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Will Voice Leapfrog Handwriting Recognition?

September 13, 2011
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Print PDF Last year, I posed the question if Apple’s barrier to business adoption of the iPad was handwriting recognition. In fact at the time I thought that without a better data input method, the iPad would only be really useful as an information consumption device. Since then, I have experimented extensively with the iPad as a note taking device using my handwriting.  I’m to the point now where I neither carry any newspapers and ...

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7 Great iPad Apps for CIOs

October 8, 2010
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Print PDF As we head into the weekend, maybe you will be sitting down with a coffee tomorrow morning with your iPad, wondering what to do with it beyond read email and looking at a few websites.  I thought I would share a few ideas for how you can get more out of it, especially focusing on iPad apps that a CIO or IT leader would appreciate. Most people I’ve talked to and commentary I’ve ...

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iPads and Airplanes

September 8, 2010
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Print PDF On the plane this morning with 3 hours on my hands, I decided to pay for another 30-day pass on GoGo and fired up the iPad.  As I continue to experiment with the iPad for day to day business tasks, I’m constantly finding great reasons to use it more.  This morning, I was admiring the great Calendar app that reminds me of an old appointment book.  It’s way better than iCal on the ...

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Handwriting Recognition is iPad’s Next Hurdle

June 3, 2010
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Print PDF A recent survey of 500 companies by Citrix says that 80% of companies plan to buy iPads.  The big question is why?  The iPad is a no-brainer for a personal laptop replacement, super media device, advanced remote control, and all-around great home computing device.  But for work, the rationale is less clear. At the latest All Things Digital, when asked is the iPad would replace laptops or PCs, Steve Jobs said: PCs are ...

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iPad’s Killer App for the Enterprise

May 27, 2010
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Print PDF I have been using the iPad daily for about 6 weeks and love it.  It is a great media computer for video (abc.com and netflix are fantastic), newspapers and books (my Kindle books have new life with the superb graphics).  The browsing experience is great and of course the games are plentiful (Scrabble and Jumbline are recent favorites). What is not clear is how (notice I don’t say “if”) the iPad will infiltrate ...

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The Apple Enterprise Business Case: Happier Users

May 21, 2009
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Print PDF As a consultant, I have the benefit of seeing the trends of many companies as well as the behaviors of my own firm.  One is the explosion of iPhones, as both sanctioned and unsanctioned enterprise devices.  Another is the buzz surrounding Apple desktops and laptops in the enterprise computing scene, to the point where some are buying iMacs and MacBooks on their own and trying to integrate them into their company’s computing environment.  ...

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