Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2010

Useful Fantastic iPad Apps for Business

Apple iPad MB292LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi)The iPad was released on April 2010 and already more than 450,000 devices have been sold. While some may decry the lack of a physical keyboard and the App Store ecosystem as reasons why the iPad can't be used for "real" business work, the truth is, the form factor is perfect for the business professional on the go who doesn't need to have a full laptop. Pairing an iPad with cloud services is already proving to be a really powerful solution, and the iPad App Store is barely a week old!

After review some business apps for iphone , these are some of the early standouts for the iPad.

1. GoodReader for iPad ($0.99) - GoodReader is hands-down, the best PDF reader for the iPhone and the iPad version is even better. What makes GoodReader special is that it can not only view local files (and you can transfer files to it from iTunes), including PDF, Word, Excel, PNG, TXT, JPEG and more, but you can download files from a URL or connect to a web server.

It handles really large files extremely well (it can even unzip files) and it connects to Google Docs so you can download your Google Docs files for offline reading or to open in another application for easy editing. At only $0.99, GoodReader is a steal and then some.

2. Things for iPad ($19.99) - Cultured Code's Things is easily one of the top task managers for Mac OS X. The iPad version is much more similar to its desktop counterpart than it is to the iPhone version (hence the larger price), but for small business users who are already part of the Things ecosystem, it's a delight to use.
Creating to-dos and managing tasks and projects is easy and intuitive and you can sync wirelessly with Things for Mac.

3. Bento for iPad ($4.99) - FileMaker's Bento is a database program aimed at home or small business users who want to have a powerful database system, but don't want to have to deal with the complex database syntax. For Mac users, Bento integrates so well with iLife and iWork it might as well be called iData.

Bento for iPad can be used stand alone or with Bento for Mac and Bento for iPhone. Like Things, it is much more similar to the Mac version than the iPhone counterpart. You can use the built-in templates or create your own and do things like manage expenses, address books, projects and more.

4. iWork for iPad (Pages, Numbers and Keynote all sold for $9.99 each) - Apple really took its time in developing the iWork apps for iPad, making sure that the productivity system would be easy and intuitive. You can create new documents or open up existing document types (if they aren't native iWork files you will have to convert them - this can take a few moments depending on file size).

Keyboard Dock, it's a real joy to use. Numbers won't do everything you can do with Excel, but it's a great starting point for viewing charts, graphs and spreadsheets. Keynote brings the best presentation tool to the iPad, you can create and edit slides and use it to show presentations. It's great.

5. Box.net (Free) - Box.net has updated its iPhone app to also work on the iPad and the results are pretty impressive. You can view all of your files, view activities, leave comments and more. In the future the ability to open files with other programs and integrate with other services will be added. Box.net isn't at full speed yet, but it's a great start.

6. Evernote (Free) - The online notebook has updated its iPhone app to work with the iPad and the results are terrific! Evernote is a service that lets you clip audio, video, text, images, whatever you can think of and save it to a central web repository. You can assign documents or files with tags for easy collections and organization.

The Evernote iPad app not only syncs with your Evernote apps and the Evernote cloud, you can use it to create voice notes, attach pictures and make edits to text documents. If you are an Evernote user, get it! If you aren't an Evernote convert, the iPad app might just convince you to upgrade to the premium plan for $45 a year.

See more some interest item for ipad accessory here
Apple iPad MB292LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi)
Apple iPad Tablet (32GB, Wi-Fi)
Apple iPad Tablet (64GB, Wifi)
Premium Black Thick Soft Gel Silicone Skin for Apple iPad 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Wi-Fi and WiFi + 3G
9.7" Screen Protector for Apple iPad
Tuff-Luv multi-view® Napa Leather case cover for Apple iPad & 3G - Black

iPad Leather Case Cover
CrazyOnDigital Black Leather Carrying Case Cover for Apple iPad 3G tablet / Wifi model 16GB, 32GB, 64GB (fits 9.7" display of the iPad) with free Crazyondigital wristband
Marware Eco-Vue for iPad
ZAGG invisibleSHIELD for Apple iPad (Front)
Apple iPad Case (CASE-ZML MC361ZM/A)
Marware Eco-Flip for iPad
Traveler Folio Case for iPad
Shadow Snap-on Case for iPad

iPad users, what apps have you found useful for small business? Let us know!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Bosom Buddies !! Kindle VS iPad Together, they're a total e-book solution.

I read the artical which concern Amazon Kindle and iPad and found real thing which it should to be as Bosom Buddies each other. When you travel around anywhere anytime as slogan of kindle said. Sure it should to be with you if you need to relax and read some book. It can contain more than 40,000 ebook inside.

For iPad , it's new technology as well but come laster by Apple so expert in entertainer techno.And you can read ebook kindle format by install some app at iPad then you can access to all your kindle books.. Some app can run on iPad and can not run on amazon kindle.

In a nutshell, the e-book reading on the iPad is generally great. But the list of things the iPad does badly is identical to the list of things the Kindle does well. And vice versa.

Here are 13 reasons why I think every reader who owns an iPad also needs a Kindle:

1. Reading in the sun. Most active readers enjoy reading in bright light or even direct sunlight. The iPad is unreadable in direct sunlight, but the Kindle works best in the sun.

2. Overheating. For a tablet computer, one of the iPad's many charms is that it's totally silent. It has no fan. However, in direct sunlight, in a hot car or in hot weather, an iPad can overheat and shut down. The Kindle is more heat-friendly.

3. Security. The iPad is a tempting target for thieves. If you're going to do some reading at, say, the beach, the Kindle is vastly superior, not only because of the way it performs in sunlight and heat, but also because it's less likely to be stolen. If you intend to tuck your reading device under a towel and take a dip in the water, well, you're just not going to do that with your shiny new iPad, are you?

4. Reading before sleep. It turns out that reading on or using any device with a back-lit screen can interfere with the quality of your sleep. The iPad has a very bright screen (Apple wisely built a screen dimmer slider bar right into the iBook interface). But the Kindle screen is passive, meaning that it merely reflects light. So if you're like a lot of people who read in bed before sleep, reading on a Kindle will probably help you sleep better.

5. Battery life. The iPad is famous for long battery life. I personally get about 12 hours of active use. But the Kindle battery lasts two weeks! If you're traveling, camping or flying from Idaho to India, or if you find yourself in any situation where you're going to be away from an electrical outlet for more than 12 hours, you can do your reading on a Kindle and save your iPad's battery for other things.

6. Book availability. If you're a serious reader, you're going to need an Amazon Kindle account anyway. This isn't a strong argument in favor of owning Kindle hardware, since you can read Kindle books on the iPad app. But you can't get by with the iBooks store alone. Since I bought my iPad, none of the non-classic books I've tried to purchase have been available on iBooks -- but they have been available on Amazon.

7. Magazine availability. The iPad is a uniquely compelling platform for magazines. But for now, the Kindle platform has a far better selection. Kindle offers what I think are the three best magazines: The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The Economist. It also offers U.S. News & World Report, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, MIT's Technology Review, BusinessWeek, Forbes, The New England Journal of Medicine, Reason, The New Republic and a bunch more. Note that you can't get Kindle magazines in your Kindle iPad app. You must use a Kindle.
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8. Weight. The iPad weighs about a pound and a half. That's a little on the heavy side for long reading sessions where you're holding up the device. The Kindle, on the other hand, weighs only 10.2 ounces.

9. Multiple users. I'll tell you what every iPad owner already knows: Everyone wants to "borrow" your iPad (especially kids). So forget about using it to do some reading when you have family or friends around. Nobody will leave you alone. If you have both devices, you can hand over your iPad and read on your Kindle.

10. Peace. The iPad is still a huge novelty. When I'm using it at Starbucks or some other public place, I'm constantly interrupted by people who want to check it out and hear what I think about it (I've calculated the average to be one interruption every 15 minutes). If you're just there to read, nobody will interrupt you if you're using a Kindle.

11. Multitasking. There are a surprising number of situations where two devices are better than one. If you're a writer of any kind, it's nice to have source material on the Kindle as you write on the iPad. If you're watching TV on the iPad, you can also skim a newspaper on the Kindle. If you're a fan (sports, movies -- whatever), it's great to watch something on TV (World Series, Oscars, etc.) and look up trivia and facts on Wikipedia or the Internet in general or in your own book collection with the Kindle -- without interrupting the show.

12. Auto-reader. The Kindle has a computer voice that reads books, magazines and newspapers to you. Some people find it annoying. But some of us find it quite usable. If I'm in the middle of a great book and have to do something around the house, I'll just plug my Kindle into the speaker system and let the computer voice read to me.

13. Free mobile broadband. If the only reason you want mobile broadband for your iPad is to buy and download books, magazines and newspapers, then you'll save a bundle by buying a Kindle. (Traveling executives, for example, don't need to download TV shows while on business trips, but they do need to grab reading material in the taxi on the way to the airport.) The mobile broadband version of the iPad, the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, costs an extra $130, plus at least $15 per month for the connectivity. The Kindle costs $259, but comes with free mobile broadband. So you'll save a lot of money by buying the Wi-Fi-only iPad, plus a Kindle.

You can not should which one if you can affort it buy it both like Bosom Buddies as an iPad and a Kindle, there is no question. to be own it all. And I recommend that all serious readers who buy an iPad do the same or Kindle --- should buy it both..

Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2010