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Motorola Solutions ET1 Tablet Built for Business
Motorola is introducing a tablet built for business, targeting vertical markets such as retail, healthcare field service and sales, and logistics through its network of channel partners. Motorola’s ET1 is billed as an enterprise tablet and is built on the Android operating system with enhancements such as additional security and data encryption. The ET1 joins…
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Polycom Takes Video Conferencing to iPad, Android
Polycom is taking its enterprise video software to the tablet market with the launch of RealPresence Mobile, which currently supports Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, with more mobile devices to follow. The vendor currently provides audio and video conferencing products from the desktop up to the immersive telepresence room systems,…
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Mobile Security Investments Rising: Canalys Report
Canalys forecasts that worldwide investments in mobile security will grow an average of 44.2 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $759.8 million by the end of 2011 and turning into a $3 billion market opportunity in 2015. According to Canalys figures, only 4 percent of smartphones and smart pads shipped in 2010…
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RIM, Tech Data Announce Distribution Agreement for BlackBerry Solutions
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and Tech Data Corp. announced an agreement that enables Tech Data to distribute BlackBerry devices, software and technical support services to its channel of more than 60,000 value-added resellers in the United States. The agreement also allows Tech Data to support the end-to-end sale of BlackBerry solutions for small…
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RIM PlayBook Prices Drop at Best Buy, Maybe Because of Kindle Fire
At a high-profile Sept. 28 event in New York City, Amazon unveiled its $199.99 Kindle Fire tablet, a 7-inch device with streamlined access to the online retailer s multimedia and cloud content. Within a day, it seems, prominent retailer Best Buy started slashing the price of another 7-inch tablet, the BlackBerry-branded PlayBook, by $200. Nor…
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Smartphone Users Prefer Data Security to Call Quality
For the first time in history, data security is more important to U.S. cell phone users than call quality, according to a report from AdaptiveMobile. Sixty-eight percent of those surveyed cited keeping information secure as the most important carrier function, versus 52 percent for service quality and reliability. The survey also found that respondents are…