New Year, New Tablet, New Apps – Alexandra Samuel – Harvard Business Review

New Year, New Tablet, New Apps – Alexandra Samuel – Harvard Business Review.

If you were a good girl or boy in 2012, with nary an unanswered email or incomplete task, Santa may have rewarded you with a shiny new tablet under the Christmas tree. But with all their toy-making and tablet-assembling, the elves are way out of the loop on the latest mobile apps, and it’s now up to you to decide on what to install on that new device.

Don’t get caught in the trap of installing the latest sexy apps that make it into the end-of-year Top 10 lists. Instead, start by thinking about what you want from your new tablet, and then pick the apps that will help you get it: