Yahoo Unveils New Mobile Gadgets

On Tuesday, 4th March 2008, Yahoo Inc. introduced onePlace, a mobile service, or more precisely, a mobile content management tool, that allows user to keep their mobile information organized, up-to-date and personalized. It also allows mobile users organize their web content so all these contents can be accessed through the mobile browser on their phones or PDA as quickly as possible. The introduction of onePlace will mark another step forward in the M-Commerce era.

Below is a video regarding the new mobile gadget, onePlace by Yahoo.

Source from: youtube.com
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_YzM2DzWIyA

onePlace will create a link, or bookmark the web pages and the users will be able to organized those bookmarks according to category. It also provides a search engines for finding the bookmarks. By doing this, it will allow the user to access to the webpages in a faster way using their mobile browser. onePlace also allow user to create a links to personalized content on the Yahoo Network, such as MyYahoo, Flickr, and Del.icio.us. Other than that, onePlace also includes a mobile RSS reader, which enables user to read and subscribe to any of the blog feeds in the network.

"The tool is expected to launch along with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's upcoming mobile phone service oneConnect, in the second quarter." Marco Boerries, executive VP of connected life at Yahoo, during a press release.

With the introduction of Yahoo onePlace, will it be a competitors for google Android? Will it ever affect the launching of google Android as well? I guess, we will only be able to see the result once google Android is successfully launch, hopefully in the mid of June 2008. With the growing rate of M-Commerce, more and more mobile software in helping users will be introduced. Once again, Yahoo is competing with Google by introducing mobile gadgets.

Vostro Solution, Dell, Overcomes SMEs' Problems

Lately, the Small- and Medium-sized enterprise (SME) space has been the attraction of every Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firm. ICT firms are offering different kind of consumer solutions to help the SME to adopt the ICT solutions into its business operations. After successfully capturing the sizeable share in the consumer sector, Dell, introduced another SME-tailored suite of solutions, the Vostro. More information about this Vostro can be read from the Dell's site.

For SME that wish to adopt a comprehensive ICT solutions, they can consider the Dell's Vostro. By adopting this ICT solutions, it open a wider market place for SME to the world and to their supplier as well as customers. Even by having Dell Vostro in the company, it does not mean that it can overtake the business in a short time frame if the company only has a small IT team or not even having any of the IT team or department to take care of the ICT solutions.

In order to compete with larger companies or multi-national corperations, first the SMEs would have to overcome some of the problems. SMEs often seem to lack of IT support due to the expensive cost of hiring IT personnel . By adopting Dell Vostro and undergone some training, this problems can be overcame. Other than that, Dell's Vostro is not an expensive solutions for SMEs as they provide a reasonable price to adopt the ICT solutions. The main target for Dell's Vostro is the SMEs. Second problems might be lacking of IT literacy. However, Dell's Vostro is very easy to pick up the skill after some training. Even though employees might not be IT literate, they can still handle some of the easy jobs by using the Dell's Vostro.

More information about Dell's Vostro can be read from here. One of the homegrown company has adopted the Dell's Vostro after they have decided to move forward onto the international arena. They have transformed its old and traditional, but yet highly successful, operations into a hi-tech, world-class business.

But, is really Dell Vostro can support all the ICT solutions for an emerging company in order to compete with others? From my own opinion, i do think that it can, which the help from other software and hardware. More over, Dell Vostro is only a system which helps in implementing all the ICT solutions for a small- medium-sized enterprise. Without some help from the IT literate personal, even though the company purchase and install the Dell Vostro, it is just like another dumb machine for the company which carry out some normal task other than leading the company to another hi-tech company. Or how many of the Dell Vostro you need for your company just in order to get rid of your traditional business?

source from: youtube.com http://youtube.com/watch?v=cpEOAoxxbfU