Three reasons the iPad will lead the tablet pack for business | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) The iPad seems unstoppable. Pre-orders for the new iPad sold out in less than a week. But it’s not just consumers that are interested, a ChangeWave Research survey shows 84% of businesses prefer the […]
The iPad 3: Your ultimate remote desktop? | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Businesses love Apple’s iPad 2. The tablets are used in a number of ways, from POS terminals to hospital charts. They’re even used by airline pilots for flight manuals. The iPad 3 is rumored to be announced March […]
Windows 8: Training required | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Every new version of Windows has included at least a few changes to the interface. Most of these have been minor; an icon moved here, a toolbar added there. Windows 8 will be different, using a completely new Metro interface as […]
Five ways Apple should make iCloud business-ready | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Apple announced on Thursday an update to its OSX operating system, called Mountain Lion. Notable in the updated features is much tighter integration with iCloud, its cloud based file, apps and settings syncing feature. For businesses, this isn’t […]
OS X Mountain Lion vs. Windows 8: Apple and Microsoft mobilise | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) With smartphones and tablets quickly gaining popularity, even IBM is calling this a “post-PC era”. It’s a world of portability, apps and touch-enabled devices. This is clear not only in the dominance of mobile […]
Five important ways Windows 8 will embrace mobile broadband | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Windows 8 will run not just on your desktop, but also on laptops, ultrabooks, and even tablets, so access to mobile networks is important. On its Engineering Windows 8 blog on Friday, Windows president Steven Sinofsky […]
Lenovo readies ThinkPad Edge hybrids, business ultrabook | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) With CES opening in Las Vegas next week, new products are beginning to roll out. Lenovo today announced its new small-to-medium business (SMB) targeted laptops that look to combine “serious business technology and personal lifestyle computing features”, Though […]
5 steps to prepare for the Ice Cream Sandwich update | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) New phones and tablets with Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, are just around the corner, and carriers are also announcing which current models will be upgradable, and when to expect those updates. Many of […]
Opinion: Why Windows Phone 7 is too late | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Before smartphones were mainstream, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile was the “business smart phone”. RIM’s Blackberry stole away the market by becoming a better communication hub. iPhone and Android have buried Blackberry by extending a phones functionality with apps. […]
iOS vs. Android Battle repeats Mac vs. PC clash: What’s next? | ARN. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Smartphones and tablets are becoming the PCs of our time, and there are two major players in the game. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android dominate smartphones, with RIM and Microsoft being niche players. It […]