HANDHELD CONTACT HAS SOME BIG NEWS! Last week Handheld Contact completed several months of development and submitted to beta new updates for both Android and IOS versions of Handheld Contact API, and both have been approved. We're extremely excited about these releases as they include numerous features our customers have requested for years. IOS and Android versions should be available for download from their respective stores this week or next. Here's are the highlights of a very long...

UPDATED: February 16th, 2021Quick Tasks are Here One of the more popular features of IOS devices is the native “Reminders”, which allow users to quickly jot down tasks, which they can then assign alarms to for easy task management. This feature was improved further with IOS13, which supported indenting tasks, allowing users to organize tasks under different categories for essential project management. As task management is a core part of CRM, we thought Handheld Contact could incorporate...

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is urging iPhone and iPad users to promptly update their operating systems to fix security bugs that may have already been exploited by hackers. On its support webpage, the company said three security flaws "may have been actively exploited." It did not reveal too many specifics about the bugs, noting "Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available." The...

In late March of this year we released the first version of Handheld Contact API for IOS, and then later in October we did the same for Android. These first releases were a huge leap forward in terms of supporting more data on more devices with more frequent updates from Act!. Both versions of Handheld Contact API synched directly with the master Act! database, and featured a modern new look. With all the technology upgrades, though, there was still a significant feature gap between our more...

Since 2016 we set out to improve the feature set of Handheld Contact. Opportunities were added to the basic contacts & calendars, and then followed by mobile mapping, searches, quoting, favourites, contact pictures, and so much more.  This year we took it a step further and introduced a new technology called Handheld Contact API, which allowed users to sync directly with their master database, and update more data across more devices more frequently. It included a new dashboard, and...