The web is alive with comparisons of Google Android phones and Apple iPhones.\u00a0 While it seemed for a long time that the iPhone was going to own the market, Android has slowly picked up steam.\u00a0 In fact, Apple may have made a serious miscalculation in tying themselves with the AT&T network and a limited population of cell phone users.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Google Android has snuck into all the other providers as the operating system of choice since those other providers can\u2019t get their hands on the iPhone.<\/p>\n
However, what has emerged is not only a discussion about who will ultimately dominate the market, but the varying philosophies of the two competitors.\u00a0 The iPhone touts ease of use and intuitive user experience.\u00a0 Alternatively, the Android is about personalization and the ability to modify applications to suit your own specific requirements.\u00a0 Truth be told, I don\u2019t really think there is that much of a usability or personalization gap between the two systems, but this is how the market is portraying it.\u00a0 The fact of the matter is that both systems are enormously easy to use and give you enough personalization opportunities.<\/p>\n
Personally, I\u2019m an Android user, but that\u2019s neither here nor there.\u00a0 The point is that what I want is to tap an application and quickly enter in what I had for lunch (translated to caloric intake), look at the weather delays for airports across the country, or quickly locate somewhere to have dinner.\u00a0 At the end of the day, users just want to get to the applications and data they want.\u00a0 They want a quick reference and that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n
The future of HR applications may be 5 years away or more, but I like to think about managers who just want to quickly log into their phone and add a note about their employee\u2019s performance and then check a quick metric around productivity.\u00a0 I think about the employee who logs in later that day and logs in their learning experiences in less than a minute and then uses the same phone to check their paystubs.<\/p>\n
Theoretically, the presentation of data is all possible today, and quite easily.\u00a0 All applications should be able to ship out widgitized content that can be adaptable to phone technologies, so long as an application is written for it.\u00a0 Transactional processes are a bit tougher since legacy applications have to be reworked to accept transactions through these phones, but I\u2019m convinced that these capabilities are not that far away either.<\/p>\n
The core problem is that we have barely gotten to complex transactions on our intranet portals let alone getting to them on the phones.\u00a0 However, I think we\u2019re largely making a transition from legacy email and portal applications as the places we do our work, to smart devices and Web 2.0 technologies.\u00a0 Back to the phone comparisons, it\u2019s not about picking a winner \u2013 it\u2019s about realizing what the customers want, and that is quick, fast, easy and on their device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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