Small and Medium Businesses: It's time to accept BYOD strategies

 Happy employees are productive employees. That's a mantra most great business owners and managers strive to live by, especially in tough economic times. One easy step you can take as a business decision maker is to employ a BYOD program. That acronym stands for bring your own device, and in short it means letting devices your employees and co-workers own access your company information.

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TechMinds Review: Motorola Atrix 4G and Laptop Dock

From Engadget to Slashgear there are dozens of great reviews for this unique smartphone/laptop hybrid online right now.  So instead of retreading ground which was covered by those consumer oriented reviews we ran the latest and greatest from Motorola through its paces for two weeks as our primary business device.  What we found was an interesting mix of amazing moments, and downright frustration using what is truly a groundbreaking product.

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Motorola Xoom Tablet Launched on Verizon

Available right now through Verizon Wireless for $600 (on a two year contract) or $800 unsubsidized the Motorola Xoom is the first true competition the iPad has had to face.  Running the newest version of Android from Google the reviews have been mixed.  We most likely won't pick up a unit to test with so we'll refer you to reviews we trust from Engadget and Anandtech. From our point of view $800 is too much for a device like this, though we won't know if Motorola's price point gambit was a success for at least a few weeks.

Motorola Atrix 4G is now available on AT&T

While sites like Engadget already have their formal review posted we'll be taking another week to run the Atrix through its paces before putting our thoughts online.  For the time being we have to praise this phone for being fast, stylish, and the most capable Android handset we've ever used.  However, AT&T's supposed "4G" network is another story.  It appears that the phone is showing 4G coverage (H+) regardless of whether or not you're actually getting AT&T's new HSPA+ signal.  The resulting slow online speeds are disappointing at best, and a flat out lie from AT&T about what new owners of this phone and the Inspire 4G can expect. 

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The Motorola Atrix 4G is coming

In what could very well be the most innovative smartphone of 2011, the Motorola Atrix aims to replace your netbook, and maybe even your desktop or laptop computer. Keep your eyes peeled here for some hands-on demonstrations and reviews from around the web.

The State of Tablets: An Enterprise Use Case

In this short video we tested three currently available tablets by opening a common word document, and a complex PowerPoint presentation on each.  If you or your business are thinking about purchasing tablets for enterprise use you may be surprised at our results.

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