No, The (Tablet) PC Isn't Dead

By Bob Ashenbrenner, Xplore Technologies

We agree. The PC isn’t dead. It still has lots of advantages over smartphones and even phablets when it comes to computing capabilities, which is indeed keeping it far from extinct in the enterprise as Andrew Froelich points out in this recent InformationWeek article. But just like people, the PC comes in all shapes and sizes. It doesn’t have to “live” in its “normal” desktop or laptop form to be powerful or purposeful.

In fact, the desktop/laptop workstation isn’t the only – or even the best – functional setup for workers considering that the majority of workers in field service sectors (utilities, public safety, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and even healthcare) are primarily mobile workers now. Honestly, PCs in their customary configuration remain mostly immobile devices. However, the PC experience in and of itself is not immobile. That’s where (the right) mobile tablet PC still comes to life, and why I think some folks may be wrong about what the PC comeback is going to look like.

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