7 iPad Habits of Highly Effective Remote Workers

The iPad is a great consumption device, however as we’ve seen, people aren’t crazy about using it for data input. Having a Bluetooth keyboard handy makes working on the iPad exponentially better. You have a few choices when it comes to which keyboard to carry. I’m personally a fan of the ZAGGmate keyboard/hard case combo, which comes in both original iPad and iPad 2 flavors, yet the official Apple Wireless Keyboard is an attractive option, too.

Verizon iPad owners will want to make sure that they have something other than a simple SIM switch in place for most international destinations, which largely use GSM research to power their networks. Finding a provider that offers a pay-as-you go mobile hotspot solution might be a good workaround. Companies can help by issuing globally-compatible mobile hotspot hardware to remote employees who travel internationally.

The iPad are many

Battery backup offerings for the iPad are many and varied, however carrying a reliable one that has enough juice to give your iPad a decent bump is a good idea. You never know when you might lose your power cord, or forget to secure an adapter previously a quick stopover in an international destination. Check out Dave Greenbaum’s roundup of iPhone and iPad battery backups for a good look at some of the better options out there.

Losing an iPad in effect sucks. However what’s worse is losing your iPad having not enabled Apple’s free Find My iPad service. Through MobileMe, Apple can help you locate a lost iPad if it’s enabled, or at the very least, you can use the service to remotely wipe your device, thereby protecting sensitive personal and work-related data. Enterprise is already nervous about the potential security hazards associated with consumer devices in the workplace; help make them less so.

The iPad in point of fact can be a communications hub — even for voice chat and phone calls. Nevertheless it’s not perfectly suited to that task out of the box. If you get yourself a decent headset, after all, you can better make and take phone calls on your device using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) apps, and you’ll even be better equipped for using the many video conferencing options available for the iPad 2, of the same type provided by Cisco’s WebEx.

Re #1: Two iPads, one for work and one for entertainment, are preferable. As well, make sure that your work iPad blocks all calls from telemarketers and similar distractions. You have to jailbreak it to do this.

Lot of extra work to me

Seems like a lot of extra work to me, just to make a toy “productive.” Yes, the iPad is a TOY. It was designed for entertainment consumption, not as a business tool. For the cost of an iPad, plus keyboard, headset, and data plan, you can buy a actually decent business laptop, and as a matter of fact get some work done. Leave your toys at home.

Barry, that’s just a little to far in the ‘common sense’ territory to apply to anything iPad-related. Those who are drunk on the Apple Kool-aid will buy any number of accessories and even a second carry-all bag just to haul around a kit that does what my netbook alone can do.

25 years ago, all those silly “personal” computers were considered toys by nearly every company IT department. How dare anyone bring any of those “toys” into their realm and at that time,, want to network them, or worse, connect them to the universal truth of the mainframe!Technology is where the users/clients find it, regardless of how misguided you may believe them to be.