iPad adoption increasing among corporations

The iPad is rapidly moving beyond its role as consumer device and infiltrating the enterprise. A new survey conducted by BoxTone Mobile Service Management indicates that three-quarters of corporations will deploy the Apple tablet in the next year. Twenty-five percent are deploying the slates already.

IT professionals and executives at 800 companies were interviewed for the survey. The combination of the iPad's hardware execution with its highly readable capacitive touchscreen, which doesn't require a stylus, enables a more natural and intuitive user interface than previous attempts at tablet computers. Just as it did with the original iPod, Apple has kept the system deliberately limited and focused rather than trying to stuff every possible piece of functionality into it. While this frustrates some of the geekier folks among us, it helps to ensure that the parts that are included work better.

On top of this portable, wireless platform, Apple has created a highly touch optimized interface that allows software developers to produce applications that enable smoother interactivity and collaboration.

Survey respondents also cited the new management features in the imminent iOS 4.2 release that allow for improved enterprise security. All of this allows staff to work amongst themselves and with customers to see new possibilities in the information. Of course, all of this depends on developers coming up with excellent software. By all accounts, Apple has provided an excellent development platform and tools for doing this even if its approval policies for distribution have been a bit wonky. The end result seems to be that IT departments are more willing to allow this new device into their ecosystems than any previous consumer oriented platform.

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November 15, 2010, Portland, OR
Macs 4 Rent has launched a new division this year called Rent Your iPad. The purpose of this move is to provide iPad rentals to Corporate America through its two locations, Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA. Corporations nationwide are now investing in this light weight, multi use

tablet for their work forces in both the Wi-Fi and 3G versions. Now they will be able to rent this same equipment on a short term basis.

With Appleâ€™s release of the iPad, demand by corporate America has perked up. Never before has an Apple product so inspired business's to have their IT departments purchase, review, and inform CEOs on how their companies will benefit from their use. Businesses have started using

iPads for everyday presentations, survey's, product information, and training classes. Webmasterâ€™s can now update their website, facebook, twitter or blog at any time using this tool.

Rent Your iPad has been renting iPads for 6 months and continues to add to their inventory to keep up with demand. With requests from meeting planners, IT departments, Schools, and consumers, they have had to ship from one rental client to another for just in time deliveries.

The iPad is smaller than a typical magazine. It weighs 1.5 lbs., is 0.5 inches thick, and has a 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS display and multi-touch screen. The iPad has a 1 GHz Apple A4 chip, which may be configured as desired. It has a 178 degree viewing angle. The battery will last up

to ten hours (or less depending upon what the device is being used for).

The iPad introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch screen and pioneering new software that lets you control everything via a multi-touch screen with a virtual keyboard and buttons.

The iPad is also equipped with Bluetooth 2.1 and EDR. With its 892.11n, it may be used with Wi-Fi networks. The iPad comes equipped with internal speakers, a headphone jack, and built-in microphone. The iPad may be docked and charged with a 30-pin connector.

November 20 2010 at 3:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SwissMac

IT's NOT A BL00DY SLATE FFS!!! That's Ballmer's word for PC lookalikes. I mean, c'mon, this is supposed to be the APPLE unofficial website, not the Microsoft unofficial website!

November 11 2010 at 10:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

Still waiting on a native LaTeX IDE before I get an iPad. Last I checked it was all C, no reason it can't be ported into an iOS project with a snappy interface on top.

Oh wait, except it's licensed under the GPL... Dammit.

November 11 2010 at 2:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mike

Huh, just learned of XeTeX (and, as a protest to FSF's EVERYTHING MUST BE FREE AND OPEN NO EXCEPTIONS ideals in a world where the exceptions make a lot of our lives better, switched to it entirely from pdftex) which is under the MIT License and could indeed be on the App Store without legal troubles... there is hope!

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