iPads storm the enterprise

Network World ^ | February 14, 2011 06:04 AM ET | By Maria Korolov

[Swordmaker]

iPads now being used by or piloted in 80% of Fortune 500 firms—PING!

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[AFreeBird]

Bah! It’s just a toy. Not a real computer, you cant use it for work.

[Richard Kimball]

When I was in sales, back in the seventies, something like the iPad would have been a Godsend. The trickiest part of outside sales was trying to get your brochures, paperwork, and all the other stuff in and set up.

My first thought when I saw the iPad was that anyone who does outside sales and didn't immediately adopt it was an idiot.

[paulycy]

Would an elderly lady with arthritis in her hands be able to use an ipad? She can use a keyboard and a mouse but I wonder if she might not be able to do gestures..?

[Psycho_Bunny]

I could take or leave my iPad. For the little convenience it's given me, it's increased my tether to work.

For me it's more of a "I don't feel like taking my laptop" device.....which works against me if I have to do anything more than reboot a server or reset a password.

The things I like about it are all non-work related.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Would an elderly lady with arthritis in her hands be able to use an ipad?

Once such a lady saw iPad she would throw away her pain pills, dance a jig and play Rhapsody in Blue on her iPad using Garage Band!

[Sergio]

It seems that the iPad is geared towards data consumption, and not so much towards data production.

[paulycy]

Once such a lady saw iPad she would throw away her pain pills, dance a jig and play Rhapsody in Blue on her iPad using Garage Band!

Must be a part of 0bamacare...

[BunnySlippers]

I see, too, that small air craft are now allowed to file flight plans on the iPad.

[BunnySlippers]

In fact, at my company, the CEO [a PC user] bought an iPad. Now all of the marketing force have iPads and do their presentations on iPads.

Now I’m trying to convince them to do them on Keynote instead of Powerpoint.

As a trader, iPads and Macs are making record inroads.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Must be a part of 0bamacare...

Maybe that is how to get it accepted, give everyone an iPad.

:-)

[Gator113]

I highly recommend that this lady get to an Apple store where she can try one out. I believe that she will be very pleased with the experience.

[tubebender]

It’s the lack of mental dexterity that keeps me from getting a iPad or a iPhone for that matter...

[Gator113]

I’ve owned my iPad for a few weeks now and we love it.

I’m retired, so I bought it for personal work only, however, my wife continues to work and is already taking it to work with her a couple times a week. I suspect that it won’t be long before “yes dear” will insist on having her own. LOL

QUESTION: Recommended speaker(s)?? I am hard of hearing and I would like to occasionally play music from my iPad. The internal speaker just isn’t enough for me.

[Gator113]

You could find that the iPad may help to build “nimbleness of wit and imagination”. ;>)

[vpintheak]

My almost legally blind mother-in-law loves it. It’s easy to use, all it takes is heat from your fingertips to make it work. I think she would be fine.

[tubebender]

Well my FReeper FRiends sure as Hell don’t want any more of THAT from me, not to mention my family and real friends...

[Gator113]

LOL... Somedays, me too. ;>)

[paulycy]

My almost legally blind mother-in-law loves it. It’s easy to use, all it takes is heat from your fingertips to make it work. I think she would be fine.

Well, I just spoke to her in California and she sounds excited to go to an Apple store and try one out. So we shall see. She doesn't sound worried about her hands as long as it doesn't require strength, which it doesn't, so she should be in good shape.

Thanks.