Tablets, first considered consumption-only devices, are now proving their worth as productivity devices.
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Roman Temkin's curator insight,
March 16, 2016 1:07 PM
My friend Gilles Raymond, News Republic's founder, makes 5 unpolitical correct predictions on the future of tech - particularly tech devices. As the leader of one of the largest news app for mobile, tablets and smartwatches and someone who's been in the mobile device industry for ages, his views are always sharp and I like that he challenges the status quo.
As as far as tablets are concerned, I believe there's a usage niche that will keep them a small but alive market. Not as a computer replacement but as a gaming / entertainment device for the home (as Gilles observed: nobody seems to carry them around to the office anymore).
Filomena Gomes's curator insight,
July 17, 2014 11:43 PM
Excellent! J'adore les astuces et les conseils et les exemples concrets.
Ken Morrison's curator insight,
April 13, 2014 7:52 AM
Facebook is currently my biggest non-Apple app. If they are going to take away a major function, I sure hope that they dramatically decreases the apps file size. |
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Reading this Guardian article makes you wonder whether some people are getting out of their way to use the iPad as a laptop or whether there are real benefits to do this. But this idea of "curated computing" where fewer features bring more focus is making its way in professionals IT habits: on top of being a lighter device than a laptop, maybe another value added by the iPad is that you don't get constant distraction when you try to create something?
Through adding a keyboard or through specific apps, it's fair to comment however that mobile devices - tablets in particular - increasingly are creation devices and not just consumption ones.