My employer is “piloting” iPads in the workspace, and I was chosen as one of 25 people who will test iPads in our work environment. Our iPads are of the Verizon 3G variety, so I have interweb access at all times. After 2 weeks, I’m really beginning to like carrying an iPad. In addition to the obvious things like email and FINALLY having my work calendar and personal Google calendar on one integrated display, I’m really loving the app Noteability Notability.
My work involves a lot of meetings and interviews which means taking lots of notes. I’ve enjoyed not carrying a spiral bound notebook and instead relying solely on the iPad. My employer has yet to solve the issue of full network connectivity so I can access certain things like our internal intranet, payroll, and labor distribution websites. When they do, I think I can safely say that the iPad will be an even more powerful tool for business. In the meantime, it’s simply a great tool for business. On my recent trip to New York, I left the laptop in the office, and traveled only with my iPad. I didn’t miss the boat-anchor Dell at all!
Anyone else have experience with iPads in the office environment?
Get the asus transformer prime much better than the iPad. It has an optional keyboard dock that adds about 6 hours of battery life on top of the 10 hours the tablet already has when you need it . It has real web browsing and typing on a real keyboard is so much easier than an on screen keyboard. They are sold out right now on the preorders but I think I am going to ditch my iPad for one of those when they are back in stock.
My company has had iPads at work for quite some time now. While I tend to believe I am an “Apple” snob, I’m not so hot on the iPad at the workplace. Like you MJ, I am constantly in meetings and on the go at the workplace. I, however, have a job where I need an interactive piece of equipment. If I only needed to read email, look at my calendar, or view various other things, then it is probably an adequate tool. However, I need to interact with files on the server and create & manipulate Word and Excel… Read more »
It is called Notability.