[MarcDavidMiller]

bbckm, that sounds like you are using the technology in creative ways to deliver better service to your clients.

We are a boutique consulting firm, so we don't have an official policy regarding camera phones. I, however, often have meetings in embassies and other government offices (especially US facilities in Russia and former Soviet Union) and many of these do not allow camera phones, thus my 8820.

[PMurray633]

My office has a strict no camera policy, but yet, the CEO, CFO, COO, and myself, all have a blackberry with a camera, how odd?

[HogFan]

My company has a sort of dual policy. Employees are allowed to bring in camera phones once they sign an agreement that spells out that they are not allowed to photograph Anything inside the building or any entrance or security camera outside the building. Vendors and visitors are Not allowed to bring in camera phones.

[AdmiralRowland]

I work in a gov. facility that we cant even bring our car keys into as it is a security threat :P so we obv. are not aloud cell phones or camera's.

[icoultha]

Originally Posted by mgerbasio

I hardly work in a secure facility, I'm in the field most of the time as a construction project manager. Nothing other than commercial buildings. Yet, the good folks at IT/corporate/wherever decided no camera, no sd card, no wifi.

So, I need to carry a separate camera when I remember so I can take job site photos, I have to have an ipod so I can listen to something other than city noise and the subway between jobs. Those two things really suck. The wifi isn't a big deal for me. They claim the SD card wouldn't be secure. Isn't it just limited to multimedia files? Can't it be encrypted? If the'y're worried about employees, a usb flash drive holds a lot more, a lot easier and we never encrypt the data.

No chance of trying to get anyone to listen as IT is probably half a world away from me and all I'll get is policy is policy.

Regards-Michael G.

Think of who you work for. Camera restriction is due to many of our offices are secure sites and IP exists. many customers also are secure sites. Thus the no camera rule. Go to GV and see the sign there.

I agree on the SD card as a removeable media and sounds okay but combine this with insecure Wifi and if you store something on the card that you think is secure, it may be accessed without you knowing it. Having a USB means you have to lose it or hand it over. And policy says this type of data shouldn't be on an insecure removeable media anyway. I'd watch for the iPod policy too...

IT is working a secure/VPN wifi solution that will ease the limits - if I can access a wifi access point then no need to sit on the slow EDGE network. It would be nice if the 8800 series got an updtae to use 3G.

[hammondfra]

I can have a phone and camera here, but I doubt anyone wants to see some of the folks that we deal with...it isn't pretty.

[ULTRON]

I'm in medical school and we can use our phones anywhere except certain wards. However, I have a BB8820 (no camera) so I don't have to worry about anything.

ULTRON

Originally Posted by FynxSyndct

Does your company have a policy that limits the type of phone that you can have at work?

[Jared]

Originally Posted by PMurray633

My office has a strict no camera policy, but yet, the CEO, CFO, COO, and myself, all have a blackberry with a camera, how odd?

Of course, because I'm sure you make the policy, therefore are above it