At TPS-Mobile we see tablet computing as an emerging business trend and believe that tablet devices and their corresponding applications can be nothing less than game changers for companies with vision.

Over the past few years business has completed a cycle of relentless focus on cost cutting.  Now executives tell us their focus is to make themselves easier to do business with, grow the top line and make their products better than their competitors.  Harnessing the immense power of mobile technology directly addresses these core imperatives.

What makes the Tablet unique among computing devices is that is designed primarily for the consumption of content.  By contrast, laptop and desktop computers are by nature are dual purpose devices allowing users to both create and consume content.  By focusing mainly on enhanced content presentation for ther user, the Tablet offers an immersive experience and richness of function that laptops cannot come close to matching. 

In the mobile world itself Tablets occupy a special position in that they are not just larger versions of Smartphones.  The smaller displays of Smartpones limit the volume of content displayed and the context.  Phone apps have to be much more list driven to be functional.  Tablets can bring split screens, overlays, custom keyboards, location services and movement tracking and a whole host of other application features and techniques to provide an ecosystems with an unparlleled ease of use.

From a business viewpoint tablets have no boot up time and are always on – a great feature if a client is waiting to see something. 

Unlike most other technologies – the tablet development world is truly fast and low cost.  Apps with relevant content and rich functionality can be developed by only one or two developers and some graphics design support.  Deployment and security can be tightly managed and the content itself can also be kept centrally controlled.