The mobile device business is trending upward. In fact, Forrester Research that the mobile device business may reach $31 billion by 2016. That’s less than five years from now. People want to stay connected to their family, friends and even to companies that create products and services they value.
Top 2012 Trending Mobile Devices Keeping Business Leaders Out Front
Make your business website, blog, seminars, books easy to access while people are vacationing, commuting to and from work or visiting shopping malls and your annual revenues can increase substantially. Fortunately, there are tools that make it easy for you to get and stay connected to millions and billions of consumers, people who may be hunting for the very products and services you sell.
Top trending mobile devices for 2012 follow:
- Tablets – Motorola Droid Xyboard, Pandigital Planet, Acer Iconia Tab, Asus Eee Pad and the Apple iPad are a few popular tablets. Apple controls a lion’s share of the market. Tablets weigh as little as 23 ounces, making it easy for you to carry them in your coat, jacket or pant pocket. Plan on spending between $400 and $900 for a decent tablet. If you need lots of memory, consider getting a tablet with 16 gigabytes of memory. Share pictures, training seminar videos and create and edit business documents on your table. You can also watch movies, check the weather and find out how the stock market’s doing so you can keep up with your investments. Applications you can add to your tablet just keep coming. To start, you can add Cloud apps, Plume, Friendcaster, Accuweather, GPS and weight loss motivators to your tablet.
- Ultrabooks – If you want a mobile device that reminds you of a standard laptop but is smaller, lighter, consider getting an Ultrabook. These mobile devices are designed with processors that let you download files and surf the web quickly. Although Ultrabook prices range from $1,000 and up, the sticker price on these mobile devices are expected to drop early in 2012.
- iPhone – Apple’s iPhone 4S is a popular iPhone. These and other iPhones are packed with iCloud, scheduling, graphics, pictures, maps, video, game, music and news applications. You can store and send messages, schedule appointments, play games, discuss key business deliverables with senior partners and respond to customer inquiries from anywhere in the world using an iPhone.
- Smartphones – Blackberry, Samsung, Motorola and T-Mobile are types of Smartphones. In addition to talking with and/or texting business clients, partners and customers while you’re on the road, you can subscribe to RSS feeds, surf the web, store and share business documents and update your Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, etc. social network accounts with Smartphones.
- eBook readers – Electronic book readers like Kindle Fire and Nook Simple Touch do more than let you read a 500 page novel with the click of a button. You can browse web pages, use built-in GPS applications to get where you want to be, check your business website stats, make restaurant reservations and more using eBook readers that are designed with a dozen or more applications you love.
The business world is changing, technology driving a lot of the innovation. Top trending mobile devices for 2012 make it easy for you to stay connected to the most important people in your life at anytime from anywhere in the world. Plop your favorite business mobile device into your briefcase, purse or pocket so you can engage customers in a matter of seconds.
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