03 August 2021

Handheld Contact has been the leading mobile solution for Act! Users since 2003, and for all this time its defining feature has always been the fact the data is actually on user’s devices. This setup has delivered many advantages over the years, not the least of which is faster data access from anywhere (offline or on), activity alerts, full opportunity management, and interaction with the mobile devices address book and calendar. Well, Handheld Contact is about to add one more unique

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23 July 2021

After 16-months of isolation, the world of business is opening up, and we’re beginning to venture out of our homes and offices again. With this newfound mobility, though, comes some familiar challenges – and chief amongst them for road warrors is being able to communicate with customers while on the road. The use case is simple. Imagine being on the road and getting word a shipment is delayed, a product price has increased, or a promotion is ending early. You need to notify a group of

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21 July 2021

This morning we uploaded a new HHC Classic console to www.handheldcontact.com. While more updates are planned in the coming weeks, the changes included with this version are as follows: Fixed parsing html strings for Notes, Histories, and activity details New branding colours and images The new console (v4.3.2.0) is available for download now, and will require a resend of all data to fix the formatting issues with Notes, Histories, and Activity details.More updates to

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16 June 2021

The world is opening for business again, and people from all trades & professions are becoming more mobile. With this in mind, Handheld Contact is pleased to announce that we’ve added features to all our mobile clients that will give you more data at your fingertips than ever before. Handheld Contact now includes one-button accounting integration for both API and Classic products to support the syncing of essential accounting fields (see right-side illustration - click to enlarge). These

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12 May 2021

API is the acronym for Application Programming Interface, which is a software middleware that allows two applications to talk to each other. When you use an application on your mobile phone, the application connects to the Internet and sends data to a server. The server then retrieves that data, interprets it, performs the necessary actions and sends it back to your phone. The application then interprets that data and presents you with the information you wanted in a readable way. This is

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