Microsoft, the software giant from Redmond, Washington, sure raised a lot of eyebrows recently when it announced that it would be releasing its first hardware product, the tablet dubbed Surface. This raised many eyebrows on so many levels. First, Microsoft is a software giant, and it is not a hardware manufacturer. Questions regarding core competencies, [...]
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Google and Microsoft tablets signal a key shift in strategy
As we have mentioned earlier at Ereviewguide.com, Google, Apple and Microsoft have widely diverging grand strategies regarding their products. To put in to most basic terms, Google is all about internet connections, Microsoft is all about the operating software and Apple is all about hardware devices. Given the recent announcement of Microsoft’s Surface tablet and [...]
Microsoft releases iPad rival to boost Windows 8
It’s very hard to feel sympathy for Microsoft. It is even harder to feel pity for the software giant. It is quite difficult because we’ve seen in the past how it has dealt with its competitors, whether it is Netscape Navigator in the browser wars or real networks in internet audio. In between these two [...]
Keep an eye out for the Google Nexus Tablet
Last December, Google’s head honcho Eric Schmidt told an Italian paper that Google plans to launch its own tablet to go head to head with its arch rival Apple. Schmidt said that the tablet will be of “the highest quality.” What made this prospective product launch plan different was that it sidestepped the obvious hype-building [...]
New details about HP Slate Tablet Surfaces
If all the buzz about Windows 8 has you pining for a tablet, but you are worried that it might not be able to handle all the hefty desktop applications you’ve been using, it appears HP has you covered-if rumors pan out. The upcoming HP Slate 8′s details have surfaced recently, and it reveals a [...]
Tablets with Microsoft Windows RT more security-centric than Android or iPad devices
Leveraging its history of making applications for networks, Microsoft’s Windows RT affords enterprises with a type of network access control that provides a higher level of protection for corporate devices than Android and iPad tablets. This capability can check and see if the devices comply with corporate or enterprise policies regarding auto updates, anti-spyware applications, [...]
Android Tablets set to outsell Apple iPads within three to four years
Android-based phones are already outselling iPhones the world over by a very convincing margin. We’re talking at least a 2:1 margin. It is no wonder that Apple has been pushing its iPad tablet hard, it is one stronghold that has so far managed to resist the onslaught of Android. How dominant is the iOS in [...]
IBM to allow employees to bring their own Smartphone or Tablet
IBM opens its doors to the growing trend of “bring your own device” (BYOD) for all of its employees globally. By the end of the year, IBM will allow its current 100,000 workers to bring their own mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) to work and use them to accomplish work related tasks. IBM’s Bill Bodin, [...]
Polycom RealPresence software: HD videoconferencing on mobile
Polycom introduces the latest advancement in mobile videoconferencing with its RealPresence Mobile software during CTIA Enterprise & Applications trade show on Tuesday (October 11). The new mobile software extends a high-definition videoconferencing system to the three popular tablets, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, Apple’s iPad and Motorola’s Xoom. With the high-cost and other demanding requirements of high-end [...]
Symantec releases tablets first data loss prevention solution
Symantec Corporation, a security and systems management solution provider announces its newest product, the “Data Loss Prevention for Tablet solution”. Accordingly, this is the very first comprehensive data loss prevention solution intended for protecting tablet computers’ sensitive data. The issue of keeping a secure environment for mobile devices has been the driving force behind the [...]