Blackberry GPS Software – How to Track Your Staff Working Away From the Office
In business, there are several reasons why knowing the location of a workforce can result in measurable benefits in terms of an organisation’s duty-of-care as well as efficiency savings. With GPS enabled mobile smartphones and Blackberries becoming more commonplace, then the cost and convenience of tracking individual handsets is so low that it is now being seen by many as a commodity with a stronger than ever case for adoption.
Many businesses now equip their people with Blackberry mobile phones so that they can work effectively away from the office. Many Blackberry models now have GPS capabilities built into the handset itself. For the user, this brings access to a range of useful location based services such as interactive maps and the ability to conduct searches that give results based on your current location.
In many businesses, it can be helpful to be able to quickly establish where their individual employees are, or even be able to monitor how long they have spent at a particular site. There are now a number of companies offering a small software download for Blackberries and other smart-phones that can communicate the GPS location information from the handset to a central tracking server. This data can then be accessed by approved individuals in a number of different ways, such as via a simple web browser or using a more sophisticated tracking console application capable of detailed analysis and reporting. The data can also be made available to a company’s business systems.
The Blackberry GPS software typically has a small footprint meaning that it can run in the background without any impact on the normal operation of the phone. In some cases the software can even be installed and configured remotely, so that there is no need for the user to bring the phone to a central team to initiate the process.
A key benefit of using a Blackberry or indeed other smart-phone as the tracking device as opposed to a dedicated GPS tracking unit is that there is no need to issue people with a dedicated tracking device, which not only saves money (both in terms of the cost of the device and also in terms of not needing a second mobile data service), but also saves the user from having to worry about keeping the GPS tracking device charged up, and of course, remembering to wear or carry it at all times.
The use of Blackberry mobile tracking can help to make a mobile workforce more effective and also enable the business to react effectively to a change in circumstances (such as enabling you to find out who is the nearest employee to a given location). Over a period of time, you can also build up a good understanding of the duration it takes your staff to undertake various types of activities on location, which in turn can lead to more accurate planning and costing.
It has been widely reported that employees tend to work more productively and effectively if they are aware that their company has the ability to monitor their movements. Moreover, when on the move, it is possible to monitor the speed at which the user is travelling, and to set alarms that will report when a specified speed is exceeded, or the phone travels outside of a defined area.
For lone workers, particularly those in occupations that may occasionally put them at risk, then the added security that they can raise an alarm and know that their position can be accurately found is enormously valuable.
In conclusion, the cost of utilising the GPS capability of a Blackberry or smart-phone device so as to enable a business to monitor the location of their employees, whether for efficiency benefits or to provide safeguards for lone workers is now so inexpensive that it opens up new opportunities in organisations that would have previously considered this technology too costly to consider.
About the Author
Iain Jones is with Zest Tracking, a specialist in GPS tracking solutions for business. Zest Tracking can incorporate Blackberry and other mobile phones as well as dedicated GPS tracking devices. Zest’s
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Learn Blackberry Games Development $49.99 BlackBerry smart phones aren’t just for business. In fact, throw away that boring spreadsheet, tear up that yearly budget report—the BlackBerry is a lean, mean game-playing machine. Carol Hamer and Andrew Davison, expert software game developers, show you how to leverage the BlackBerry Java™ Development Environment (based on Java ME) to design and create fun, sophisticated game applications from role playing to dueling with light sabers. The BlackBerry: not as clumsy or as random as a blaster—an elegant device, for a more civilized age.In this book, Carol and Andrew give you the professional techniques you need to use music, 2D and 3D graphics, maps, and game design patterns to build peer-to-peer games, role playing games, and more for the BlackBerry. What you’ll learn How to build a custom user interface with your game’s theme How to take your graphics to the next level with SVG and OpenGL ES How to boogie on down with a MMAPI music player How to optimize your games with BlackBerry-specific APIs and tools How to program games for any BlackBerry device, from the earliest Java-enabled smartphones to models that run the BlackBerry 5 operating system How to build games for two players or the whole world with GPS, SMS, and the Internet How to create space adventures that may confound your mind with their awesomeness. How to drive a toy sports car from your BlackBerry using Bluetooth and USB How to sell your game on BlackBerry App World and beyond Who this book is for This book is for game enthusiasts and software engineers who know at least a bit of Java and want to program games for the BlackBerry. No prior knowledge of Micro Edition programming is required. Table of Contents Gaming on BlackBerry BlackBerry Application Basics Game |
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Learn Blackberry Games Development $39.99 BlackBerry smart phones aren’t just for business. In fact, throw away that boring spreadsheet, tear up that yearly budget report—the BlackBerry is a lean, mean game-playing machine. Carol Hamer and Andrew Davison, expert software game developers, show you how to leverage the BlackBerry Java™ Development Environment (based on Java ME) to design and create fun, sophisticated game applications from role playing to dueling with light sabers. The BlackBerry: not as clumsy or as random as a blaster—an elegant device, for a more civilized age.In this book, Carol and Andrew give you the professional techniques you need to use music, 2D and 3D graphics, maps, and game design patterns to build peer-to-peer games, role playing games, and more for the BlackBerry. What you’ll learn How to build a custom user interface with your game’s theme How to take your graphics to the next level with SVG and OpenGL ES How to boogie on down with a MMAPI music player How to optimize your games with BlackBerry-specific APIs and tools How to program games for any BlackBerry device, from the earliest Java-enabled smartphones to models that run the BlackBerry 5 operating system How to build games for two players or the whole world with GPS, SMS, and the Internet How to create space adventures that may confound your mind with their awesomeness. How to drive a toy sports car from your BlackBerry using Bluetooth and USB How to sell your game on BlackBerry App World and beyond Who this book is for This book is for game enthusiasts and software engineers who know at least a bit of Java and want to program games for the BlackBerry. No prior knowledge of Micro Edition programming is required. Table of Contents Gaming on BlackBerry BlackBerry Application Basics Game |
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Mobile Application Security $26.82 Secure today’s mobile devices and applicationsImplement a systematic approach to security in your mobile application development with help from this practical guide. Featuring case studies, code examples, and best practices, Mobile Application Security details how to protect against vulnerabilities in the latest smartphone and PDA platforms. Maximize isolation, lockdown internal and removable storage, work with sandboxing and signing, and encrypt sensitive user information. Safeguards against viruses, worms, malware, and buffer overflow exploits are also covered in this comprehensive resource.Design highly isolated, secure, and authenticated mobile applications Use the Google Android emulator, debugger, and third-party security tools Configure Apple iPhone APIs to prevent overflow and SQL injection attacks Employ private and public key cryptography on Windows Mobile devices Enforce fine-grained security policies using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Plug holes in Java Mobile Edition, SymbianOS, and WebOS applications Test for XSS, CSRF, HTTP redirects, and phishing attacks on WAP/Mobile HTML applications Identify and eliminate threats from Bluetooth, SMS, and GPS servicesHimanshu Dwivedi is a co-founder of iSEC Partners (www.isecpartners.com), an information security firm specializing in application security. Chris Clark is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners. David Thiel is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners.Himanshu Dwivedi is a founding partner of iSEC Partners, an information security organization. He is a co-author of Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 and several other books. |
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Mobile Application Security $49.99 Secure today’s mobile devices and applicationsImplement a systematic approach to security in your mobile application development with help from this practical guide. Featuring case studies, code examples, and best practices, Mobile Application Security details how to protect against vulnerabilities in the latest smartphone and PDA platforms. Maximize isolation, lockdown internal and removable storage, work with sandboxing and signing, and encrypt sensitive user information. Safeguards against viruses, worms, malware, and buffer overflow exploits are also covered in this comprehensive resource.Design highly isolated, secure, and authenticated mobile applications Use the Google Android emulator, debugger, and third-party security tools Configure Apple iPhone APIs to prevent overflow and SQL injection attacks Employ private and public key cryptography on Windows Mobile devices Enforce fine-grained security policies using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Plug holes in Java Mobile Edition, SymbianOS, and WebOS applications Test for XSS, CSRF, HTTP redirects, and phishing attacks on WAP/Mobile HTML applications Identify and eliminate threats from Bluetooth, SMS, and GPS servicesHimanshu Dwivedi is a co-founder of iSEC Partners (www.isecpartners.com), an information security firm specializing in application security. Chris Clark is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners. David Thiel is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners.Himanshu Dwivedi is a founding partner of iSEC Partners, an information security organization. He is a co-author of Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 and several other books. |
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My Nexus One $19.99 My Nexus One provides expert advice and easy to follow full-color tasks with ample illustrations to get your Nexus One rockin' in no time Everything you need to know to use Google's newest Andriod smart phone, the Nexus One Full-color, step by step format with plenty of visuals to help with even the trickiest of tasks Written by Craig James Johnston, an expert in the enterprise mobile computing space and author of My BlackBerry CurveThe Nexus One is a smartphone from Google that uses the Android open source mobile operating system. The device is manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation, and became available on January 5, 2010. Features of the phone include the ability to transcribe voice to text, noise canceling dual microphones, and GPS guided turn-by-turn voice directions to drivers. This book will cover everything you need to know to customize the Nexus One to fit the way they live. Coverage includes: ” Descriptions of the Android operating system and the Nexus One hardware. ” Web Browsing and how to use the Nexus One as a collaboration tool. ” Exploring the Nexus One ” Using the Nexus One as an organization tool ” Using the Nexus One as a portable media player ” Navigating to the peripheral applications to extend the use of the Nexus One ” Time saving tips in the use the Nexus One in enhancing one's daily life ” Primer on the use of the Nexus One in an enterprise setting |
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Pro Android Flash $29.75 Did you know you can take your Flash skills beyond the browser, allowing you to make apps for Android, iOS and the BlackBerry Tablet OS? Build dynamic apps today starting with the easy-to-use Android smartphones and tablets. Then, take your app to other platforms without writing native code.Pro Android Flash is the definitive guide to building Flash and other rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the Android platform. It covers the most popular RIA frameworks for Android developers—Flash and Flex—and shows how to build rich, immersive user experiences on both Android smartphones and tablets. You’ll learn how to incorporate multimedia, animation, and special effects into your apps for maximum visual appeal. You’ll also cover advanced topics, including input methods, hardware inputs, deployment, and performance optimization. What you’ll learn Deployment of Flash and Flex to Android How to take your desktop RIAs and adapt them for mobile devices How to integrate Android hardware inputs from the camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer How to build an immersive user interface using Android audio and video assets How to integrate styling and artifacts from a professional designer Best practices for mobile performance tuning and optimization Who this book is for This book is intended for developers who are looking to build rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Android platform, especially Flash andFlex. Table of Contents Introducing Mobile Flash Targeting Applications for the Mobile Profile Building Flash and Flex Applications for Android Graphics and Animation Application Deployment and Publication Adobe AIR and Native Android Apps Taking Advantage of Hardware Inputs Rich Media Integration The Designer-Developer Workflow Performance |
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Pro Android Flash $35.99 Did you know you can take your Flash skills beyond the browser, allowing you to make apps for Android, iOS and the BlackBerry Tablet OS? Build dynamic apps today starting with the easy-to-use Android smartphones and tablets. Then, take your app to other platforms without writing native code.Pro Android Flash is the definitive guide to building Flash and other rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the Android platform. It covers the most popular RIA frameworks for Android developers—Flash and Flex—and shows how to build rich, immersive user experiences on both Android smartphones and tablets. You’ll learn how to incorporate multimedia, animation, and special effects into your apps for maximum visual appeal. You’ll also cover advanced topics, including input methods, hardware inputs, deployment, and performance optimization. What you’ll learn Deployment of Flash and Flex to Android How to take your desktop RIAs and adapt them for mobile devices How to integrate Android hardware inputs from the camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer How to build an immersive user interface using Android audio and video assets How to integrate styling and artifacts from a professional designer Best practices for mobile performance tuning and optimization Who this book is for This book is intended for developers who are looking to build rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Android platform, especially Flash andFlex. Table of Contents Introducing Mobile Flash Targeting Applications for the Mobile Profile Building Flash and Flex Applications for Android Graphics and Animation Application Deployment and Publication Adobe AIR and Native Android Apps Taking Advantage of Hardware Inputs Rich Media Integration The Designer-Developer Workflow Performance |
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Qwerty Smartphones $30.34 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Danger Hiptop, Palm Pre, Htc Dream, Motorola Droid, Htc Tytn Ii, Htc Tytn, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, Htc Wizard, Nokia E71, Blackberry Pearl, Palm Centro, Palm Treo, Blackberry Bold, Nokia N97, Htc Touch Pro, Motorola Q Global, Htc Universal, Nokia E90 Communicator, Samsung Sgh-I607, Samsung Sgh-I907, Nokia E61, Htc Excalibur, Blackjack Ii, Treo 700p, Blackberry Curve 8900, Nokia E72, Palm Treo Pro, Palm Pixi, Htc Apache, Nokia E70, Nokia 9300, Nokia E75, Blackberry Curve 8300, Htc P4350, Lg Prada Ii, Lg Expo, Motorola Devour, Samsung Sgh-I627, Htc S710, Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, Blackberry Curve 8500, Nokia E55, Htc Blue Angel, Samsung Jack, Treo 750, Lg Chocolate, Htc Cavalier. Excerpt: BlackBerry Bold 9000 The BlackBerry Bold (9000) is a high-end mobile phone data device (smartphone) developed by Research In Motion . Specifications Applications All the familiar BlackBerry applications are available on the Bold: WordToGo, PowerPointToGo, BrickBreaker and WordMole. The Bold also offers new or updated applications for BlackBerry Messenger, WHERE GPS , and Mobi4Biz . The BlackBerry Bold’s LED supports programmable color changes, controllable through software such as LED Notifier. Reception The Blackberry Bold has generally been positively reviewed by critics. Bonnie Cha of CNET rated the phone as “Excellent” and praised the phone’s screen and multimedia capabilities. However, she did not like the bulkiness of the bold and she notes that it has poor web browsing navigation. Technical issues BlackBerry Bold 9700 item Manufacturer : Research In Motion item Carri… |
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Rhomobile $43.99 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rhomobile Inc. offers an open-source Ruby-based mobile development framework for business mobility solutions. It enables software programmers to build applications for mobile devices using HTML. Rhomobile’ s Rhodes framework supports development for the iPhone, Windows Mobile, Google Android, Symbian and BlackBerry operating systems. Rhodes is an open source framework to rapidly build native apps for all major smartphone operating systems (iPhone, Windows Mobile, RIM, Symbian and Android). These are true native device applications that work with synchronized local data and take advantage of device capabilities such as GPS, PIM contacts and camera. |
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Web Geek’s Guide to the Android-Enabled Phone $19.99 Web Geek’s Guide to the Android-Enabled PhoneCovers Android 1.5Make the Most of Your Android-Enabled Phone!Out of the way BlackBerry. Move over iPhone. There’s a more intelligent alternative to the same old smartphone. Google’s Android mobile phone platform has all the capabilities of these phones and more. With this book, you’ll unlock every bit of power that’s built into the Android phone and learn how to take advantage of the incredibly innovative Android applications pouring into the marketplace. You’ll even learn how to build (and sell) your own new applications.You’ll begin with a quick, practical tour of the first Android phone–the T-Mobile G1. You won’t just learn how to use your Android phone’s built-in applications, you’ll also learn tips and tricks that’ll make you a power user, fast! From email and YouTube to Google Maps and GPS, if Android can do it, this book will help you do it even better. Are you inspired by Android’s great apps? Create your own! This book gets you started with a complete introduction to Google’s powerful, free Android development toolset!Covers all this, and more… Get online with Android’s built-in web browser Connect via Gmail Mobile–or any other email service you like Use Android’s core applications, including Contacts, Calendar, Alarm,Calculator, and Camera Have fun with Android: from music and video to the hottest games Add new capabilities to your Android phone using third-party applications Build your own Android applications including: design tips, tools, coding explanations, and instructions for publishing via the Android market Learn time-saving Android keyboard shortcuts Troubleshoot problems with your Android phone, step-by-step |
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Web Geek’s Guide to the Android-Enabled Phone $8 Web Geek’s Guide to the Android-Enabled PhoneCovers Android 1.5Make the Most of Your Android-Enabled Phone!Out of the way BlackBerry. Move over iPhone. There’s a more intelligent alternative to the same old smartphone. Google’s Android mobile phone platform has all the capabilities of these phones and more. With this book, you’ll unlock every bit of power that’s built into the Android phone and learn how to take advantage of the incredibly innovative Android applications pouring into the marketplace. You’ll even learn how to build (and sell) your own new applications.You’ll begin with a quick, practical tour of the first Android phone–the T-Mobile G1. You won’t just learn how to use your Android phone’s built-in applications, you’ll also learn tips and tricks that’ll make you a power user, fast! From email and YouTube to Google Maps and GPS, if Android can do it, this book will help you do it even better. Are you inspired by Android’s great apps? Create your own! This book gets you started with a complete introduction to Google’s powerful, free Android development toolset!Covers all this, and more… Get online with Android’s built-in web browser Connect via Gmail Mobile–or any other email service you like Use Android’s core applications, including Contacts, Calendar, Alarm,Calculator, and Camera Have fun with Android: from music and video to the hottest games Add new capabilities to your Android phone using third-party applications Build your own Android applications including: design tips, tools, coding explanations, and instructions for publishing via the Android market Learn time-saving Android keyboard shortcuts Troubleshoot problems with your Android phone, step-by-step |