I see the tablets in general have great success in certain spaces. Areas where tablets will do well are in sales, legal, medical and especially education.
Being able to access course work, eBooks, videos on a tablet will be not only convenient but smart.
A report from the Wall Street Journal states “The company’s tablet-style device seems to be sidestepping the resistance that the iPhone and other consumer-oriented devices have faced in the corporate environment. Indeed, many businesses have raced to snap up iPads.”
The iPad has a jumpstart on other tablets in two ways. First, it has the advantage of riding the coattails of business adoption of the iPhone. Second, it has the benefit of being first to market among the next-generation tablets.
Because the iPad is built on the same iOS foundation as the iPhone, companies that have accepted the iPhone and integrated the management and security of the smartphone into the IT infrastructure can embrace the iPad without the same degree of apprehension that greeted the iPhone. It doesn’t hurt that Apple has also significantly improved the business functionality and security of iOS since its launch either.
The acceptance of the iPad into the business world will open doors for the tablets that follow. Now that Apple has laid the foundation and opened up the possibilities for transforming mobile computing, tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab can follow in the iPad’s footsteps—but also learn from its mistakes—and push the envelope of what tablets are capable of as business tools.
Evidence continues to mount to support expectations that Apple’s iPhone 4 will finally launch on Verizon this coming January. The latest: Sources close to Apple’s hardware suppliers say that Apple has ordered millions of CDMA chipsets from Qualcomm. CDMA is the wireless technology used by Verizon.