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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
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Here, I'll give you an example of how my company uses iPads for work since you don't get the idea of iPads/tablets being useful.
We have an online CRM tool (salesforce). If I wanted to pull up a work order or job while I'm on the road, I do it on my iPad. I have an iPhone but the screen is tiny and it's hard to show customers. I also have a macbook but that's a pain in the ass to bring out and set up to show customers.
iPad is nice and light and easily does what I want which make it a productive work tool. Another app that helps this is Roambi. I can create any charts/graphs from my work computer and show clients how the job is progressing or how much of the budget is being used. Yes, I can do it on the macbook but again, I don't want to carry it around when I'm on the road. The iPad is just a tool for me to display information to clients.
I know that iPads are for consumption so I use it to consume. I use the tool the way it is meant to be used.
There are ways that tablets/iPad are productive. I'm not sure if you are getting my point (I've repeated it several times), it just depends on how you use it and what your needs are.