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bly:Mobile Lite for Sage 100 ERP

January 22, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

Wish there were a way to run Sage 100 ERP on your iPad, iPhone or Android devices? You can use a remote desktop (RDP) connection but the screens often are too tiny to comfortably maneuver. Or the other alternative is bly:Mobile which resizes the Sage 100 ERP screens so they fit comfortably to your mobile device(s).

From the bly:Mobile site:

bly:Mobile Lite puts Sage 100 on your Smartphone, iPad, or across a web browser, with a new, simpler look and feel, more like the other mobile apps you are used to. No printing, no complicated navigation – just data, clean and simple. It’s available for Sage 100 4.4 and higher.

bly:Mobile Lite provides JUST the following inquiry capabilities:

GL Account Inquiry
AR Customer Inquiry
AR Invoice History Inquiry
AP Vendor Inquiry
AP Invoice History Inquiry
AP Payment History Inquiry
IM Item Inquiry
IM Lot/Serial Inquiry
SO Sales Order Inquiry
SO Sales Order/Quote History Inquiry
PO Purchase Order Inquiry
PO Receipt History Inquiry
RMA Inquiry

Best of all, bly:Mobile Lite is offered at a great subscription price – $99 per user per year.

Additional versions of bly:Mobile allow for full data entry capabilities within Sage 100 ERP

bly:Mobile Lite

Deal of The Day: Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ – $349 – No Contract, No Crapware, No Kidding

June 28, 2012 by Wayne Schulz

If you’re in the market for a new cell phone – either for yourself or someone in your family – you can’t go wrong with the Galaxy Nexus.

This Android based phone is an official “Nexus” device from Google which means it obtains the latest operating upgrades (such as Jelly Bean – aka Android 4.1) much faster than other Android devices which are often loaded with bloat and “skins” to tailor the phone to be more of a unique experience.

The downside of buying a heavily skinned Android phone from a manufacturer such as Samsung or HTC is that you often wait forever to obtain the latest Android updates.

The Galaxy Nexus is a GSM phone. It supports both AT&T and T-Mobile’s high speed HSPA+ frequencies in America. For $349 you are receiving the phone WITHOUT any contract.

Pair this smartphone up with a no-contrat plan from Straight Talk – http://www.straighttalksim.com – and for $45/mo you’ll have unlimited everything including data (Tip: The unlimited really seems to mean 2 GB / mo and/or about 100 MB per day).

Galaxy Nexus Price Cut – $349

Stop Tedious Business Card Data Entry – Use QR Codes Instead

June 22, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

Does this sound familiar?

You rush around at conferences collecting business cards from exhibitors and your peers. In the back of your mind you promise that just as soon as you get back to the office you’ll key in all those contacts to your computer.

Did you know there’s an easier way to enter in that contact information?

Some business cards and advertisements now contain a tiny bar code symbol called a QR code. This is Quick Response code. They bar codes can embed more than what they’ve been traditionally used for — either inventory item numbers or tracking numbers.

Using a free web site like ZXing you can input your own contact data and create a free bar code.

Here’s my contact information that I’ve created using the site above.

Now all you need is free scanning software for your smartphone. On Android I use Bar Code Scanner and on iPhone Red Laser is good (both are free).

Once you start the scanning application on your smartphone you simply hold it over the QR image and within seconds if the QR code contains address and contact information that data will display on your phone.

There are obviously some challenges to this concept of doing away with re-keying business cards – mainly that people need to use the QR codes on their cards and your smartphone (assuming you have one) needs free third party scanner software.

Gradually we (hopefully?) ‘ll see more widespread adoption of QR codes – and less re-keying.

Via: Sage Summit 2011 Diary

Sage Saleslogix OnTheGo – Remote Access To SalesLogix 7.2

September 13, 2010 by Wayne Schulz

Sage partner Net@Work has released a new remote application for iPhone and Android smartphone users. This version 1 release initially allows for read only access to your SalesLogix 7.2 CRM data. Future versions will open up full read/write capabilities.

The first release of Sage SalesLogix OnTheGo is available for free in the iPhone App Store.

Sage SalesLogix OnTheGo – iPhone and Android Remote Access to SalesLogix 7.2

Google Voice applications for BlackBerry and Android phones due today

July 15, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

Google is scheduled to release a pair of native applications today for BlackBerry and Android phone users that will make working with Google Voice much easer.

Google Voice lets users assign a single number to all of their phones. The service also integrate voice mail, text messages and voice mail transcription.

Download: http://m.google.com/voice – via CNET

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