One of the best things about owning a tablet is the huge number of cool apps you can download to it. There are a lot of broad use apps for the daily tasks we all must accomplish, and even better are the focused apps that help us do little things in our life that we like to do. It might be an app for HVAC technicians, or a way to sort the key news feeds that a financial services professional needs to review on a daily basis. Read more
When we start to talk about using tablets in an enterprise, one of the first things that must be understood is that the tablets we all know and love are not industrial-strength designs focused on the needs of a commercial organization. Rather, these are consumer-first products that have real limitations when it comes to using them for business. And this isn’t just a hardware discussion, although there are some key hardware differences.
The first large difference that has to be addressed is the operating system. And the operating system is dramatically impacted depending on what the tablet is used for. Consumer tablets are for browsing, running little apps, games, and generally “light-weight” work. Read more
The Android operating system is continuing to take market share from Apple in the enterprise market for tablet computing, due in part due to a preference from IT professionals for openness and flexibility. That’s according to a recent IDG Connect research effort and white paper: “The Global Shift to Android: Business & IT Professionals.
The survey at the core of the project, involving more than 3,000 business and IT professionals across five continents, explores the rapid rise of tablets in the workplace, how tablet buyers’ priorities change once they’ve owned a tablet for a while, and a range of related, predictive topics.
Here’s a quick overview of the key findings: Read more
Originally Posted by Sachin Pathak, Lenovo Blogs
After some fits, starts and delays, we are pleased to announce that our ThinkPad Tablet users are now enjoying the rich flavor of Ice Cream Sandwich—the Android 4.0 operating system—on their tablets. The mobile OS update was delivered over-the-air to numerous countries (including the United States, UK, Europe and much of the rest of the world) during the past few weeks.
Why all the fuss about Ice Cream Sandwich? ThinkPad Tablet users with Android 4.0 will be able to take advantage of a couple of key aspects of the new OS:
The fact that tablet adoption is on the rise may seem like old news to the tech-savvy, but the fact that the market has grown at such a rapid pace is still somewhat surprising as compared with the adoption rate of other technologies. We thought it might be interesting to take a quick look at how tablet adoption is expected to impact different workplace-related industry segments. Read more
Originally Posted by Sam Morris, Lenovo Blogs
We’re excited to share the amazing and impressive work done by Grover Cleveland High School seniors from Queens, New York. This week they showcased more than 40 apps they developed as part of a mobile application development curriculum pilot program and competition by Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation (NAF). The students used our ThinkPad laptops and Android-based tablets to put their creativity and programming skills to the test, creating a tremendous range of apps.
The results were astounding:
Tablet operating systems are on the move: Android is already on version 4.0, iOS 6.0 is expected to show up this summer, Google Chrome is creeping into tablets, and Windows 8 will be taking over a tablet near you this fall.
Here are my thoughts on the tablet OS landscape and what it means for tablets at work: Read more
