Smartphone and Tablets Primary Tools For Business

In 2011 we will see a greater shift to the mobile space for business with smartphones and tablets leading the way.
With increasing iPhone, Android, and iPad popularity in consumer space, enterprise will start adopting iPhone, Android, and iPad in addition to BlackBerry and Dell, Lenovo laptops. Most business users will continue to rely on their laptops for email and VoIP and web browsing or document creation. These common communication and data consumption tasks will be made easier on iPad, BlackBerry and other low-cost tablets, and they will start replacing traditional laptops as we know them today.

Video Chat on Smartphones a Reality in 2011

Video chatting over smartphone and tablet devices will take roots. With launch of iPad2 (expected sometime mid this year) that has dual-camera just like iPhone4, BlackBerry Playbook and other competing tablet devices, video chatting will become one of the popular applications of next generation tablets. This will be accelerated by enterprise's adoption of tablets, and general availability of camera-enabled devices become default communication devices in business settings.

Media Consumption Will Shift Mobile in 2011 Including Video

As internet bandwidth continues to grow and the availability of 3G & 4G mobile networks, people will consume more media on mobile devices. There will be additional media curating sites where people can share TV shows or video contents with others just like YouTube video links are shared today on Facebook. As people will consume more media contents on the go, cable and media companies will create their own sites to service these contents directly to users through subscription services.
Picture is of waiting passengers on subway platform in Seoul South Korea watching media on mobile.