Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance?

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | August 02, 2012

Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance? Google and Microsoft have fine-tuned their tablet offerings and launched a counterattack against Apple, but Patrick Gray thinks Apple has opportunities to retain tablet dominance. Do you agree? Read more Resource of the day Quantifying the Value of Delivering a Smarter Shopping Experience In this white paper, you'll learn the effects of the shopping experience on buying habits and business resiliency. Keep reading to hear more about improving your shopping experience and getting your business back. Posts from TechRepublic   Take Zoho CRM mobile with Zoho CRM for iPad Zoho CRM just added iPad support to their iOS app. Will Kelly walks through some of the app's standout features. Read more Future iPhones, iPads could include fingerprint scanner Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec could mean future iPhone and iPads will have fingerprint scanners, be more enterprise-friendly. Read more Use DocuSign Ink to add your signature to important documents from your tablet Jack Wallen takes a look at DocuSign Ink, a free app that will allow you to sign documents on the go with your Android tablet. Read more FileMaker Go for iPad empowers mobile SMB field staff Erik Eckel takes a look at FileMaker Go for iPad, a free app that extends FileMaker's software simplicity and functionality. Read more Can Microsoft be right about tablets and Apple, Amazon, and Google be wrong? If you haven't realized it yet, Microsoft is trying to do something different in tablets. But, the strategy has three big question marks. Read more Android Jelly Bean makes notifications even fancier Learn how to use Android Jelly Bean's notification builder class to create impressive notifications that support intents, images, and previews. Read more Posts from ZDNet   It's not a race to the bottom for tablets, it's strictly an iPad market Some pundits believe the low prices of the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 have killed the tablet market. That view mistakenly overlooks the lack of a proven tablet market to begin with. Read more Using Nexus 7 with keyboard: Not on your life The Nexus 7 has captured the attention of many interested in the smaller tablet form. Some are wondering if the highly portable tablet would be good to use with a keyboard for content creation. My experience says no way. Read more RIM attempts tablet re-entry with 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Sorry for the pessimism, folks, but RIM's hopes that the addition of LTE will bring the PlayBook tablet back from the dead are about as farfetched as the Easter bunny winning the U.S. election this year. Read more Lenovo takes on the iPad with Windows 8-powered ThinkPad Tablet 2 The biggest advantage to the enterprise? It runs Windows. Read more How the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 harmed the tablet market By aggressively slashing prices, Amazon and Google have irrevocably harmed the tablet market by creating unrealistic price expectations. Read more Kindle Fire 2: Disrupt the Nexus 7 or get out of the way Amazon needs to make a big bang with its next 7-inch tablet computer or it should exit the business entirely. Read more Nexus 7: Push comes to shove, I prefer my iPad Google's 7" tablet has a lot to offer for the price. But at the end of the day, I'd much rather use a mature device with superior screen resolution and a greater choice of native tablet optimized applications. Read more Featured multimedia   10 weird tech patents and patent applications Take a gander at these 10 wild, weird, and wacky tech patents and published patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A world renowned patent expert provides commentary. View on site Five portable security apps you should carry on your USB drive Building a toolkit of portable apps is one of the best ways to make your job easier. Here are five excellent security tools you may want to include in the mix. View on site Five outstanding open source RSS readers Stay up to date on the news you want to follow with the help of these open source RSS readers. View on site Featured Webcast Social Meets IT - Using Online Communities to Reduce Help Desk Costs Your customers are an untapped source of knowledge about your products. Leverage social media to tap into this "free" resource. View this webinar and learn how you can improve customer satisfaction with easy access to user-generated content. Today's recommended downloads Quantifying the Value of Delivering a Smarter Shopping Experience (IBM) Solutions for Today's Smart Business (IBM) Data Center Projects: Advantages of Using a Reference Design (APC by Schneider Electric) Technology Report: Energy-Efficient Cooling for Data Centers (APC by Schneider Electric) Engines of a Smarter Planet Experience (IBM)   Message to subscribers The Tablets in the Enterprise newsletter is now a co-branded ZDNet and TechRepublic offering. In addition to TechRepublic bloggers' tips about tablet deployments and management and new products, you will get the latest from ZDNet Mobile News, Hardware 2.0, Between the Lines, and Tech Broiler blogs. We hope you enjoy this expanded tablets coverage. Connect with TechRepublic London Olympics 2012: Special Report From London, TechRepublic UK editor Steve Ranger and chief reporter Nick Health lead our coverage of the technology that is powering the 2012 Olympics. 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Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance?

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | August 02, 2012

Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance? Google and Microsoft have fine-tuned their tablet offerings and launched a counterattack against Apple, but Patrick Gray thinks Apple has opportunities to retain tablet dominance. Do you agree? Read more Resource of the day A New Day: How Smarter Computing can Grow Capacity on Flat Costs Check out this white paper to learn more about products from IBM that can help your business get smarter. Posts from TechRepublic   Take Zoho CRM mobile with Zoho CRM for iPad Zoho CRM just added iPad support to their iOS app. Will Kelly walks through some of the app's standout features. Read more Future iPhones, iPads could include fingerprint scanner Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec could mean future iPhone and iPads will have fingerprint scanners, be more enterprise-friendly. Read more Use DocuSign Ink to add your signature to important documents from your tablet Jack Wallen takes a look at DocuSign Ink, a free app that will allow you to sign documents on the go with your Android tablet. Read more FileMaker Go for iPad empowers mobile SMB field staff Erik Eckel takes a look at FileMaker Go for iPad, a free app that extends FileMaker's software simplicity and functionality. Read more Can Microsoft be right about tablets and Apple, Amazon, and Google be wrong? If you haven't realized it yet, Microsoft is trying to do something different in tablets. But, the strategy has three big question marks. Read more Android Jelly Bean makes notifications even fancier Learn how to use Android Jelly Bean's notification builder class to create impressive notifications that support intents, images, and previews. Read more Posts from ZDNet   It's not a race to the bottom for tablets, it's strictly an iPad market Some pundits believe the low prices of the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 have killed the tablet market. That view mistakenly overlooks the lack of a proven tablet market to begin with. Read more Using Nexus 7 with keyboard: Not on your life The Nexus 7 has captured the attention of many interested in the smaller tablet form. Some are wondering if the highly portable tablet would be good to use with a keyboard for content creation. My experience says no way. Read more RIM attempts tablet re-entry with 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Sorry for the pessimism, folks, but RIM's hopes that the addition of LTE will bring the PlayBook tablet back from the dead are about as farfetched as the Easter bunny winning the U.S. election this year. Read more Lenovo takes on the iPad with Windows 8-powered ThinkPad Tablet 2 The biggest advantage to the enterprise? It runs Windows. Read more How the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 harmed the tablet market By aggressively slashing prices, Amazon and Google have irrevocably harmed the tablet market by creating unrealistic price expectations. Read more Kindle Fire 2: Disrupt the Nexus 7 or get out of the way Amazon needs to make a big bang with its next 7-inch tablet computer or it should exit the business entirely. Read more Nexus 7: Push comes to shove, I prefer my iPad Google's 7" tablet has a lot to offer for the price. But at the end of the day, I'd much rather use a mature device with superior screen resolution and a greater choice of native tablet optimized applications. Read more Featured multimedia   10 weird tech patents and patent applications Take a gander at these 10 wild, weird, and wacky tech patents and published patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A world renowned patent expert provides commentary. View on site Five portable security apps you should carry on your USB drive Building a toolkit of portable apps is one of the best ways to make your job easier. Here are five excellent security tools you may want to include in the mix. View on site Five outstanding open source RSS readers Stay up to date on the news you want to follow with the help of these open source RSS readers. View on site Featured Webcast Social Meets IT - Using Online Communities to Reduce Help Desk Costs Your customers are an untapped source of knowledge about your products. Leverage social media to tap into this "free" resource. View this webinar and learn how you can improve customer satisfaction with easy access to user-generated content. Today's recommended downloads A New Day: How Smarter Computing can Grow Capacity on Flat Costs (IBM) Quantifying the Value of Delivering a Smarter Shopping Experience (IBM) Retail in the Smarter City (IBM) IBM Watson: Milestones in Healthcare (IBM) The Evolution of the Electronics Industry (IBM)   Message to subscribers The Tablets in the Enterprise newsletter is now a co-branded ZDNet and TechRepublic offering. In addition to TechRepublic bloggers' tips about tablet deployments and management and new products, you will get the latest from ZDNet Mobile News, Hardware 2.0, Between the Lines, and Tech Broiler blogs. We hope you enjoy this expanded tablets coverage. Connect with TechRepublic London Olympics 2012: Special Report From London, TechRepublic UK editor Steve Ranger and chief reporter Nick Health lead our coverage of the technology that is powering the 2012 Olympics. 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Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance?

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | August 02, 2012

Will Apple be able to retain tablet dominance? Google and Microsoft have fine-tuned their tablet offerings and launched a counterattack against Apple, but Patrick Gray thinks Apple has opportunities to retain tablet dominance. Do you agree? Read more Resource of the day Social Meets IT - Using Online Communities to Reduce Help Desk Costs Your customers are an untapped source of knowledge about your products. Leverage social media to tap into this "free" resource. View this webinar and learn how you can improve customer satisfaction with easy access to user-generated content. Posts from TechRepublic   Take Zoho CRM mobile with Zoho CRM for iPad Zoho CRM just added iPad support to their iOS app. Will Kelly walks through some of the app's standout features. Read more Future iPhones, iPads could include fingerprint scanner Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec could mean future iPhone and iPads will have fingerprint scanners, be more enterprise-friendly. Read more Use DocuSign Ink to add your signature to important documents from your tablet Jack Wallen takes a look at DocuSign Ink, a free app that will allow you to sign documents on the go with your Android tablet. Read more FileMaker Go for iPad empowers mobile SMB field staff Erik Eckel takes a look at FileMaker Go for iPad, a free app that extends FileMaker's software simplicity and functionality. Read more Can Microsoft be right about tablets and Apple, Amazon, and Google be wrong? If you haven't realized it yet, Microsoft is trying to do something different in tablets. But, the strategy has three big question marks. Read more Android Jelly Bean makes notifications even fancier Learn how to use Android Jelly Bean's notification builder class to create impressive notifications that support intents, images, and previews. Read more Posts from ZDNet   It's not a race to the bottom for tablets, it's strictly an iPad market Some pundits believe the low prices of the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 have killed the tablet market. That view mistakenly overlooks the lack of a proven tablet market to begin with. Read more Using Nexus 7 with keyboard: Not on your life The Nexus 7 has captured the attention of many interested in the smaller tablet form. Some are wondering if the highly portable tablet would be good to use with a keyboard for content creation. My experience says no way. Read more RIM attempts tablet re-entry with 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Sorry for the pessimism, folks, but RIM's hopes that the addition of LTE will bring the PlayBook tablet back from the dead are about as farfetched as the Easter bunny winning the U.S. election this year. Read more Lenovo takes on the iPad with Windows 8-powered ThinkPad Tablet 2 The biggest advantage to the enterprise? It runs Windows. Read more How the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 harmed the tablet market By aggressively slashing prices, Amazon and Google have irrevocably harmed the tablet market by creating unrealistic price expectations. Read more Kindle Fire 2: Disrupt the Nexus 7 or get out of the way Amazon needs to make a big bang with its next 7-inch tablet computer or it should exit the business entirely. Read more Nexus 7: Push comes to shove, I prefer my iPad Google's 7" tablet has a lot to offer for the price. But at the end of the day, I'd much rather use a mature device with superior screen resolution and a greater choice of native tablet optimized applications. Read more Featured multimedia   10 weird tech patents and patent applications Take a gander at these 10 wild, weird, and wacky tech patents and published patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A world renowned patent expert provides commentary. View on site Five portable security apps you should carry on your USB drive Building a toolkit of portable apps is one of the best ways to make your job easier. Here are five excellent security tools you may want to include in the mix. View on site Five outstanding open source RSS readers Stay up to date on the news you want to follow with the help of these open source RSS readers. View on site Today's recommended downloads Social Meets IT - Using Online Communities to Reduce Help Desk Costs (Citrix Online) Live Webcast: Comprehensive and Effective Payment Security Strategies (Chase Paymentech Solutions) The Smarter Railroad: An Opportunity for the Railroad Industry (IBM) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Retail in the Smarter City (IBM)   Message to subscribers The Tablets in the Enterprise newsletter is now a co-branded ZDNet and TechRepublic offering. In addition to TechRepublic bloggers' tips about tablet deployments and management and new products, you will get the latest from ZDNet Mobile News, Hardware 2.0, Between the Lines, and Tech Broiler blogs. We hope you enjoy this expanded tablets coverage. Connect with TechRepublic London Olympics 2012: Special Report From London, TechRepublic UK editor Steve Ranger and chief reporter Nick Health lead our coverage of the technology that is powering the 2012 Olympics. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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