iPads in Business

[danibbler]

I didn't want to pollute an earlier thread but some quack there said that iPad business productivity was close to a myth.

Going over an old WSJ article it seems that the grain of truth is going to become more a silo:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203721704577156704148493394.html?mod=ITP_marketplace_0

Forrester Research, which estimates the Cupertino, Calif., company will sell $9 billion worth of Macs and $10 billion worth of iPads to businesses this year, up about 50% from last year.

The medical device maker worked with Apple the day after the iPad was released to use the device for sales and has rolled out about 4,500 globally.

By the end of the year, Boston Scientific expects to be able to begin shifting entirely to the iPad. "Technically, we will be able to support everything on an iPad," he said.

At this month's annual leadership meeting in Boca Raton, Fl., each of GE's top 600 officers came armed with an iPad.

 

[splooge]

Fastest growing business communication device according to the APIC Purchasers Association

 

[danibbler]

Just came across another couple of companies using the iPad and very successfully too!

When looking for a sales force tool that would make promotional materials come alive, ties into closed loop and customer relationship marketing systems, and has a platform that allows quick updates of materials, Depomed Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo both turned to the iPad. Depomed, a small specialty pharmaceutical company, equipped its sales force with the iPad for the launch of Gralise in October. Daiichi Sankyo is using the iPad for its entire sales force across the company’s whole product portfolio, rolling out the initiative in the beginning of the year. Executives from both companies agree that the iPad provides the portability, execution, and data to make their sales forces shine.

We did look at other tablet options, we piloted other tablet options, but the iPad was able to deliver – all of the options could deliver on the IVA [interactive visual aid] component, and some of the other tablets might have been able to do some of the other things, but not as efficiently and not as brilliant as what the iPad could deliver,

the utilization of our visual aid is probably double what you would normally get based upon various surveys that you would get in a non-iPad system ... in the 75-plus percent range in terms of utilization, and as you know, normally you’re in the 35 percent range, 35 to 40. It literally is double

Huge article, not a fluff piece:

http://pharmalive.com/magazines/medad/view.cfm?articleID=11059

 

[onthebottom]

It's getting to be there are more executives in meetings with iPads than not these days.... I've never seen an Android tablet (or Playbook) in a meeting... ever.

OTB

 

[danibbler]

CDW Reports Worker Productivity Up with Tablets

I've seen all at meetings, they just aren't used for a heck of alot other than cool factor and identity support.

I guess you need some new glasses then.

According to the latest CDW IT Monitor, nearly three-quarters of the IT decision makers surveyed thought that the use of tablets and smartphones has led to an increase in productivity within their organization, with 25 percent saying it has improved productivity “significantly.”

Overall, the Apple iOS is most preferred operating system, with 61 percent of IT decision makers choosing it.

Once you have your new glasses, have a look-see here:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and...se-Increasing-Worker-Productivity-CDW-779688/

 

[onthebottom]

I've literally never seen a single Android tablet in a business meeting... I've seen kids in airports watching videos on Kindle Fires but never in a business meeting.

OTB

 

[danibbler]

The naive or stupid question applies more to you than it does me. The article is based on a CDW IT report.

Were you the quack that said that iPad business productivity was a myth?

You quote a ziff davis site. Are you naive or just stupid?

As for glasses, I've got them on but, maybe we should send you to remedial reading.... what does this quote say:

"nearly three-quarters of the IT decision makers surveyed thought that the use of tablets and smartphones has led to an increase in productivity within their organization, with 25 percent saying it has improved productivity “significantly.”"

Can you see the key word? If not, I'll lend you my glasses....

Another B.S article with no substance.

 

[GG2]

I've literally never seen a single Android tablet in a business meeting... I've seen kids in airports watching videos on Kindle Fires but never in a business meeting.

OTB

There is no question the tablet market is dominated by Apple.

By the way, what are business meetings like? I've never been to one.

 

[workingstiff]

My company is currently planning the roll-out of iPads to the sales force. They will have all of the company's catalogues along with video demonstrations of products at work which will beat the hell out of carrying bulky binders and describing complex procedures...and for a short while should also give reps a wow factor in front of clients. The iPads will also have access to the web versions of our expense reporting and CRM systems. I am not an Apple fan but this is going to be a useful business tool...it the field. In the office the laptop still rules.

 

[WoodPeckr]

By the way, what are business meetings like? I've never been to one.

Been to plenty and most are total BS and a waste of productive time!....:biggrin1:
That's why iPads are so popular there. The knobs watch movies on em while feigning interest in the BS 'topic of the hour' being spoon fed them....

Watching movies sure beats watching some twit, like bottie, trying to look important while presenting dozens of boring inane graphs and 'arts & charts' that only put you to sleep....

 

[danibbler]

Wow, I guess the word for you is stupid.

Do you realize how many surveys are done with the word "thought" or "think"? No?

Second, I love it when people make grand, sweeping general statements about something such as you did with ZD. Invariably, they're wrong.

Well i guess you can't read so I'll help you....here's my glasses for ya.

Do you see the word THOUGHT in the sentence....this means they answered a survey, on a scale of 1 to 5 do you THINK blah blah blah. This is where that number comes from. This has the relevance of a canary shit on the space station.

Productivity isn't up, its the same if you're lucky, otherwise they are playing the latest game while in a meeting. The critical question wasn't asked, ZD never asks good questions., which is HOW is productivity being enhanced.

Secondly any one who has an iota of intelligence knows that ziff davis is in the business of churning out utterly biased garbage news. It floods the internet with bullshit, fud about real products that do not advertise in their publications. All of their publications are heavily biased, almost none are objective.

So eat your eweak and your ziff davis and love it, it just shows more and more you don't know what you are talking about.

 

[danibbler]

More iPad Productivity

Here's some more info to dispel the FUD spread by some people:

The Apple (AAPL) tablets, equipped with a custom-made debt-restructuring app, were handed out to the leadership team, including representatives from the Finance Ministry, the Hellenic Exchange (the Greek equivalent of the NYSE), the Bank of Greece (their version of the Federal Reserve) and the three external banks that managed the deal, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Lazard.

The idea was to give the participants a rich set of analytic tools and real-time, secure connections to both the global clearing systems and the back offices of banks around the world.

"Split-second decisions were made that couldn't have been made without the data platform."

"It was the largest financial transaction in the history of the world," says Apfel. "And we couldn't have done it without the iPad."

Note what he said, specifically about it being done with the iPad only, NOT ANY OTHER TABLET.

Got to hammer that in for some idiots.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05...aign=Feed:+rss/money_topstories+(Top+Stories)

 

[danibbler]

Interesting, can you tell us why the developers decided to only develop for the iPad?

Second, you do realize that the author is only sticking to what he knows best? He's been covering Apple since 1982.

Actually, it was the APP developed by the Bondholder Group that helped them with the restructuring of their debt, not the tablet. They could have written an app for an Android device, a Windows tablet, or a Linux based notebook. That they chose the iPad has little (actually nothing) to do with how well suited it was for the Greek delegates.

It also speaks to the technical savvy of the interviewee that "this couldn't be done with any other tablet". Give me a break, there are no features on the iPad that make it more suited to hosting a custom built app of any kind. What he should have said is that "this app, specifically developed for the iPad, by developers that targeted it for the iPad alone, could not have been hosted by any other tablet". Lol.

If you disagree that this article is slanted, check out the other articles by Philip Elmer-DeWitt . (If you're too lazy to click on his name in the article, I'll save you the trouble, ALL his articles are about how awesome Apple is).

Meaningless article, shill journalism.

 

[danibbler]

2) Prove that its wrong bud. They aren't generally sweeping - they are generally well known by anyone who knows anything. You probably think CNET is useful too.

I'll make a grand, sweeping statement, I've been proving you wrong since day one.

 

[b4u]

I've literally never seen a single Android tablet in a business meeting... I've seen kids in airports watching videos on Kindle Fires but never in a business meeting.

OTB

I guess some people only see what they wanna see

Report: Android Tablets Surpassing iPads in Businesses

 

[onthebottom]

I guess some people only see what they wanna see

Report: Android Tablets Surpassing iPads in Businesses

Yeah, I think that report is predicting a future state (one that I'd be willing to bet against), the current state is iPads (and only iPads) in business meetings..... at least in my experience.

Was in 3 banks in Canada in the last couple of weeks, iPads in meetings, no android tablets, blackberries AND iPhones (the former supplied by the bank, the later bought by the employee).

OTB

 

[WoodPeckr]

I guess some people only see what they wanna see

Report: Android Tablets Surpassing iPads in Businesses

poor bottie will never let FACTS get in the way of his Apple delusions!....

 

[GG2]

I don't own a tablet. Not on that train yet. I currently have little use for one.

 

[blackrock13]

I guess some people only see what they wanna see

Report: Android Tablets Surpassing iPads in Businesses

It's the same with tablets as it is with phone. How many companies make and sell 'Android' tablets and how many companies sell iPads. It's no big surprise that all those companies would eventually sell more. It's never an oranges to oranges comparisons.Yet OTB offers real world experience not the make believe of cellar dwellers like pekkerhead.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Come on and admit it blackcock13, the only use you have for your iPud is watching gay porn when not making rounds at the Apple warehouse you guard!....