{"id":2950,"date":"2010-08-04T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2950-apple-ipad-replacing-paper-as-well-as-pcs.html"},"modified":"2010-08-04T08:32:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:32:44","slug":"apple-ipad-replacing-paper-as-well-as-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2950-apple-ipad-replacing-paper-as-well-as-pcs.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPad replacing PCs as well as paper?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now here\u2019s an article to strike fear into Microsoft. Stuart Sumner reports<\/a> on iPad trials at the BBC and in the Army. The BBC\u2019s CIO John Linwood says:<\/p>\n

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We’re seeding the organisation [with the devices]. We put some iPads into production and some into management and other roles to see if people would be able to give up their desktops.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to say that the iPad may enable paperless meetings.<\/p>\n

What makes an iPad better than a laptop or netbook for a meeting? I find it curious, incidentally, that the report refers to replacing desktops rather than laptops. <\/p>\n

Well, one reason I have always liked tablets is that they are more interactive and don\u2019t put a barrier (the screen) between you and others. A stylus is actually nice for meetings \u2013 good for quick diagrams as well as handwriting. Apple\u2019s iPad lacks the stylus, but has other advantages over Windows tablets – smaller, lighter, instant-on, long battery life, and so on.<\/p>\n

Still, the humble netbook at one third of the price will do the job too, better in some ways. You have Excel, for example. Unfortunately it lacks the elegance, usability and desirability of Apple\u2019s device. <\/p>\n

Any excuse to justify handing out cool devices, then? Maybe; but there\u2019s no law that says business equipment has to be dull and unpleasant to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now here\u2019s an article to strike fear into Microsoft. Stuart Sumner reports on iPad trials at the BBC and in the Army. The BBC\u2019s CIO John Linwood says: We’re seeding the organisation [with the devices]. We put some iPads into production and some into management and other roles to see if people would be able … Continue reading Apple iPad replacing PCs as well as paper?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,55],"tags":[158,500,586,891],"class_list":["post-2950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-microsoft","tag-apple","tag-ipad","tag-microsoft","tag-tablet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}