By Ben May

Peter Beattie from Hervey Bay Waterfront Apartments and I have a lot in common - we both love to have the most recent gadgets.  We both purchased the original iPhone when it came out, Peter and I together have had nearly every smart phone / PDA that has come out, from Dell PDAs, to HTC Touch and Diamonds, all very fun phones, but to date, the best phone either one of us have used, is the Apple iPhone - and more recently, the new Apple iPhone 3G.

I also help Peter with some of his IT and integrating it to his website and other things around the place, but just recently we have set up his bookings on a dedicated Windows server at one office where his administration team works, and he is constantly on the road, or at a combination of his units along the Hervey Bay Esplanade. While off-site, Peter needed to be able to remotely log in and access his Bookings and do sales off site, as well as his administration team doing the same.

We set up a simple VPN and Terminal Server which allowed him to connect from any Windows PC that was dialed into the network, and do the work he had to. However, after Peter just recently upgraded to a 3G/NextG Telstra iPhone, that supports high GSM speeds, supports VPN connections - we set up his iPhone to remotely dial in and connect to the bookings.

Also, using the MobileMe technology (Read More Here) Peter can make contacts, appointments and emails on his iPhone, or any of the computers and laptops he uses, and the MobileMe service keeps it all synchronized.

In other words, if one of his Administration team add an appointment at their main office, it will automatically be sent through to his iPhone and all other PC’s around Hervey Bay, and pop up there. Peter can also make appointments from the iPhone and they will be sent back to all the other computers that are connected.

The iPhone is an awesome piece of technology and I love using it to its fullest potential!

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