Another: Forms data entry on a device with a clipboard-ish form factor with field level validation and back-end real-time processing logic. Think the multi-billion dollar medical industry as just ONE example. There are many, MANY others (insurance adjusters, inspection personnel, legal transcribing, etc...)
Significantly more "legit" than a couple of kids seeing Twilight at the movies... -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 6:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares Again, you're largely extrapolating a personal preference into a global phenomenon. There are a variety of tools, including Swype, which exist to make it easy to post long documents if you really need to, from a device like a smart phone, much less a tablet. Your personal preference does not indicate viability, nor will it inhibit adoption. -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid via Swype On Aug 23, 2011 11:51 PM, "Kurt Buff" <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > And to anyone who needs to express thoughts to others beyond the silliness > that is 'u gng show night' with any regularity. > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 21:03, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> *>>The loss of a keyboard, IMHO, outweighs all of the supposed advantages. >> * >> >> To you. >> >> * * >> >> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >> Technology for the SMB market... >> >> * >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The benefits and costs of distributing books electronically is not >>> tied to the use of tablets. You can use a PC to read a PDF or other >>> digital media just as well as on a tablet, and do much more besides, >>> given the cost differential - once you take into account the >>> peripherals needed to make the tablet as useful as a more traditional >>> laptop or PC. The loss of a keyboard, IMHO, outweighs all of the >>> supposed advantages. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 18:00, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > You're still mostly wooshing here. >>> > >>> > Never did I say I bought into these concepts, but this is how it often >>> > appears to the uninitiated into the arcane art of IT. I, of course, >>> know >>> > that mainframes didn't die, but most of the work of the "data >>> processing" >>> > department was subsumed in many organizations by business units closer >>> to >>> > the data, and this was accelerated by the adoption of the PC and PC >>> > networks. >>> > And have you measured that against the cost of textbooks? I know a lot >>> of >>> > administrators are crunching these numbers right now... >>> > >>> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 13:21, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > To put it another way, the data processing group got put out to >>> pasture >>> >> > of >>> >> > days gone by was blindsided by the PC revolution. >>> >> >>> >> Not really - they just morphed into the IT staff of today - server >>> >> administrators. And, mainframes haven't disappeared - again, it's the >>> >> minis that got squeezed. IBM still makes a buncha money on mainframes. >>> >> >>> >> > The current generation >>> >> > of tablets are probably the most compelling piece of technology since >>> >> > then. >>> >> >>> >> Perhaps. I've yet to be convinced. >>> >> >>> >> > Teachers and administrators are very interested in tablets because >>> they >>> >> > believe they offer so much more capability for viewing and >>> distributing >>> >> > content! >>> >> >>> >> The SJRDF is strong, 'tis true. I think the only advantage they show >>> >> is weight, and a multi-touch screen. For viewing content, a larger >>> >> screen gives better resolution, and for real distribution you still >>> >> need the servers on the back end. 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