从互操作(Interop)开始，我就一直把我的新iPad作为商业工具使用。虽然它在某些方面很好，但在另一些方面也很烦人。
我喜欢iPad的灵活性。我只需按一下按钮，就可以查看网站、Twitter、LinkedIn和文件网站。在会议或客户现场能够这样做是很好的。我发现自己在办公室更多地使用它，只是为了查收邮件，而不是用iPhone。iPad上的应用程序仍然有些欠缺。你可以使用iPhone应用程序，但有些应用程序在新款iPad上看起来并不那么好。我最喜欢的应用程序是DropBox和Box.net。当你需要在你的身材技巧文件的时候，这些是很棒的。我可以在一天开始之前上传我需要的文件，以防我的客户或我需要他们。另一方面，LinkedIn目前令人失望，因为它没有iPad应用程序。 But that’s not the worst thing I have to deal with. Apple will still not allow any "iCalendar" .ics files to be opened in e-mail. This means you cannot open any appointment sent to you in Outlook as an .ics file. This is really a problem for people who want to use the iPad as a business tool. What is the point of blocking that? Is it an ego game from Apple leadership because iCalendar is supported by Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar? If anyone at Apple is reading this, I ask you openly and plainly to do everyone a favor and fix the issue. For now I am using Tungle's iPhone applications on my iPad as a workaround. But it is a pain, and not as good as simple native support. I would like to see a application called Xobni get onto the iPad. Xobni is an Outlook plug-in that I love. It searches and combines information about your contacts stored in Outlook and other social networks. Come to think of it. I would also like to see a Tungle applications for the iPad. Ok, I could list many more apps I'd like to see. I am mostly surprised that so many applications on the iPhone have not made it faster to the iPad. Makes me wonder. Another problem with the iPad is that when you rent a movie to watch on a long trip you only have 24 hours to watch it once you start the movie. This is just horrible, Apple! Maybe you would want to watch it again. Maybe you did not get to see all of it on your two-hour flight and had no time to watch it in the next 22 hours. I urge you to give people a break and make it free to watch as many times as the customer wants for a longer period -- I would like to see a rental be available for the full 30 days of the rental. Also you need to have one price for all movies like iTunes. I'd like to see a price of $2.99 for all rentals new and old. I feel as if today's pricing is almost gouging -- and that needs to change or the Android Tablet will have a way to compete with you when it comes out. The price for accessories in the Apple Retail stores are just outrageous also (a vintage Steve Jobs ploy). I paid some $50 for a cover for my iPad; it should be $15. If you want to make some more money in your stores and not set yourself up for easy competition from competitors, lower your prices. Overall, I do like using my iPad in a business setting from time to time. But Apple still has a long way to go before it becomes a tool a user can rely on for a full day of work.