Check out this article over at Field Technologies magazine about how Johnson Controls, a $42 billion global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, switched from rugged devices to rugged-case-clad iPhones for their 4,000+ field service technicians.

Replacing leased rugged devices with rugged-case-clad iPhones and eliminating the need for a service-specific help desk will save Johnson Controls close to $3.6 million in operating costs. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is an article over at EquipmentWorld.com about how one construction management college curriculum is requiring students to learn and use iPads.

iPads ‘essential’ to ‘the new way’ of managing projects on the jobsite these days

Full article here – Boise State Construction Management Students Required to use iPads as Tablets Become More Commonplace on Jobsites.

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From time to time (or maybe all the time), you may have the need to print documents in the field to leave preliminary test rests or field reports with contractors.  There are a number of ways to do this.  The iPad (iOS) is equipped with Apple’s AirPrint protocol that enables printing to AirPrint enabled printers wirelessly. In the early days, there were only a few printers that were AirPrint enabled.  Today, most every printer manufacturer makes a substantial number of AirPrint enabled printers. Apple has a list of some AirPrint enabled printers from various manufacturers here. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Enterprise has an article about the rise of tablets as a replacement for PCs and what the future holds. Here are a few bits of wisdom. Read the rest of this entry »

FileMaker released the results of a study related to how mobile workers are being more productive with iPads and iPhones. They’re confirming what we here at Geodatix have been preaching: Read the rest of this entry »