The Mobile Device Disconnect? Not Here

By Bob Ashenbrenner, Xplore Technologies

There is lots of buzz lately around the “ death of the PC,” with the latest industry expert to voice her opinion on the topic being Natalie Lambert of Citrix. Her CIO.com article about “The mobile device disconnect” caught my attention not necessarily because of her POV, but because the recent Forrester Consulting study she referenced indicates that workers’ mobile device usage actually contradicts many assumptions about workers’ preferred computing devices – and the reality of the PC’s role in the office.

Let’s start with the facts presented in the study’s findings (then my “reality”) :

• STUDY FINDING: Mobile devices are the preferred devices in most locations, but the office desk is the ONLY place where a PC is the preferred device.
• MY REALITY: I can see how someone wouldn’t want to use their smartphone as their primary computing device in the office. But, the thing is, today’s mobile tablets (or at least the ones we design and manufacture here at Xplore) ARE PCs and can do everything a PC can do. In fact, with docks, keyboards, large screens, and other supporting tools of today’s tablets purposefully built to support in-office desktop use, there’s no reason to have a second device – whether a desktop PC or laptop. Here at Xplore, we’ve been using our tablet PCs as our primary computing devices – even in the office – for years. The key is to find a tablet PC that truly replicates the traditional PC experience from ease of use to computing power.

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