The Usage Of Tablets

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Usage of tablets
1) The first article described the overview of tablets and its usage. For example, iPad is a tablet and its usage of customers gets profit to business organizations such as restaurants, automobile showrooms, doctor offices, etc. by developing their apps in iPad tablet.
IPad tablets compared with mobile devices such as Smartphones for accessing data and inputting the information.The second article describes by using mobile devices by employees to access enterprise systems will increase the performance of the organization and employees will be aware of new technologies, opportunities in mobile IT management.The third article describes an organization that implemented mobile work technologies which met high performance goals with respect to environment sustainability.

2) Work life balance using Tablets
This article described usage of tablet with respect to work and personal uses. At first it is used as leisure devices and later it was helpful in business organizations where employees can work from anywhere anytime.
Mainly the tablets are provided by the company to employees to work from anywhere and majority of them having this device mainly because of company property only. Around 75% of the people are using these tablets for work as well as entertainment purpose. Most tablets used for checking emails and browsing.Some of them used for making notes in meeting time, managing the appointments, etc. But, around 60% of the people using tablets every day, but the rest of them are using just 1-3 hours in a day or 3-5 hours only.
For personal purpose, this device can be used for listening to music, watching movies, playing games, installing different apps for different purposes, etc.
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Pitt, L., Berthon, P., & Robson, K. (2011). Deciding when to use tablets for business applications. MIS Quarterly Executive, 10(3), 133-139.
Stieglitz, S., & Brockmann, T. (2012). Increasing organizational performance by transforming into a mobile enterprise. MIS Quarterly Executive, 11(4), 189-204.
Van Heck, E., van Baalen, P., van der Meulen, N., & van Oosterhout, M. (2012). Achieving high performance in a mobile and green workplace: Lessons from Microsoft Netherlands. MIS Quarterly Executive, 11(4), 175-188.

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