Simon Barratt

Extending collaborative apps to the mobile workforce

Bill Jones - Intellisync
6000 mobile email users surveyed, average out at 110 emails a day
20-30% with attachments
over 60% read it and deleted it
only 40% send from device (qwerty devices only 10% more)
average emails deleted on the device : 50
Utility of wireless email today is to keep up to date.  Are qwerty phones worth the cost, if they are maily used to read

7-8 calendar changes/week
1 contact change/month

Some interesting usage stats re mobile devices from Intellisync.  Overall, it is very clear that you need to secure the environment before you push


Intellisync, seemed to be the only vendor that made good use of their time, and shared the above information with the room.