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How Businesses Used The iPad

By Mike Alston


The iPad, Apple's tablet, has been finding its place as a part of America's spare time and leisure market. But while it's a fun gadget, it can also be utilized as a business tool. Apps, like one designed by Citrix, give employees access to their desktop computers anywhere that they have an internet connection.

As more and more tablets such as the iPad are being produced, employers are taking advantage of the chance to increase workplace efficiency by utilizing this new technology.

The increasing demand and utilization of tablet PCs in the workplace can be attributed to changes made with the iPhone. Originally, the Apple-made phone did not include a method to connect corporate e-mail systems to its operating system software. After the implementation of such a feature, the iPhone quickly became a favorite of corporate executives over its competition, the Blackberry.

Whereas first-generation iPhones lacked secure access to corporate email, iPads shipped with this functionality. Business owners embraced the iPad and its safe, secure flexibility, and the iTunes store prepared for increased business interest by marketing apps targeted towards office-tasks and solutions: solutions that had previously been exclusive to desktop PCs.

The iPad is at the top of the tablet market, and for good reason. Known for its top-notch security features and ease of use, it is a staple in workplaces across America. The iPad is often the first name that comes to mind in many executives mind when it comes to tablets. There are however many competitors anxious to take Apple's place on top.

Asus is one of those competitors. Asus executives announced plans for four brand new tablet devices launching in 2012, aimed directly at taking a chunk of the tablet market that Apple corners.

The newest version of the Android OS, dubbed the Ice Cream Sandwich, will be featured in two of said tablets, and will be introduced early next year. The other two are to be released in the summer or in 2012; they will be Windows-based.

Nokia, another well-known company, may also be releasing two tablets into the market after sufficient testing is completed. The number of companies producing tablets may just become as plentiful as the selection of tablet-related business applications designed to help companies get ahead.




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