One of the strong points of mobile learning is considered to be the ability to deploy in corporate environment, for a "learn anywhere" approach. But it is easy to see how employees, once provided with these devices, will want more from them. After all, it is the employees who are the driving force behind the adoption of the smartphones and tablets in organisations. We consider, therefore, that an organisation analyzing the possibility of deploying personal devices for training and on-the-spot assistance, should consider the fact that the employees will want more than to run the training software. It might be something simple as accessing email or going online. But in a corporate enviroment, these activities should be regulated, not only as a good practice, but for compliace with standards or laws. This paper looks beyond the multimedia capabilities of these sort of devices, and wonders if the operating systems of the smartphones and tablets are fit to access the organisation's network and secure areas. We chose to analyse the operating systems because, no matter who built the device, the operating system is the one deciding the capabilities. We argue that the current generation of smartphones are designed for multimedia capabilities, not for compliance with the sort of security policy a typical organisation might choose to employ. We looked at the iOS (the operating system behind Apples' iPhone and iPad), Android (the operating system from Google that can be found in many smartphones and tablets), Blackberry OS (powering Research in Motion's personal assistant), from a rather technical point of view, but one that we feel shouldn't be neglected when choosing the device for personal training in a corporate environment.

mobile learning, organisation, mobile training, security policies