Share your innovation and win a BlackBerry Bold 9700
From MPs tweeting in the House of Commons to a BBC newsreader beating a technology failure by reading the headlines from her iPhone, smartphones are being used in more inventive ways than ever
From MPs tweeting in the House of Commons to a BBC newsreader beating a technology failure by reading the headlines from her iPhone, smartphones are being used in more inventive ways than ever.
And now Clove Technology wants to hear your stories. The company is launching a quest to find the top ten most innovative business uses of a smartphone. It will be posting the list on its blog in May, and has a BlackBerry Bold 9700 up for grabs for the best story.
Enter Clove Technology’s competition today, by submitting your innovative idea to http://competitions.clove.co.uk/
In the meantime, here are some of our favourite business smartphone stories to whet your appetite.
• Bricker & Eckler, a US law firm, use BlackBerries to keep track of email, calendars and contacts while in the courtroom. While use of mobile phones is banned in court, the Ohio firm is able to use the BlackBerry’s other functions to receive last-minute alerts and updates, increasing customer satisfaction and staff productivity.
• Conservative MP Alistair Burt read out a letter about Criminal Record Bureau checks from his BlackBerry during a debate on anti-social behaviour in parliament. However, Deputy Speaker Sir Michael Lord wasn’t impressed and said the practice should be discouraged.
• The iCape is an interesting invention marketed at American hair salons. It’s a cape with a clear vinyl front in the lap area designed so that keen business people can keep in touch with their emails even when having their hair cut – without the danger of getting a hairy BlackBerry (or getting hair products on it).
• CN, a road and rail dispatch service that operates in the US and Canada, utilised the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution to modernise their dispatch business. Each of the 350 drivers was equipped with a BlackBerry device, logging on to the BlackBerry server every time they arrive or leave a destination, enabling easier scheduling of work and more accuracy in reporting to customers.
• Radio 3 newsreader Alison Roper wasn’t fazed when the BBC’s computer systems crashed just before a news bulletin. While colleagues panicked, Alison quickly whipped out her iPhone and read the news from that.
• Keen blogger and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Tracey Crouch learned that there are some places it’s not a good idea to use your smartphone when she dropped her BlackBerry down the loo without realising until too late – after she had pulled the flush.
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