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I think you might be right eventually. But still, so far the iPad has exceeded even my expectations.
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09-28-2011, 07:43 PM | #1803 |
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Oh no, I agree that the timing IS the bet.. I am just saying that right now it doesn't look like I will win unless the Fire and Nook2 go crazy and Windows8 tablets catch on as well. You never know, Windows 8 could change the entire landscape.
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09-28-2011, 09:43 PM | #1804 |
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I seriously doubt windows 8 tablets will be priced very competitively.
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Entertainment/consumer tablets need to be priced much much lower than something that has a viable business purpose. |
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09-28-2011, 10:19 PM | #1806 |
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That brings up an interesting idea or point. If I was a tablet company I would really try to make an enterprise tablet.
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And let me tell you, it's been very difficult to support. Mainly for the iPads and the way they're tied to a specific iTunes account for software. We have university owned iPads, in which the users want to load their own apps per personal iTunes accounts. Creates for a nightmare. Android tablets are infinitely easier to manage in an enterprise environment. But we have users using tablets quite a bit for things I never expected. Some professors take iPads to class, and connect them to overhead projectors with the iPad HDMI connector, and give presentations and such that way. Users will VPN into the campus network from home, and RDP into their work computers, and edit Word documents from their tablets at home. Both iOS and Android. We have many virtual applications available for users, such as the M$ Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, statistics programs, etc. All available for users virtually. And they're available per tablet. Which is really cool. Anyway, I'm rambling. But tablet use has really surprised me in that regard.
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If you look at tablet sales... we are talking less then what 60 million total sold worldwide over the last 2 years? That is peanuts compared to what business tablets could sell like initially. (of course, just like consumer tablets.. the demand will level off after the market gets enough saturation) |
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Too many people expect their current tablet device to be a laptop replacement, and it still just isn't there yet.
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I fully expect them to be priced in the $1000+ range on the low end but if they are truly a laptop replacement they will sell. |
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09-29-2011, 08:25 AM | #1813 | |
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In particular the iPhone/iPad Configuration Utility. It allows you to create a custom configuration for iPad, and save that configuration, and then load it on new iPads, so that they're all standardized. And you can control access to nearly everything through the Config Utility. Like if you didn't want the students to use the internet, you could remove the icon for Safari. Or you could take it a step further and limit Safari so that it will only open specific websites. It's not perfect by any means. But it does help considerably in environments like that.
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this seems like an all purpose tablet thread, so...
I've really come around on the idea of a tablet after thinking about how I actually use my laptop (skype, web browsing basically)... I want the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.... http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/01/s...s-on-ifa-2011/ Due to legal wrangling with Apple, it isn't going to be released in the US supposedly. Is this situation that unusual, and will it end up here eventually or should I not hold my breath? ...if anyone has any guesses
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For Fish and any others who might have a need to deal with an army of iPads...
Griffin's Multidock system charges and syncs up to 30 iPads at once |
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