Al_B on 24/11/2009 at 23:52
Quote Posted by DDL
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could see it working as some kinda company-wide coms device: like everyone has a roving profile they can boot up on any convenient datacube, use it to store, manipulate or send data to others in the company via bluetooth or whatever, while also being a nice handy portable device you can lug around and enter notes on while working, and also (since company-specific) more secure than using email. Or something.
I think that's probably the most realistic way that it could work. Not as a replacement for a pen+pad, but but as a way for companies to save money by supplying lightweight access devices for their employees to use instead of conventional computers / laptops.
Coupled with access controls, encryption and the fact they could be rendered useless outside a company network environment would give them particular advantages and in certain environments (e.g. heavy industry) they could be made more robust than other options.
KillyMel on 25/11/2009 at 23:04
Al_B
I agree as well
but in this case we will be trying to move Blackberry (and for that account IBM's Lotus Notes emailing service) - those are very heavy competitors
lost_soul on 4/12/2009 at 22:59
The biggest problem with a product like this is the fact that unless it were worth almost nothing, people would constantly steal them. It would have to be about as valuable as a sheet of paper and not easily "re-programmable" by average Joe who finds one sitting on that table.
