email on the move...

TTDegs · 22nd September 2007, 08:15

I'm about to go into a possible trial at work to give our sales team access to email on the move.

We're looking at 3 possible products (none of which are probably the latest versions due to acres of red tape to get the 'authorised' for use

)

So - has anyone used any of them, or similar, and might put one head and shoulders above the other 2?

My gut feel is that as phones, they will all be pants - just too big - so I'm really asking about the main use they will get - picking up and sending emails which may or may not have work style attachments (word docs, excel sheets possibly powerpoint)

Thank you!

models being considered are:

HP iPaq HW6915 - a PDA with phone bits bolted on
HTC TyTn (not TyTn II) - a phone with PDA bits bolted on
HTC X7500 - a mini laptop with no pretentions of being a phone at all

Maldax · 22nd September 2007, 09:17

I have a friend who has the HTC TyTn says it's the dogs

dieseldriver · 22nd September 2007, 09:32

I used to have an Ipaq for about a year and it was just too big and a rubbish phone!
So when the upgrade was due I went and got the Blackberry. We use the Pearl 8100. This is a great phone and the email side works really well.
BlackBerry Pearl - It's a pity just to use it for work. Explore The New BlackBerry Smartphone
If you wanted, I have a contact at O2 that may beable to do you a good deal.

..PM me and I could pass his deatails to you....

richierich · 22nd September 2007, 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by TTDegs

I'm about to go into a possible trial at work to give our sales team access to email on the move.

We're looking at 3 possible products (none of which are probably the latest versions due to acres of red tape to get the 'authorised' for use

)

So - has anyone used any of them, or similar, and might put one head and shoulders above the other 2?

My gut feel is that as phones, they will all be pants - just too big - so I'm really asking about the main use they will get - picking up and sending emails which may or may not have work style attachments (word docs, excel sheets possibly powerpoint)

Thank you!

models being considered are:

HP iPaq HW6915 - a PDA with phone bits bolted on
HTC TyTn (not TyTn II) - a phone with PDA bits bolted on
HTC X7500 - a mini laptop with no pretentions of being a phone at all

Why not just get them a 3G adaptor for the laptops? We have trialled all networks and the Vodafone one seems to offer the best value and coverage. That way you prevent them from chancing an email whilst driving, they can only get email when stationary and able to open a laptop. They considered blackberrys for us at our place, but I think they thought tempation would be there to pick up email whilst driving.

I really don't understand the need for people to be able to pick up and respond to emails in half a nano-second. I would ban blackberrys, and chop off every bas***ds thumb who uses them, f**king scrolly waste of time morons, they sit on planes and trains just scrolling up and down their un-important inboxes, self-important t**ts.

Do most sales guys really need to be in such constant touch? Maybe service guys, or your specialists who have internal/external roles. In that sense you need to be able to keep up with whats happening when you are out of the office, but your typical sales guy is always out of the office, maybe it could reduce the time spent on admin when back home, but if you take your typical salesmans day, get up drive to appointment, have meeting, go to next appointment,have lunch, have another meeting, go home. As I see it the only time to send/receive emails then is during the travelling, dangerous if its a blackberry.

Just my 2p, rant over.

TTDegs · 22nd September 2007, 12:01

LOL - cheers for all the replies

re the 3g adaptor and / or the blackberry (RR's coments notwithstanding

) - yep, would be good idea - but work being work, we have an option of this this or this, not that

RR - you're right. 99% of the time they don't need instant access. The project is really to save the "what do you mean - you get home at 8pm, and you're telling me you need to pick up your emails!?' comments from long sufferring spouses

There are also the odd occasion where the team are caught on the hop at meetings, and need some info that they don't have to hand.
The ability to get someone from the head office to find it and mail it over could save having to reschedule another visit.

All of this, plus of course I'd also get one - and as you know, I'm a gadget freak...

dieseldriver. Thank you very much for your kind offer, but unfortunately becuase its a work thing I wouldn't be allowed to take you up on it. Thanks again for thinking of it though

spile · 24th September 2007, 12:48

I use a IPAQ rx5935 which has Wifi and Bluetooth.
I use the former whevever I am in a hotspot - more and more pubs etc have them and the latter when I am not (link via GPRS via my Nokia phone)

generationgav · 25th September 2007, 17:38

I'd get a Tytn.
Well I have one and they're great!
The VERY likely reason not to use Blackberry's is that they require a seperate server, I'm guessing TTDegs company use Exchange and therefore it's already configured for all 3 of the devices he's said.

TTDegs · 26th September 2007, 01:08

cheers again all

so far the sales guys have given me very mixed responses as to which they feel they would prefer - including the obligatory "I'll have one if I can have sat nav on it" - grrrrrr

"inch" "mile" "take" spring to mind

gav - yep

spile - if only...

Given who I work for, security is now so tight that turning b/t or wifi on on our laptops is now
a) nigh on impossible as they have locked em down so tightly, and
b) cause for a written warning

but don't even start me going there, as they are letting us have these PDAs, with 3G connection via vodaphone, which connects into a secure portal for our email / calendar syncing...

and then give us a sync cable to hard wire it to our laptops if we want to - thereby completly circumnavigating 95% of our firewalls etc etc

Don't, whatever you do, decide to work for a bank!

22nd September 2007, 08:15	#1 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	email on the move... I'm about to go into a possible trial at work to give our sales team access to email on the move. We're looking at 3 possible products (none of which are probably the latest versions due to acres of red tape to get the 'authorised' for use ) So - has anyone used any of them, or similar, and might put one head and shoulders above the other 2? My gut feel is that as phones, they will all be pants - just too big - so I'm really asking about the main use they will get - picking up and sending emails which may or may not have work style attachments (word docs, excel sheets possibly powerpoint) Thank you! models being considered are: HP iPaq HW6915 - a PDA with phone bits bolted on HTC TyTn (not TyTn II) - a phone with PDA bits bolted on HTC X7500 - a mini laptop with no pretentions of being a phone at all

22nd September 2007, 09:32	#3 (permalink)
dieseldriver Supporter Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th June 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxon Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader: (0)	I used to have an Ipaq for about a year and it was just too big and a rubbish phone! So when the upgrade was due I went and got the Blackberry. We use the Pearl 8100. This is a great phone and the email side works really well. BlackBerry Pearl - It's a pity just to use it for work. Explore The New BlackBerry Smartphone If you wanted, I have a contact at O2 that may beable to do you a good deal...PM me and I could pass his deatails to you....

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	LOL - cheers for all the replies re the 3g adaptor and / or the blackberry (RR's coments notwithstanding ) - yep, would be good idea - but work being work, we have an option of this this or this, not that RR - you're right. 99% of the time they don't need instant access. The project is really to save the "what do you mean - you get home at 8pm, and you're telling me you need to pick up your emails!?' comments from long sufferring spouses There are also the odd occasion where the team are caught on the hop at meetings, and need some info that they don't have to hand. The ability to get someone from the head office to find it and mail it over could save having to reschedule another visit. All of this, plus of course I'd also get one - and as you know, I'm a gadget freak... dieseldriver. Thank you very much for your kind offer, but unfortunately becuase its a work thing I wouldn't be allowed to take you up on it. Thanks again for thinking of it though

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spile Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 15th January 2007 Location: Midlands Posts: 203 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	I use a IPAQ rx5935 which has Wifi and Bluetooth. I use the former whevever I am in a hotspot - more and more pubs etc have them and the latter when I am not (link via GPRS via my Nokia phone)

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generationgav Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 29th May 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 808 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader: (0)	I'd get a Tytn. Well I have one and they're great! The VERY likely reason not to use Blackberry's is that they require a seperate server, I'm guessing TTDegs company use Exchange and therefore it's already configured for all 3 of the devices he's said.

26th September 2007, 01:08	#8 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	cheers again all so far the sales guys have given me very mixed responses as to which they feel they would prefer - including the obligatory "I'll have one if I can have sat nav on it" - grrrrrr "inch" "mile" "take" spring to mind gav - yep spile - if only... Given who I work for, security is now so tight that turning b/t or wifi on on our laptops is now a) nigh on impossible as they have locked em down so tightly, and b) cause for a written warning but don't even start me going there, as they are letting us have these PDAs, with 3G connection via vodaphone, which connects into a secure portal for our email / calendar syncing... and then give us a sync cable to hard wire it to our laptops if we want to - thereby completly circumnavigating 95% of our firewalls etc etc Don't, whatever you do, decide to work for a bank!