Motorola's newest tablet to ship with Polycom's RealPresence Mobile app

Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM)'s RealPresence Mobile software will be shipping pre-loaded as an app on Motorola's new Droid Xyboard, the company announced today. It's the first tablet to ship preloaded with the software.

The company rolled out RealPresence Mobile, which it calls the first enterprise-class HD mobile video solution for tablets, in October. The software allows Polycom customers to connect with other standards-based video systems, including immersive video rooms, group/desktop systems, laptops and other mobile devices.

The app is already available free for iOS devices, the Motorola XOOM tablet and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Polycom said the app has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since being introduced.

RealPresence Mobile allows users to simultaneously view content, such as presentations, in high-quality during video sessions.

"We want to enable our customer to be able to deploy across multiple platforms; we want them to have an easy choice as to what they want to use," Jim Kruger, SVP of global solution marketing told FierceEnterpriseCommunications when the app was introduced. "Having so many devices, the BYOD trend, has really made it difficult for IT departments. In many cases, they've tried to keep them at bay and not support them. This solution eliminates that problem; it allows them to manage and deploy via software."

Kruger said customers are looking to embrace mobility and tablets, which, he said, have a significant impact on business productivity.

It's a market that the company believes will see explosive growth in the short and long-term.

"The market driver is demand for mobility, and the key is tablets," he said. "The quality of the cameras, the processing power [and] the larger displays make tablets effective multipoint devices. They handle content and desktops; they make it easy to collaborate and connect into meetings."

Gartner predicts 900 million tablets will be shipped by 2015, with upward of 320 units shipped in 2015 alone. GigaOm Pro, meanwhile, said videoconferencing participation is expected to grow 14-fold to more than 140 million units over the same time frame.

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