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The truth is, most of what our smart-phones do beyond contact management, calendar and scheduling, and e-mail is over-kill for most employees. The truth is we mostly misuse these devices to install Beer Drinking and Light Saber simulators and play Angry Birds. Or we use them to update Facebook (which may or may not be work related). But one way we identify our firms as successful is by the gadgets that our executives, management, and technology staff carry. If a lead IT architect/engineer shows up with an 8-year old dumb-phone on his belt, that sends a message about how his firm regards technology investments.
Isn't generating more discussion in this forum.
James Kendrick, in an act of synchronicity - posted this blog recently:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/the-dirty-little-secret-about-tablets/3553?tag=nl.e539Which taps into the same basic idea about these devices.
Generally, when I write something that I think is going to be a controversial opinion, and I don't hear a lot of feedback, it means that hardly anyone disagrees with me.
Certainly there must be readers out there who disagree with me on this?!? Are smart-phones and tablets actually viable productivity enhancers, or are they *simply* prestige devices to show that my firm is doing better than yours and buying me neater gadgets as a perk?
