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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have seen a few customers deploy these ‘home grown’ solutions but ultimately they don’t take hold in the enterprise. The reasons that we have seen are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>WebDynpro solutions are not really designed to be run on a mobile device. They tend to bring the ‘device down to its knees’ (depending on the device). Futhermore, I believe that mobile browsers are not currently supported by WebDynpro.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>These home grown solutions also fail to address one of the most fundamental aspects of mobile access. That is, how do I access my mobile approvals in a disconnected/offline manner? I always say that if ‘you are tethered to the network then you are not really mobile’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Users tend to be ‘fanatic’ about their device. If you don’t believe me just try suggesting to an iPhone user that a BlackBerry is better (or vice versa). Either way, users want a native and familiar experience and not having SAP screens running on their mobile device. This is one of the main reasons that users tend to stop using these ‘home grown’ solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Having said that I do understand the reluctance as some of the mobility solutions out there are complex and lengthy to deploy and then there is always the on-going maintenance and upgrade effort. So I do understand why some customers prefer to ‘hack together’ a solution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>Alon Raskin</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>e:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'> <b><a href="mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com" title="mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com blocked::mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com">araskin@go3i.com</a></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Schmidinger, Heinz (Oerlikon TR)<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> AW: Mobile WF.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>And this links:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12729">http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12729</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1773855">http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1773855</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=DE><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Fábio R. Damiano<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 3. Januar 2011 13:33<br><b>An:</b> WF Group<br><b>Betreff:</b> Mobile WF.</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi everybody, </span><span lang=DE-CH><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I´m a WF consultant from Brazil and a new member of this group.</span><span lang=DE-CH><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I´d like to know if someone has any manual or material about WF approval by mobile (Blackberry or Iphone).</span><span lang=DE-CH><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tks.</span><span lang=DE-CH><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>