You may have noticed a brand new section or display when you last visited your favourite electronics store. Tablets are all the rage at the moment and are being gobbled up by consumers at a ferocious pace. These powerful little ‘gadgets’ are packed with the ability to browse your favourite websites, watch movies, gaming, and of course playing music. But as fun as this is, should businesses be looking at tablets for their needs? Our answer is yes and here’s why:
1) Access to the internet also means access to ‘cloud-based’ client and project management software such as Salesforce. This means instant customer support not to mention real-time availability of such key factors like stock and price. Nothing is as impressive as being in real-time in front of your clients.
2) Making your client presentations portable and easy is an invaluable benefit. The tablet, whether using its own crystal clear screen or hooked up to a projector, allows you to create, manipulate, and distribute a key presentation instantly. And having the ability to make last minute changes, something we all encounter, makes a tablet that much more of a business tool.
3) Whether we like to admit it or not, more and more employees are bringing their work home. Whether it is checking emails or preparing for meetings after the kids go to bed, the lines between the office and home get blurred regularly. Tablets, for better or worse, make bringing your work home easier. They are small, light, yet very powerful and user-friendly. As the saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
4) Apps, apps, and more apps. The applications that come with today’s tablets are astonishing. If there’s a need, there’s an app. All the tablets have them and like anything else, some are better than others. But if you are looking at investing your money, and time, in the new tablet technology, it would be worth your while to investigate exactly what is out there and what fits you.
