Research: Mobile working on the increase

Rhetorik ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 25 Sep 2007 09:59 BST

Key benefits of laptops over handheld mobile devices
Earlier in this report we found strong agreement from our respondents that the functionality on handheld mobile devices is not yet up to that of a laptop. To explore this issue further, we asked them what was the most important thing they could do with a laptop that they were unable to do on a handheld multifunction device.

The main advantages of a laptop that were highlighted are as follows:

The large display, hence the ability to view and work with complex/detailed documents including spreadsheets, presentations, images and other graphical data or rich media
A full-size keyboard for ease and speed of use
The ability to access and use MS Office applications and generally access all applications and documents available at the desktop

Overall, a lot of other very diverse points were also raised. Among the most prevalent not noted in the figure were:

The ability to handle attachments
Greater storage and hence local data access capabilities
The ability to customise and programme
Better web applications/access
Access to key business applications

Figure 12: Key benefits of laptops over handheld mobile devices

Q10 In your opinion, what is the most important single thing you can do with a laptop, that you cannot do with a handheld multifunction device? (open response)
Base: All respondents; Total: 371
Source: Rhetorik 2007

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