{"id":1692,"date":"2012-05-31T16:04:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2012-05-31T16:04:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:04:56","slug":"calling-all-droids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/05\/31\/calling-all-droids\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Droids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hard to believe, but three short years ago there were only about 2,300 apps available in the Android market. Today, there are over half a million \u2013 with 15 billion<\/em> downloads to date.<\/p>\n

This week, ASI\u00ae<\/sup> entered the arena, offering ESP Mobile\u2122<\/sup> for Android free from Google Play<\/a> to more than 46,000 ESP\u00ae<\/sup> users.
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ESP Mobile for Android is integrated with ASI\u2019s ESP Web<\/a>\u2122<\/sup>, where distributors can source and order every ad specialty product in the industry from more than 3,200 suppliers via their Android app, which provides the same business-friendly features as the ESP Mobile<\/a> iPhone and iPad<\/a> apps. Now, you can view the latest pricing, see razor-sharp images, check out supplier ratings, request quotes and e-mail clients products on the go, 24\/7.<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019m an iPhone user. My favorite apps \u2013 other than ESP Mobile, of course \u2013 include\u00a0OpenTable<\/a> for restaurant ideas and reservations, which I\u2019ve been using since its 2004 debut on the Web. Today, because of my frequent use for business and pleasure, I\u2019m a designated VIP with 32,200 points, earning 100 points each time I make and complete a reservation.<\/p>\n

As a frequent flyer, I\u2019m also a big user of the merged United-Continental app, which lets me check where I want to go, where I\u2019m going and where I\u2019ve been. And no business day is ever complete without my WSJ<\/a> app \u2013 a direct link to my personal newspaper of record.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m devoted to these apps because they\u2019re fast, reliable and user-friendly \u2013 providing the same critical qualities as ASI\u2019s ESP Mobile apps.<\/p>\n

ESP Mobile is currently available for both iPhone and iPad in the Apple App Store<\/a>. Search for \u201cESP Mobile +\u201d for iPhone and \u201cESP Mobile HD\u201d for iPad. For all ASI mobile applications, including our magazines, search for \u201cAdvertising Specialty Institute\u201d in the Apple App store.<\/p>\n

(Shameless plug: ESP Mobile for Android is only available to authorized distributors of promotional products who are ESP subscribers. To purchase ESP, call your ASI account executive at 1 (800) 546-1350. And if you have any questions, ASI\u2019s product and technical support team will be happy to help at support@asicentral.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using ASI\u2019s ESP Mobile apps, please let me know how they\u2019re helping your business by posting a comment or e-mailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hard to believe, but three short years ago there were only about 2,300 apps available in the Android market. Today, there are over half a million \u2013 with 15 billion downloads to date. This week, ASI\u00ae entered the arena, offering ESP Mobile\u2122 for Android free from Google Play to more than 46,000 ESP\u00ae users. ESP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-initiatives","category-news-about-asi","category-using-ad-specialties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}