A month before the launch of Apple’s original iPad, I predicted that sports teams would replace their playbooks with the tablet computer, see Countdown to iPad – Playbook (Use Case 18). Recently the Tampa Bay Buccaneers bought iPads for their players to do just that, see Tampa Bay Buccaneers buy each player an iPad to [...]
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I fly a lot and it seems as if the space between plane seats narrows a bit more every year. So much so, I gave up using a laptop to get any work done on most flights. When I got my iPad I gained back much of the work time I had lost, but it [...]
Last week I was near DC meeting with a customer. After we had finished presenting to our client my colleague commented, “Just 6 months ago you were writing about what the iPad would do for business… who would have believed we would already be using an iPad to show our products and make our presentations”. [...]
2010-04-02 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Teams
Countdown to iPad – Ready-Fire-Aim (Use Case 47)
Countdown to iPad – Ready-Fire-Aim (Use Case 47)
Ready… on spur of the moment you decide to get away for the weekend. Fire… you pack the car and leave the house without knowing exactly where you’re headed. Aim… all you need now is a destination… all you need is iPad. While you drive, your co-pilot is free to check weather, hotels, points of [...]
2010-04-01 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Teams + Technology
Countdown to iPad – Teammate II (Use Case 46)
Countdown to iPad – Teammate II (Use Case 46)
In Use Case 12: Countdown to iPad – Teammate, we introduced iPad as the “politically correct meeting tech.” And although iPad can benefit a single team member, when you outfit an entire workgroup it really gets interesting. When everyone follows along on their iPad, you… …don’t need to wait for a conference room with a [...]
Three geek cheers for iPortal, aka iPad! The power of Mac OS X, Linux and Windows is coming to the iPad. Through the use of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), iPads will be able to control desktops, laptops and servers. Companies like MochaSoft already have VNC technology working successfully on the iPhone and iPad Touch… see [...]
2010-03-30 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Technology
Countdown to iPad – Super-Reader (Use Case 44)
Countdown to iPad – Super-Reader (Use Case 44)
Sleeker than a common e-reader. More colorful than the gloomy Sony. Able to speed through content with a single swipe. Look! Up in the sky! It’s a Nook. It’s a Kindle. It’s Super-reader! Yes, it’s Super-reader – strange visitor from Infinite Loop who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal [...]
2010-03-29 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Technology
Countdown to iPad – Farewell to Poingo (Use Case 43)
Countdown to iPad – Farewell to Poingo (Use Case 43)
One of the most clever interactive technologies I have encountered can be seen at mypoingo.com. A year of so ago I had the opportunity to provide my youngest 2 glorious OOH-n-AAH! filled days. We immediately fell for the quirky Poingo charm. So much so that we set out to buy her some of her own [...]
2010-03-28 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Technology
Countdown to iPad – Franklin-Covey-Apple (Use Case 42)
Countdown to iPad – Franklin-Covey-Apple (Use Case 42)
I have long been a fan of Franklin Planners and Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It was exciting to see these brands/disciplines brought together under the FranklinCovey (FC) banner in 1997. Since coming together, FC has added many new products, seminars and consulting offerings. Where I have long [...]
2010-03-27 ::
Russ Leseberg //
gaps + mobile + Technology
Countdown to iPad – Stimulus Package (Use Case 41)
Countdown to iPad – Stimulus Package (Use Case 41)
While technology and media giants scramble… and gadget pundits debate… Apple and it’s latest gizmo, iPad, are busy spurring economic growth. Apple shares are up, iPads are selling like hotcakes and advertisers are breaking out their checkbooks. The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and The New York Times are among the publications using the introduction of [...]