Following the real life example of the New Jersey town that has introduced an $85 fine for being caught texting while walking, harmon.ie has launched a spoof Web site www.DontSharePointWhileWalking.com to promote its new iPad app.

According to reports, police in Fort Lee, New Jersey, have been handing out pamphlets giving safety tips to pedestrians after three people were struck and killed by cars in the past year.

Now officers dressed in civilian clothes are handing out $85 jaywalking fines to stop people walking and texting at the same time.

"It’s a big distraction," police chief Thomas Ripoli said.

"Pedestrians aren’t watching where they are going and they are not aware."

A new product from harmon.ie claims to present a similar threat to pedestrians, It brings SharePoint document collaboration and social interactions to the iPad.

"Think of harmon.ie for iPad this way: colleagues no longer have an excuse that they couldn't get work done on the road because they couldn't get ahold of the latest version of a document, or they missed a deadline because they couldn't give feedback in time," said Yaacov Cohen, CEO of harmon.ie.

"We basically just made the mobile business world all the more accessible -- and accountable -- by providing a secure, consistent enterprise iOS application for SharePoint users on-the-go. You're welcome."

harmon.ie for iPad allows users can work on a presentation from their desktop, drag-and-drop it to SharePoint, and send a link to colleagues using harmon.ie in Microsoft Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes.

It allows them to see document updates from colleagues while on-the-go using the iPad.

A mock news report on the inherent dangers is online at www.DontSharePointWhileWalking.com as well as free harmon.ie for iPad download.

harmon.ie for iPad costs $US19.99 and is now available via iTunes. A harmon.ie Lite app is available for free. An enterprise version that provides MDM support for download and provisioning will be available later in Q2 this year.