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Presented by: Dennis Heinle

Android 101 – Introduction to Android in the Enterprise

An IdoSphere webinar

What is Android?

Traveler install

Pitfalls

Basics

Advanced

Q&A

What we will cover in this Webinar

Android 101

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What is Android

• Mobile operating system • Acquired by Google in 2005

• First phone was the T-Mobile G1 in Oct 2008

• Why should you care • People want it!

• Shipments are up 1300% since last year

• 350,000 new activations a day

• Apps in market has tripled in 9 months – 150k

• New Tablets; Galaxy Tab, Xoom, Viewpad, etc..

.. and why should you care?

The Basics

• Step 1, You need a Gmail account

• Problem 1, You need a Gmail account

Decide how to manage before

If we supply the phone, we supply the gmail account

(typically)

The Basics

• Cupcake, Froyo, Honeycomb?

• At least Eclair 2.1 • Added MS Activesync 2.5, HTML 5

• Required For traveler support

• Froyo 2.2 is preferred • Added policies, JIT, Voice Dialing over BT, Hotspot, Tethering

Versions

The Basics

• Stock Android aka “Pure Google” • Mostly developer phones; Droid, Nexus 1, Nexus S

• Custom UI’s • HTC – Sense

• Motorola – Moto Blur

• Samsung – Touchwiz

Stock vs. Custom

The Basics

• Applications • Show up as a “shortcut”

• Widgets • Provide additional functionality

Apps vs. Widgets

The Basics Gingerbread, Sense and Motoblur

Basics

• Official Market • Tied to your Gmail account

• Can return apps!

• http://market.android.com

• It’s kind of a mess

• 3rd Party • Amazon

• Appbrain.com

Android Market

The Basics

• Accounts • Google

• Lotus Notes

• Phone

• Facebook

• They do not copy into each other

• You can link them • Facebook to phone, etc. …

Contact Management

The Basics

• Accounts • Google

• Lotus Notes

• Facebook

• They do not copy into each other

• No unified view for Calendars

Calendars

The Basics Notifications

Traveler Install

• Requirements

• Domino 8.5.2

• Traveler 8.5.2.1 is needed for Android

• Very Simple • Next, next, next, done.

Server

Traveler Install

• Enable “Unknown Sources”

• Settings | Security | Applications | Unknown Sources

• AT&T does not allow this! • Android Community to the rescue

• Side-load wonder machine

Pre-Install

Traveler Install

• Two steps process • Install the Lotus Traveler “Installer”

• Download and install the “Client”

Overview

Traveler Install

• Side load Wonder Machine

• Download the installer from the LNT server • http://traveler.abcinc.com/servlet/traveler

• Email the installer • LotusInstaller.apk located in x:\Program

Files\IBM\Lotus\Domino\data\domino\html\traveler\LotusInstaller\

3 Options for install

Traveler Install

• Requirements • USB Drivers for your device

• Side load Wonder Machine bit.ly/acslwm

• Traveler Installer APK

• How to install • Plug in Phone

• Enable USB Debugging Settings • Found under Applications | Development | USB Debugging

• Launch SLWM, Pick Lotusinstaller.apk

• Click OK

• Downloads and installs the LNT installer.

AT&T and Sideloading

Traveler Install Login and download

Traveler Install Run the Installer

Traveler Install Lawyers

Traveler Install Download and Install

Traveler Install Security Policies

Traveler Install All the applications

Advanced

• Keyboards • Stock

• Vendor UI’s – Sense, etc…

• Swype – just drag your finger on the screen

• Swiftkey – awesome text prediction

• Voice input • Google

• Vlingo

Input Customization

Advanced

• Nothing like iTunes! • no desktop client

• no music store

• no video store

3rd party to the rescue • doubleTwist

• Winamp

• Amazon store

Multimedia

Advanced

• Google Navigation • Free Turn by Turn directions, updated frequently

• Chrome to Phone • chrome extension that sends your current page to phone

• Chrome Bookmark Sync • Sync’s via an add-in for Dolphin

Google Integration

Advanced

• Traveler • Email / Calendar / Contacts

• Self Service Security

• Sametime - 2011 1H

• Quickr – on Developerworks

• Connections – thru browser with Connections Next

IBM Applications for Android

Some Pitfalls

Pitfalls

• Can’t change font size – Droid Pro

• Traveler – No month view, working on it

• Traveler – No lookup by company, working on it

• VPN client is terrible

• Profiles

• Notification Sounds per application

• Switching Devices, not like BB

Pitfalls

• General • Juice defender – Battery Optimization

• Productivity • Evernote – awesome every platform note taking app

• Security • Lookout – Mobile Security

• Browser • Dolphin HD – Better Browser

• Media • doubleTwist

• Backups • Mybackupro

3rd Party to the rescue

Recommendations

• Carrier first • If you have no signal it doesn’t work!

• Keyboard

• Form Factor • Basically all are black slabs

• Screen • 4.3” seems to be the new standard

• 3G / 4G

Resources

• Androidcentral.com – user forums

• Lotus Notes Traveler Wiki •http://www-

10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=Lotus%20Notes

%20Traveler&SessionID=CS0VKTAI3A

THANK YOU!

Any Questions?

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Dennis Heinle

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