Android Tablet PC in Business

It has been said that 2011 is the year of the Tablet PC, and many analysts are predicting that by 2015, 30% of the population will own a Tablet PC. There has been a lot of discussion about the fun usages of a Tablet PC, but what about using a Tablet PC for business? Is it practical? Do applications exist to make it even feasible?

Tablets are predominantly being used for email, internet and multimedia currently, but we are also seeing the business sector look towards tablets for their solutions as well. Deloitte research firm did another report where they predict that 25% of all tablet sales will be by businesses for business activity.

Some IT executives may consider tablets a drain on productivity. Understanding productivity in the enterprise is extremely important for Android devices.IT managers want to be able to control every aspect of a tablet before they put it in the hands of their employees.

Here's a list of biz apps needed in a Tablet.
 Word/excel/powerpoint
 Email
 Calendar
 Remote PC access
 Document scanning
 Contacts
 Video conferencing
 Social apps
 Travel apps
 Invoicing for tracking billable hours

If you're looking to put your Android-powered tablet to work, check out these apps

Due Today is all about organizing your life. It uses the popular Getting Things Done method to keep you and your tasks organized. You can set filters and specific reminder times, and it also syncs with the ToodleDo service.
Catch Notes allows you to jot down your thoughts, ideas, brainstorms, and other moments of genius via text, voice recordings, images, and locations, all with free sync and backup on Catch.com
Fuze Meeting is a high-def Web-conferencing service. In addition to streaming live video and audio, you can upload files to the cloud so that everyone you're meeting with can view them together
File Manager HD, One advantage that Honeycomb has over iOS on the iPad is that you can access the file system if you want to, just as on a regular desktop computer.
Quickoffice brings Microsoft Office-compatible apps to Honeycomb. It can create, view, and edit Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.

Our choice is MOTOROLA XOOM for business purpose.
We are preparing our Mopon.in & ADA sales force to use Android tablets from Jan-2012.