I love my laptop, but it takes forever to come out of hibernation. It came on instantly, like turning on a light. The iPad is very simple it has no keyboard or mouse, and just four buttons-power, mute, volume, and a command/home key. When I picked up the iPad for the first time, I was struck by its size and weight-10″ on the diagonal, only 1/2-inch thick, and 1.5 lbs. And, like the iPhone, the iPad runs programs called “apps” (self-contained applications), which you download from Apple’s App Store. The other version has a 3G card, like the iPhone, that you can use whenever you’re not near a Wi-Fi network. The cheaper version has a wireless modem that allows it to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi networks. The iPad comes in two versions, each with different levels of memory. The same iTunes program that you use to control and organize your iPod also controls and organizes the iPad. IPad with OtterBox protective case (The iPad is based on the same technology as the iPhone-commands are entered via a touchscreen. Think of it as the missing link between smart phones and laptops. What is an iPad?įor anyone who’s been under a rock for the last few years, the iPad is the big brother of the iPhone-without the phone. It has increased the efficiency of the administrative side of my business akin to the nail gun’s effect on the production side. This tablet computer has really helped that happen. This means that my office needs to be wherever I am. The contraction of the local remodeling market has forced me to wear all of the administrative hats at the same time, as well as return to wearing my tool bag daily. In only a week, the iPad found a very important place in my tool box. My smart phone and laptop-those guys are getting benched. Then I looked at my brief case filled with catalogs, scribbled job notes, and receipts sticking out of every corner. With its handwriting recognition and emailing capabilities, I could see myself jotting down trim measurements on the third floor and instantly sending it to my cut man’s phone on the first floor. Hit your browser's "back" button to return to this article.) It can email, perform document management and data management, track expenses, and perform calculations. This thing can do a lot more than show videos and play simple games. Then one snowy night, out of boredom, I started playing with it. In fact, I gave it to my kids to play games on. My first reaction was that I would have been happier with a case of Belgian ale. So, a few months ago, my brother Mike gave me an iPad in return for work I had done on his house. iPads are Apple products and Apple computers are for long-haired, tofu-eating, poetry-reading, and otherwise useless people who use them to design wine bottle labels, right? We meat-eating, boot-wearing, beer-drinking, hardworking types need real computers that can crunch numbers, run drafting programs and surf the web for-wait, it will come to me-yes, search the web for discounts on tools. IPads? Really, Gary? I think that’s going a little too far. ” Gary Katz, THISisCarpentry, July 30, 2010 “ I suspect we’re seeing an early preview of what the future holds for carpentry: laser measures, automatic digital miter saw fences, Bluetooth, iPads.
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