Working with the Ipad

What type of apps does everyone have on there iPads? I know these things are pretty much restricted as to what you can or cannot do.

I carry some of the usual; zip drive apps and video apps for the videos. I did find it easier to have a browser that plays most for instance puffin but it still has rendering issues when loading. I also have Dropbox etc

Do most of you guys just use it for carrying your contracts etc in PDF's? I bought the iPad with the plan on introducing it into my business and at the moment it's not cutting the cloth.

I'm still trying to stop myself from selling it.
 
Im really considering getting a ipad and using the business kit docs provided by tech nibble and turning them into pdf. By theory this would work right?
 
phaZed said:
Hello,

Maybe a little off topic, but I just had a automotive body shop owner return 6 iPads after having them for a few days. He had called me to set up his wireless network. He has 3 locations, all with multiple wifi hotspots (in ceiling). The iPads would NOT connect reliably. It didn't matter if there was NO security, WEP, or WPA.. sometimes it would connect, most of the time it would not. If it did connect, then it would randomly drop the connection, or not work at all... says it was connected, but no data transfer. Sometimes the iPad wouldn't even show the hotspot in the list. His Apple G5 system works fine, his Dell box and laptops work fine as well.

Bashing iPads is not my intention here, but he just wanted to do some Exchange server stuff (Which the iPad handles) for his business, and have his employees walk to the lot with customer, look at a busted car and take notes, do the quote, etc. Can't do it if you can't get on the network.

In closing, we tried 3 of the 6 iPads (Thought maybe the first two we opened were defective). I don't understand why the iPads were having such a hard time, it's not like Apple made a "Special" wifi chip, they buy the chip from someone else (Cisco, Broadcom, Atheros).. which leads me to believe there is a bit more work to be done in that area (Software, or PCB revision).

Have any of you guys/gals experienced this problem? I would find it hard to believe that we opened three bad iPads in a row! Googling iPad Wireless problems came up with this..

"According to Apple, the iPad might not automatically rejoin known WiFi networks using third-party routers that are dual-band capable (802.11 b/g and 802.11 n) when each band’s network uses the same name or use different security settings."

So apple's answer is to buy Non-Third Party routers, and change your entire network to suit the iPad. I protest when Apple doesn't want to follow standards, and tells me that a Cisco wireless router is not good enough.

Sincerely,
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I've hooked up ipads all over at least 20 or more with wifi networks and no issues what so ever!

What is the model number on the wireless access point and/or router?
 
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Is anyone willing to share an example fillable pdf that I can play around with to toy with the idea of possible doing this in our business?
 
do you have technibbles business kit? You can use the forms in there. If not search for pdf forms on Google or make a form in word and save it as pdf. I don't have on at the moment
 
I've been thinking about this/ working on it off and on for a while, just been too busy with customer and making money to finish it up, LOL.

A few concerns I have though is giving the iPad to a customer, then they want to play with it if they haven't seen one before, etc...can become a distraction, but who knows, I'm not there yet. Anyone have a fair amount of experience with customers signing the PDFform on the iPad?

Also, to make the checkboxes, drop down boxes, etc, seems the only reliable/decent software to do all of that was the Adove PDF software, which = $$$. I tried some other software like Nitro PDF, even the OpenOffice PDF which generates the PDF's fine, but not well enough for the form objects, etc.
 
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