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Basic Office Applications

Mobile phones that support Microsoft Office can be used to view and edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations. They can also offer advanced Internet browsing and be used to view Portable Document Format (PDF) documents.

Another key facility of business mobile phones is data synchronization. This means your mobile calendar, contact list, pictures, for instance, can be kept as up-to-date as your PC by means of super fast information synchronization between the two platforms. This wireless or cable connection could also be used to transfer information between phones or from phone to PC, or send text messages from a PC.

Add-On Applications

Other add-on applications available to the business mobile user include global positioning system (GPS) and security applications, such as mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) and remote device management solutions.

Users can also opt for special applications that allow you to set up, view and track your accounts, manage your business with a detailed but easy-to-use profit and loss account facility, as well as track your expenses with a dedicated programme.

The New Multimedia Centre

When the train is heavily delayed, the mobile phone has proven itself as an indispensable device in calling or texting home to let them know you won’t be back anytime soon. However, with the modern mobile, you can not only keep in contact but also keep yourself amused while you wait.

As mobile phones evolve into multimedia and multi-function communication devices, it won’t be long before delayed passengers everywhere can use their mobile to surf the Internet, check their emails, listen to some music, watch TV and even take pictures of other bored travellers.

It seems the somewhat far-fetched boasts of Nokia, Apple, Samsung and Motorola, who claimed that it wouldn’t be long before you would be able to put a multimedia computer in your pocket, aren’t so fanciful after all. All manner of popular digital technologies – MP3 players, the digital camera, GPS, wireless Internet and even the TV – are being assimilated into the pocket-sized mobile phone one-by-one.

Blurring the Boundaries Between Smartphones and Consumer Phones

These types of capabilities have existed in handy mobile form for some time, but as so-called ‘smartphones’. Once considered a different and specialized entity from the average text and talk consumer phone, these had limited appeal due to their chunky size and hefty price tag. Today, the boundaries between the two are blurring and feature-rich mobile phones are becoming increasingly mainstream.

Sales of such multimedia devices are starting to overtake those of laptops, as the mobile phone begins to mount an increasingly formidable challenge to the trusty home computer. Some of the latest mobile phones – such as Nokia’s N86 and NTTDoCoMo’s 905 series – are now as powerful as laptops from 2000. Some experts believe that it might not be long before the PC and broadband are considered cumbersome and old hat, and the mobile phone becomes the multimedia hub of choice.