Have a More Personal Experience. Being productive on a smartphone has been challenging in part because the phone doesn’t adapt to users’ specific preferences, needs or workflow the way they are accustomed with a desktop or laptop. Good 5 introduces a number of new customizable features that personalize the mobile experience:

Mobile RSS reader and subscription manager: helps keep users current with information from preferred sources—including business news and alerts. Subscribe to, manage, and preview feeds—all without having to leave the email inbox, launch a third-party application, or navigate a mobile Web browser
Priority mail: helps quickly identify messages that are important to individuals based on their unique preferences; defines and distinctly marks priority mail by sender, distribution list, who’s in the to: or cc: fields, and other user-selected criteria
Personalized notifications: assigns unique sounds and alerts to priority emails, so that users are less likely to miss the emails that matter most

More IT Control. Even with greater usability and personalization, IT doesn’t have to sacrifice control or security. In fact, Good 5 helps provide more control by giving IT professionals all of the advanced device and data protection capabilities previously available only through the Good Mobile Defense product, through a single-management console and complete over-the-air controls. Features include:

Mandatory applications: helps set and enforce the installation of mandatory applications like anti-virus checkers to ensure that users have what they need—both to do their jobs and to comply with corporate security policies Application lockdown: blacklists and prevents the launch of unapproved applications Device lockdown: locks down the camera, infra-red (IR), WiFi and/or Bluetooth wireless technology ports; enforces SD card encryption Advanced password management: enables administrators to set granular criteria for password characteristics, restrictions, and expirations Advanced encryption management: provides rules-based enforcement of SD card and database encryption policies Simplified load balancing: enables IT to move users across servers to facilitate load balancing—without the need to re-provision

????The holy grail of mobile email lies somewhere between complete IT control and unencumbered usability; products that try to close that gap often compromise the mobile experience,???? said Rick Osterloh, Senior Director Product Management and Marketing, Motorola Good Technology Group. ????With Good 5, we’ve successfully bridged the divide by giving end users the usability and personalization they want, while arming IT with even more manageability and security.????

Availability
Good 5 is expected to be available in September through cellular operators worldwide, certified value-added resellers, and directly through Motorola Good Technology Group. The software and service will support a broad choice of the industry’s most popular smartphones, running on both IBM Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange.