By Doug Miller
Being constantly connected is critical for my work so when I was leaving for a 4 day business trip recently, I looked at my arsenal of devices and selected a range of connectivity solutions that would give me lots of options for keeping in touch. As I walked out to the door to the airport, I had the following in my carry-on bag:
- An HTC Titan II Windows Phone with LTE on AT&T’s network which also was enabled as a mobile wireless hotspot when needed.
- A Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android-based tablet with LTE on Verizon’s network and also capable of being a mobile wireless hotspot.
- A small Acer notebook computer running Windows 7
- An Intel-based tablet computer running Windows 8 RTM
- A 3G USB stick that connects to AT&T’s HSPA+ network which can be used with either of my Windows devices
- A Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive portable wireless hotspot device
I have a first generation, WiFi-only iPad but decided to leave that at home.
So what did I find worked best to keep me connected?
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By Doug Miller
Microsoft Tablet: Plan B?
December 10, 2012By Doug Miller
With the recent launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT, it appears the jury is still out on how well these two new platforms will do in the tablet space. I have to say as an early x86-based Windows 8 tablet user there are definitely pros and cons of Windows 8. For example, while it is nice that you can run legacy Windows apps on Windows 8, running these on a tablet is not always the greatest experience since fat fingers don’t do as good a job with traditional Windows apps as a mouse and keyboard. Even Microsoft’s own Office 2013, which uses the old Windows user interface for Outlook, Word and Excel, feels awkward on a Windows 8 tablet.
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