I just came across a great post that really summarizes how AT&T is single-handily torpedoing the iPhone. Apple makes a slew of announcements out of its developer conference this week surrounding the upcoming iPhone 3G S and AT&T turns right around and drops a bombshell by announcing a hefty upgrade fee and lack of support … Continue reading »
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The Mobile Wars: Service Continues To Get the Nod Over Functionality
I found today’s news that the Blackberry Curve outsold the iPhone during the first quarter of this year not surprising. Nor do I think it speaks to disparities in functionality between the two, but to the fact that service and flexibility still outweigh touch screens and gadgets. Whether you’re a believer that Blackberries are better … Continue reading »
One Billion iPhone Apps Proves the Promise of the Cloud
Just saw that Apple announced on Friday that it has seen more than one billion downloads of applications on the App Store and related areas for Apple iPhone applications. Wow. While the news is staggering – that is a ton of activity around a phone with limited network carriers etc., the real news here is … Continue reading »
The iPhone 3.0 even more Enterprise and CRM Ready…
Just checked out some reviews of the new iPhone features debuted this week, and especially interested in how they will beef up business-user capabilities. My favorite is the Map API, which will make CRM and Google map integration easier than ever – so field support agents or sales reps can easily identify where key accounts … Continue reading »
Blowing Up Tanks, the iStore and Making Money During a Recession
If there isn’t a better example of how opening up one’s business to community development can help buck the economy, than it’s Apple with the iStore. Ethan Nicholas has been receiving some attention online the past few days after the computer programmer lost his job and built a $2.99 game for the iPhone. You can … Continue reading »
Mobile Vs. Offline CRM
We are still seeing huge interest and uptake of Sugar 5.1 thanks in part to the very cool updated mobile capabilities. With the growing acceptance of the mobile web browser as the de facto interface for mobile business apps, coupled with the iPhone becoming increasingly “enterprise ready” the SugarCRM mobile story is complete and rolling … Continue reading »
A Thought on the Economy and Artificial Scarcity
I am not an iPhone guy. In fact, I rarely listen to my iPod – as I ride a motorcycle everywhere and value my life over some good tunes while riding. But that said, I am a technophile and just as there are Mac and PC heads – I am a Blackberry head. My friends … Continue reading »
Android and CRM…Some Thoughts.
A lot of my more gadget-happy friends are more than excited about the G1 phone…they have been waiting, and waiting…and waiting some more for an actual consumer product based on Android. I think most of the hype or anticipation has been because for some, seeing Apple “fail” or get bested is something they want to … Continue reading »
Mobile CRM Doesn’t Have to be Rocket Science
I have been doing a lot of briefings with partners and media around SugarCRM’s upcoming release as it regards our updated wireless capabilities. And the resounding response has been something to the tune of – “Wait…so it just works automatically from my mobile device?!?!?!” It’s as if people are all too accustomed to complexity, lengthy … Continue reading »
CRM can learn a lot from the Cellphone Wars
I just read an interesting fact that – Palm expects to sell 2 million units of its Centro smart phone device in 2008. That is nothing to sneeze at. And many people thought that the Palm would be dead in the water when a number of things happened: The Blackberry made Palm Pilots look like … Continue reading »
