14 DAY TRIAL // They say Windows Phone is dead, but at the same time, more and more companies and organizations around the world adopt Microsoft’s operating system for increased productivity.
The NYPD is one of the organizations that were already using Windows Phone, but in a new announcement today, Jessica Tisch, the Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology, has announced that all 36,000 police offers will be moved to Microsoft’s platform.
“It is clear that these department smart phones represent the single largest transformation in emergency communications in over a half of century for sure,” Tisch is quoted as saying by NY1. “The universal search app that provides enterprise search of all department databases and certain state and federal databases.”
Special phones with special apps
“Why is Windows Phone so helpful?” you might ask. The NYPD says that these “special phones” are running applications that help them get instant information on 911 calls, view the report, and receive details about the caller, thus being able to respond to an emergency much faster than before. Windows Phone devices also provide access to NYPD and DMV databases with specially developed apps.
And there’s more. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says that, thanks to FaceTime (available exclusively on iOS, so yes, some police officers are using iPhones too) and Skype, police officers no longer need to go to court for every case.
“We've already begun to look at using Facetime and Skype on these devices so the officers may never need to have to go to traffic court or summonses court,” Bratton explains. “He'll be able to literally be called from court, go online engage in a dialogue face-to-face.”
This proves once again that Windows Phone is more enterprise-oriented and has a bigger success in this business, rather than in consumer, where it still has a hard time getting closer to rivals iOS and Android.