. Nokia, Apple. Research In Motion and others agreed to provide chargers based on the Micro-USB connectors. Many are already [...]
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Category: Green IT mobile phones Tags: Green IT, mobile phone
by Phillip Redman | May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Last week I was in the nation’s capital and was doing some briefings and meetings with some pretty super secret groups. Probably most of the technology I talked about was something they had invented or perfected years ago. That far ahead. In one organization, all wireless devices were banned, for security sake. Any mobile phones brought in [...]
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Category: cellular mobile phones Tags: Mobile Life
by Phillip Redman | April 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve been hearing from more companies that are supporting iPhone in the enterprise. Last year we reversed our position and although we don’t consider it the strongest enterprise platform compared to RIM, Symbian, and yes, even Windows Mobile, it is good enough. AT&T has been pushing the iPhone in the enterprise, even finally releasing a comparable [...]
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Category: AT&T cellular iPhone mobile phones wireless carriers Tags: AT&T, iPhone, Microsoft
