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You can probably feel my pain, when I say that one of the worst things to do when you have such a great mobile device at hand, is to rely on a larger heaver device aka the laptop, to do things that are day to day necessities. For the average mobile worker, email and access to PIM* data is the killer app, and any smartphone worth its weight (or lack of it) will be able to do that more than adequately. Companies like my own Sybase, have given me secure access to such email & PIM data with our iAnywhere Mobile Office product.
The goal of this Mobile Evangelist is to have all my presentations at hand in an always available resource and this has become more of a reality with Apple's MobileMe service and the new MobileMe iDisk application for the iPhone. With these two at my command, I can share these resources with contacts through email, without even having them as attachments. MobileMe gives me the facility to send a URL link in an email and even password protect the resource, as well as make it available to that contact for a specified time.
Now I can see my PowerPoint presentations on the iPhone, though the next natural step is unavailable, at the moment and that is showing them via a projector. Travelling light is one step closer... but just as far as ever. My world for a cable and the facility to connect.
Apple released their iDisk Application which allows you to access any files you have stored on your iDisk from your iPhone. The application is free and can be downloaded from HERE
*PIM - Personal Information Management such as Calendar, Tasks & Contacts.
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As one of the Sybase Technical Evangelists, Ian regularly addresses technical audiences all over the world and his sessions are always very well attended. He also writes education classes, whitepapers, demos and articles for various Sybase products and publishes regularly in Journals such as SYS-CON's PBDJ and International Developer Magazine. He is also the Sybase Unwired Platform & PocketBuilder Evangelist and works closely with the team in Dublin, CA and Concord, MA on new features and demonstrations for the products. He is also Tech Chair of iPhone Development Summit 2009 - New York (June) and San Francisco (November). In his customer-facing Evangelist role, Ian is very involved with the design, production and testing of Enterprise class Unwired Solutions, that have been implemented using Sybase's Unwired tools for Sybase customers around the globe. In addition, Ian is a dedicated technical expert continually working with Sybase's key partners and clients to enhance the capabilities of the Unwired solutions that Sybase can offer to its customers. Ian can also be found on Twitter @ithain
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