Is Your Contact Management App Wi-Fi Dependent?

Internet outage.

The two words that can strike fear into the hearts of mobile professionals who use internet-dependent contact managers. Last Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Internet line was broken about a mile from the John F. Kennedy International Airport, resulting in delayed flights. No one knew how it happened, but it was back up in a matter of hours.

No harm, no foul. Right? Right.

Unless you're one of countless mobile professionals who use a contact management system that requires an internet connection to access data.

Imagine yourself sitting among the disgruntled travelers, waiting on a delayed flight. Perhaps you're going to miss a crucial meeting. Your contact data is stored on the cloud...somewhere. But you can't access it. Maybe you can reach someone back at the office to retrieve it for you and save the day. Do you really want to be in that position?

Manage your contacts and calendar with an app like VIPorbit to avoid headaches (and perhaps panic attacks) caused by using a contact manager that is dependent upon Internet access.

Remember:  If it can happen at New York's Kennedy airport, it can happen anywhere.... If it happens where you are, will you have access to your vital contact data?