“Not every productivity task is optimally done on tablet software, of course. Writing a plain text document like this one isn’t the same as creating a large, nuanced spreadsheet,” Walt Mossberg writes for AllThingsD. “For complex documents, I still recommend using a PC or Mac.”
“And then there’s the problem with typing on a tablet’s virtual keyboard. If you’re going to use your iPad for longer documents, I suggest using a Bluetooth keyboard,” Mossberg writes. “Despite these caveats, iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Every time you reach for your iPad to read, or tap out, a work-related email, that’s productivity.”
Mossberg writes, “Here are my impressions of some [productivity] apps, including AstralPad, from a three-person startup that launched a few months ago. I tested these by doing two things with each. First, I created an identical word-processing document, with text in various styles and a photo, and then exported it to Microsoft Word on a PC and Mac. Then I imported a 23-page PowerPoint file to see if it looked as it did on a PC and Mac.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We already know that we don’t need no stinkin’ Office, but the rest of the world didn’t until they started buying millions of iPads and, not finding Microsoft’s Office, found they can live just fine without it. This is Microsoft’s “strategy.” The lack of Office on iPad is supposed to help drive people to Surface tablets. Didn’t work. Shhh, don’t tell ’em, but the longer Microsoft stays with this “strategy,” the quicker their cash cows die.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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