Tablets
Tablets are the hottest new form factor in computing and offer people a new way to interface with data and applications. Take a look at how tablets can be put to use in a business environment.
Articles about Tablets
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Infographic: Mobilizing your sales org
This animated infographic, put together by Mutual Mobile, shows how tablets should be used as sales tools to benefit a company's sales force.
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How to run legacy Windows with Limbo for Android
Learn how to run legacy Windows software on your Android tablet with Limbo PC Emulator.
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Industry experts share mobile conferencing best practices for SMBs
With the cloud and tablets, SMBs have access to fully capable mobile conferencing that once would have been cost prohibitive.
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Three ideas for tablets in SMBs
Find out why Patrick Gray believes that SMBs are well positioned to use tablets.
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Use an iPad as your next Point of Sale solution
Will Kelly looks at the advantages of using an iPad as a Point of Sale (POS) solution for your SMB.
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Handwriting recognition on the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet
Find out how to use the S Pen on the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet with the Calendar, browser, and image clipping tool.
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Business functions where SMBs can introduce tablets
Will Kelly provides a cross-platform look at some business functions where SMBs can introduce tablets.
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Surface RT for education: Is it worth it?
Microsoft recently unveiled a new initiative for the education sector, but is it worth it? Take a look at some of the other top tablet contenders and weigh in with your thoughts.
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Use your Samsung Galaxy Note tablet as a digitizer for your PC
Jack Wallen explains how to install the SPenDigitizer application and begin using your Samsung Galaxy Note tablet as a digitizer for your PC.
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Microsoft Office lands on iOS
Patrick Gray takes a look at Microsoft Office Mobile, a long-rumored version of Microsoft Office for iOS devices.
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Mobile collaboration with the Huddle iOS app
Huddle, a SaaS-based collaboration platform, is challenging SharePoint on the iPad with a newly updated iOS app.
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Top iPad apps for IT managers
This list of top iPad apps show that IT managers can do much of their job anytime, anywhere from their iPad.
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Windows RT nightmare: Displaying the Libraries view
Donovan Colbert recounts his difficulty trying to display the Libraries view in the File Explorer navigation pane in Windows RT.
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Take advantage of Google Now on your Android tablet
Google Now isn't just for smartphones. You can now take advantage of this predictive tool on your tablet with Android 4.1 or better. Jack Wallen explains how to get the most out of Google Now.
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IBM MobileFirst combines mobile technology and strategy
IBM recently launched IBM MobileFirst, a suite of mobile technologies and services targeting SMBs and large enterprises.
Topic Contributors
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Sonja Thompson
Sonja Thompson has worked for TechRepublic since October of 1999. She is currently a Senior Editor and the host of the Smartphones and Tablets blogs.
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Will Kelly
Will Kelly is a technical and marketing communications writer based in the Washington, DC area. He has written about SMB technology, data center management, project management applications, mobile computing, Microsoft Office, and productivity applications for online and print technology publications. You can reach Will at wtkelly@gmail.com.
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Jack Wallen
Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for Techrepublic and Linux.com. As an avid promoter/user of the Linux OS, Jack tries to convert as many users to open source as possible. His current favorite flavor of Linux is Bodhi Linux (a melding of Ubuntu and Enlightenment). When Jack isn't writing about Linux he is hard at work on his other writing career -- writing about zombies, various killers, super heroes, and just about everything else he can manipulate between the folds of reality. You can find Jack's books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. Outnumbered in his house one male to two females and three humans to six felines, Jack maintains his sanity by riding his mountain bike and working on his next books. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website Get Jack'd.
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Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray works for a global Fortune 500 consulting and IT services company, and is the author of Breakthrough IT: Supercharging Organizational Value through Technology, as well as the companion e-book The Breakthrough CIO's Companion. Patrick has spent over a decade providing strategy consulting services to Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. Patrick can be reached at patrick.gray@prevoyancegroup.com and you can follow his blog at www.itbswatch.com. All opinions are Patrick's alone, and may not represent those of his employer.
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