New generation of mobile devices empowers workers to be productive anywhere, anytime

In a recent AberdeenGroup survey on wireless adoption, smart phones were listed among the top two technologies businesses planned to adopt in 2008.

Manufacturers are being drawn to a particular type of phone that employs leading-edge technology called push-to-talk, which is often referred as the voice equivalent of instant messaging because it allows users to initiative live conversations with colleagues at will. Push-to-talk is a much more effective business tool than instant messaging, however, because it allows groups of workers to join impromptu discussions. Often, those discussions evolve into full-blown business conferences with group members exchanging documents, photos, and even video via their cell phones.

Download this podcast to learn how this new generation of cell phones is driving what industry analysts have termed the mobile enterprise.

Sidney Hill
Executive Editor
Manufacturing Business Technology