Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2013: Tablets and accessories

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	Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2013: Tablets and accessories Part 4 of our annual gift guide showcases the best Android, iOS and Windows tablets, plus some choice tablet stands, cases and other add-ons. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Wireless How to Decrease Stress On Your Network Cloud computing, the explosion of big data and the mobile revolution are a boon to business, but they add stress to the network. IT professionals cite keeping up with data growth, managing infrastructure, and securing data and apps as their top three challenges over the coming year. Learn More In this Issue Are we giving up on mobile payments already? FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage HTC One Max deep-dive review: With this phone, size matters Samsung updates Galaxy Grand with HD screen, quad-core processor HP to ship $89 Android tablet with Intel chip Motorola inks 3D printing deal for customizable smartphone parts Robert L. Mitchell: London calling: Road testing mobile Wi-Fi voice apps Review: Yoga 2Pro flexes its multimode Windows 8 options Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft finally about to close the Windows Phone app gap? Richi Jennings: Cellphones on a plane? Fly the unfriendly skies, FCC-style... AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages Only half of large companies have strong mobile strategies Antone Gonsalves: Wireless carriers reach new low in customer protection Tablets running 64-bit Android, Intel Bay Trail chips coming soon WHITE PAPER: Citrix Delivering Enterprise Info Securely on tablets & smartphones Android and iOS-based consumer devices including smartphones and tablets play an increasing role in enterprise computing, providing new flexibility and mobility for workers and IT—but creating new challenges around security. This paper describes these issues and explains how they can be addressed effectively with Citrix BYOD solutions. View Now Are we giving up on mobile payments already? Mobile payments have still not caught on as U.S. users stick with their credit cards. Now the innovation is coming in the form of new debit cards. Read More FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage Anyone who dreads hearing one end of a loud phone call all the way from Anchorage to Miami, take heart: The plan to allow cellphones on planes could fail in more ways than an overbooked flight at a snowbound airport on Christmas Eve. Read More HTC One Max deep-dive review: With this phone, size matters The new HTC One Max Android smartphone has a gorgeous 5.9-in. display and outstanding speakers -- but be ready to deal with some serious smartphone bulk. Read More Samsung updates Galaxy Grand with HD screen, quad-core processor Samsung Electronics has upgraded its large-screen smartphone, the Galaxy Grand, with a quad-core processor and an even bigger, HD screen. Read More HP to ship $89 Android tablet with Intel chip Retailer Walmart will sell on Black Friday an $89 Hewlett-Packard Android tablet, one of many tablets available at massive discounts this holiday season in the U.S. Read More Motorola inks 3D printing deal for customizable smartphone parts 3D Systems and Motorola have signed a multi-year deal that will provide highly customizable 3D-printed phone parts, giving owners a way to make functional and aesthetic choices about their device. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: London calling: Road testing mobile Wi-Fi voice apps I spend 10 days touring the U.K. with no cell service, relying on four voice apps and Wi-Fi as my sole telecommunictations link to the world. Is this any way to travel? Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Best Practices to Make BYOD Simple and Secure This white paper presents practical guidance and best practices to develop a policy including mobile device management, desktop virtualization and secure file sharing to leverage the full power of consumerization. Download the white paper. View Now Review: Yoga 2Pro flexes its multimode Windows 8 options If you're going to be stuck with a Windows 8 (or 8.1) notebook, you might as well make it as interesting as possible, to help lessen the pain of having to deal with Windows as your operating system. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft finally about to close the Windows Phone app gap? t's been a very good week for Windows Phone, with a new survey finding that the number of developers planning to write apps for it has doubled, and with an Instagram app finally arriving. Does this mean that the app gap is finally closing? Read More Richi Jennings: Cellphones on a plane? Fly the unfriendly skies, FCC-style... Riots in the skies. Oh boy, here we go again. The Federal Communications Commission is again proposing that we be allowed to use cellphones in flight. Can you imagine how irritating it would be to have your neighbors yakking up a storm all through your flight? Er, or not. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers have their heads in the clouds. Read More AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages Three major U.S. carriers have agreed not to charge their customers for premium text messages, which have emerged as a route for unauthorized third-party charges on mobile phone bills. Read More Only half of large companies have strong mobile strategies More than six years after the first iPhones hit the streets and more than three years after the iPad emerged, less than half of IT operations have implemented comprehensive mobile strategies. Read More Antone Gonsalves: Wireless carriers reach new low in customer protection Major carriers have trumped customer safety with profits in rejecting Samsung antitheft software. Read More Tablets running 64-bit Android, Intel Bay Trail chips coming soon Tablets with 64-bit versions of the Android OS and Intel Atom chips code-named Bay Trail will become available next year, Intel said on Thursday. Read More
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