Tablet Adoption

Brick-and-Mortar Goes Mobile: Tablets Improve Retail POS

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Sharon Love Posted in Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption, Utility





Until recently, the only point-of-sale (POS) option available to retail stores has been the classic register terminal, which remains fixed behind the counter, sometimes forcing long lines and testing customer patience. Not to mention, often the POS technology is often outdated before it’s even set up.

But all that’s changing. Tablets are transforming not only the way retailers process and track payments, but also how they fundamentally interact with their customers.

A recent survey by RIS News found that 32% of its respondents—brick-and-mortar retailers—will begin testing tablets in their stores this year. Even more compelling, 22% have already started testing and 6% currently have a tablet program fully approved and deployed. Joe Skorupa, editor-in-chief at RIS News, simply said this “research reveals that tablet adoption is no longer a question for retailers.” Read more

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Tablets Will Be Most Users’ Main Computing Device, Forrester Says

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Tablet Adoption





Tablets will become most users’ primary computing device within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett believes.

Gillett yesterday published a forecast predicting 375 million tablets will sell globally in 2016. That prediction is nearly double a recent forecast by IDC, which envisioned 200 million tablets sold globally in 2016.

One big difference in the size of Gillett’s prediction is how central tablets will figure in many settings, including the workplace, where tablets are useful for sharing and working in groups. “There’s no barrier of a vertical screen, no distracting keyboard clatter and it just feels natural to pass over a tablet, like a piece of paper, compared to spinning around a laptop,” Gillett wrote in his blog.

Originally Posted by Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld

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Why Tablets Will Become Our Primary Computing Device

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Tablet Adoption





Tablets aren’t the most powerful computing gadgets. But they are the most convenient.

They’re bigger than the tiny screen of a smartphone, even the big ones sporting nearly five inch screens.

They have longer battery life and always on capabilities better than any PC – and will continue to be better at that than any ultrathin/book/Air laptop. That makes them very handy for carrying around and using frequently, casually, and intermittently even where there isn’t a flat surface or a chair on which to use a laptop.

And tablets are very good for information consumption, an activity that many of us do a lot of. Content creation apps are appearing on tablets. They’ll get a lot better as developers get used to building for touch first interfaces, taking advantage of voice input, and adding motion gestures.

They’re even better for sharing and working in groups. There’s no barrier of a vertical screen, no distracting keyboard clatter, and it just feels natural to pass over a tablet, like a piece of paper, compared to spinning around a laptop.

All these reasons add up to our prediction that tablets will become the preferred, primary device for millions of people around the world, which are in the just published report,“Tablets Will Rule The Future Personal Computing Landscape.”

Originally Posted By Forbes
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How Enterprises Can Tackle the Bring-Your-Own-Tablet Challenge

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption





Until recently, talk about BYOD (bring-your-own-device) policies has centered on managing the juggernaut of employee smartphones in the workplace. But with tablet sales skyrocketing, a new trend is weaving itself into workplace mobility conversations: BYOT (bring-your-own-tablet).

The BYOT concept poses significant challenges to IT departments. Tablet devices are popular workplace productivity tools, especially in enterprise environments. In fact, many newly released tablet devices and software updates (e.g. Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich update, BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 update, and the new iPad) include enterprise-friendly features, making it relatively easy for employees to leverage personal devices for business functions.

So as scores of employees head off to work with an increasingly diverse array of tablet gadgetry, IT departments have to be prepared to manage the full scope of BYOT devices on the market – effectively safeguarding the enterprise environment from malicious applications and the unauthorized use of company data.

Originally Posted by Don Grons, VentureBeat
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Tablets in the Enterprise: Pros and Cons

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, IT, Tablet Adoption





The enterprise is the next big frontier for tablets, but these issues must be addressed to make it happen.

It’s safe to say that tablets are here to stay, something not clear when the original iPad hit the streets. Analysts are mostly in agreement that tablet sales will keep growing, with Apple and Android leading the way. With Windows 8 and its tablet focus coming up soon, eyes are turning toward the enterprise for the next big tablet market.

That may happen, but there are some clear issues that the enterprise will have to deal with to welcome the tablet into the workplace with open arms.

Originally Posted by James Kendrick, ZDNet

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Tablets Drive Trade Show Innovation: 2 Case Examples & 3 Strategies

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Tablet Adoption, Utility





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Although the tablet craze began with the iPad in 2010, tablet devices have only recently become an established, mainstream technology, and it started at the 2012 CES. At the event, computer vendors introduced almost 80 different types of tablets or hybrid PC/tablets, most of them suitable for business use. But beyond the product innovation, attendees were able to see tablet devices used in new ways—like on the show floor. Indeed, tablets are ideal tools for both exhibitors and attendees at industry conferences and trade shows. Read more

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Here Come Tablets. Here Come Problems

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption





American Airlines was an early adopter of tablet computers. As a result, it learned a lot about how best to use tablets—and where it could go wrong.

The airline, for instance, figured out early that one device would not fit all. The pilots wanted high-end tablets, to replace paper charts and such, while mechanics and engineers needed something more rugged. For flight attendants, small and light were key. Meanwhile, to its first- and business-class passengers, the airline lent models that played new movies without risk of illegal copying.

“When you’re in a conference room, you might think, ‘This is great,’ ” says Maya Leibman, chief information officer for American, owned by AMR Corp., about the airline’s effort to choose models that worked for everyone. “But then you get out in the field and realize it doesn’t work in a driving snowstorm.”

Companies everywhere are adopting tablets. Forrester Research Inc. FORR estimates that about 25% of computers used for work globally are tablets and smartphones, not PCs.

Originally Posted By Shara Tibken, Wall Street Journal

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