Mobile Enterprise has an article about the rise of tablets as a replacement for PCs and what the future holds. Here are a few bits of wisdom. Read the rest of this entry »

FileMaker released the results of a study related to how mobile workers are being more productive with iPads and iPhones. They’re confirming what we here at Geodatix have been preaching: Read the rest of this entry »

Well it seems the U.S. Department of Defense feels it is. VentureBeat and other technology news outlets are reporting (link to article) that the U.S. DoD has ordered 120,000 iPads and 100,000 iPad Mini's. Read the rest of this entry »

Should you select the full size iPad (9.7″ screen) or the iPad Mini (7.9″ screen) for field use on a construction site? Well, that truly depends. You can likely make do with either but one or the other will likely fit your particular uses better. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve gotten a few requests from potential users of Q-Scribe to develop an Android platform. When we started developing Q-Scribe, the only viable platform for tablets was iOS. From a usability standpoint based on our testing of Android tablets, we didn’t feel Android was ready for mainstream use until the JellyBean release. So we have been considering whether to develop Q-Scribe for the Android platform. However, after reading this report (Mobile Threat Report Q4 2012) from F-Secure, a leading computing security firm, we are really hesitant to move to the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »