Your smartphone or tablet is overrated. At least, that's the conclusion InfoWorld came to in assessing our scoring system for mobile devices. Much as changed since we developed our criteria and weightings four years ago. We saw an explosion of functionality for much of that period, so the average score climbed regularly -- until it was no longer average. And in the last year, there's been a real slowdown in mobile innovation, creating a plateau in our scores.
At the same time, there's been a major shift in the mobile ecosystem. Four years ago, security was a big differentiator, but it's less so today. The new mobile frontier for IT is management, where most platforms have little to offer. The major platforms have good browsers and a good basic set of applications available, so their differences have narrowed and their appropriate weight in our calculations has become too high.
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