13 great Windows Phone apps for IT pros

	Teardowns reveal Apple's customary high margins for both iPhone 5S and 5C | Kindle Fire HDX tablets show big push for business users
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In this Issue Teardowns reveal Apple's customary high margins for both iPhone 5S and 5C Kindle Fire HDX tablets show big push for business users Samsung provides tools to nudge Galaxy devices into enterprise Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program BlackBerry Messenger for Android, iPhone delayed What's next for BlackBerry? Preston Gralla: Usability tests call Windows Phone 8 'oppressive,' 'forbidding,' 'challenging to use' Ericsson thinks small for a big solution to workplace wireless JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Android: Some important perspective AT&T teams up with Fon for overseas Wi-Fi Barbara Krasnoff: Jabra Supreme UC: A headset for both smartphones and Skype Hands-on with Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon's next-generation 7 and 9-inch tablets Microsoft thinks BYOD with Surface 2 tablet and Windows RT 8.1 Darlene Storm: FDA will regulate mobile apps that turn smartphones into medical devices AT&T exec urges faster FCC review of plan to retire wired networks With LTE, AT&T isn't done evolving its network yet True colors come first for new Samsung camera tech RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Airwatch AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management AirWatch is the largest Enterprise Mobility Management provider in the world. We enable organizations to successfully deploy, secure and manage the mobile initiatives that drive their business. With market-leading solutions for mobile security, device, email, application and content management, we simplify enterprise mobility. AirWatch is Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for MDM. Find Out Why. Teardowns reveal Apple's customary high margins for both iPhone 5S and 5C The 16GB iPhone 5S costs Apple approximately $199 to manufacture, while the plastic-encased 16GB iPhone 5C runs $173, putting both new smartphones comfortably within the Cupertino, Calif., company's envious profit margins, an analyst said. Read More Kindle Fire HDX tablets show big push for business users Amazon unveiled two Kindle Fire HDX tablets with features that indicate a clear attempt to attract business users to the platform. Read More Samsung provides tools to nudge Galaxy devices into enterprise Samsung is wooing developers in an effort to push its Galaxy smartphones and tablets, which have been popular with consumers, into the enterprise. Read More Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program One of the most common questions posed to Microsoft's Surface team Monday was whether the company would buy back used tablets so that customers could upgrade to the newest models set to ship in a month. Read More BlackBerry Messenger for Android, iPhone delayed BlackBerry said it will be at least next week until it relaunches the BlackBerry Messenger service for Android and iOS. Read More What's next for BlackBerry? The group trying to buy BlackBerry for $4.7 billion could break up the company, wiping out its smartphone division while preserving BlackBerry's secure network services used by large enterprises. But one analyst said he hopes that's not the case. Read More Preston Gralla: Usability tests call Windows Phone 8 'oppressive,' 'forbidding,' 'challenging to use' Windows Phone is far harder to use than competing smartphone operating systems, with a sometimes "oppressive" and "forbidding" interface, says a recent usability shoot-out done by a consulting firm. Is the report accurate, or are the testers completely off base? Read More Ericsson thinks small for a big solution to workplace wireless Ericsson says it has a small solution to the big problem of weak mobile service in enterprises. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What? Your IT organization must adjust existing product selection and management practices to fully take advantage of converged systems. When speaking with IT executives considering broader use of this approach, IDC has three major recommendations. Learn More. JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Android: Some important perspective Amazon's new Kindle Fire HDX tablets are impressive-sounding products, but they have some significant limitations compared to regular Android devices. Read More AT&T teams up with Fon for overseas Wi-Fi AT&T offered more Wi-Fi coverage to international roaming customers on Tuesday through a deal with Fon, the Spanish crowdsourced wireless provider that lets users share their Wi-Fi with other Fon members. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Jabra Supreme UC: A headset for both smartphones and Skype It's becoming more and more useful to have a "hands-off" headset for use with your smartphone -- and with your Internet-based phone system (such as Skype). The Jabra Supreme UC can handle both tasks at once. Read More Hands-on with Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon's next-generation 7 and 9-inch tablets Two years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire. It was the first affordable color tablet offered by a major hardware manufacturer and certainly the first respectable tablet that fit in a coat pocket. Read More Microsoft thinks BYOD with Surface 2 tablet and Windows RT 8.1 Though consumers are a big target audience for the new Surface 2 tablet, Microsoft is also hoping to woo businesses with features that could make the device easier to secure and manage in IT environments. Read More Darlene Storm: FDA will regulate mobile apps that turn smartphones into medical devices The FDA will regulate mobile medical apps that can turn smartphones into a medical device. Although it hasn't yet received FDA approval, researchers have come up with implantable medical device security that combines touch-to-access with a heartbeat password. Read More AT&T exec urges faster FCC review of plan to retire wired networks AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson urged the FCC to move faster in reviewing the carrier's request to move to an all-IP, all wireless network nationwide. Read More With LTE, AT&T isn't done evolving its network yet Several network initiatives that AT&T is unveiling this week show the carrier is far from finished advancing its network even as it achieves a broad footprint with LTE. Read More True colors come first for new Samsung camera tech Want to take a smartphone picture with high color fidelity even in poor light? Samsung Electronics has developed a new technology that it claims will deliver just that. Read More
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