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According to >Forbes blog Sprint is not taking enough advantage of their 4G network and plans to remedy this in 2011 by launching a 4G tablet, said Paget Alves, Sprint’s President of Business Markets, in an interview. Alves did not specify which manufacturer would produce the tablet, but did note that Sprint will soon sell tablets with other operating systems.
That could mean a Windows-based device, Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook or something from HP based on Palm’s webOS operating system. Currently, Sprint has one tablet, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, which runs Google’s Android mobile platform.
“You will see 4G across our portfolio even more next year,” said Teresa Kellett, Sprint’s Director of 4G. “We want our consumers to have more choice in 4G devices.”
“The adoption rate for tablets in the business sector is much, much faster than we expected,” said Alves. Most users are “knowledge workers” searching for a lighter, cheaper alternative to a laptop, particularly for travel. While a company’s entire workforce would likely not receive a tablet, a “meaningful proportion” probably would, said Alves.
Alves said he’s confident Sprint’s corporate customers will stick around, in part because of the company’s head start. “We’ve been in this market for over two years,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of time to work with our customers and build up a portfolio of 4G devices and services.”
The trend of branding all fast networks 4G will “eventually backfire,” Alves added. “Throwing around that term will make it less meaningful,” he said. “Then it will be more about delivering what people expect from a ‘4G’ experience.”
Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2010/12/09/sprint-says-4g-tablet-coming-in-2011-80-of-cios-want-to-buy-tablets/
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