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Archive for January, 2011

Hey Tablet Skeptics: Here’s Some Hilarious Old-Timey Anti-Notebook PC Rants

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 27, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)

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There were many objections to my blog yesterday in support of market researcher Canalys’s move to reclassify tablets as full-fledged PCs. Some were very thoughtful, I can’t deny that.

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Five Reasons Why Tablets Like the iPad Are PCs

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 26, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (1)

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Market research firm Canalys made a gutsy move today: it became the first major market tracker to start lumping consumer tablets like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab together with other PCs.
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Your iPad Could Get You Arrested

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 13, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)

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Seton Hill University was one of the first schools to announce (way back in March, before the iPad was available) that it would give iPads to all of its students.

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90% of Enterprise IT Managers Deploying New Mobile Apps This Year (Survey, Charts)

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 12, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)

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Two months ago, I argued “Why Mobile Business Apps Will Flower in 2011. My blog post got some backlash from readers who didn’t believe that companies were starting to understand the benefits mobility could bring them.
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Five Good Things About the Verizon iPhone for Enterprises

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 11, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)

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Gartner’s Hype Cycle seems so quaint these days. Seemingly within minutes of Verizon’s iPhone 4 launch on Tuesday morning, BNET’s Damon Brown had a post up arguing that the Verizon iPhone is “not for serious business professionals.”

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Realistically, How Much Oomph Will Dual-Core Deliver to Mobile Devices?

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 6, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Finance and Banking,Mobility | Comments (0)

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Dual-core devices are generating the most excitement at CES this year. The LG Optimus 2X, aka the second stab at the SuperPhone. Motorola’s matching Atrix smartphone and its Xoom tablet. The lurking BlackBerry PlayBook. Even the so-far-absent but much-rumored iPad 2.

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CES: The Six Features That Will Define The SuperPhone of 2011

Eric Lai, Senior Writer | January 5, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)

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Silicon Valley marketers pump out tech jargon like a teenage girl changes her clothes (sorry Katy Perry).
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