Comments on: Are Tablets Truly Mobile Devices? https://blogs.perficient.com/2013/05/24/are-tablets-truly-mobile-devices/ Expert Digital Insights Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mat https://blogs.perficient.com/2013/05/24/are-tablets-truly-mobile-devices/#comment-15871 Fri, 31 May 2013 00:28:06 +0000 http://blogs.perficient.com/perficientdigital/?p=6480#comment-15871 I guess I should have said apps for phones assume they are *usually* connected. I wasn’t stating that as an absolute of course.

]]> By: Perry Hoekstra https://blogs.perficient.com/2013/05/24/are-tablets-truly-mobile-devices/#comment-15870 Fri, 31 May 2013 00:25:59 +0000 http://blogs.perficient.com/perficientdigital/?p=6480#comment-15870 In reply to Mat.

Yes, and no. Quite often with a smartphone you can enter zones where the connectivity is poor and the cell network connection will drop. Your mobile application has the take into account the possibility of intermittent connection loss.

]]> By: Mat https://blogs.perficient.com/2013/05/24/are-tablets-truly-mobile-devices/#comment-15869 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:07:22 +0000 http://blogs.perficient.com/perficientdigital/?p=6480#comment-15869 IOW, when developing for a “phone”, one can assume connectivity. With a tablet, that cannot be assumed, and must degrade gracefully. Right?

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