Well said, Ken. And by the way, I got mine at a very good bargain
price, or I would not have owned one.
Paul in Portland OR
On 7/21/2011 6:59 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
> I am specifically referring to the iPad.
>
> - As a personal entertainment device it is great.
> - As a reference material lookup device it is great
> - As a communications device, it is OK
> - When loaded with specific apps that address your needs, it is pretty good
> - As a productivity tool, it is pretty aweful
> - As a content creation tool, it is downright miserable
> - Multitasking? Yeah right.
> - Interfaceability with other devices and storage medium? Zilch.
>
>
> Don't ask me to give up my iPad because for what it does well, it does
> very well. But what it fails to do well makes your life miserable.
>
> Without any joking, it literally takes about $100 USD in apps just to
> make the iPad usable for moderate business use. Want to print
> something? That's a paid app. Want to actually save PDF files? Paid
> app. The list goes on and on.
>
> As was previously mentioned, the image-management aspect of the iPad
> is so horrid as to be unusable. How about basic file storage,
> retrieval and transfer? The standard method for transferring a file to
> the iPad is to email it to yourself from your computer, open up a
> web-based mail client in ReaddleDocs (paid app), and save it to the
> ReadleDocs file system. Granted, if you are able to place both
> computers into the same WiFi LAN, you can do a web-drive app (paid)
> which allows you to FTP or brouse files in and out of the iPad.
> Sometimes. Unless the WiFi network is busy then it doesn't work.
>
> Or my favorite: Most apps would be considered "thin client" programs
> and gain their functionality though "phoning home" and getting the
> data online. Lose your WiFi connection to the Internet? Most apps of
> any usability are toast.
>
>
> AG
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