Knowing what our readers are really interested in is one of the joys of HotViews. Sure, we know that you make your living from enterprise software, outsourcing and BPO, but your passion is with all things Apple, mobile internet and smartphones!
So, given the huge amount of feedback we get on any article about the iPad, get ready for iPad2 which is to be announced next week on 2nd March. See FT iPad to launch in March. Expectations are for front and rear facing cameras, a slimmer/lighter body and a higher definition display (a la iPhone4)
The iPad is perhaps the best– certainly the fastest – example of how a consumer innovation has invaded the enterprise. More and more examples of its use in the enterprise arrive everyday. Last week I had a Prince’s Trust meeting with the CEO of one of the UK’s largest construction companies. He told me that all of their plc board papers were now delivered on the iPad and how it had revolutionised the process.
Any talk that it has not affected the PC market just must be way off. Most of my friends have abandoned their laptops or netbooks when they are travelling in favour of their iPad (as I have done). As more and more features are available on the iPad, I’d need quite some persuasion to renew my laptop when the time arrives. Even now I haven’t switched it on for over a month!