Friend changed phone number — can I merge SMS records?
Hi there! One of my friends recently got rid of her business cell phone and is using just one now. I have a couple years worth of text messages to her on both numbers. Is there any way to merge the SMS records under her contact instead of having them seperate by numbers, so I can remove her old number from my phone and not accidentally call it? Thanks!
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, cell-phone, couple-years, friends, her-business, her-contact, merge-the-sms, records-under, text-messages
Has anyone checked out this new iPhone application creator?
I just found this really neat iPhone application creator where you can create your own apps and upload onto your iPhone. Relatively inexpensive, they host your media for a year with no charge (included in original fee) I am a new iPhone user, so I am wondering if anyone has checked it out yet and what the results were. I'd like to create my own apps for my business. The site is www.appflights.com Anyone???
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, checked-it-out, iphone, original-fee, own-apps, results, the-results, your-media
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, contract, customer, kicker, manager, message-edited, only-the-basic, upgrade-price, warranty
iPhone 3GS activated on wrong line in family plan, what to do?
I ordered an iPhone 3GS upgrade on the AT&T website. I have a family plan and I ordered it against Line A (which was upgrade eligible) but wanted to activate it on Line B (which was not). I read here in the FAQs that this was OK, and was also told this on the phone by AT&T reps. Today I called in before activation to get things fixed (Business Care). I was told all was OK. But now the iPhone is activated and works on Line A, not Line B. (i.e. it rings when Line A is called, and it shows Line A as caller ID when making outgoing calls). So what do I do now? Two separate calls to Business Care resulted in two different answers: Answer A: They told you wrong. You have to go get a new SIM card for your iPhone from an AT&T store, and re-activate your phone. Answer B: We can't fix it, you have to call Apple Care. Both of these answers smell like BS to me, but what do I know? What advice do you all have to give me? Thanks so much.
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, Family Plan, get-things, iphone, outgoing-calls, separate-calls, these-answers, two-different, works-on-line
Problems with my confirmation e-mail…
So, I live in Alaska and the only service we get here (In this paricular region) is AT&T. I wanted an Iphone. I ordered the Iphone... But was rejected due to the fact that I didn't answer my confirmation e-mail in time. Fine. Good. So I ordered a new one. But it's been about 27 hours and I have not yet receieved a confirmation e-mail! What gives? I think there's a problem. The thing is, I ordered it yesterday and I flew home for the holidays and don't have a computer to use (Except this one which is my nieces, who leaves soon) Is there something I can do? Because this needs to be done. ASAP. Not having a wrk phone is ruining my business! Anyone else ave to wait longer than 24 hours? And is there something I can do?
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, confirmation, holidays, iphone, nieces, only-service, paricular, wait-longer, yet-receieved
Is the Iphone Boom a Business Boom?
Is the iPhone Boom a Business Boon?
We all know how the iPhone frenzy has grabbed popular imagination since it was first announced in Jan 2007. With its cool feature set, slick appearance, powerful computing capabilities, beautiful display and intuitive touch navigation, this poster boy of the mobile generation has captured the imagination of gizmo freaks and tech phobics alike. To get some measure of iPhone’s success, one only needs refer to Tim Cook’s (Apple’s COO) recent statement at a conference – he said that the company had “really good confidence” the company would hit 10 million iPhones sold by the end of 2008. According to a research from IDC, 70 percent of those polled who own, or plan to purchase an iPhone in the next year, consider it to be for both personal and business use.
Considering the vast proliferation of iPhones in such a short span, it is natural that all those who own a iPhone would want to extend its use to business as well. And it is no joy carrying around a Blackberry and iPhone in either pocket. All that does is to exert extra downward pressure on the belt. It is no wonder then, that iPhone’s usability in a business context is a raging debate nowadays. That is still a secondary question, because the fact remains that present and future end users of iPhone see is as something they want to use for business. The Bad News
Unfortunately for corporates, iPhone was created mainly for the meatier consumer market, and never really meant to be a business tool. What Obstructs “iPhone for Business”
- It’s mainly a PIM
- Third party applications not supported
- Lack of Exchange Support
Mainly a PIM – iPhone mainly has PIM(personal information manager) capabilities (email, contacts, calendars, calendars, notes) and not meant to be used for team collaboration, which requires the ability to share and work togather on information.
Sorry Third Party Developers – iPhone runs on a custom built operating system called the “iPhone OS”, and at this point does not allow third party applications to be built & installed on this native OS. Users are restricted to applications prebuilt into the system (mail, sms, calendar, photos, etc). This meant no special business centric applications could be created to make use of iPhone’s computing & display capabilities and internet-ability.
No Exchange Support – The gravest ommision was a lack of support for MS Exchange, which meant that users could not view even the most most elementary business information – business mail, contacts, tasks, and calendars, on their iPhones, what to speak of advanced collaboration. The only way to achieve this was complicated and unreliable workarounds. The Good NewsiPhone’s Business Friendly Features
- Rich Safari Browser
- Web 2. 0 Applications Allowed
- Internet Friendly
- Recent Apple Announcements
Hurray for Web 2. 0 – The good news is that they allowed a small window, through which an elephant could be pushed. Soon after its launch, Apple announced that it would allow third party web applications supporting web 2. 0 standards, to run on iPhone though its rich Safari browser. This effectively meant that iPhone could be part of the web 2. 0 revolution, and access all the rich applications therein.
The Safari Browser – iPhones web browser Safari, is a full web browser with the works. It is light years ahead of the custom made web browsers of traditional corporate handhelds like Palm’s Blazer browser, Blackberry browser, etc. It is not just comparable to a desktop browser, but is a desktop browser. This allows iPhone to ride high on the current web 2. 0 wave, rather than just being a bystander. According to AT&T and Google, iPhone generated 50 times more search requests than any other mobile handset.
Internet-ability- iPhone allows internet access through wi-fi or wide area EDGE networks. One important prerequisite for a mobile to be an effective remote collaboration tool is the willingness and comfort level of users to use the device for web access. With no little thanks to the large display & the safari browser, the iPhone has been a huge success as a device for web access. The iPhone increased the average wireless data usage as much as 30 times higher than on other phones.
Apple finally Awakens from its Slumber – Only lately has Apple has woken up to the previously ignored aspect of business usage. This was largely caused by the hue and cry raised by the media and users over its frustrating lack of business friendlyness. Even as I write, there is news of iPhone finally offering Exchange support, and an iPhone SDK (software development kit) which will allow programmers to develop applications specifically to be installed on the iPhone.
But these new developments are not just in their infancy, but even foetal stage. It will be some time before these new applications find their feet, an truly provide trouble free functionality to businesses.
Exchange support at this time is issue riddled and works only for companies that support Exchange 2007 or Direct Push on Exchange 2003. Moreover, this and the launch of installed applications for iPhone wont take place until a firmware update slated for June 2008. Webapps to the Rescue : HyperOffice as a case in study
Amongst the first companies to regonise the oppurtunity presented by iPhone for rich business applications was HyperOffice. Already well experienced in the web based business collaboration domain, they developed HyperOffice for iPhone, an iPhone specific version of their flagship product, HyperOffice.
This allowed business users to use almost the entire feature set HyperOffice right from their iPhones. Rather than an isolated personal information manager, HyperOffice allowed iPhone to be used as a dynamic collaboration tool through which users could access the company intranet, share contacts and calendars, plan projects, share and edit documents, schedule meetings, & many other things.
They also realised early on that a major pain point for users looking to use iPhone for business was a lack of Exchange support. HyperOffice allows users to get past this hurdle easily by acting as a bridge between Exchange and iPhone. It allows users to receive information directly from Exchange, or access Outlook information (mail, contacts, calendars, tasks) right on iPhone, with or without Exchange. No matter where users access mail and other information – Outlook, iPhone’s email client or on any other web device, information is automatically synched. Users always get updated information.
iPhone number lookup or SMS access via name
Help, I lost contact with someone that I used to talk to in another company. She has a personal iPhone but I don't have the number, I only had her business contact. I do not have an AT&T Wireless account myself. I have the following questions: 1. Can an AT&T Wireless customer lookup up another customer's phone number? 2. For SMS access, obviously I could just use her phone number, but of course since I don't have her phone number then that won't work. a. So do AT&T wireless (or at least iPhone) customers typically have an alternative "personal" SMS access mechanism via email, e.g., Sally.Jones@att_domain? b. What is the exact form of "att_domain", i.e., is it att-wireless, att_wireless, or what? Thanks much for your help. Chesscrab
Categories: iPhone Tags: business, course-since, customer, customer-lookup, her-business, lost-contact, number, Phone Number, wireless
Yahoo Business Mail on iPhone – Not Sending
I use Yahoo business email on the iPhone. 1) I'm able to receive mail, but not send when setting up using the Yahoo servers. This config allows me to see all folders etc. 2) When I set up pure POP/SMTP, I can both send and receive, but can't review any of my folders and the sent mail doesn't show in my sent items when I check mail from my pc. I really need to get option 1 to work. What I've tried: - When I select yahoo mail and set up the account, I turned on the ATT server as well as the Yahoo default server and the business smtp server. It won't allow me to delete the Yahoo server or set ATT or the business smtp to primary. I receive fine, but can't send. It looks as though it's sending, but doesn't. Doesn't work even when connected to wifi. - When I set up the pop/smtp it won't allow me to view any of my folders, apparently yahoo bus mail doesn't support what I need to do that. Help? Anyone run into this problem and solve it? I spent some time at the Genius Bar; they believe it's a yahoo issue. Yahoo customer care hasn't responded to multiple inquiries. Any insights are appreciated.
Categories: iPhone Tags: account, business, business-smtp, default-server, folders, genius, iphone, looks-as-though, problem, server-as-well, server-or-set, using-the-yahoo
Htc Touch Diamond – Business or Pleasure?
Today, it is really easy to get in contact with the outside world, no matter what part of the world is that you are in. With the help of personal digital assistants or PDAs, mobile phones, laptops, media players and other nifty devices, you can do your office work from almost anywhere. That is why devices that are a combination PDA and mobile phone have become popular. Whether you are looking for a device that provides a range of business applications and leisure devices PDA-phone would be perfectly suited to you. An overview of the HTC Touch DiamondHTC stands for High Tech Computer Corporation, and is a manufacturer of portable devices based in Taiwan. Handheld devices that have developed the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform. The HTC Touch Diamond was first released in the market in June 2008. The unit is considered as a combination PDA-mobile phone. First, here are the specifications of the device. The HTC Touch Diamond has: – 2. 8-inch LCD touchscreen 480×640-65-K color VGA TFT-3. 2-Megapixel CMOS color camera, 4GB of internal memory 192MB RAM 256MB of internal flash, 396 hours standby-5. 5 hours timeHTC talk ReviewThe Diamond HTC Touch Diamond runs using the Windows Mobile 6. 1 Professional operating system. First, here's a quick look at the design of the PDA-phone. The good thing about the HTC Touch Diamond is that it does not follow the trend too wide PDA. The dimensions of the PDA-phone are 4×4x0. 45 inches, weighing 110 g rams. The device is quite handy. The back cover design has a unique prism "rolling". The front part of the HTC Touch Diamond is composed mainly of the VGA display. It is directly below the control buttons – which are both compressible and tactile. There is also a directional pad that doubles as a scroll wheel. In general, the overall design of the HTC Touch Diamond can be described as "no wasted space. An analysis of the characteristics of the HTC Touch DiamondThe really great features of the HTC Touch Diamond include the following: – the YouTube application-browser Opera-3D TouchFLO interfaceThe last element, which is the TouchFLO 3D interface, which makes the HTC Touch Diamond A truly innovative device. You can also scan the menu and switch from one option to another. For those using the HTC Touch Diamond as a business device, there are features like redirection page from a browser. You can also view the Web for e-mail programs like Gmail, as you would on your desktop. YouTube fans have a lot of praise about the HTC Touch Diamond. The battery performance is average. Do not forget that the HTC Touch Diamond is also a telephone. The voice quality when making calls or using the speaker phone is good. You can also use video calling and hands-free calling. Finally, there is a 3. 2 megapixel camera on the back of the PDA-phone which has autofocus. It has no LED to take pictures in the dark, however. For most, the HTC Touch Diamond will work well. Just watch out for the life of pulp and its tendency to slow due to the TouchFLO 3D interface. Other than that, the HTC Touch Diamond is a pretty good device – whether for business or entertainment applications.
AT&T finally acknowledges network problems, but denies credit
For nearly five months now, my business partner and I have been unable to use our iPhones from our homes in Berkeley, CA. We either get no service or such limited service that a phone call is just too painful to bother with. Every time I have contacted AT&T to inquire about the problem, they have denied that there is any problem with their network. They simply blame it on the iPhone. We've been told to upgrade our OS, look into signal strengthening tools, and were even encouraged to upgrade one of our phones (at our expense and with the catch of having to extend an already useless contract), all to no avail. I called AT&T again today to ask about the problem and find out when a solution might be available. While the woman I spoke to was quite rude, she was the first to admit that there an actual problem with the network. She said that 3/4 of all towers in Berkeley have been either shut down or severely degraded since June and "that might have something to do with your problem." Gee, you think? She then went on to explain that it was caused by a hurricane. Huh?! She then said, "Oh, you live in California? It must have been an earthquake then." Oh, really?! There was an earthquake so big that it took out 3/4 of the cellular towers in Berkeley, but it didn't rattle my home, my business, or otherwise get anybody's attention? Clearly AT&T thinks very little of its customers to think we are stupid enough to believe these lies. AT&T was simply not prepared for the monopoly on the iPhone. I asked the rep for a credit on our account, but she said that any credit would only be applied AFTER the towers are fixed. After all, she explained, "each tower costs one million dollars to install." Umm... I DON'T CARE! I'm not investing in AT&T, I am paying for a service that is supposed to be up and running TODAY! I see a very big and expensive lawsuit in AT&T's future.
Categories: iPhone Tags: already-useless, asked-the-rep, berkeley, business, california, even-encouraged, iphone, million-dollars, network, problem