RiteTrack, Now Appearing on a Blackberry Near You

For me the answer is no. Each of these devices has a unique role or advantage, personally, for which I prefer to have each available. These roles have less to do with the functionality of the device than my information or media consumption preferences and the relative ease and strengths of the specific functionality. Yes, I could play games on my laptop, but not easily in a plane or lying in bed. My Blackberry and PSP will play music, but I am not going to strap one on to go run or workout. My Blackberry keeps me constantly connected and I prefer to read text web articles on it but would rather view multi-media rich websites on my laptop. Each of these devices has one or several specialties that make it important enough to keep with me, even if I have another device that performs a similar function.

The development of different interfaces for RiteTrack reflects this idea of different devices being best for specific tasks. An excellent example is the recent release of the RiteTrack Status Board BlackBerry App. A BlackBerry or Smartphone would likely never be extensively used to access and navigate a complete RiteTrack system, but the Status Board fits perfectly into this form factor. The functionality is discreet, the interface simple, and it is exceedingly useful for clocking in and out while travelling. Until the availability of a rich web interface and the release of RiteTrack Silverlight there were tasks and functions that were necessarily weaker in the web client. While the Silverlight release eliminated this issue, as RiteTrack appears on more devices we will target the best functionality from the system for each interface.