Originally Posted by st@cey

Thought I would post (for those interested) about the "Every laptop should be left behind" session happening @ 9am on Thursday, May 15th at the Grand Ballroom, Salon 7.

The concept of the session is to discuss how various applications allows for people to use their BlackBerry for many tasks traditionally performed on a laptop or desktop computer.


Here's the skinny:

"According to Gartner, fifty per cent of traveling workers will leave their notebooks at home in favor of other devices by 2012. These devices have become more powerful and growing legions of innovative companies are creating the next-generation software and hardware that will power these devices. Come hear from a sampling of these category-defining companies who will force you to leave your laptops behind..."

Speakers:
Rob Woodbridge, President & CEO, Rove
Dave Peak, Co-Founder & CEO, LiquidTalk
Paul Dumais, CTO, Rove
Will Hickie, CEO, WICKSoft
Bob Burk, TrueContext/Pronto
Kerry Kinchen, Electronic Communications Analyst, Sealed Air Corporation