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    Do you find a tablet useful for work?

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    • ?
      A Former User
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      I play on tablets. I'm more of a laptop kind of guy for work. I carry my satchel with laptop, console cable, etc pretty much everywhere.

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      • thanksajdotcomT
        thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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        @Hubtech Yup. I hate having too many devices. Phone and laptop. THAT'S IT! People ask why I didn't get a desktop. Simple answer? I HATE having two computers for the same thing. One at a client's and one at home is fine because it's segregated machines for segregated tasks/situations. One phone for everything. But having a laptop and desktop and trying to remember what files are on which machine, etc would drive me BATTY!!!

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        • Minion QueenM
          Minion Queen Banned
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          This biggest issue I have when traveling is I love to have all my gadgets. I now carry my MacBook Pro (not the new lighter easy to carry one either) the Ipad Mini and the Windows tablet, my IPhone and all cables etc. When it is just a quick trip the tablets are fine but... now I end up carrying more than I need.

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          • thanksajdotcomT
            thanksajdotcom @Minion Queen
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            @Minion-Queen YOU?! No!! Can it be?! 😛

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender
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              NO, I can't use a tablet for work. I suppose if I'm walking around all day (but I'm not) it might be more helpful. yeah I could RDC into my servers if needed, but I just don't need to that often.

              mobile email is definitely nice, and I use my phone (Galaxy S4) for that. I don't like to type much on it, I use the voice to text when possible, otherwise I wait until I'm back at my desk, or grab a workstation around the office and log into webmail.

              Those that are using their tablets all day - other than email, what are you doing on them? are you really creating documents from an iPad on a regular basis - I mean like Word and Excel type docs? Create quotes, etc? Perhaps you are because you have a great app that performs that function well on that device.

              But for me, the tablet is only used as an ereader, and it does a fantastic job of that.

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                thanksajdotcom @Dashrender
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                @Dashrender Have an S4 as well. Do you use Swype? If not, use it. I can't do without it. I was on a Windows 8 phone (@minion-queen) for a while and the worst part was no Swype or similar feature. Drove me absolutely batty!

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                • Minion QueenM
                  Minion Queen Banned
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                  I am using them both for CRM, Lync, Yammer, WAVE Accounting, SharePoint, OneNote and Word documents, I have to say excel is a bit of a pain though. Oh yeah and now MangoLassi as well. Everything works really well on it. For when I travel I also have a softphone connected on my iPad and do conference calls etc. if I am connect to wifi as VoIP on 4g is sketchy at best.

                  I have to admit that I may go back to a full IPad at some point if the windows tablet works out wise due to the size I really do not need to have two 7" tablets but I do think a 7" a 10" and a laptop might give me everything I need for travel. Though all I might need a better Bluetooth keyboard and that might solve the gap I have.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @thanksajdotcom
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                    @ajstringham I definitely used swipe before my current keyboard Minuum. Check it out (though I don't think they have a free trial 😞 )

                    I'm still getting used to it, the spell check or maybe better said predictive nature of Minuum is much better than Swype, and it learns your typing pattern to offer the words your more likely to use.

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                    • SemicolonS
                      Semicolon
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                      My wife's got a...uh...nook. I'm not the biggest fan, but it was a gift from her mother. That being said, I can use PowerShell Web Access on it, which is sometimes all I need.

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                      • thanksajdotcomT
                        thanksajdotcom @Semicolon
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                        @Semicolon Wait, say what?! o.0

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                        • Minion QueenM
                          Minion Queen Banned
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                          @semicolon really PowerShell on a Nook?? Ok that is pretty cool

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                          • SemicolonS
                            Semicolon
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                            http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831611.aspx

                            PowerShell anywhere, really.

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                            • Minion QueenM
                              Minion Queen Banned
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                              Well I will have to say I will not be doing that I would break something 😛

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                              • art_of_shredA
                                art_of_shred Banned
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                                No Windows tablet here, but my ipad is a wonderful tool, that I use primarily to browse 9gag and Youtube while lying in bed or taking a bath. As for work, I have a PC. 'nuff said.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender
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                                  I did buy a nook when they were new... I rooted it and flashed a new rom.. but I became bored with it quickly. I guess I'm not a real programmer.. ha wait.. I'm not really - 🙂

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    I am highly mobile and a tablet is critical for me to remain connected.

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                                    • Bob BeattyB
                                      Bob Beatty @Minion Queen
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                                      @Minion-Queen
                                      We just bought 10 Surface Pro 2's - so far, everyone loves them! Surprisingly, the guys who had IPADS say it made their IPAD obsolete. boom!

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                                      • Minion QueenM
                                        Minion Queen Banned
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                                        I know I didn't like the first versions of them it was horrible to use. But I might check out the newest.

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                                        • Paul LucianoP
                                          Paul Luciano
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                                          I was using my rooted Nook Tablet forever and it worked well at IT Conferences. If I had Wi-Fi and my charger with me, I could easily remote in using RDP 2X and do important work. I was handed an iPad 2 to do testing for a rollout. I have RDP 2X again and find it fairly useful. Once I figured out Notes allows me to save locally and then e-mail, I was good. I installed Sketches so I can scribble diagrams (that can be e-mailed and saved locally). Right now we are preparing for our new CRM rollout. At present it is a very dandy e-reader.

                                          Once we figure out good ideas, it will be useful. I like my 3 screens and a hard drive laden laptop for VPN and VMware vSphere client.

                                          Regards,

                                          Paul "iPhone, iPad 2... what IS going on here?" Luciano, MCSE

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                                            Eric @Minion Queen
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                                            @Minion-Queen I personally do not have one, but I see slot of people using them for notes during meetings or to read the minutes from the last meeting. I don't feel that they are much functional beyond that Dave the few proprietary applications I have seen for internal audits.

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