Just Toys?
@ Beagle
[QUOTE]but these iPhone and iPad things are really just pretty toys, to be brutally honest. [QUOTE]
Have to disagree on that one. I got fed up carrying full size laptops around and tried six different net books (hopeless every one of them). Thought long and hard about an iPad. My argument against is that there is no proper file management system and that printing is not as easy as it should be; along with being tied to another computer. My arguments for are: that I am able to create documents, edit documents, create and manage work flows, manage emails, calendar, manage meetings and minute taking, create sketches and drawings as required, carry out presentations, task management and prioritisation, hazard management, risk management, read and create pdf documents, "do" dictation, read the Times newspaper and do the odd math thingy here and there. All with FTP uploads and much, much more. I use the iPad for work and for play (web browsing, crosswords, music and very rarely movies). On top of all that it has an 8 1/2 hour battery life and is light. Many many civilian business also find the iPad a godsend.
I do not regret my iPad purchase for work. I do regret that it is so attractive to children. Some little horror managed to scratch the screen when the iPad was only a few weeks old. Fortunately the scratch is barely noticeable.
So, not a toy.
Hval.
Edited for spellinj errur
Last edited by hval; 3rd January 2011 at 23:18.