Mar12201212 Mar 201212 Mar 20120Commentby Tim
iPad 3

iPad for Business – Part 2

Posted in General, Insights, Systems & Tools

Update

This post has caused quite a discussion on LinkedIn. Why not see what people are saying…

LinkedIn iPad for Business

The announcement of the "new iPad" or the iPad 3 was made this week by Apple. I thought it was about time to review how iPads are being used in the small business world. Will I get excited enough to buy the new iPad? Not sure as my iPad 1 is still working well. Sure it's a bit heavier that the new version and it doesn't have a camera or LTE – though it did load iOS 5.1 and runs just as well as it did before.

I have loaded the new iWorks tools, Pages, Numbers and Keynote all connected via iCloud which is fine for the limited amount of content creation I do using the iPad. 

After all the last couple of years using my 1st generation iPad here are the business tools I use most:

  • Evernote – because it captures notes easily, sound records meetings as I take notes and then auto syncs when I am next in a wifi zone
  • 1Password – for all those passwords I need to find when I use Safari (I have 1Password on all my devices and find it saves my memory on a daily basis for all those login id's and passwords)
  • Safari – for all those browsing needs
  • Mail – all accounts are IMAP and so sync up and I don't care which device I use to read my emails
  • GoodReader – the companion program I use to read all those attachments on emails too big for Mail and for syncing my documents from Dropbox and a plethora of other servers

In my first article on the iPad I spoke about jailbreaking and loading Frash for running flash apps on the iPad. I discovered an even better solution where going down the jailbreaking path wasn't required

iSwifter in use

iSwifter – built to play games it can load ANY Adobe FLASH site I have visited. It loads the site very quickly, sometimes awkward to use but it is usable.

Many of the tools I use are also available on the iPhone and for my desktop and so I am always in sync with my data. A great way to ensure you're backed up.

There are literally hundreds and hundreds of useful specific apps you can load and use on your iPad. This is just a list of the ones I use almost every day. Every business has different needs for their work tools and processes. 

Contact KIX to let us help you bring tools like the iPad into your business to make you and your staff work even better.

I trust this has been useful for you. If you find other tools useful for you in your business then please let me know via the comments section.