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>>> David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> 12/22/2010 2:28 PM >>> > Has anyone tried using TN3270 on an ipad or other tablet? > I see there is a TN3270 application available for the ipad (OTC about > $35). Yes. Works fine. The keyboard layouts are a bit icky, but they're usable. I'd strongly suggest a external Bluetooth keyboard if you intend to do a LOT of typing on a iPad/iPhone. You get used to the onscreen keyboard, but you will develop bruises on your fingertips if you do an extended session (and switching back and forth for numbers/symbols gets old very fast). > Does tablets have VPN available? Depends on the tablet, and your VPN system requirements. The iPad does (the Cisco VPN client). I believe that some of the Android ones have it as well. > As a side question, does tables have apps that use PDF files? Use, or display? Display, certainly. I use iBooks. > I assume that there is a Putty type application. Yes. There's a nice ssh implementation for the iPad. Similar apps exist for Android. > Also, can you attach, and address thumb drives on these things. There's the rub. The iPad doesn't let you attach a USB drive. Some of the Android tablets do, but that's a device-by-device thing. Still, a full set of VM manuals plus the BSD Unix manuals plus most of the AIX and Solaris 10 manuals is less than 200M, which is doable on most of the tablet devices without scratching the surface of the flash. (sheesh -- just looked, and I have more than a gig of *apps*. Gotta do some housecleaning) > As far as communications goes, the more expensive version of the ipad > had 3G which seems to require a monthly subscription. Both the > expensive one and the cheap one have wifi capability. I would think I > could make my Blackberry a hotspot so the cheaper ipad can hitch a > ride. I do exactly that. If you have a tether-capable phone, the 3G interface on the iPad is a ripoff. You're better off spending the cash on more flash (eg, the 32G or 64G systems) and sticking with wifi. One catch to watch for is different implementations of WPA algorithms for wifi encryption -- the Apple implementation often requires the hex form of the encryption keys to connect with non-Apple implementations (works great with a iPhone or Apple wifi base station and the Cisco/Linksys implementation, but Netgear wifi doesn't always work with the iPad. Ditto Nokia's implementation of WPA - depends a lot on the individual phone. WEP 128 usually works across the board, but may not be available in a enterprise environment. YMMV.
