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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
It has been my experience so far that many people don’t fully appreciate the iPad until they see one in use. I’ve had clients play with mine, declare that its a giant iPod Touch, and that its not for them. Completely valid opinion. (others of course become foaming at the mouth fans)
Then, over the course of an afternoon doing IT work for them, they see me use it multiple times to quickly respond to email, hold a Skype conversation with a remote co-worker about an issue, reply to three or four emails, look something up on google, etc.
What they have commented on in each case, is that the iPad is FAST - fast to get me connected to the info I need, fast to type on, fast to surf with, etc. Then, they start to see how it fits in the space in-between a phone (nobody googles technical info on a phone), and a full blown laptop.
Having RDP and VNC over 3G is pretty convincing too, for anyone that has to do support - LogMeIn Ignition and my RDP/VNC tools are cute on the iPhone, but are good enough to really use on an iPad.
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You make a good point. I've noticed if you just give it to people to play with they are almost confused. Guided tours seem to work much better.
I just got back from our IT department and was showing to one of the guys. He said "If only there was a way to point it to a folder of videos on your computer and let it play off that regardless of video format". I showed him AirVideo and 5 minutes later he was on the HR website trying to figure out if he could buy an iPad using his work benefits.