This week in mobile, Apple unveils the iPad Mini, while Windows officially releases Windows 8 to mixed reviews.
News and Insights
- Business Insider – Apple held an event on Tuesday, announcing the iPad Mini
- Mashable – Apple also unveiled a slew of other products including a new full-sized iPad. Here’s everything you need to know
- Forrester – iPad Mini and iPad 4th Generation fulfill a market mandate — what CIOs need to know
- MobiHealthNews - Why physicians will prefer an iPad mini: It’s pocketable
- GigaOm- Windows officially released Windows 8 on Wednesday, and the reviews are mixed
- New York Times – David Pogue on Windows 8: “revamped and split in 2″
- TNW – Another great review fo Windows 8: “The Thing I Love and the Thing I Hate”
- Gizmodo - What exactly is Isis mobile payment, and how is it different from the dozens of other mobile payment techs?
- TabTimes - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Surface will beat the iPad in the workplace, benefit from BYOD
- Mobile Marketer - Forrester exec: NFC has more use cases than payments
- CIO - Many enterprises deploy hundreds of apps, yet most tend to actively use far fewer
- Huffington Post – Google’s Android event scheduled for Monday Oct. 29 has been cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Research
- Hard Rock International Selects Usablenet to Power Connected Mobile Brand Experience for Smartphone Users
- Kony Announces Support for Windows 8 Operating System
- New on Mobify’s blog: 5 iPad Mini Web Design and Development Early Best Practices
- SapientNitro Named a Leader in Gartner’s Evaluation of Global Digital Marketing Agencies
- Forrester announced the 2012 Groundswell Award winners, for excellence in use of social media to advance an organizational or business goal (including mobile).
