Mobile Data Commentary

Governments are mobilizing, leveraging citizens like never before

Governments are leveraging social media and smart devices to interact more with citizenry. One goal is to make citizens better informed. Another is to use citizens as a government’s eyes and ears.

The smartphone is pretty cool, but it’s not the top gadget of all time

Popular Mechanics recently counted down its list of the 101 greatest gadgets of all time. At the very top of that list was — drum roll, please — the smartphone. Good grief. What were they thinking?

Mobile app creation platform differentiates Cisco’s new enterprise tablet

The iPad may be trouncing the tablet competition in the enterprise sector to date, but Cisco is poised to release the Android-based Cius tablet on July 31. The device is highly focused on the enterprise and designed to deliver virtual desktop integration with a range of Cisco collaboration and communication applications.

The readers always write — this time about smartphones

Recently, I wrote about the debate I was having with myself over whether to finally succumb to temptation and purchase a smartphone. Several readers said that they shared my concerns. Others did not. Of those, the general consensus was that I should just turn the damn thing off when I didn’t want to be bothered by it. I don’t think it will be so quite so simple in practice.

The iPad is trouncing the competition in the enterprise sector

What the market really needs is a good ruggedized tablet device that is based on a mainstream OS, like Android, that will give the iPad a run for its money. It also needs device makers to stop worrying about how their tablets stack up to the iPad.

Enterprises wrestle with mobile-usage policies

Government agencies should allow and encourage employees to bring in their own mobile devices, which is the trend seen by many enterprises today.

Flying cars, no; embedded communications devices, yes

The device that Marty Cooper dreams about would be much more than a phone — it would be your personal assistant. He said that 30 or 40 years from now, computers will have more processing power than the human brain.

Notebook computer’s silver anniversary whets appetite for future developments

As helpful as traditional laptops have been, CDW-G’s Joe Mangano said he believes user-friendly tablet devices may soon be the tool of choice for field workers in the government sector. Such devices, armed with the proper applications and appropriate connectivity, promise to help employees be more efficiently productive at a time when governments are being asked to do more with fewer resources.

White spaces promise to provide useful test bed

With the FCC’s approval of unlicensed use of television white spaces, where signals can travel significant distances, there is the possibility of making wide-area networking much more affordable.

Enterprise, consumer devices begin to morph

Simply, consumer devices don’t cut it in terms of durability and battery life in the enterprise. David Krebs, analyst with VDC Research, says that as more enterprises embrace smartphones, the demand for more-ruggedized versions that can last longer will grow. Already, vendors are moving to meet this demand.

Governments are mobilizing, leveraging citizens like never before

The smartphone is pretty cool, but it’s not the top gadget of all time

Mobile app creation platform differentiates Cisco’s new enterprise tablet

The readers always write — this time about smartphones

The iPad is trouncing the competition in the enterprise sector

Enterprises wrestle with mobile-usage policies

Flying cars, no; embedded communications devices, yes

Notebook computer’s silver anniversary whets appetite for future developments

White spaces promise to provide useful test bed

Enterprise, consumer devices begin to morph

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