Although PDAs, communicators, and more exotic devices get all the press, it's long been clear that the prosaic laptop is still the workhorse of the mobile worker. This fact was reiterated last week at Giga's Mobile and Wireless Enterprise conference. When we surveyed attendees on what platforms they were using in their mobile applications, the laptop was the runaway leader. Rifle through the bags of traveling sales staff or peer into the front seats of police cruisers (if you're not careful, the latter opportunity could quickly follow on from attempting the first!) and more likely than not, it's a laptop that you'll find supporting their work.
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