For those who claim the iPad is not useful for businesses...
iPad and Business Ping!
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Posted on 04/07/2010 2:21:52 AM PDT by Swordmaker
The new Citrix Receiver for iPad app makes it easy for iPad owners to take their virtual office with them on the go. One simple touch gives iPad owners secure access to all of their corporate Windows applications and desktops, making it easy to work from anywhere, while still enjoying the great user experience they bought an iPad for in the first place.
Citrix Receiver for iPad via Vimeo.
Citrix Receiver for iPad features:
• Apps, Desktops & Docs From Anywhere: With simple, one-tap access, Citrix Receiver lets you easily access any Windows app, virtual desktop or document directly on your iPad instantly turning it into a powerful and portable business tool whether you access it over a 3G or Wifi network.
• Real-time Access to Critical Business Information: Create documents. View business dashboards. Approve expenses. Even host an online meeting. Get real-time access to Windows business apps, virtual desktops and docs whether you’re in an airport, at the doctor’s office, or in a meeting.
• Resource-Intensive and Demanding Apps: Access not only just productivity tools, but also resource and graphic intensive apps ranging from complex database applications to 3D professional applications and be assured of the same high-speed, visually compelling user experience over any network connection.
• One-tap Connect to Read, Create and Share Documents: Simple, intuitive navigation allows users to interact with Windows apps, virtual desktops and documents using standard gestures to zoom, pan, click, scroll and type with ease and even turn the iPad into a trackpad for fast and familiar screen navigation.
• Online Meetings To Go: Never miss an online meeting again! Use your iPad to attend or host online meetings on the go - at a café, in a hotel, or on the road, wherever you happen to be.
• Safe and Secure Data and Communications: Send an email, join a virtual meeting or access documents with confidence that communications are secure and information is not stored on the iPad but kept safe on the corporate network.
More info via Apple's iTunes App Store here.
Source: Citrix Systems, Inc.
MacDailyNews Note: iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users who'd like to access their Macs (with the added benefit of not polluting their iPads with Microsoft's shiteous Windows) can use something like LogMeIn Ignition (iTunes App Store link).
For those who claim the iPad is not useful for businesses...
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Interesting. Seems to address many of the complaints about the Ipad.
Apple corp is anti conservative and refuses to advertise on Fox. I will not buy squat from them.
What I’d like to know is whether there is a Proxy server for the iPad.
If AT&T ever gets their 3G network speed reliable, the $30/month unlimited data plan for the iPad would be cost effective to use the iPad as a Proxy to access the internet from your other machines on your home network.
So a single device to take with you or use for broadband access when at home from a machine with larger screen, real keyboard, real mouse, printer, etc.
A Skype app and a blue-tooth earpiece to make the iPad a phone would be nice as well.
If they are good enough for Rush Limbaugh to buy products from, they are good enough for me.
You better get your list of products, companies (and countries) up to date that you won’t buy from. Gotta be consistent, you know...:)
Sounds nice.
I use citrix to connect to my work pc. Works well.
Still think it’s a scam that the iPad doesn’t have an SD slot though.
Problem solved.
Whole point of the iPad is to eliminate all physical connections. Welcome to 2010, man.
running any version of windows on the Mac, or iPad is like a bad organ transplant!
If you don’t have Citrix infrastructure on the backend, then you’ll want to look into iTeleport. Which handles RFB & RDP connections.
Not a cheap app but will connect you to your windows, Linux or Mac desktops. Really want to watch Hulu on the iPad? Let your desktop stream it to you.
There is a Skype app for the iPhone. It should work on the iPad. If you’re going to use it for SMS messages, you can scale it up 2x. It will look a little funky, but it is serviceable. Bluetooth headset are no problem for the iPad. My Plantronics/Altec Lansing stero headset (that does have a mic) paired just fine. I haven’t tried my Jabra BT for calls because I don’t really use Skype.
That’ll work.
Just curious though, is that it an external physical connection? That is, does stick out? If so, that’s a pain.
A SD slot wold at least be internal. It’s not like SD slots are unusual. Just seem like a scam to make you buy the larger internal memory pad.
Regardless, I’ll probably get one. Just waiting for the 3G version and the dust to settle.
As far as being welcome to 2010, not so sure I like it. There’s a socialist, marxist, progressive President who is trying to destroy our country.
“Bluetooth headset are no problem for the iPad. My Plantronics/Altec Lansing stereo headset (that does have a mic) paired just fine. I haven’t tried my Jabra BT for calls because I don’t really use Skype.”
That’s good to know. I could actually get by using the iPad as my only cellphone.
What about a proxy so you can access the internet from networked machines through the iPad’s 3G card ? I read something once about “jailbreaking” the iPhone and then running a proxy but it sounded iffy.
Is the iPad and AT&T 3G really a viable do-all replacement for voice and internet for $30/month ? I’m paying $90/mo for DSL and Verizon mobile.
Ultra VNC was a good free app for remote controlling another PC. There was a Mac OsX browser version for controlling Windows machines, but I never used uVNC on anything but Windows networks.
It seems like carrying 16GB with you at a time would be plenty. Then you can use the WiFi to swap things back and forth to an external Terabyte drive.
“It seems like carrying 16GB with you at a time would be plenty. Then you can use the WiFi to swap things back and forth to an external Terabyte drive.”
Probably.
I’m just a pack rat. I have 10 gigs of mp3s at least. You couldn’t put too many videos on it either.
Basically, I’m stuck in laptop mode. I keep thinking it should be able to carry more stuff.
With the wireless capabilities and the citrix app that allows you to hit the home pc, most people should be fine. It just takes some getting used to.
Some departments where I work use pc pads. I could see this making some inroads.
I’m not sure about using the iPad as “your only cellphone”, I mean it is large and you’d always have to use a headset. And like I said: I’ve never used Skype, so I can’t comment on how well it would work on this device for what you are envisioning.
As for proxy. If you’re in an office environment where your network is using a proxy server, yes it does support an HTTP proxy, so does the iPhone. Its configured in network settings But in a straight network environment, it’s not needed. I’m using mine on my home network just fine. For 3G, you’re on the cellular data network and proxy isn’t required there. I guess I’m not sure exactly what your asking here.
Oh wait, I just re read. You’re talking about “tethering”. Tethering is where the iPad would act as your ISP connection for another machine. That machine could even act as a bridge to a home network router for another machines.
No, that isn’t supported. I’ve heard it is, or was going to be enabled in Europe, it was supposed to be enabled in the US last year but it wasn’t. They’re going to announce iPhone OS 4 today, maybe it will, maybe it won’t include tethering. I wouldn’t hold my breath.
On the other hand, I suppose it could be a viable replacement as long as the iPad was your only Internet device. And $30 is a lot cheaper than $90.
Yes, that’s what I was asking — running a proxy SERVER on the iPad so other machines on your home LAN could access the internet via the 3G connection in the iPad.
As far as phone use goes, I guess I am unusual. I don’t feel compelled to have a phone with me all the time. I call or get calls maybe a dozen times a month, and paying $43 to Verizon for the privilege is really a waste. I currently do carry a cellphone all the time, but then again I also always have a book with me. So it’s not like carrying the iPad would encumber me any more than my usual routine.
You would not want to have the iPad as your “router” to the Internet. It would require it to be on power all the time, because playing that roll, especially for several networked computers would suck down its battery. That and tethering would most likely be a hardwire proposition. And why would you want to tether your iPad to your home/room/ function like that. That’s not what it was designed for and would end up being a waste.
I can appreciate what you’re wanting to do, but it is not practical for this device. That, and a cell phone these days is as much, or can be, a safety device as much as it a convenience. The ability to whip out a small phone and make a quick call, is not something you would be able to easily do with an iPad playing that roll.
Sorry if that’s not something you want to hear.
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