Tablet as the PC of Choice

Smaller the better seems to be the mantra of the Gen Y. They seem to increasingly prefer the products which they can easily carry, but should look cool and have innovative features.

Hence, the tablet seems to be currently in their radar!!

Dell Streak

 Different companies are launching tablets with extremely cool features and priced quite competitively. Apple, Samsung, Dell and many others have launched tablets with much fanfare.

So where does it leave the PC? As personal computing also moves to the tablets and smartphones, the days of the desktop PCs are numbered!! With the way, companies are focusing on the tablets and looking at the level of excitement it is creating among the consumers, it will be not be wrong to say that in a couple of years Tablet will be the PC of choice.  

Death of Email

Email nailed the final nail to the coffin of good old letter writing practice. I miss those days of writing long letters to my friends and family, and waiting for their replies. How great was the excitement when a letter arrived!!

But email changed everything and people hardly write except on the occasional Birthday or New Year cards. Email definitely made it easier and faster to communicate and get replies fast. 

Today, things seemed to have changed for Email too. In fact, Email is already a dead method of communication for Gen Y whose are always on instant messaging or on Facebook & Twitter for instant gratification. Many youngster that I spoke to says ‘Email is boring’, ‘it’s like writing a letter’, ‘useless way to spend time’ and they all seems to mention that the major headache are the spams that seemed to become a part of all the emails. In a way, they are correct— more than relevant mails, you get spams!!

It is too early to say whether email is really dead. But yeah, changes are possible within the next couple of years. The generation which prefers instant messaging to emails might make it obsolete.

Important in 3G arena

The Indian 3G arena is all ready for the fight between the service providers. The licensees have spent a huge amount of money on getting the licenses in India. Hence, the obvious focus will be how to break even quickly? But easier said that done, it will not be a cake walk for any service providers to become the market leader or recover the amount of money they have invested. The returns will definitely involve long term recovery process.

But from what I see, a couple of things will be very important and even mission critical for the service providers:

• The right tariff will be extremely important. If it’s too expensive, it will be very difficult for the service providers to hit the critical mass.

• Innovative features are necessary. Since it will be a new service for many, the most innovative and cool services will capture the eyeballs and the consumers too.

• Value Added Services (VAS) will be very important. The providers with great VAS will definitely have an edge.

• Applications you provide will also be crucial; more innovative applications will definitely create a better interest.

Get the right things down, gauge the consumers’ expectation and create a great experience with your 3G service—the consumers will flock to you!!!

Michael Dell Outlines Dell Vision at Gartner Symposium

At recently concluded Gartner Symposium, Michael Dell delivered the keynote address and laid out Dell’s vision for the future.

Michael made it clear that the future is about the cloud. Dell, with its great cloud solutions, is already a renowned player. The company further wants to consolidate its position as a major and serious provider of cloud solutions.

Watch the videos below and get an insight into Michael’s vision and insight about the future of technology and Dell.

• On the traditional PC business and Dell’s evolution as a solutions provider:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPoOT-pTHTc

• On evolutionary IT paths that leverage legacy installed bases, and revolutionary paths with astounding pre-configured capabilities and efficiencies:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHwkj2e0Ff4&feature=channel

• What’s next for Michael and for Dell?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi9jTcau6SA&feature=channel

• In 2020, what will Michael look back on as Dell’s great accomplishments?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LgfLKwMcUY&feature=channel