MOBEX Event for Mobile Enterprise in the Housing Industry – July 2011

CommonTime recently exhibited at the Mobex events in both Wigan and Chelsea to professionals from the Housing sector. These events presented CommonTime with the opportunity to demonstrate our new product CommonTime mDesign, to potential customers with a mobile enterprise need. . . . → Read More: MOBEX Event for Mobile Enterprise in the Housing Industry – July 2011

Panasonic Toughbook Tablet

Panasonic are entering the ruggedized tablet market later this year with a Toughbook Android Tablet which they are calling an ‘Enterprise-grade Android’ device. It will offer hardware level encryption, a 10.1 inch XGA screen, GPS, 3G/4g connectivity and comes with a stylus.

HP Touchpad almost here

HP are soon to release their TouchPad. A 9.7 inch tablet device with a dual core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon processor, 16/32GB storage and a 768 x 1024 pixel screen. Get to know its knew features by taking a look at the HP TouchPad video. A great contender to the Appl’s iPad2, RIM’s Playbook and Motorola’s Xoom.

Capacitive Styluses for Tablets and Smartphones

For those of you fed up with wiping off the finger prints from your tablet or smartphone, or those of you that need to capture signatures or do some sketching on your device you might want to consider using a capacitive stylus. They are now quite robust and can be found at a very reasonable price. Have a look at Griffin Technology for example who offer styluses in black and a variety of other colours.

IBM to lease iPad for 20$ a month

IBM seems to consider the iPad and other tablets as real corporate mobile computing devices. IBM will lease the Apple iPad and tablets from other manufacturers for about 20$ dollars a month. The typical lease period will last two to three years. If you don’t fancy an iPad they are also offering RIM’s Playbook and Android based tablets.

iPad preferred

Apparently many corporate iPad users don’t know why they have them. A  recent survey has revealed that businesses prefer iPad tablets as a corporate device. However, 50% of those organizations had no mobile strategy in place! The other half appears to have seen the benefits of mobilizing paper based processes and becoming more efficient through using mobile technology.

Of those asked, 83% said that the Apple iPad was the favourite device in their organization.

Protect your iPad

If you are worried about damaging your iPad while working out in the field then you should consider using a protective case.

Check out this OtterBox review to find out more about this high strength case that will offer the maximum level of protection for your hardware investment.

You might find this an attractive alternative to spending more on a fully rugged unit. OtterBox also offer solutions for iPhones and Android OS smartphones and tablets.