Horrible Sunny Day

marketing@mobile311.com — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:01:00 GMT

Our Mobile311 System has so far been hugely successful. It’s easy to setup, easy to use, barely requires training and everyone loves it. That was, until we were doing a demonstration in the middle of an airport runway. The sun was directly overhead on a cloudless day and there wasn’t a sliver of shade in sight. The display on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet was just not readable in direct sunlight. We tried holding our hands to make shade, holding the tablet over our heads and looking up at it, and even carrying a piece of cardboard to “make-some-shade”. Nothing worked. The Tablet was too hard to see.

Fortunately, Chuck Wright found and ordered a 3 pack of ClearTouch™ Anti-Glare sun screens at www.boxwave.com. We slapped a cover on…. And then realized that the tablet had a bunch of dust and bits of finger oil on it and the debris looked terrible under the screen. So we pulled the screen off (which incidentally cleaned the Tablet screen) and slapped the next one on. After stepping outside we realized that we had a solution. The Tablet was perfectly readable even in direct sunlight.

Everyone deserves their day in the sun, and now Mobile311 can go with them!

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New and Improved Mobile311 Web Interface

marketing@mobile311.com — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:27:00 GMT

I’m pleased to announce the initial preview release of the first major overhaul of the Mobile311 web interface.

This release represents the cumulative feedback from many of our clients, along with our commitment to make the site both easier to use and more powerful. The plan is to get feedback from a focus group over the next week, adjust as needed, then release to the general community.

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