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• Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

• Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  By Fred O'Connor | 23 May, 2012 08:44

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

• SAP rolls out new mobile apps, boosts HTML5, iOS, Android support

  By Chris Kanaracus | 15 May, 2012 00:42

  SAP on Monday unveiled a series of mobile applications covering areas such as expense management and e-learning, as well as improved support for iOS and Android devices. The announcements came at the start of the vendor's Sapphire conference in Orlando.

• Apple misled consumers with iPad 4G claims: ACCC

  By Hamish Barwick | 14 May, 2012 12:44

  Apple has stopped promoting its new iPad as 4G compatible in Australia following an application in the Federal Court in March 2012 by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over misleading advertisements.

• Review: AppMobi XDK brings more style than substance to iPhone, Android development

  By James R. Borck | 11 May, 2012 20:15

  Despite the gold-rush atmosphere around mobile application development, you won't find many newbie-friendly tools aligned to help nonprogrammers mine for application riches. Even if the target platforms often seem like toys, most of the development kits are still developer-minded and code-centric, and they can present formidable hurdles to the uninitiated.

• BYOD stirs up legal problems

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 May, 2012 22:29

  Let's say you need to pull some corporate data off an employee's personal iPad. Under the newly and hastily crafted bring-your-own-device policy, or BYOD, the employee is required to hand over the iPad to the IT computer forensics team.

• 3LM, Symantec and Wyse all aim to simplify management of mobile devices

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 May, 2012 02:18

  At three different events in three different U.S. cities 3LM, Symantec and Wyse Technology are all showing upgraded or new products to help IT staff better cope with the smartphones, tablets and other devices users are allowed to bring to work.

• Download InfoWorld's special report on IT consumerization

  By InfoWorld staff | 02 May, 2012 23:41

  By now, IT has seen a stream of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more enter the business. There's no stopping the consumerization trend, but IT can ease the transition and its own workload.

• In Pictures: The best office apps for your iPad, round 3

  By Galen Gruman | 27 April, 2012 08:23

  As your iPad gets more and more business use, be sure to have these apps to get the most office productivity possible

• Survey: Over 97 per cent of enterprise tablet users got an iPad in Q1

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 27 April, 2012 02:47

  Apple's dominance over Android in the corporate tablet market grew in the first quarter, according to a survey from mobile device management and wireless email vendor, Good Technology. The iPad accounted for 97.3 percent of tablets activated by enterprise users in that time period, the research found.

• Are BYOD workers more productive?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 24 April, 2012 09:01

  Bring-your-own-device, or BYOD, is a movement blurring the line between work and personal life. After all, BYOD is all about employees using personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes. So does this mean people check Facebook when they should be working or read job-related emails on weekends?

• Apple in talks with iPad trademark challenger to try and settle dispute

  By Michael Kan | 20 April, 2012 14:22

  Apple and a Chinese company have started talks to try and resolve an ongoing legal dispute over the iPad trademark, according to a lawyer involved in the case.

• In Pictures: 10 retina display-friendly iPad apps

  By Macworld.com staff | 18 April, 2012 09:31

  The third-generation iPad sports a eye-catching display. These App Store downloads use that improved screen to full effect.

• Is 'carrier bill shock' IT's problem? Absolutely

  By Custie Crampton, VP of product management at Tangoe | 17 April, 2012 05:35

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Android won't challenge Apple's tablet dominance in 2012: Gartner

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 11 April, 2012 02:30

  Worldwide tablet sales to end users are expected to total 118.9 million units in 2012, with Apple continuing to dominate and the Android camp struggling to replicate its success in the smartphone market, according to Gartner.