Mobile Apps

Just like every Apple product, the Apple Watch has been on everyone’s “Wish List.” And with good reason, there are a lot of benefits more than some glitzy wrist-wear.

(Via Apple)

Per Tech Radar “The iPhone 5-and-up-compatible smartwatch comes in 38 flavors, with different case materials, colors, sizes and interchangeable Apple Watch bands. None are inexpensive.”

Not inexpensive indeed! The price point for the Apple watch starts around $350 and soars all the way up to $17,000! But the price point is relative to the benefits. The Apple Watch update also features Wi-Fi connectivity, new watch faces with different customizable options, better Siri capabilities, email replies and even Transit directions courtesy of iOS 9 (Tech Radar). If your employees are tired of scrambling for their phones, this wrist technology will probably benefit them. Plus, they’ll probably feel like a modern-day James Bond, which is not a bad trade-off. 🙂

So what are the wireless benefits of an Apple Watch? Employees won’t have missed calls or texts anymore; their Watch will ping to inform them of an incoming contact. A big drawback for companies though is that this could be another source of data-sucking which can increase your company’s cell phone bill, so proceed with caution.

Apple Watches will certainly have an interesting impact on the business interactions. Even more so, they will have a BIG impact on your cell phone bill. If you have questions about saving your company money through the auditing, optimizing, or managing of your wireless services, please click here to contact The Bill Police.

Still Protecting Your Wireless Rights…

 

Ever wonder why the Wi-Fi drops in your office? You don’t have to go through extensive testing with your internet and wireless provider anymore (not to mention the heinous you’re-on-hold music)! Amped Wireless’ Wi-Fi Analytics tool to the rescue! It can be used either on a desktop or on an Android device, making it extremely versatile

Here is a screenshot of what the app version looks like:

When analyzing your Wi-Fi networks, it optimizes them for the best speed and coverage.

• Features include: Wi-Fi Scanner, Channel Interference Analyzer, Wi-Fi Channel Graph, Wi-Fi Signal Strength Graph, and a Signal Strength Meter.

By optimizing your data coverage and speed, you can potentially save your company money by keeping your employees on the Wi-Fi network instead of sucking up costly data! What do you think? Is this a tool that could help you and your employees in your office? Take a look at http://www.ampedwireless.com/wifianalytics/ and let us know in the comments below!

If you have questions about saving your company money through the auditing, optimizing, or managing of your wireless services, please click here to contact The Bill Police.

Still protecting your wireless rights…

There’s one in every company. The person who just can’t seem to stop watching every video on the internet that they find. I mean, how many times can you honestly watch the “Charlie Bit My Finger” video?

Tip #1: Provide a Mobile Device Policy. The Bill Police has templates, but you can create your own policy that sets expectations for minutes, data and text usage per month (compare these to corporate averages) as well as how the device is intended to be used (not as a replacement for their home cable provider or for Netflix).

Tip #2 Address the usage: You can call them into the office for “a talk.” Gently explain to them that their data usage is out of line (provide examples if possible) and how it is costing the company to pay data overages.

Tip #3: Set a Limit

This tip will only work if you have the time and are willing to follow through on your limits. A couple of ideas to start — the employee has to reimburse the company, they have a data limit placed on their phone, or in the case of a multiple-offender, they are addressed for misuse of company property.

Tip #4: Suggest Apps

Give them suggestions on apps that can help them keep track of their phone minutes, texts, and data usage. A few popular ones for data are My Data Manager and Data Usage. For phone and text usage, carriers often have options for turning on alerts to phones; contact your representative to ask about your options.

Tip #5: Auto-Update on Cellular = Off and use Wi-Fi

This goes for all employees, but make sure all phones only auto-update when connected to a Wi-Fi network. This saves A LOT of unnecessary data usage and most apps will survive the maybe two-hour wait until your employee gets back to the office.

If you have questions about saving your company money through the auditing, optimizing, or managing of your wireless services, please click here to contact The Bill Police.

Still protecting your wireless rights.

While Microsoft’s Windows 10 release has gotten a majority of the attention this year, the upgrade to Skype has largely gone unnoticed. As one of the first and most-used video chatting apps, Skype still has a large hold on the market since Skype comes pre-installed on Windows computers and phones. (Give yourselves a pat on the back for that one, Microsoft.)

So, what does this update entail? Microsoft has ended the user interface differences between Windows devices and Android/iOS devices. This new version of Skype (Skype 6.0) for Android and iOS includes:

• Skype for Tablet Mode users in Windows 10 including:
  • All forms in Skype are now touch aware
  • Input fields invoke on-screen keyboard
  • Skype window re-sizes to accommodate on-screen keyboard.
  • General fixes

(Skype)

If your employees use video-chatting to meet with prospects or customers, whether on mobile, tablet, or desktop, have them check out Skype. It is extremely useful because it is on multiple platforms and you won’t have to transfer contacts across devices. Also, it can be run from the web or Wi-Fi, saving you data usage, or watch for increased data usage if video chatting.

If you have questions about saving your company money through the auditing, optimizing, or managing of your wireless services, please click here to contact The Bill Police.

Still protecting your wireless rights…

Is there a big change coming to the way we purchase apps?

Will applications be the new data? Being in the industry for so long we have seen lots of transitions. First voice was the hot item, then email, then data and now we see all of the options for apps.

We believe apps are going to be the new data AND they are now be able to be billed to your customer account. [Read more…] about Apps Will Be the New Data