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Omnigroup Commits to Bring Five Productivity Apps to iPad

I've never used any apps by Omni but I'm sure they are good ones and they are just the tip of the iceberg. Wait until the magazine publishes get their apps out.

That will be the "new" internet.
 
iPad—a hit in the making

The iPad is going to be a giant success.

As an owner of web and software development company I can tell you that we have high profile clients chomping at the bit for iPad related marketing, sales and promotions content and development.

In the past two days, I heard some pretty amazing coming from *clients* regarding uses for the iPad -- Things my staff and I would never have dreamed up.

I'd tell you what these ideas are, but well, they are our secrets.

As for people chiding the lack of flash, I'll predict this: The lack of Flash will not matter soon, probably in a year's time or so. It's only a matter of time.
 
Friscohoya said:
And so it begins...
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Exactly...to think Microsoft calls it as an even more closed platform hahaha. iPad wil be very different when it ships in 26 days.

I the iPad launch is still just scratching the surface. I also would like to know why competition says it's just a big iPod Touch but after four days all they have for an answer is FUD.
 
CFreymarc said:
I'm right now stating that the launch of the iPad was the day that the traditional desktop computing market started to die.

In less then five years, we are going to see all solid state laptops and desktops with only secure and digitally signed apps. Hand motions, facial expressions and speech will input to it as easily as a keyboard and mouse.

Apple's ivory tower sees it in IL One and the Bomb shelter. Everyone else is just starting to wake up to it.
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Yeah I'm actually considering ditching a desktop and Mac OS X Apps and to focus on iPad and iPhone Apps 100% .. doing all this on a 13/15" new Pro or Air when they arrive in mid FEB/MARCH........

iPhone has "There's an App for that"

The iPad will be "There's a Pad for that":rolleyes:
 
This is great news. I re-watched the entire Keynote once more, especially the iWork demo, its impressive. If major developers are behind this platform, its going to take off.
 
DonSqueak said:
I agree that printing is the one last issue to be addressed. But seeing as the desktop/iPad setup is my vision of the future, I’d say the printer’s in the basement anyways. Also: What about cloud-based printstations? For people on the go, like the fax machines in Japanese convenience stores. Average person does not print that much after all.
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I think that a printing solution would come from Apple's end. It would make the OS a bit more bulkier but, iPad/IPhone/iPod could simply connect to any printer over wifi , search for printers on the network and download drivers if necessary.

Just like OS X . then if the Apple App / 3rd party App has a print function then it would be taken to a page setup screen just like OS X and presto!



Let's see this in scope people and if anyone at Apple is reading this pay close attention here. OS 3.2 is Apple's very basic , let's make this thing compatible version. but...


The more functionality future versions of iPhone OS starts to include that OS X currently provides then:

1. The further it will set itself apart from anything remotely close to what blackberry or android can conjure up
2. It will gain extreme attraction from enterprise and consumer to the point were everything else is not even close to providing equal value.
3. MS windows will become a distant memory of what computing use to be in the 90's.
 
arn said:
This is where it starts getting very interesting. Full featured apps like this are going to be far more possible, and I'd expect Omni Group will do a good job making them multi-touch appropriate.

arn
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Arn, yes exactly, and the iPad's OS/UI combined with this form factor is a key to overall usability of these apps.

Once again, it will be the UI and the form factor that beat absolute hardware specifications or shear quantity of features packed into a form factor.

This is what the Laptop junkies fail to imagine.
 
jaykk said:
This is great news. I re-watched the entire Keynote once more, especially the iWork demo, its impressive. If major developers are behind this platform, its going to take off.
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Forget that man, creative developers will make this happen, I have some great ideas for a device of this size and more API flexibility then with the iPhone..... Creative Minds will make this device and developers willing to make their Apps have the polish that Apples Apps will have..... I want to see quality developed apps .... not iFart apps
 
someone28624 said:
One of the problems I have with calling the iPad a "computer" and one that stares me in the face when I see programs like this and iWork- is there anyway to print from the iPad? What about just e-mail files created as an attachment? How are files saved and accessed without any sort of file directory or "Finder" system?
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Yes to print.

I imagine emailing files will be just like emailing photos now. Hold finger on file image within app and a list of options including email will come up.

I really feel like Apple was holding a lot back from the keynote. I mean Steve didnt even say one more thing. Really? I predicted that price would be the one more thing, but he didnt even say it. Probably because it wasnt big enough to warrant the catch phrase. They are going to have big announcements at the iphone OS 4.0 release. They just didnt want to tip their hand.

Let the other tablet makers react then bury them!
 
DonSqueak said:
You should check out RemoteTap. It has some very clever hold-to-zoom features for small click-targets. I could see myself using iPad for most everything and accessing my iMac with RemoteTap for when I need it to crunch some numbers.
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While it's a nice thing to have when remotely controlling a "traditional" PC/Mac, I think it would be unacceptable to have to use this method on the iPad OS itself.
 
This is great news. I'm relying more and more on OmniFocus. I have both the Mac app and the iPhone app.

I rarely use the iPhone app, however, and for reasons that aren't entirely assuaged by the iPad.

For one, I'm rockin' the original iPhone, and OF is slow to load. It would be better on the the 3GS, certainly, and faster still on the iPad.

But without multitasking, I don't think it could ever be fast enough. On the Mac I use the global shortcut to invoke the quick entry window. For those who don't know, it's almost like spotlight, in that wherever you are, whatever you're doing you can just press a keystroke and up pops a window for entering a, well, whatever... an idea, an to-do, a note. It's incredibly quick, and I love catching thoughts and throwing them into my "trusted system" just as fast as they enter my head.

I don't care how fast the iPad is. If I have to 1) quit an application 2) navigate to a new page on the home screen 3) launch omnifocus 4) tap the button to enter new inbox item 5) enter my idea 6) quit the app 7) navigate the home screen and 8) launch the app I had been in, then I wouldn't even bother. I'd write it down on a scrap of paper.

And that's something I wish Apple would figure out. That the lack of multitasking would cause me—with iPhone and iPad in hand—to choose a piece of paper and a pen rather than deal with their interface *that gets in my way.*

If I had a iPhone 3GS I'd just jailbreak and run OF in the background. I may just do that if I get the next iPhone. Or, if I can jailbreak and background an iPad, I may get that and just keep my old slow iPhone Edge to, you know, make calls with. :p
 
Small Business

It will be a great boost for small business. Between iPad and Mac Mini Server (unlimited client for $999 is a steal) , a small business can have a nice setup to have all kinds of touch based solutions ( Restaurant Menus, ordering system, doctor's office ) etc.
 
slb said:
Someday, touchscreen devices like this will be what people consider a "laptop."
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fingertop? handtop? The big problem for handheld touchscreen devices is that you are holding as well as interacting with it simultaneously. Small devices such as phones are light and with multiple fingers, some can be used for input while others hold it. This no longer holds true for larger devices. Thus there is an inherent limitation compared to laptops. Laptops (notebooks) will thus not die, because they are ergonomically more conducive to productive work in more formal settings.

The iPad and its many successors and competitors, are casual computers. Predominantly media and internet consumption devices. They do not replace laptops, because laptops have effectively replaced desktops, and no-one can seriously suggest that a handheld slate can replace a desktop any time soon.

This is a new category that is not going to go away, and is not going to replace any particular current capacity. In fact, I predict the big losers are not going to be phones, laptops, or desktops. Instead, the big losers are dedicated media players, ie. iPod nano and iPod Touch. The iPod Classic is already relegated to niche use.

Check out Apple's latest (record) revenue figures. iPod sales are declining rapidly, and they will fade to background very quickly. The touch is of course the exception. iPods will only be purchased for niche applications, such as working out.

The iPad is the replacement of the iPod.

I don't mean it does the same things. I mean it will occupy the same mind share. It is the must have gadget. Remember when iPod nanos were the must have gadget?

iPad also "multitasks" (sorry) by competing in other emerging markets (ebooks) and web appliances (remember the internet fridge?)

Eidorian said:
I for one do not want to welcome our new Apple overlords.
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Your dissent has been reported ;)
 
Friscohoya said:
Enjoy that laptop (I am using one now) while you can cause they are going to stop making them in 5-10 years. "Touch" the future.
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The fact that desktop PC's are still being made in 2010 is good enough reason to believe laptops aren't going anywhere ANYTIME soon.
 
boss1 said:
I think that a printing solution would come from Apple's end.
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There is plenty of innovation here. Remote printing, printing subscriptions, and even these guys may finally have a mainstream vehicle for their technology.

Actually, I wonder if I could even use the iPad to order a subscription to a printing house that could automatically print out the daily news and deliver it to my door, without me even having to lift a finger! Wow, that would be awesome.
 
Friscohoya said:
You will worship them and you will like it! Or you will meet a fate worse than Windows!
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I started noticing this later on in the Flash thread. Web sites will just bend over from the lack of Flash and just start making application versions of their websites instead. That's somehow the "new" internet with Apple as the gatekeeper.

I just think that's just part of the whole Apple hates Flash for their devices so I hate it too group. I'm not fond of Flash but for something Apple promotes as the best browsing experience it's kind of a necessity.

I was only joking...
 
someone28624 said:
One of the problems I have with calling the iPad a "computer" and one that stares me in the face when I see programs like this and iWork- is there anyway to print from the iPad? What about just e-mail files created as an attachment? How are files saved and accessed without any sort of file directory or "Finder" system?
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Yes, you can email files from iWork. Jobs said so in his brief video interview with mossberg ( a few stories back )

arn
 
Great news...

Since it's practically useless as a decent, magical web device (sans flash), perhaps it can be used for real work. Good thing they developed for next... wonder if stevo still owns them???
 
Haven't read the thread, just popping in to say this is just the beginning. There's gonna be some great stuff coming from 3rd party devs. I'm guessing the iPad will start looking more and more attractive as time goes on with more developers jumping in.
 
For one Apple has made it clear it is an easy platform to develop for. Look at the iPhone and how many Apps we got there in such a short time.

It's going to be awesome to see what else is coming. I for one think the MLB App is amazing!
 
fobfob said:
The iPad and its many successors and competitors, are casual computers. Predominantly media and internet consumption devices. They do not replace laptops, because laptops have effectively replaced desktops...
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I think the iPad may save the desktop, but that's a different thread.
 
This is excellent news for iPad. All the claims of it being just a big iPhone/iPod touch are being stomped into the ground and it's only been a few days since it was announced - and it's not even out yet. I mean, already the haters are listing them separately. It doesn't take long to make them look foolish. It's not all that surprising - the iPhone haters came out in force when it was announced, crying about it being crippled and hobbled. And look where we are 140,000 apps later.

In some ways, I somewhat agree with the feeling that Mac OS X tends to take a backseat to the iPhone and iPad, because they aren't hype. However, both are fledgling platforms. Mac OS X is established. The Mac is not going away. It's Apple's bread-and-butter. You may imagine that at some point iPhone and iPad will be the bulk of Apple's sales, but if that day ever arrives, it's going to be way off in the future. Before you wail about the death of the Mac and the traditional computer, I suggest you go back and look at Apple's financial results. And go back and take a look at the advertising awards recently given to the "I'm a Mac" campaign. And also realize that we are in the middle of the Mac OS X development cycle - part way between the last and the next.

What you're talking about is solely the perception at this instant. You'll think differently (heh) when Apple releases a few new Macs (it's been a little while) and previews 10.7.

Besides, what's good for iPhone OS and iPad OS is good for the Mac OS X. For starters, they are all "OS X" systems. And it's been clearly shown that iPod and iPhone have been halo products for bringing people to Apple's products and the Mac in particular. And the same thing applies to developers finding their way to the Mac by way of iPhone development. That's why they're selling more Macs than they ever have before. In what universe is that killing off the Mac? If you're going to church-lady the fate of the Mac, at least have some numbers behind your claim.
 
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