It's good to be a mobile device

摘要

A recent IDC report says corporations are warming to the idea of converged mobile devices for their employees, as they realize that such devices can leverage personal and corporate data with more flexibility than desktop and notebook computers. Improved interactions with customers, better efficiencies with suppliers and even just letting employees make the most of their time away from their desks are some reasons that enterprise decision makers are finding favor with mobile devices, IDC says. Because converged devices can handle both voice and data, companies are trending toward converged devices as opposed to something like a PDA. IDC estimates that corporations will buy 7.41 million converged devices in 2008, up from 1.5 million this year. Consumer shipments of the devices are even more staggering — 27.9 million converged devices in 2008 compared with 3.3 million this year.