Archive for the ‘Smartphones & Blackberries’ Category

Synchronizing iMIS Members to your Windows Smartphone PDA

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

A commonly asked question at Metisc is “How do i synchronize my iMIS members with my Smartphone?”.

Most smartphones are capable of synchronizing their contact information with Microsoft Outlook. So the question becomes, how do i get my iMIS contacts into Outlook?

The easiest and most cost effective way is to use the MiSync iMIS to Outlook and/or Exchange module. MiSync will synchronize your iMIS membership data to your Exchange or Outlook System - and then Microsoft Active Sync will synchronize your contacts onto your Windows Smartphone PDA or your Pocket PC.

If you are using a Palm Pilot or Palm based Treo phone such as the Centro then the steps are the same. Instead of using Active Sync to synchronize between Outlook and your Palm device, you will use the free software provided by Palm and included with your device.

For blackberry users, you can use MiSync to synchronize iMIS to your Exchange server, and then use RIM’s (the maker of Blackberry) Exchange Push tools to synchronize from Exchange to your Blackberry devices.

If you are using a PDA from other manufacturers, then you can check your PDA instructions on how to Synchronize your contacts between Outlook and your PDA. Most PDA phones include this functionality out of the box.

So the next time you want to make sure that you have the latest contact information for your customers at your fingertips, consider using MiSync to do the hard work for you!

SMS Messaging using iMIS

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

SMS Texting has become a huge part of our lives. And it seems to be a technology that has widespread appeal not only with the business crowd, but also with younger generations.

SMS Texting is an easy and cost effective way to send text messages to large groups of people. It has the advantage of being able to touch people whereever they are - whether they are on the internet or not.

Savvy businesses and membership organizations understand the power of texting and are harnessing it to help drive revenues and memberships. Whether you are trying to organize a political rally, or help save the whales - if you need to get a message to your customers and members, then SMS Texting is a great option.

Metisc’s iMAIL for iMIS provides an easy to use, safe, secure and 100% legal way for iMIS customers to add bulk emailing, faxing and SMS messaging to their systems. This inexpensive and high value tool works with numerous third party communications and delivery systems including Xpedite (for fax and sms), Blue Hornet and Magnet Mail.

So if you are looking for a quick, easy and highly cost effective way to get started with SMS, Fax or  Email marketing campaigns, then look no further than iMAIL by Metisc.

Using iMIS with Blackberry Phones and Microsoft Exchange

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

You’ve all seen them. Hordes of smug business people running around with their Blackberrys like they are members of some elite crowd. Dashing off emails and looking like they own the world. Well, just maybe they do! Because how cool is it to be able to get your email and contact information any time of the day, any where in the world? Like totally!

So now have a rabid case of Blackberry envy. You rush out and pick up one for yourself, and may be a dozen or so for everyone else in the office. Perfect - you install the Blackberry Synchronization tools into Microsoft Exchange and in just moments you are up and running. Now your emails are popping up on your Blackberries 24×7 and you are in Blackberry heaven!

Or are you?

Hey, what about my iMIS contacts? My Blackberry is nothing more than a paperweight when it comes to working with my real contacts - those in my iMIS database.

Well fret no more, because Metisc has you covered. Simply install our MiSync software and you can be synchronizing your iMIS contacts into Microsoft Exchange in just minutes. And MiSync deals with the notoriously famous iMIS “Cell Phone Field” issue. With MiSync your Blackberries can be accessing iMIS contacts in minutes. This is a production proven solution that works for MiSync customers.

The elegance of this solution is that it reinforces Microsoft Exchange as your corporate communications hub. Countless businesses are already running Microsoft Exchange and RIM’s Blackberry Synchronization tools. It’s a known standard that works. Both Microsoft and RIM back their products with solid support. So using MiSync to bridge your iMIS system into your Exchange/Blackberry environment makes a lot of business sense. 

So if you are looking for a highly cost effective and simple way to integrate iMIS with Blackberries - consider using MiSync.

Access iMIS CRM data from your blackberry or mobile phone!

Friday, March 21st, 2008

A recent posting on the iMIS Community site has drawn attention to a new product that allows Blackberry and mobile phone users to access Legacy iMIS data stores via a large selection of popular handheld devices.

The solution is an opensourced effort, and showcases the advantages of free and open development activity - bringing innovation and new products to iMIS users, in this case opening up the iMIS data store to users of a variety of leading model handheld devices.

For a preview of an iMIS data store access the following URL http://www.operamini.com/demo/?url=mobile.imis.com  and to see a sample iMIS datastore directly without using a mobile device, visit http://mobile.imis.com

It is rumored that similar projects are underway by other developers including a project to tie popular Open Sourced Content Management and Web Publishing Systems such as Joomla, Drupal and PostNuke into numerous CRM systems including Microsoft Dynamics CRM and iMIS CRM.