Samsung Rugby allows a mobile workforce to be seemingly everywhere at once, with features such as Video Share and e-mail to reduce trips between work sites and Push to Talk to speed up decision making within work groups to reduce costly downtime. The Samsung Rugby also includes multimedia features such as Cellular Video and AT&T Mobile Music to enjoy away from work or if rain forces you and your staff under cover. Additional features of the Samsung Rugby include advanced messaging options, 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth technology and a microSD memory card slot. Other key specifications of the Rugby include dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology, which allows AT&T customers to make calls in more than 200 countries and download data in more than 150…

The Nokia Data Gathering software will be available to public sector organizations and NGOs free of charge. It can be used to create tailored questionnaires and distribute them to multiple mobile phones using a normal mobile network. Field personnel surveying local conditions can quickly complete the questionnaires and immediately transmit their findings to a central database. The system also allows organizations to geo-tag data with GPS location information to build a more detailed picture of very local conditions. Accurate and timely information is essential when monitoring the effectiveness of disease prevention measures and preventing further outbreaks. This is the basis for the deployment of Nokia Data Gathering in Brazil by the Amazonas State Health Department, SUSAM (Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Amazonas), which will be using the solution to monitor outbreaks of disease and the effectiveness of prevention programs in the city of Manaus. Commencing in October 2008, 50 SUSAM field personnel equipped with Nokia E61 and Nokia E71 devices will take to the street in the metropolitan region of Manaus focusing initially on dengue fever. The program will then be expanded in 2009 to cover the whole State of Amazonas, with SUSAM’s 600 field agents gathering data on the fight against dengue fever, malaria and yellow fever…