•Read the Interactive Session and then answer the following questions:
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•What kinds of applications are described in the case? What business functions do they support? How do they improve operational efficiency and decision making?
•Identify the problems that businesses in this case study solved by using mobile digital devices.
•What kinds of businesses are most likely to benefit from equipping their employees with mobile digital devices such as iPhones and BlackBerrys?
•Discuss the implications of this statement: “The iPhone is not a game changer, it’s an industry changer.”
•Identify the problems that businesses in this case study solved by using mobile digital devices.
•What kinds of businesses are most likely to benefit from equipping their employees with mobile digital devices such as iPhones and BlackBerrys?
•Discuss the implications of this statement: “The iPhone is not a game changer, it’s an industry changer.”
Explore the Web site for the Apple iPhone, the BlackBerry, or an Android smartphone, such as the Droid Incredible or Samsung Fascinate, and then answer the following questions:
1. List and describe the capabilities of each of these devices and give examples of how they could be used by businesses.
1. List and describe three downloadable business applications for each device and describe their business benefits. (Information supplied is from the respective Web sites.)
1. List and describe three downloadable business applications for each device and describe their business benefits. (Information supplied is from the respective Web sites.)