The laptop has been around for quite some time, but it will more than likely be replaced as the go-to tool for computing on the move. What will be the successor? The tablet — obviously. Many doubters think the tablet is nothing more than a gimmick to help boost sales. I was one of those doubters for quite some time. But after using tablets enough, I have come around to seeing just how incredibly helpful that technology is. Here are some reasons why I believe tablets will replace the laptop as the mobile device of choice.

1: Power consumption

There is no question here: The tablet blows away the laptop with regard to power consumption. On average, I can get a full day out of a tablet on a single charge. A laptop? Not even close. And for anyone on the go, losing power is just another obstacle that interferes with work. With a tablet, you don’t have that issue. It would be a rare occasion that you would burn through your power before getting access to a means of recharging.

2: Viruses

Android? iPad? Viruses anyone? I think not. Not that it will never happen, but it’s a pretty safe bet that tablets will never suffer from the same deluge of viruses that plagues a Windows laptop. Because of this, a tablet can safely work on without concern for viruses and malware. Oh sure, you’ll find antivirus software in the Android Market, but they are pretty much pointless. Who in the world wouldn’t want to work with a portable device that isn’t vulnerable to the masses of viruses and malware out in the wild?

3: Portability

You can lug around a 4- to 12-pound laptop or a sub .5-pound tablet. Which do you want when you’re going through airports, taxis, hotels, conferences, meetings, etc.? You’re going to choose the tablet every time. But not just because of weight. The ability to work with a tablet in confined spaces totally overshadows the laptop. Need to work in a cab? Tablet. Need to work in the bathroom? Tablet. You simply can’t beat the tablet for portability.

4: Cost effectiveness

Out of the starting gate, a really good tablet will cost about the same as a low- to mid-range laptop. So you’re getting more for your money at the outset. But now figure in the price of an extra battery and software for the laptop and you can see how quickly the cost will add up. Tablets are fast becoming one of the most cost-effective office tools you will find.

5: Online connection

Pay the extra fee and get your tablet with a 4G connection, and you won’t have to worry about finding a Wi-Fi connection to access whatever cloud or service you need. Most models can be purchased with a constant network connection (to the tune of 3G or 4G), which makes the tablet a step ahead of most laptops. Yes, you can purchase aircards for laptops, but that’s just another piece of hardware to worry about.

6: Available applications

There are thousands upon thousands of applications now available for tablets. So many in number and variety are these applications, it almost makes going back to a laptop a real pain. And yes, a good portion of those apps are worthless, but not all of them. And a good portion of the solid, useful apps are free! Best of all, those apps can be installed from anywhere without installation media. You have a network connection, you can install software.

7: User friendliness

Tablet interfaces are probably some of the single most user-friendly desktops you will come across. They are simple, elegant, and don’t get in the way of work. I fully believe (as do Ubuntu and GNOME) that this is the future of the PC desktop. The applications (for the most part) were also designed with amazing user friendliness in mind. Simple to use, very little clutter to the interface (no Ribbons to get in the way), and singular in purpose (in many cases). So you might have more apps installed than you would on a laptop, but because of the ease of installation/removal, that’s not a problem.

8: Bluetooth connectivity

I have become a fond user of the Bluetooth. Headphones, headsets, keyboards, you name it. And tablets make the connection between these devices a breeze. Connecting those same devices to a laptop? Not so easy. Even with a built-in card, the connection process is not nearly as easy as it is when done from a tablet.

9: Efficiency

Getting a laptop and a tablet out of hibernation is like comparing apples and oranges. Tablets are as close to an instant-on tool as we have in the industry. And when on the go, nothing beats instant on. Need to write a note or send off a fast email? You’ll be completing that task much more quickly when doing it from a tablet.

10: Social integration

Some might argue that social networking isn’t ideal for business use. I would argue that it is. Even when you’re on the go, you need to remain in contact with co-workers, family, and friends. Why not do that with the ease of nearly seamless integration? Forget having to use a browser for everything. Instead, grab an Android tablet that can quickly have you Facebooking, Tweeting, and Tumbling. And if you think that’s nothing more than a waste of time, remember that small businesses depend upon social networking tools for free marketing.

The tablet era

Tablets are not only here to stay, it will only be a matter of time before they have fully and finally usurped the laptop as the go-to hardware for the mobile business user. After you get past the acclimation period for the keyboard, the tablet is an amazing tool for portable business (or even casual) usage.

Original article by Jack Wallen of Tech Republic

I’ve had my iPad for a couple of weeks and now that I’ve finished Angry Birds HD I’ve been looking to use it more as a work tool rather than just a mobile entertainment center.

One of the things that I have always found cumbersome with an iPad is transferring files to it so that I could work with them. Most file sharing apps require you to use your PC or MAC to upload files to your iPad. If you forget a file, you have to go back to your workstation and upload it.

After some extensive searching, reading reviews and further research I have now installed an iPad app called FileBrowser. This app allows me to browse my network directly from my iPad, just like you would use Mac Finder or Windows Explorer.

Using FileBrowser I can browse shared folders on all the machines in my network via Wi-Fi. Once I have located a file I can either copy it locally or work with it in situ.

If I navigate to a folder containing pictures I can view them as a slide show, if it’s a movie file then I can stream it to my iPad without having to copy it locally.

How Does FileBrowser Work?

FileBrowser connects to your computer or network accessible storage device using Windows SMB protocol which means there is no third party software or additional network configuration required. Just share your folder in the normal manner (Windows & MAC) and connect to it using FileBrowser.

Accessing files on remote machines

One of the options I had been looking for was the ability to securely connect to shares on remote networks (really useful for IT guys). To do this I merely connected to the remote network using a secure VPN and then created a connection to the network share. Once I had entered my username and password for the share I was able to access, work on and stream files from it just as easily as I had within my own network.

I have included below some screenshots (from the vendors website) so that you can see what the interface looks like when being used on the iPad:

The FileBrowser For iPad App can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store by clicking on the button below:

Or by clicking here >>> FileBrowser For iPad App

If you’ve spent enough time around the Android platform, you know how varied the interface is. From the HTC Sence, to Motorola Blur, to Samsung Fascinate — each carrier has their own take on how best to serve up the platform (There are, obviously varying opinions as to which take is the best.) Although that is very much in keeping with open source, it does cause problems for developers and support alike. Think about how many times you’ve had to be support for an Android user in your company only to realize you were trying to walk the user through setting up an Exchange connection on a device unlike the one you were using. Believe it or not, the difference between the Motorola and the HTC Android Interface is different enough to nearly seem like you’re working on an altogether different platform.

That is not good from a marketing or support standpoint.

So — here’s what’s happening — Google has finally decided to clamp down on the carriers from making “willy nilly” tweaks to the OS. In fact, Google has laid down some rules. Those rules?

• No more unapproved tweaks.
• No more partnerships formed outside of Google’s purview.
• Companies will need to have their plans for the OS approved before receiving early access to Google’s software.
• Companies must sign a “non-fragmentation” clause that grants Google veto power over changes.

Among many communities, Google is now (more than ever) starting to appear like yet another Evil Empire. When Android was first launched, companies were told they would have a sort of ultimate freedom to be able to develop and design around the platform. But now, it seems, that Google is making a mad-dash turnabout to stop companies from making Android “their own”. And although this does go against the true spirit of open source, I actually think this is a smart move on Google’s part — so long as they do one thing: Keep the source fully available to companies and individuals.

Why do I think this is a smart move? There are certain issues that have cropped up with the Android platform. First and foremost the variances in the interfaces and settings controls offered up by different carriers has caused a lot of problems for support and developers. Second, viruses have popped up here and there, thanks to the lack of vetting done on the Android Market Place. These two issues alone have caused users exiting the Android platform for the more consistent Apple iOS platform.

And, more important to the end-user, every handset (regardless of carrier) will be able to be updated to the latest-greatest far sooner than the current model allows. That alone, should make Android users proclaim Google’s clamping down a big win.

Original Article From Tech Republic

Apple have introduced the iPad 2, featuring an entirely new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad while maintaining the same 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen and up to 10 hours of battery life. iPad 2 also features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor for blazing-fast performance and stunning graphics and now includes two cameras — a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video. iPad 2 is available in black or white and introduces the innovative iPad 2 Smart Cover in a range of colors.

Apple has announced that the Apple iPad 2 UK release date is 25 March 2011, two weeks behind the US launch date of March 11th 2011.

For further information on the Apple iPad 2 please use the links below:

Apple iPad 2 Features

Apple iPad 2 Built-in Apps

Apple iPad 2 Tech Specs

When I look at the current PC hardware ecosystem I see one device which has the potential to significantly dent Microsoft’s future revenues, far more than either the Mac or Linux could achieve – the netbook.

The problem isn’t that netbooks are cannibalizing Windows sales (they aren’t, especially when you take into account that Windows-powered netbooks out-sell Linux models by a significant margin), the problem is down to the fact that Moore’s Law has finally caught up with Microsoft and the OS is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive components of a new PC. And as hardware prices continue to fall (which they will), this is only going to get worse for Microsoft.

The current raft of netbooks are modest in terms of power, but are yet very capable systems based around the 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and 1GB of RAM, but they are perfectly capable of running Windows 7 Ultimate and several applications simultaneously. OK, games and resource-heavy apps such as Photoshop are a no-go, but apart from those sort of apps there’s not much that a netbook can’t handle. A year from now and these devices will have even more horsepower at their disposal. By the time that Microsoft is thinking about releasing the successor to Windows 7 these netbooks will be at a point where they could well serve as desktop replacements for many people (all you need is a dock and a monitor, keyboard and mouse).

When it comes to netbooks, Microsoft has, without a doubt, been caught off-guard. Currently the Redmond giant is having to license the older, cheaper Windows XP for installation on netbook devices because Vista isn’t a viable option because it’s too bloated to work properly. Once Windows 7 hits OEM PC (probably by August of this year) Microsoft will make available the cheaper “Starter” edition of Windows in both developed countries and developing nations (previously this edition was only available in developing nations). But there’s a big problem with the “Starter” edition, and that is the built-in “three applications running at any one time” limit. Rather than tearing down walls, when it comes to low cost systems such as netbooks and low-end notebooks, Microsoft is putting in place arbitrary partitions in order to protect revenues and sell the higher-priced editions of Windows. In effect, what Microsoft is doing is putting in place a multitasking tax on users where users will need to pay more to run more than three applications.

By now you’ve probably caught on to the fact that I’m no fan of application limit that Microsoft has imposed on the “Starter” edition. You’d be right. I can accept different features being made available in different editions, but to go as far as to control the number of third-party applications that can be run at any one time is a step too far. What next, an arbitrary limit on CPU horsepower? Disk space? Not only is this an example of the fact that Microsoft has yet to catch on to the fact that the OS is increasingly becoming irrelevant on a modern PC as more users turn to cloud services, but if Apple ever enters the netbook game then you’ll see this particular “feature” being used to hammer home the advantages of a “one size fits all” Mac OS.

My guess is that in the end no one (in particular customers and probably the OEMs themselves who will be trying to sell these machines) will be happy with the limits of the “Starter” edition on netbooks and low-priced notebooks. OEMs will negotiate a cheaper Home Premium license (using Linux as a bargaining chip) and “Starter” will become a non-starter. A cheaper Home Premium license for the netbook will mean cheaper Home Premium license for the desktop. This is good for consumers, good for OEMs, but bad for Microsoft.

Orignal Article: ZDNet

It is a question we are frequently asked. It’s a valid question since laptop batteries are usually expensive to replace.

First of all, how long should your battery last?

2-4 years is generally acceptable depending on how frequently you use and charge the battery. If you travel a lot and use and charge your battery frequently then you might only get a couple of years at the most out of your laptop battery.

Laptop batteries are usually made with Li-Ion batteries and the very nature of Li-Ion batteries is that they have about 500-600 charges and last at most about 4-5 years (shelf life). They also have a self-discharge rate of about 1% per day so you need to be sure to charge them at least every 6 months.

How can you care for your battery to get the maximum life out of it?

1) Always use your laptop on a hard surface.

Laptops are portable and it’s easy to set your laptop on a soft surface to use it at your lesiure, that’s one of the benefits of having a portable computer. Flexibility – but if you want to extend your battery life you have to watch out for overheating your laptop.

Heat is one of the biggest obstacles to battery life longevity. Your laptop computer fan cannot circulate the air properly when your laptop is sitting on soft surface.

2) Do not keep your battery installed when you use your laptop on AC for an extended period of time.

While your laptop is undoubtedly using a smart charger to charge your battery even a constant trickle charge over months can reduce your battery life. For best results, only charge your laptop battery when you need to charge it, don’t leave the laptop battery plugged in all the time.

More importantly than the trickle charger affect is the ‘storage’ of a Li-Ion battery at elevated temperatures. The optimum storage temperature for a Li-Ion battery is at 0 deg. C. The optimum storage charge level is about 40%. Unfortunately we tend to store fully charged and at the temperatures found in a running laptop you’ll find a significant reduction in battery for your laptop performance after only 12-18 months.

3) Use a full charge cycle before recharging

Li-Ion and Ni-MH battery (which most laptop battery are), do not have a memory which you might find in NiCad batteries, however, each chemistry has a limited number of charge cycles, so use a full charge cycle before re-charging to maximize your laptop battery usage.

This may prove to be difficult to manage as you’ll need to consider the cost-benefit ratio for keeping track of how far discharged the battery is before you charge it again.

4) Be careful where you store your laptop

This goes back to the heat issue. Don’t leave your laptop in the car where it can get very hot. Batteries hate heat and your battery will go on strike permenantly if you expose it to too much heat.

Remember that all laptops are not created equal. You may have gotten 4 hours from your last laptop while on battery, but your new laptop might pull more juice to run that gaming quality processor, or the power hogging programs you’re running now.

Read your owner’s manual to find out what you should expect from your laptop battery and be sure to compare apples to apples when purchasing a replacement laptop battery. Not all laptop batteries are made equal. We recommend buying a battery that has at least as much capacity as your original battery (that’s the mAh rating), and preferrably the same chemistry as well (Li-Ion, Ni-MH).

If you simply aren’t sure what to get, check with a professional.

Does it all at a Touch

* Intuitive and interactive touchscreen PC
* Versatile mobility anywhere at home
* Connect to the Internet with ease, anytime, anywhere
* Near-silent operation at just 26 dB
* Exclusive touch-optimized software applications

You´ve got that magic touch.

Add a touch of fun to your home with the Eee Top, an easy-to-use one-stop desktop that puts the Internet at your fingertips—literally. It features a touch panel that allows you to do everything you can with a regular desktop by simply applying direct pressure on the screen with your fingertips!

One touch. Infinite possibilities.

With its touch-and-select interface and exclusive touch-optimized software, everyone in the family will find the Eee Top instantly easy to use! Scribbling memos to each other, surfing the Net, drawing custom emoticons during instant messaging—the possibilities are endless!

Easy to set up. Even easier to use. Everywhere at home.

Saying that the Eee Top needs to be set up is an exaggeration. All you have to do is plug the power cord into a socket, and it´s ready for use. Moving it about the house is virtually effortless!

The Eee Top is also the perfect computer for beginners. It features an exclusive Easy Mode within Windows® that makes commonly-used applications easily accessible. Everyone will be running programs like experts in no time!

Small in size. Big in features.

The Eee Top may have the tiny footprint of a slim LCD monitor, but it is massive in terms of features. Among its rich complement of features are Wi-Fi 802.11n connectivity for speedy and reliable Internet access, and an integrated 1.3 megapixel web camera and microphone for convenient web conferencing.

Designed for life.

The Eee Top is clearly user-friendly. But is it also home and earth-friendly? You bet it is. Its svelte design allows it to fit into the most space-starved of settings, and its sleek, modern looks allow it to blend in nicely with contemporary interiors. It operates at a hushed 26 dB and yet remains extremely cool, thanks to its unique cooling system, collectively known as ASUS Tranquiller Technology.

Top-notch entertainment at a touch.

With its sharp and vibrant widescreen (16:9) LCD, the Eee Top is a full-fledged entertainment center. Splendid™ Video Intelligence Technology ensures that the display remains vivid and clear regardless of environmental lighting, and SRS technology works in tandem with the Eee Top´s built-in high fidelity speakers to deliver crystal clear audio.
For added graphics power, the Eee Top ET1603 features a discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 graphics solution, enabling the system to run graphically-intensive 3D applications and games more fluidly.

Tying in all of the Eee Top´s multimedia capabilities is Eee Cinema, a rich-featured multimedia center that will enhance your enjoyment of photos, videos, music and movies. Eee Cinema puts the ability to browse, select and play all of your media at your fingertips.

For current Asus Eee Top Offers Click Here

Earlier this month an official AMD presentation pointed to 2009 as Windows 7′s release year. Now, Asus CEO Jerry Shen has mentioned a similar release time frame in an interview with Laptop Magazine.

During a brief discussion about operating systems, Shen plainly told the site, “We don’t plan on putting Vista on any of the Eee PCs. I think in the future in the second half of next year we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs. For now it will be Linux and XP and then Windows 7 and not do Vista.” In other words, Windows 7 systems should be out in consumers’ hands some time next year — a little sooner than the 2010 general availability time frame Microsoft has often suggested — and Eee PCs will get the latest-and-greatest OS release.

Shen revealed a few interesting OS-related details in the interview, too. Laptop Magazine asked if Asus was seeing higher return rates for Linux-powered netbooks, to which Shen replied, “I think the return rate for the Eee PCs are low but I believe the Linux and Windows have similar return rates. We really separate the products into different user groups. A lot of users like the Windows XP, but in Europe a lot of people want the Linux option.”

Interestingly, Shen also said Asus will introduce Windows XP-based Eee PCs with an “easy mode” desktop this quarter. On Linux-powered Eees, the “easy mode” takes the shape of a tile-based desktop with tabs and shortcuts to common applications. Users will reportedly be able to switch back to the “full” operating system if they want, though.

Original Article Written By:

Cyril Kowaliski of The Tech Report

Simon Cable explains the ins and outs of securing mobile phones.

It was only a matter of time before the virus writers started to exploit the mobile platforms and recently these viruses have become more malicious and started to present higher levels of risk for business and personal users.

The challenge presented today is multi-faceted, primarily because our mobile devices are increasingly powerful and are performing so many additional tasks. There are now over 300 pieces of malware that infect mobile devices, some of which can infect PCs or servers as well. They are spreading around by every means possible; SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, WAP, Wi-Fi, email, images, video clips, Instant Messaging and Voice over IP, are all known to be used by mobile viruses to spread.

It is important to tighten up on network defences and implement software to protect all types of messaging systems. Once a company device is infected with a piece of mobile malware confidential information may no longer be safe. Data integrity and compliance may also be compromised.

One of the current leaders in the mobile security field commissioned some market research and the results were slightly worrying. Symantec found that in Germany, on average, only 33 percent of men and 65 percent of women with smart phones claimed to be using any sort of security. However, 90 percent of those interviewed stored personal information like email addresses and phone numbers in their smart phone, 25 percent stored passwords on their phone and 20 percent even stored PIN numbers and credit card information!

In the UK a separate survey, also commissioned by Symantec, revealed that only 50 percent of users were concerned that their smart phone might be the target of hackers.

What should you do to protect your mobile phone?

Protecting your devices against attacks from hackers is possible and there are some basic things that everyone should be doing…

1 . Deactivate functions such as Bluetooth, Wireless LAN, and infrared when they are not in use. At the very least the phone should be set as ‘invisible’ under normal circumstances, so that it is less easily recognised by would-be hackers

2. It goes almost without saying that files from unknown sources received by any means (Bluetooth/MMS/SMS etc) should neither be opened nor installed, e.g. telephone numbers or links attached to short messages from unknown senders. The same applies here as with the home PC. Great care must be taken with unsolicited emails from unfamiliar sources

3. You should only download material from sources which you trust and which, as far as possible, are safeguarded by signatures

4. The decisive factor as far as security is concerned is of course having the proper programmes and security functions in place. These include virus scanners and firewalls which ensure protection when the user is surfing the net or checking emails and their attachments. In particular, anti-virus software is essential when the mobile telephone is being synchronised with a PC.

There is a good choice of mobile security solutions available from all of the leading security vendors today. It is essential that customers have a firewall in place to protect devices from unwanted probes or attacks, irrespective of their source or the method they are using. Scanning and checking incoming messages and files to ensure cleanliness from viruses and malicious or unwanted SMS messages is also essential.

The first company to release a solution to these emerging threats was a Finnish anti-virus firm called F-Secure. They were the first to develop software to protect both Symbian and Windows Mobile devices and they remain a market leader in this field today.

The larger anti-virus firms have more recently been able to develop and put to market a very good solution which also ticks all the required boxes.

Small form-factor laptops have popped up from nearly nowhere. Some people call the netbook the wave of the future. Others dismiss them as toys. Which is it?

It seems like almost overnight a new crop of mini-laptops has appeared on the scene. Manufacturers have always tried to figure out ways to make laptops lighter, smaller, faster, and with longer battery life, but there always seemed to be a downward limit in the size of the machines.

For the longest time, the limiting factor that kept laptops from shrinking was the basic elements of the machine. System boards could only be so small. You had to include a hard drive, which was at least 2.5″ in size. There was the seemingly mandatory and endless set of serial, parallel, USB, and other ports, which would clutter the periphery of the unit. Plus you had the PCMCIA standard, which meant that add-on cards were at least the size of a credit card. Battery technology required large, hefty batteries. And finally there was the usability factor of the laptop’s keyboard.

All these things conspired together to keep laptops from getting much smaller than an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper. Beyond that size, the units seemed to collapse into only semi-useful PDAs or devices that were limited to running an OS like Windows CE. One of the most successful sub-notebooks was the IBM ThinkPad 701c, but it didn’t survive very long in the marketplace.

Now, it seems like just about every major manufacturer of laptops has its own sub-notebook, only now they’re referred to with the buzzwords of ultra-mobile PC or netbook.

What’s in a name?

TechRepublic have had several netbooks that they’ve been using for testing. The first one was an Asus Eee PC. Although blogger Vincent Danen liked it, TechRepublic editor Mark Kaelin was less than impressed. He found the limitations with its version of Linux most annoying along with screen resolution and keyboard feel. I think they got the most pleasure out of cracking the Eee open rather than anything else!

After that, they got a 2GoPC Classmate. It was rather limiting as well. The screen resolution was particularly odd, and it was difficult to get used to the keyboard. They let an eleven-year-old play with it for a while, and she wasn’t sold on it either.

Mark has a Dell Inspiron 9 on his desk right now. We’re also probably going to get an Acer Aspire One. On top of all that, TechRepublic’s sister site, News.com, has a Lenovo IdeaPad S10 that they seem to like so far.

All the models seem to share the same limitations. Compared to standard notebooks, the screens are squashed and the keyboards are too small. (Although News.com likes the Lenovo keyboard so far.) Because they run the slower Atom processors, the machines aren’t nearly strong enough to run Vista, but they seem to run Linux and Windows XP tolerably. With Intel’s new dual-core Atom processor, the performance problem may disappear. For now, however, the inability to run Vista hasn’t been a problem and seems to say more about Vista than the netbooks.

Growing trend or passing fad?

The question at hand, however, is whether these devices are the wave of the future or a passing fad? ABI Research claims that by 2013, the size of the ultra-mobile market will be the same size as the notebook market — about 200 million units per year. This market will be led by the netbooks and things called Mobile Internet Devices. MIDs are devices stuck somewhere between a netbook and a cell phone but currently make up only a very tiny part of the ultra-mobile market.

That would lead one to think that ultramobiles are indeed the wave of the future. Of course, at one time research firms like Gartner assumed that OS/2 would wind up with as much as 21% of the market or more.

On the flip side are those like ZDNet’s Larry Dignan who imply, or flat out state, that netbooks are little more than toys. Although some are clearly targeted at students, I’m sure that most manufacturers are aiming a little higher up the market than that.

So far, most of the devices I’ve seen haven’t fully gotten it right yet. They’re getting closer, but so far don’t seem like machines that are ready to take over for a laptop yet. They do have potential, and I’m sure if you went back fifteen years, nobody would be talking about laptops ever fully being able to challenge desktop machines for dominance either.

The bottom line for IT leaders

Right now, netbooks aren’t a viable replacement for most notebook users. They’re niche machines that are really only useful for those with specific needs and who aren’t aware or bothered by the mini-machine’s limitations. Eventually they may become ready for business use, but unless you have an executive who travels a lot or someone who always has to have the neatest new gadget, you may be better served to wait.