10 Reasons to Nix the iPad in Your IT Strategy

CIO Update ^ | March 16, 2010 | By Robert McGarvey

[antiRepublicrat]

Nope, no Flash... but then the idiot goes on to say there will be no Web video at all... ignoring every other web video format that is supported... excellently.

Yeah, these people seem to equate Flash with YouTube, forgetting that YouTube serves H.264 for Apple products. I can't get one because I would plan to let my kids use it, and my kids love their online Flash games. A netbook worked fine for that.

And I'm betting there will be a camera in V2 of the iPad.

[Yaelle]

If I were writing something while I am away from home, using an iPad, how would I save what I had written? I am not talking about correspondence but rather research, personal writing, etc.

In other words, what kind of backup could I have for what I had done, before I were to travel back home?

I “think” I want an iPad, but this is important: backing up work on it.

[tacticalogic]

Can you give me an example of the iPad filling a need in the enterprise that existing technology cannot address?

[cynwoody]

It’s not that it’s Apple, it’s that the pad form factor simply isn’t that universally useful.

Too big to be a phone, too limited to be a computer.

Maybe useful as a web browser while sitting on the can.

[Eva]

Wow, I assumed that it would be like an iphone with a monthly service charge. I want one. Satellite internet is absolutely the worst. Any automatic down load or security update is enough to exceed the usage limit and cause them to shut down your computer for 24 hours. It’s really the worst.

[Swordmaker]

If I were writing something while I am away from home, using an iPad, how would I save what I had written? I am not talking about correspondence but rather research, personal writing, etc.,

In other words, what kind of backup could I have for what I had done, before I were to travel back home?

I “think” I want an iPad, but this is important: backing up work on it.

I am assuming you are referring to off iPad storage... since the iPad has plenty of storage in its solid state hard drive. For off iPad back-up, I would use my access to my computer at home over the internet via 3G or WiFi, or to my MobileMe account storage. Simple.

[Yaelle]

For off iPad back-up, I would use my access to my computer at home over the internet via 3G or WiFi, or to my MobileMe account storage. Simple.

I was hoping NOT to have to pay for 3G for the iPad. I already have so many accounts and my ATT bill is a killer. I would like to use WiFi but it is not private enough for sending my writing. Is there another way? Would Mobile Me also be sent in a way that is readable by others in the hot spot?

(Yes, I am a bit dumb -- sorry!)

[stripes1776]

Speaking just from the history of the last 10 years, betting against Apple and Jobs isn’t a smart bet.
He just may have spotted a niche here nobody else could see.

I would not bet against Apple either. They have done very well over the past few years. As long as Apple sells a few million units, they will do OK.

[Swordmaker]

I was hoping NOT to have to pay for 3G for the iPad. I already have so many accounts and my ATT bill is a killer. I would like to use WiFi but it is not private enough for sending my writing. Is there another way? Would Mobile Me also be sent in a way that is readable by others in the hot spot?

My understanding is that you should be able to pay for the 3G for the iPad on a month by month basis only when traveling. Also, you should be able to Bluetooth files to your iPhone, if you have one.

For your problems about readability of your writing, PGP would solve that when uploading and downloading your files from your online resources...

I suspect that before too long a version will be available for the iPad.