How to impress with a tablet?

[Dameize]

So a friend of mine owns a media company and he got cold called by someone and they used an ipad to give a presentation.

i was wondering as pc techs what we can use a tablet for to promote to the customer what we are offering or for website services etc. Would you guys use it to replace your printouts you would show them?

I have a 7" android tablet so it isnt huge but im thinking I could maybe utilize it if I go cold calling.

Cheers

 

[Kitten Kong]

I certainly would, and do use it as both a presentation aid (backup software, and how easy it is to use etc), also use it a lot with pcrt. No printouts, everything emailed whilst on site.

Also I use it as a presentation on Dropbox etc. wouldn't be without my iPad now.

 

[Velvis]

What software do you use to present something to a client? Do you have any samples? Also I don't understand how that can show off backup software.

 

[SuffolkComputers]

With dropbox installed on your iPad you can show off how dropbox works...all the documents and photos you have at your fingertips.

Also you could get one of the many office apps and create a powerpoint type presentation for pretty much anything you wanted as well. Example: Types of services provided, what they will gain from hiring you, ect.

 

[techguyforyou]

This makes me wish my tablet had 3G instead of wifi only, using a Asus Transformer currently.

Have any of you used PDATablet to share your phone connection while on cold calls?

 

[Steve202]

I use my tablet to book machines on to pcrt while on site. Customers seems to be impressed with it and its easy than carrying bits of paper around.

 

[TLE]

This makes me wish my tablet had 3G instead of wifi only, using a Asus Transformer currently.

Have any of you used PDATablet to share your phone connection while on cold calls?

Couldn't you tether it to you Mobile Phone, and piggy back it's 3G connection for data?

That is what I wat to do but my mobile provider hasn't enabled the windows phones to do this yet :0(

 

[Martyn]

I use my tablet to book machines on to pcrt while on site. Customers seems to be impressed with it and its easy than carrying bits of paper around.

Yep do it all the time. Do all my PCRT work onsite, invoice, receipt etc, saves doing it when you get back. Also handy for a sneaky Google when you have problems and look professional to boot(they don't see what you are doing when Googling )

 

[techguyforyou]

Couldn't you tether it to you Mobile Phone, and piggy back it's 3G connection for data?

That is what I wat to do but my mobile provider hasn't enabled the windows phones to do this yet :0(

Yeah I've done it once, but it was a bit of a pain to set up at the time. Had to enter the ip address on the phone and tablet each time I connected as they wouldn't save for some reason. May give it another shot and try dropbox, as I can see some good uses for that also.

Glad I've switched away from windows phones, they don't get as much support appwise and seem to just run much slower from my experience.

 

[Martyn]

Yeah I've done it once, but it was a bit of a pain to set up at the time. Had to enter the ip address on the phone and tablet each time I connected as they wouldn't save for some reason. May give it another shot and try dropbox, as I can see some good uses for that also.

Glad I've switched away from windows phones, they don't get as much support appwise and seem to just run much slower from my experience.

I did originally have an Ipad 1 wifi only and it was a pain. I had a Huwai portable 3G modem but just seemed to have problems. Fortunately my wife took to it for browsing at home so I got an Ipad 2. Now with the Ipad 3 out you should get an Ipad 2 cheap new or on Ebay s/h.

 

[jdpetrov]

I use my Droid X loaded with Quickbooks, Intuit GoPayment, and Mailchimp. When I wrap up an on-site repair, I use Quickbooks to generate the invoice/receipt and email it to them. If they want to use their credit card I can hook in to GoPayment for that. And I get them signed up for my newsletter through the Mailchimp app.

As far as "impressing" people with a tablet, it might improve your "image" and increase the positive perception in the customer's eyes, but hopefully your customers are more concerned with your performance in repairing their computer than what gadgets you can afford.

I bring my laptop with me for being able to plug in customer hard drives for diagnostic/repair/cloning options, so if I need to show a customer anything special like dropbox/Webroot/etc I open up my laptop.

 

[Kim101]

I just installed dropbox on my ipad and it works very well. Thank you for your help, Suffolkcomputers.

 

[Tekko]

Use a projector that's attached to your tablet, nothing blows their mind quicker, and it's really really simple.

 

[MotzTech]

Any projector suggestions Tekko?

 

[Tekko]

Any projector suggestions Tekko?

My business partner picked up two of these, no complaints whatsoever!

http://www.amazon.com/3M-MP225-Mobi...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1333126937&sr=1-1


3M does have a few other universal pocket projectors as well.

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Pocket-Pro...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1333127032&sr=1-1

 

[alluseridsrejected]

This is an interesting application for an Ipad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVTp7eCWBo

 

[kevinjhaag]

This is an interesting application for an Ipad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVTp7eCWBo

Ha Ha Ha... Love it man!

 

[Xander]

I can't believe no one has touched up on the bling factor:

Only £530.00

 

[Kim101]

A friend of mine is using the Pocket Projector MP180. He is satisfied with it when having presentations and finds it very handy for traveling.

 

[Parkwaytech]

To echo what others have said, we use it for work orders, payments, Dropbox, etc. The clients love it when they can sign the work order on the tablet. It makes life very easy while onsite, and it is much easier for me to carry around than a laptop. I've got a Bluetooth keyboard I take with me in case I need to do some heavy typing for any reason. I can even do remote support right from the iPad.

I've got the wifi model, so, if I can't use the wireless network onsite, then I setup my iPhone as a hotspot. I may get a portable hotspot from Verizon, but right now I don't want to spend the extra cash.

Presentations also work well. For our business clients, we bring along our Apple TV and hook it up. Then we have wireless screen sharing from the iPad. We always get tons of questions about that.