Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Cisco All But Kills Cius Tablet

Posted by Soulskill on from the see-us-not-be-surprised dept.

alphadogg writes "Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. The Android-based collaboration tool, which featured a 7-inch touchscreen and was not intended to challenge more consumer-oriented tablets such as the Apple iPad, fell victim to the BYOD trend and cloud computing, Cisco said in a blog post. Cisco will instead 'double down' on software offerings like its Jabber and WebEx products for more popular tablets and smartphones supporting a variety of operating systems."

10 of 65 comments (clear)

  1. Cannot trust Cisco by Openstandards.net · · Score: 3, Interesting

    After Cisco put back doors in all their equipment, why would anyone who knows this ever consider buying a tablet or any device with plenty of alternatives?

    http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/57070

    --

    Open Standards Portal
    1. Re:Cannot trust Cisco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      It states right in the article you linked that by law it is required to be incorporated into all networking equipment sold to ISPs, AND that Cisco is the only company who makes its lawful intercept architecture public.

      Not really trying to defend them here, but you may want to consider all the facts when making this kind of statement. =)

    2. Re:Cannot trust Cisco by EdIII · · Score: 2

      Because some of us don't give a fuck. Some of us don't steal music, we don't have pictures of 8 year old boys being pounded in the ass by a college football coach and we don't run government agencies. We're ok that a manufacturer has a back door to their own device. They're never going to use it when it comes to the man on the street. Don't get a fuck, seriously.

      Maybe the reason why we are not ok with it is because it is not Cisco's equipment but our own? I mean, we did pay for it right?

      Setting aside all the arguments about privacy, anonymity, and you dont-have-anything-to-fear-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide crap we can at least agree that if you own something... you know... maybe you should own it?

      I guess you don't give a fuck if you walk into your house, or business, and you find somebody standing there inspecting or modifying your equipment just because they sold it to you. That's sounds perfectly reasonable.

  2. Another Bad Idea by GeneralTurgidson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Cisco needs to stop trying these new markets and focus more on their core offerings. Their latest networking an voice gear is slipping when compared to competitors. Microsoft Lync for instance stand to replace a lot of Cisco UM capabilities for most businesses at half the price. All in one UTM devices are eating away at Ciscos security market by combining the cost of 3+ incredibly expensive Cisco devices into one. Cisco, fix your business model before you become irrelevant.

  3. Reverse vaporware? by Ignacio · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Did anyone even know this thing existed?

    1. Re:Reverse vaporware? by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's the next big thing: Streisand marketing.

      --
      How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
    2. Re:Reverse vaporware? by Anonymous+Psychopath · · Score: 2

      They really do exist, as I saw one once, last summer in real life. Our rep had one. Never saw it again. Now i know why.

      I'm looking at one on my desk right now. It's a decent phone and convenient to snatch it out of the cradle and walk around mid-call, but I'd rather have something else for a tablet device. There are a number of flaws that make it a poor choice for a road warrior, like needing a power brick to charge. Putting the focus on software is the right move.

      --

      Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

  4. Re:Did it support PoE? by zbaron · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, they do support PoE when docked in the media station.

    They also require connectivity to a WLAN at all times for signalling, but will use the wired LAN for voice/video when docked. I must be one of the very few people who actually make use of a Cius, it has a lot of promise as a device that combines a video phone and with the addition KDM, a VDI client that you can pick up and take with you when you leave your desk.

    There are some "version 1" issues of course, like the the hdmi display being limited to only to mirroring at the moment and I believe they are the only available Atom based Android tablet, so it does run warmer than others. I however think a 7" screen is too small when trying to use a tablet as a replacement for a laptop for things like note taking in meetings.

    Now, if the Cius tablet is going away, might we see a dock for an iDevice that has a telephone handset?

  5. Re:Another Android shitlet gets flushed by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2

    You seem to have overlooked the BlackBerry PlayBook.

    Not surprising. Everyone else has.

    --
    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  6. Re:Tired of support complaining about BYOD by Billly+Gates · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe you can be the one who does IT support while I bring in 4 devices that mess up your work and I will help give you a poor performance review in return and make sure you work off the clock to service the legiitimate users while I waste your time trying to get facebook to work on my uber IPAD.

    Sounds perfectly fair then. Do not like it then run your own company.

    --
    http://saveie6.com/