Cisco’s Cius could be a major competitor to RIM’s PlayBook tablets in the corporate market. Telstra, the incumbent Australian telco, will by year-end be selling Cius tablets to corporates, and, it hopes, in large lots.
Cisco’s Cius Tablet Being Stationed
on Its Docking Station
The initial units are Wi-Fi-only but 3G and 4G models are to come later this year, which makes the point about how far Apple was ahead of other technology giants in tablets.
Telstra is looking forward to the 4G models because it’ll have some of its 4G network up and running by year-end.
Cisco’s selling points are Cius’ compatibility with its Teleprescence business video platform and its collaboration software. It’s also emphasizing Cius’ ease of developing and distributing apps.
Otherwise it’s just another tablet and one with a 7-inch screen: Android 2.2 (not Honeycomb), 600 pixel touchscreen, 52 grams and 32GB of internal memory plus an SD slot. It has an HDMI out port, which will help in making corporate presentations on TVs. There’s also a mini-USB port. It plays video in 720p HD video at 30 frames per second. Its rear-facing camera can record 720p HD video.
Cisco is undoubtedly working to get all the world’s telcos selling Cius’ because telcos have thousands of sales reps that are in frequent contact with large corporates and government agencies that are already their customers, something that Apple doesn’t have.
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