Sorry for the dely in posts, we had a post queued up on the performance benchmarks we were getting with our mobile applications on the iPad2 but couldn' t get our hands on one. Thanks to the perseverance of one of our great friends we were finally able to procure one. Should have benchmarks and a post later this week. First impression of the upgrade is fantastic. The new form factor and magentic smart cover is awesome.
The big news this week for us at Ideavise was the iPad 2 announcement. We're huge advocates of the new "post-pc" tablet ecosystem that Apple is "pioneering". This second generation mobile device is stepping things up a notch and there are a lot of things that we really like - the most easily visible being the new cover that was announced. I have held off buying a case for my first generation iPad because all of them seemed to take something away from the experience rather then adding to it. This new cover design is the first implementation I've seen that enhanced the overall iPad experience. For me this is what really sets Apple apart from the competition - they realize it's not about the display size, processor speeds, memory, 4G vs 3G environments or other quantifiable or tangible specifications, it's about the intangible qualifiable experiences. This is why we're super excited about the quantifiable spec increases, not because they are bigger, badder, or faster then anything else out there, but that first user impressions are that this thing feels like it's flying. It doesn't matter what the specs are, it's the feeling that the thing is super fast. It's the same experience you have when you first use a Macbook Air and it's "instant on". You don't really care what the specs are, you care that it does what it does, and you're delighted. There are plenty of competitors with "better" specifications but none with the same delightful experience, it's why I switched from a PC. It's also what we're most excited about, the new iPad specs provide us with the ability to enhance the experience our users have with the mobile web applications and paperless systems we're building, regardless of what their tangible numbers are.
In fact, if the iPad is any indication, the tablet as business tool has enormous potential. Consider, for example, the case of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the non-profit organization tasked with testing the nation’s Olympic athletes for prohibited substances. Looking for a paperless tool to give its agents in the field, the group turned to Ideavise, Inc., a marketing and technology solutions company.
Together, they came up with a plan to purchase up to 75 iPads and create a dedicated app so field agents could complete forms, capture athlete signatures and transmit the appropriate data to labs and USADA headquarters—all at a fraction of the cost of the purpose-built machines and software the group had been considering.
“You could do the same thing with a laptop or a netbook, but the interface is kind of clunky,” says Ideavise founder Brian DeLong. “For this use case, and probably a lot of other cases, the iPad is a game-changer.”
Full article available here: http://wildblueyondermagazine.com/the-magazine/business-class/the-state-of-the-slate/01/2011/
Brian DeLong is the Founder and Project Director for Ideavise, located in Colorado Springs, CO. Ideavise specializes in mobile web application development, design, marketing, branding and technology services built specifically around the needs of small business. We invite you to get to know our team , view a few of our recent projects by visiting our website.
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