Mobile (still not) First

Increasingly I've been leaving my life on conference calls. Office, hotel room, airport lounge, almost any place is good to launch WebEx or GoToMeeting and attend a call. Over time I've leaned how to use a set of tools, gear, and best practices. For example the Jabra Speak 510 has proven to be an undisputed champion of voice clarity. Dead simple installation, awesome voice, both in a very lightweight package.

Unfortunately the conferencing software lags behind. WebEx on iPad is far, far from what the desktop version offers. Starting with simple gaps like not being able to browse meetings. And one would think smartphones and tablets are designed to be the multimedia communication devices. Cisco somehow does not seem to understand the importance of mobile and has never successfully implemented the Mobile First strategy.

There is a huge gap in user experience when using consumer oriented applications like Whatsupp, compared to professional communicators / conferencing tools like WebEx.

One would think a global leader should not have a problem with understanding and executing this - considered common today - vision.