Like the PlayBook and iPad, Android tablets will eventually mature and pick up enterprise-class features--particularly the ones that protect against device loss. But it will take time, perhaps years, says Reed.

Until then, there are only two tablets on the market today with enterprise-class security, PlayBook and iPad.

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