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iPad Competitors offers Entrepreneur 12 Choices for Business Training

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A business may need solutions while people are on the go.  Anytime you can add a tool to a conversation which can include pictures, it increases the odds for finding a solution.  Laptops are too cumbersome for conversations side by side and mobile devices are too small.  The iPad from Apple is certainly an eye opener but there are a dozen options for an entrepreneur to consider for business. There are 12 tablet options shown here.

One of the tablets even has two cameras to capture the moment.  

This is an important step as sharing information, whether it be side by side or over the Internet, has taken a huge step forward.  The question will be:  Docking stations.  If you can carry your tablet can you dock it at a business office or at a home business?  That be a determining factor for my next purchase of a tablet.  Here are 12 of the biggest iPad competitors who offer their own tablet.

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Asus Eee Tablet

Asus Eee Tablet

Axiotron Modbook

Axiotron Modbook

Dell Streak

Dell Streak

ExpoPC Slate

ExpoPC Slate

HP Slate

HP Slate

ICD Vega

ICD Vega

JooJoo

JooJoo

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Lenovo Ideapad s10-3t

Notion Ink Adam

Notion Ink Adam

Viliv X70

Viliv X70

Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic QUE proReader


Another buffet of choices.  Comparing the choices more in depth in this article by Paul Toscano, CNBC will take you to the next step. 

Before you go there, determine who will be the users, what the working environment is, size requirements, and how it will be used.  Selling for a business will have different requirements vs. developing staff for a business.  How great will it be when you can hand someone a tablet, have them sit anywhere to watch videos, listen to recordings, read training material, and take tests... all on the tablet you are about to purchase?

 

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