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FAQs: Using Cisco WebEx Meeting Center on Mobile Browsers

Downloadable WebEx Meeting Center apps are available for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry. Visit www.webex.com/apple or www.webex.com/blackberry for more information.

Cisco WebEx Meetings Preinstalled on Samsung Omnia Pro 4

The Cisco WebEx Meetings app will be preinstalled on the Samsung Omnia Pro 4, allowing anyone with the Omnia Pro 4 to join WebEx meetings from the smartphone anywhere around the world. Below are frequently asked questions and answers.

1.  What is unique about this opportunity?

Cisco WebEx Meetings has become the very first app that is preloaded on a smartphone. As a preloaded app, WebEx is now accessible to all Omnia Pro 4 users for them to attend WebEx meetings anywhere around the world with simultaneous voice and data on a 3G or WiFi connection.

2.  Where will the Omnia Pro 4 be available and who will distribute it?

Samsung Omnia Pro 4 will be available starting in July in European Countries, CIS and South Eastern Asia. At this time, the Omnia Pro 4 preloaded with WebEx Meetings will only be available in 7 European countries: UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia, distributed by Vodafone. We are considering a downloadable option for other countries and carriers but this is not yet confirmed.

3.  In what languages will the WebEx app on the Omnia Pro 4 be localized?

UK English, Germany, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

4.  What are the features?

It has attendee-only, essential features:

  • Integrated Audio (WebEx, TSP, MeetingPlace)

  • View Shared Content

  • Chat (Public / Private)

  • View Participant List and who’s speaking

5.  What WebEx Meeting Center release is required?

  • Customer sites must be at T27LSP16 or higher

  • Windows Mobile Client setting must be ON

  • Meetings need to be scheduled and started from a PC, Mac or iPhone.

Cisco WebEx Meetings on Smartphone Browsers

What are the WebEx Meeting Center features available on the mobile browser?

WebEx meeting attendees can now join scheduled meetings through the mobile browsers of smartphones:

  • Attend a pre-scheduled meeting on 3G or WiFi supported smartphones with integrated audio and data. Attendees can join meeting from the meeting invitation email, from a link in the calendar event, or from the company’s WebEx site—all from their smartphones.

  • View a presentation, application, and desktops shared from another computer with annotations.

  • View list of meeting participants and meeting information.

WebEx meetings needs to be first scheduled and started on a computer.

Which smartphones are supported and what are the system requirements?

Nokia: N85, N86, N96, N97, 5630, 5730, 6710, 6210, 6220, 5800 Xpress, E51, E52, E55, E61i, E63, E65, E66, E71, E71X, E90

Windows Mobile: Samsung BlackJack II, Samsung Omnia, Motorola Q8, HTC Fuze, HTC Touch

Android: G1

Downloadable WebEx apps are available for iPhone, and iPad and BlackBery mobile devices. Visit www.webex.com/mobile for more information.

We will update this information as more smartphones are certified.

Note: the solution may work on other browsers (such as, Opera, Firefox, etc.). However, Cisco has not extensively tested on these browsers.

What are the network requirements?

To use WebEx on your smartphone, you’ll need an active 3G cellular or WiFi connection. Users can also attend WebEx meetings on 2.5G phones but they’ll need to select only one media, either data or voice. If 3G is used as the access network, the smartphone needs to be compatible to the local 3G network.

What are the WebEx Meeting Center requirements?

The mobility features on smartphones are supported on the latest release of WebEx Meeting Center (WBS27).

How much will this cost?

There is no cost for attendees to join meetings on Windows Mobile smartphones. You must have a current WebEx Meeting Center subscription to schedule or host a meeting on a computer. Regular telephony and data charges still apply; please check with your mobile operator for more information.

How do I get access to this feature?

WebEx Meeting Center on mobile broswers are available to customers upon request. If you are interested, please contact your Cisco WebEx Account Manager.

Is WebEx Meeting Center service available globally?

Yes, WebEx applications are available globally with meeting attendees from 150+ countries. Besides English, WebEx Meeting Center is localized in French, Italian, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

How do I know that my WebEx meeting on my smartphone will be secure?

All WebEx meetings are delivered on an on-demand, carrier-grade Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cloud, configurable for each organization’s policy requirements.

All of the data exchanged in Cisco WebEx meeting applications is routed through the Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cloud, a dedicated, secure and global network of data centers. This network provides 24/7 accessibility with fail over capabilities and accommodates peak usage times.

Whenever Cisco WebEx meeting applications are used, the data is encrypted and hosted on this secure network and delivered to a variety of end points including desktops and mobile devices.