http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/770 of 2,443 polled is not "some 52.3 percent"

that would be 1277.689 people.

770 is only about 31.5%

i enjoy reading comments of people who do surveys etc below. these people need to quit their day jobs then... cause basic math ain't their thing]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Have fun doing internet research when you can't view flash content.]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
unless u meant 52% of 770, which is only 402 people... which is really only about 16.5% of people... but that would mean u are just grossly mis reporting this story...

either way something isn't right here]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
admittedly ]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
The study consists of an online survey of 2443 adults with a mobile phone, 770 of which own smart phones.

In your case reading English is a problem. :-)

770 is not number of people that said they will use iPad on the go, but number of people that own smart phone out of 2443 that were surveyed.
]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Ya, you will miss all that Flash advertising, Flash Games, and Flash Video and that is the major Work research people do.

But with the iPad you still can get almost all of that Video because any You Tube video can be viewed on the iPad even if it is in Flash on the page because, "there's an app for that."]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/So using all kinds of workarounds to view Flash content is better than having native Flash support? Okay. That's the most solid argument I've heard.

You might as well have just said "omgzf it'szs teh gr8test thngin evahh thnaks yto Steeeeeeeeeeve!@!!eleventy!@"

]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
No I won't because I'll use Flashblock on the ones I don't want to see.

Any other weak arguments?]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Among the (770) smartphone-owning respondents, more than half -- 52.3 percent -- said they are most likely to use a tablet device like the iPad to do work.
All 403 of them.
Which would be about 16.5% of the total 2443 people.

Maths is one skill
Reading is, apparently, another.]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
LOL exactly what I was thinking. Flash for research purposes is the lamest excuse I may have heard yet.]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Wow. I didn't know there were paid jobs were people research pRon all day. The economy must really be turning around!]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Yes, I'm sure you speak for everybody who wants and iPad and is planning on doing work on it.]]>Mar 24th 2010 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Can't win!]]>Mar 24th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Regarding multitasking, this is really a must. However, it has to be implemented the right way. I've used Windows Mobile devices for years, and the mulitasking thing really sucks. I spent half my life having to close apps which were running in the background, slowing the thing down and draining the battery. Look at the Palm Pre. That has great multitasking, but you often get messages asking you to close cards, as there are too many open. Again, the battery life is poor.

I reckon Apple will bring out the solution, iPhone 4.0 in June this year. Just wait and see...]]>Mar 24th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Um, u can use a bluetooth keyboard with it, no Dongle required.

As for using it as a business tool, I can't believe engadget is that clueless, the comment thread sure, but the editors of a tech mag?

1) usable in hand remote admin tool. Naff off those KVM's in your server farm, adminster headless servers on the go.

2) desktop portrait with kyb and mobile thin client running a virtualized OS session with baked in exchange, net and custom apps, remote wipe etc plus whatever Win XP/7 at full screen running MS Office.

3) on desk and in field lab tool for data collection analysis running custom apps, a virtual OS etc.

4) point of sale system that de-docks and becomes an instore roaming unit with full screen presentation / db access for showing clients other prodcts etc.

5) 3G enabled sales force tool, baked in email and custom apps, sybase db access for taking orders live back to base, built in video presentations of marketing etc.

6) full screen portable, let's say 48 channel on screen multitouch head for driving lighting and sound rigs. Save about oh, $100k over a desk mounted touch screen dedicated control head.

Now, let's add an accessory...

7) portable hand held, easy touch, easy clean diagnostics front end for all manner of mechanical/electrical scenarios with direct link back to manufacturer to order parts, check your warehouse etc. Add to billing database with sybase app.

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howls of "my netbook could do all that". 1) -some-netbooks have 3g. 2) no netbook comes with a useful 1024px 20+ cm high portrait screen that can show a full A4 page at 75% 3) using a netbook by holding it aloft with one hand and piddling round with the other is daft and due to form factor quite unstable. 4) no netbook comes with exchange baked in, remote wipe and such ease of lock down or custom app writing for the corporate IT department

Howls of "my iPhone/nexus one" can do that. Yeah, well I selected pre existing apps as examples, ones that are tech curios and nearly useless on such a small screen.

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I've actually come to conclude it will be very useful, not just due it being a tablet but because of all the software and baked in items such as exchange, let alone the security of the unit (un-jailbroken). Corporate IT, thin client, schools and labs.

Oh and it's really cheap, not just to buy, but more importantly administer, and reduces licensing costs.

-shrug- now all go ahead and beat me up.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://bit.ly/apple-child-labor-tactic]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
One plus is that you can run an installed app even if you aren't online, whereas you'd have to be able to go online in your browser and load it if you rely on the Flash version.

But perhaps the biggest reason I *NEVER* buy that weak argument is that Apple would sell even MORE devices if they supported Flash, which means more money for them from hardware sales than all the paid versions of Flash apps can bring them.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
Is being a 'Hipster' considered a job??]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 25th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
yeah, i think multitasking is a big deal, but i think it will come.....it just wont happen until hardware specs won't get in the way of "the apple experience". that could very well be now and thus included in 4.0 firmware.....but i would def. expect it by ipad 2.0 which is prob when i'll give it serious consideration.]]>Mar 25th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
I'm actually amazed I haven't been sent into oblivion. There's still time though, not sure, maybe the mobs are asleep.

I like your scene. There's a few things the iPad has over others, but all of what I said could apply to any tablet, as in the usage not so much the baked in. I have been anti tablet for ever and while I still think there's ergonomic issues with the form factor... I reckon this and what comes after (vs what came before) will be increasingly useful. We shall see.]]>Mar 25th 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
I wonder how many iPhone users think they actually carry a smartphone?

On a serious note - I would answer yes to the question. I would also NEVER consider an iPad. Definitely in the market for a tablet running Windows 7. The survey results aren't all that shocking. Now, if those numbers represented just iPad users then yes, we would have a problem.]]>Mar 25th 2010 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
I agree with what you say except the really cheap part and I've a few questions around virtualisation, however there are cheaper and better options to carry out all the tasks you mention.

It's not that you can't use it, it's a case of why would you use it?]]>Mar 25th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 25th 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
You are my hero.]]>Mar 25th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
If you don't have it, you get a crappy image with a message saying:

"For the ubercool interactive charts, you need to install the Adobe Flash Player"

All this can be transitioned to HTML 5 or native apps made but it takes time and I don't see anyone with an IDE yet for HTML 5 content. Adobe own the content creation space and they also own... oh yeah Flash.

The majority of embedded video is done in Flash so while Youtube doesn't need it, not everything is delivered on Youtube.

Flash isn't essential but it's useful in a number of key areas.]]>Mar 25th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Surely in all of those cases, a tablet that doesn't have such a restricted OS would be better?

I mean, what if Apple never approves the apps your company needs to be able to make the iPad useful? It would be too big a risk to be justifiable - especially when there will be a slew of other tablets running OSs such as Android or even Win7 which wouldn't have such a risk attached.

I just think that some of your examples are a bit ridiculous (replacing a lighting/sound rig control unit? Sure...) and the few that aren't, the iPad still isn't the best solution that is or will be available.]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
It inspires you to work because you'll be so bored with this POS!]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 25th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 25th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 25th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/Mar 24th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/survey-finds-people-eager-to-work-on-the-go-with-ipad-we-wond/
And bejeweld. Thinking about getting one just so I can dominate bj blitz haha]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:07PM