Today, everything with a screen is vying for your time, promising increased functionality capable of everything from doing your spreadsheets to keeping track of your accounts. is a "superphone" really the only thing you need to manage all your daily tasks? can a tablet really replace a notebook for all your productivity needs? while it may increasingly feel like the only real difference between smartphones, tablets. and notebooks is the
size of the screen, each device has its role to play in the new mobile productivity ecosystem. Here's a quick run down.
Smartphones
Today’s smartphones are literally mini computers with multi—core I processors, high-resolution screens, and large memory capacities. Some brands make use of this performance in greater ways by enabling notebook-like usage with proprietary technology such as MotoroIa’s Webtop application and Lapdock accessory. Others, like Research In Motion’s · popular BlackBerry devices are preferred for business—centric services, but most smartphones today are capable of accessing similar services for messaging, email and scheduling with apps that can do just about anything else. Coupled with a good mobile broadband plan, and you’ve got the the world inyour palm. However, size and battery capacity restricts you from doing any real work besides jotting down notes and ideas on-the-fly.
Tablets
Notebook
If you’re reading this guide thinking that we’ll be offering you a solution to ditch your notebook, you’re out of luck. Notebooks are still the ultimate mobile work tool, with the proper operating platforms, advanced software, and the highest compatibility of data types and file access to get work done right. A notebook will also offer you better networking, security, and deployment capabilities in the workplace. While it may seem that your smartphone or tablet feature all the productivity tools that you need from word processing to photo editing, have you ever tried creating graphs, rich presentations or actually editing a photo (as opposed to pressing a button for preset effects]? Yeah, we thought so. The good news is that notebooks have evolved as well. The introduction of new platforms such as the Ultrabook standard means that business notebooks can be both super slim and lightweight, but still offer great performance and battery life. No, we’re not talking about Netbooks. In fact, it’s best you forgot they ever existed.
size of the screen, each device has its role to play in the new mobile productivity ecosystem. Here's a quick run down.
Smartphones
Tablets
Tablets are the new kids on the block. Most tablets run the same flavor of operating systems as their smaller smartphone cousins, commonly Google Android and Apple iOS; they also feature similar hardware configurations, but not necessarily more powerful. So, it’s easy to assume that tablets are just smartphones without the cellular parts and a larger screen. To an extent this is true as the user experience between and iPhone and iPad, or Android phone and Android tablet will be mostly identical, including apps available on both platforms. Some brands offer optional accessories that can convert a tablet into functional notebool-like device such as ASUS Eee Pad Transformer series. With their larger screens, tablets are ideal for consuming information, reading news and reports. They are excellent devices for light mobile computing and can be used just about anywhere, but similar limitations as smartphones apply. The lack of a proper user environment to manupilate files and data becomes a limitation to doing any serious work.
