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I've been using Windows Phone 8 for a day. Here's what I think.

A little over 24 hours ago, I became a full-time Windows Phone 8 user. I have a 16GB HTC 8X , and it's activated on my primary cell plan, so I'm committed (and forced) to using it. I'm a little bit surprised, but so far I like it a lot. We don't usually do hardware reviews, since I tweeted about it there were a few conversations going, and more things to say than can fit in a tweet...

Published Jan 11 2013 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 0 views, 0 comments

Top tech tweets about the Mayan apocalypse

It's still early here in the Western Hemisphere, so let's not count all our chickens before they've hatched, but so far we've avoided the apocalypse that the Mayans supposedly predicted for Dec. 21, 2012. Our impending doom was popular comedy fodder on Twitter, and it even spawned some good technology-related quips. Here are some of the best: The world ended. I am tweeting from hell...

Published Dec 21 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 18 views, 0 comments

Consumerization Nation #18: VMware, BYOD, and 2012 in review

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3. Colin and I were joined by Jim Furbush and Brian Madden for our final show of 2012. Here's what we covered: Dell's recent acquisition of Credant Technologies Windows Intune now has more MDM capabilities , but we're not sure what they are. 2012 was a huge year for mobile...for everyone except...

Published Dec 19 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 8 views, 0 comments

Consumerization Nation LIVE Wednesday, December 19 1pm EST/10am PST: Colin, Jim, and Jack talk about 2012 in CoIT and mobility

Our final episode of Consumerization Nation for 2012 will be on Wednesday, December 19, at 1pm EST/10am PST. Colin and I will be joined by Jim Furbush, and we'll start off by looking at the story they put together Top 10 vendors that get the consumerization of IT in the enterprise. Next, we can look at two articles about BYOD— In defense of BYOD by Colin and Why BYOD doesn't matter (nearly...

Published Dec 18 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 0 views, 0 comments

Office for iOS: A lose-lose proposition for Microsoft

Not too long ago, mobile workers viewed Microsoft Office as their productivity savior -- the one app that would break their last PC chains and make them true road warriors. Microsoft executives probably felt the same way, envisioning the day when Office would give the company a true presence on the “it” platform of the 21 st century: Apple’s iOS . As time went by, however, and Microsoft...

Published Dec 12 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1 view, 0 comments

Did Citrix overpay for Zenprise?

Citrix hasn't exactly been gung-ho about mobile device management, so its decision to buy Zenprise for $355 million is a little puzzling. Back in June, Citrix executive Jesse Lipson told me the company was considering adding mobile device management (MDM) to its portfolio. He described it as a sort of stopgap measure; Citrix's focus is on mobile application management (MAM) with its CloudGateway...

Published Dec 07 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1 view, 0 comments

In defense of BYOD

Reports of BYOD's death are greatly exaggerated. As the end of the year approaches, every analyst and pundit feels the need to make predictions for 2013. A hot take in IT is that 2013 will be the year when the bring your own device (BYOD) hype fizzles. There's even some data to back this prediction up. I don't buy it. BYOD is going to be around for a while, because it provides the path...

Published Dec 04 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1 view, 0 comments

Consumerization Nation #17: Good patent lawsuits, Zenprise, and mobile virtualization

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 For this episode of Consumerization Nation, Colin and I were joined by fellow TechTargeter Jim Furbush. We spend most of this 30 minute show talking about Good Technology and their patent infringement lawsuit against MobileIron and Airwatch ( Here's Good's press release .) Good also put up a special...

Published Nov 29 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 17 views, 0 comments

Consumerization Nation LIVE - Thursday, November 28, 1pm EST / 10am PST. Let's talk about Good patents, Zensuite, and mobile virtualization.

Colin Steele, Jim Furbush, and I will be creating another episode of Consumerization Nation, live today at 1pm EST, 10am PST. What will we be talking about? How about: Good Technology's patent infringement lawsuit against AirWatch and MobileIron Is Apple ruining mobile virtualization for us? Or are they saving us from it? Why I think Office for iOS and Android could be awesome, why it won't...

Published Nov 29 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 7 views, 0 comments

How Not to Deploy A Mobile App, by Mitt Romney

Imagine this scenario: Your organization has a super-important task at hand -- one that will change the course of history. A distributed workforce of 30,000 people is tasked with carrying it out, all in one day, over the course of 12 hours. Its success depends on the ability to collect real-time data, analyze that data and then deliver actionable information to the right workers in the right places...

Published Nov 09 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 3 views, 0 comments

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