Business tools at CES: part 1

Even if you don't have a formal policy, your employees are probably bringing their own devices into the office and using them to copy files and take work home. Which of the products announced at the Consumer Electronics show are you going to have to deal with?

It's going to be even harder to avoid Android in 2013. For a start, there's the usual slew of new Android smartphones on the way, with the prospect of owners trying to use them for access to their work email on.

While we're not seeing a flood of 'me too' Android tablets from CES this year, there are new Android devices that a little better thought out and maybe more tempting. The success of the Nexus 7 has led Acer to take the bold step of introducing a £99 7-inch Android tablet, the Iconia B1.

At that price, we expect a lot of people to try it out to see if they want a tablet or consider it as an alternative to e-readers, which could mean employees who used to have a Kindle in their bag switching to an Android tablet that connects to the office Wi-Fi network, and maybe accessing email and file shares.

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