With 4G LTE it's finally possible to have your office in your pocket. There's a huge difference between 3G and 4G - much faster. It's liberating.
For many of us, cloud computing would not be very practical as there are times when there is no signal either wifi or 3g due to being in a rural area. I guess it would be fine at home on the wifi but we aren't always at home. On Thanksgiving I visited inlaws who live in the boonies, no Wifi and no cell signal of any kind but I was still able to use my iPad with aps and show pictures and play games and read.
JulieOn Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Devitt <devittad@comcast.net> wrote:You may very well be right. The hardware requirements for a full operating system and applications complete with internal storage, ports and slots may very well remain impossible for any tablet without sacrificing the size and weight which makes the iPad so attractive.If cloud computing can be made secure enough for most business uses it could be the ideal solution.Cathy
Sent from my iPad That is as it stands today.
Ultimately, iPad would become the interface device to the cloud and all computing will be in the cloud.
" Net is the computer"
Best
PKS
On 28 Nov 2012, at 19:42, Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> I agree, particularly with "For me it is not about the storage but about the ability to do REAL work."
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> But, the iPad is to my mind, not a laptop replacement for real work.It's primarily a consumption device, and for real work, on the run, you can use it, just not as ideally as if you had a laptop on the run.
> You can work on Office docs using iWork or Quick Office Pro for example. Its just not that ideal on an iPad. But you can do it.
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>> From: Bob Cook <BobandMary@escapees.com>
> To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2012 7:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: Windows 8 Pro tablets and what I want
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> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM, halfhoff <gerrysair@shaw.ca> wrote:
> In my perfect world, I would have a great tablet like an iPad that I could attach to a keyboard that would contain an enhanced battery and have a few ports - USB 3.0, card slot and perhaps ethernet - that would allow me to actually work on Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point etc and attach a peripheral device like a track pad or a mouse (or perhaps the keybaoard could have a track pad built in).
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> I am very curious to see the Win 8 Pro tablets that are coming out.
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> I use my MacBook Pro laptop as my main computer. But it would be nice to have a portable alternative that has a screen that folds back on itself to be used in tablet mode or perhaps a detachable screen.
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> For me it is not about the storage but about the ability to do REAL work.
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> Looks like we share the same ideas and have the same computers. But, also I have an Asus Yoga 13 and an Acer W700. In a nutshell, the Acer W700 is a keeper and blows everything away, just not happy with the included BT keyboard since it doesn't attach physically, but no big deal. However, it hasn't replaced my iPad/iPad Mini as a "couch" device. PM me if you want more info. Having used OSX for the last four plus years, I am a bit hesitant to do much surfing, but most productive things are done in Windows.
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> Bob
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