They can also make better use of their time when traveling on business. As a result, workers are more productive and efficient. The new report shows a dramatic change in usage and purchases of mobile communications from Cahners In-Stat Group's 1995 study. For instance, the 1995 report showed that laptops were frequently used in addition to desktop computers. The new research shows that laptops are replacing desktop computers at a rate of one in three because of available enhanced features including larger screen sizes, better resolution, bigger hard disk drives, and CD-ROMs.
Laptops are often a mobile worker's only computer.
Over the past two years, remote access has become a standard application. Today, three out of four portable computer users rely on these devices to communicate with other computers or networks. In 1995, only half of portable computer users remotely accessed computers and networks. Despite these changes in the past two years, mobile workers still rely on traditional phone lines for data access. They have not adopted wireless data services to any significant degree.