[Fredslist] Iphone Questions - Mostly Calendar

[Raj Goel, CISSP]

Danny,

Great suggestions.

However, it's not just about the technology - iphone, berry, Droid, windows,.etc.

It's about understanding the workflow, the business and personal needs and then putting the right apps & training in place.

What I read into Paul's email is that the iPhone doesn't work for him the way the blackberry did, and it has impacted his productivity.

Some of it will require hands on training/support, and large chunk of it will be Paul re learning what his workflow is, and what it needs to be.

This is the part people forget, and vendors skip over - each new tool requires relearning and understanding how out can improve (or destroy) productivity.



--Raj

Rajesh Goel, CISSP 
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You run your business, and leave the IT to us. 


Danny Mizrahi <dm at contangoit.com> wrote:

>(cc'ing fredlist because I think other people will want the answer).
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>That's was a tough decision but a good long-term one.  Blackberry is on
>the
>way out, in my humble opinion.  Change is usually much more difficult
>to
>deal with than Technology.
>
>First and foremost...I highly recommend putting keywords like "using
>calendar on the iphone" in YouTube.  You'll get some great free
>training.
>Same thing with "Push/Notifications."  Also I'd put in "iphone 4s
>training."  It'll help for sure, and it's free =)
>
>I've had an iPhone for longer than I can remember and I still do this.
>(For lots of things!  YouTube is a great resource for training).
>
>For #3 below - you can hold your finger down, and it zooms in and you
>can
>scroll letter by letter.
>
>Hope that helps!
>
>Danny
>
>
> Danny Mizrahi
>
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>
>On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Paul Napolitano <paul at twosonsenv.com>
>wrote:
>
>> *Hello Gotham iphone experts,*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *I recently, reluctantly, switched from my Blackberry of 10 years to
>an
>> iphone 4S. My biggest concern going into the switch was the calendar
>> function … and now my fears have been realized! If anyone can shed
>some
>> light on any of the following, please let me know. I use my calendar
>20 or
>> 30 times a day.*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> ***1.   ****When my iphone is dormant it will chime when a calendar
>> event(s) occurs. Before I unlock the phone, I can see the event(s)
>listed.
>> However, as I unlock it they disappear. Then I go to the calendar and
>they
>> are not listed in a “properly reviewable” fashion, as with a
>Blackberry. If
>> I’m in a meeting for a few hours, I often come out and have ten
>reminders
>> for calendar events waiting for me. Some have 1 hour reminders, some
>1 day,
>> some 1 week. I have no clue which events they are after I unlock the
>phone,
>> so they are basically lost. I can set the second reminder, but that
>is of
>> little help to the way I do business. Please help!*
>>
>> ***2.   ****Email is really second rate on the iphone, correct? With
>my
>> Blackberry I always knew when I had a new email because it had the
>red
>> light indicator. And unless I physically opened the email, it
>remained new
>> and obvious that it was unread. Also, importantly, I could save
>emails as
>> new so I could review them when I had time. With the iphone, the
>emails are
>> not “there” unless I click on the mail icon. I could get used to
>that, but
>> what about keeping the emails as “new”? Also frustrating, only
>sometimes do
>> I have the dot that indicates the emails are new, why is that? Why is
>the
>> fastest email “push” setting 15 minutes? That’s slow in my business.
>*
>>
>> ***3.   ****Is there a way to back scroll over text? That is, rather
>than
>> highlighting an entire word or backspacing and erasing it.*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Thanks,*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Paul*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Paul Napolitano*
>>
>> *President, Two Sons Environmental*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Office 516 922 3653*
>>
>> *Cell 516 287 4159*
>>
>> *www.TwoSonsEnv.com* <http://www.twosonsenv.com/>**
>>
>> * *
>>
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