Scaling tablet kiosk deployments – What does it really take?
blog.mokimobility.com
on 01/07/2013
Excerpt: We want to understand how much time people are spending configuring and setting up tablets for kiosk, digital signage, POS and other single-purpose deployments. We’re giving away $50 Amazon gift cards randomly to people who share their deployment experiences by answering a few questions for us. We have said for a long time that using the iPad as a kiosk is intuitive and obvious. Using tablets in retail, restaurants, hotels and more is a really great end user experience. However, it’s easy to underestimate the amount of time it really takes to transform these consumer tablets and use them in commercial settings. We talk to customers every day who are surprised by the amount of work that it takes to configure and deploy tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Kiosk, Mobile, Tablet
MokiTouch for iPad, now available on App Store
blog.mokimobility.com
on 07/09/2012
Excerpt: MokiTouch for iPad is now available on the Apple App Store. The iOS companion to the recently released Android app, MokiTouch for iPad is a customizable browser app to turn any iPad into a fully locked and managed kiosk. iPads and Android tablets are starting to appear in all kinds of public-facing ways. Tablets are a natural choice for these use cases because they are user-friendly and cost-effective. As some of the early innovators have found, using iPads and Android tablets as kiosks in such a public way has it’s risks. Securing the device and the app so your customers consistently see only the experience you have designed is difficult.... read the full post.
Tags: IPad, Mobile, MokiTouch, Tablet
Microsoft’s Surface will massively expand the mobile advertising audience
blog.adfonic.com
on 07/05/2012
Excerpt: The recent ‘secret announcement’ (evidently a new PR tactic) of Microsoft’s tablet device, called the Surface, has been causing quite a stir. Not only is this an intriguing new addition to the growing stable of tablet formats, it could more than double the installed base of tablet users – and the potential audience exposed to mobile advertising. There are currently more Windows-powered devices in the world than Android or iOS combined. Not only is this a huge audience, it’s an audience that is already familiar with the Microsoft brand and may, with relief, move into the world of tablets without having to make the binary choice of Google or Apple.... read the full post.
Tags: Advertising, API-Evangelist, Microsoft, Tablet
New OfficeDrop Android Tablet App
blog.officedrop.com
on 07/05/2012
Excerpt: We’ve been talking a ton about tablets, and are huge believers in how the tablet device is changing how people search files and share files. We’ve blogged a ton about the iPad and small businesses and how the iPad is making inroads into corporations. Google has also recently announced a new Android tablet called the Nexus 7 – a clear indication that Android, as a platform, is taking the tablet seriously. The use of the OfficeDrop iPad app is taking off like crazy, and Today we are announcing that we now have an Android tablet optimized version of the OfficeDrop Android Scanner App! That is right, the popular OfficeDrop Android app now is designed to run on the new Android tablets – both 7 inch and 10 inch tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Tablet
Excerpt: MokiTouch for iPad is now available on the Apple App Store. The iOS companion to the recently released Android app, MokiTouch for iPad is a customizable browser app to turn any iPad into a fully locked and managed kiosk. iPads and Android tablets are starting to appear in all kinds of public-facing ways. Tablets are a natural choice for these use cases because they are user-friendly and cost-effective. As some of the early innovators have found, using iPads and Android tablets as kiosks in such a public way has it’s risks. Securing the device and the app so your customers consistently see only the experience you have designed is difficult.... read the full post.
Tags: IPad, Mobile, MokiTouch, Tablet
Microsoft’s Surface will massively expand the mobile advertising audience
blog.adfonic.com
on 07/05/2012
Excerpt: The recent ‘secret announcement’ (evidently a new PR tactic) of Microsoft’s tablet device, called the Surface, has been causing quite a stir. Not only is this an intriguing new addition to the growing stable of tablet formats, it could more than double the installed base of tablet users – and the potential audience exposed to mobile advertising. There are currently more Windows-powered devices in the world than Android or iOS combined. Not only is this a huge audience, it’s an audience that is already familiar with the Microsoft brand and may, with relief, move into the world of tablets without having to make the binary choice of Google or Apple.... read the full post.
Tags: Advertising, API-Evangelist, Microsoft, Tablet
New OfficeDrop Android Tablet App
blog.officedrop.com
on 07/05/2012
Excerpt: We’ve been talking a ton about tablets, and are huge believers in how the tablet device is changing how people search files and share files. We’ve blogged a ton about the iPad and small businesses and how the iPad is making inroads into corporations. Google has also recently announced a new Android tablet called the Nexus 7 – a clear indication that Android, as a platform, is taking the tablet seriously. The use of the OfficeDrop iPad app is taking off like crazy, and Today we are announcing that we now have an Android tablet optimized version of the OfficeDrop Android Scanner App! That is right, the popular OfficeDrop Android app now is designed to run on the new Android tablets – both 7 inch and 10 inch tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Tablet
Excerpt: We’ve been talking a ton about tablets, and are huge believers in how the tablet device is changing how people search files and share files. We’ve blogged a ton about the iPad and small businesses and how the iPad is making inroads into corporations. Google has also recently announced a new Android tablet called the Nexus 7 – a clear indication that Android, as a platform, is taking the tablet seriously. The use of the OfficeDrop iPad app is taking off like crazy, and Today we are announcing that we now have an Android tablet optimized version of the OfficeDrop Android Scanner App! That is right, the popular OfficeDrop Android app now is designed to run on the new Android tablets – both 7 inch and 10 inch tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Tablet
