Cisco Cius: An Android tablet with video conferencing for business types

This looks amazing, and the fact that its android is a bonus!

We knew it was coming sooner or later. Go Go Google Go.

Interesting. I love the but for “busy people” statement. You do realize they will be goofing off like anybody else.

What I’d like to see are what business apps/colaborative tool that will be available. Outside of that nothing else indicated in the write up above points to business in particular. Those are features most have voiced on here want for… well goofing off.

How do you folks think this will impact Blackberry usage within enterprise?

My initial take is that employees will still need a smartphone and this is more of a niche product where videoconferencing is important.

But I would like to know what you think – particularly if you are involved in making these types of decisions in your role.

I’m still waiting for the “Chrome Tablet”….

Hmmm. . .so tell me everything but when I can buy it and what it will cost? This thing is already a dud.

I look forward to android tablets putting pressure on the ipad. Apple is smart/stingy with their software and only allows cool new things for their devices once another device puts pressure on them. How else would you be able to justify it taking 3 years before you could finally customize your home screen background on the iphone?

Aaaah, this is what Jack Bauer was using in the latest season of 24!!

This is really a very niche product. Avaya (Cisco’s big competitor in the enterprise telephony space) announced something very similar about 6 weeks ago. Basically, a few exec’s might own this, it won’t get used and well, end of story

Wow – throw’n a little attitude at the fruit company. Do we start calling lemons apples now?

Wow who just crapped in RIM’s mess kit…

Doesn’t matter what the underlying OS is or is based on. Cisco can be just a restrictive as Apple when they choose to be. All they’ll do is customise the OS and you still won’t have free reign to install any app and do anything you like. Cisco have built a portable video conferencing device not a tablet PC.

To other companies who not affiliated with Cisco, you just got burnnnnnnned

if it comes with the guy in the picture….I’d definitely get one!! LOL

Waiting to try it. Android tablet is promising idea.

Wow these devices with front facing cameras really help take sex chat lines to the next level.

Wow these devices with front facing cameras really help take sexx chat lines to the next level.

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‘Cius’ is a terrible name.

terrible