How the iPad revolution has transformed working lives

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As the touch screen tablet emerges as the must have device for pretty much the whole of our gadget obsessed population, it’s hard to dispute if there is any word that currently rivals the weight that one carries.

Margaret Manning, the founder and chief executive of Reading Room, was interviewed by Tech Editor Charles Arthur of The Observer (UK) regarding her take on how the iPad is more than just a pretty interface.

She first realised that her iPad was going to change how she worked when she was in hospital, recovering from a minor operation, about a month after buying it. “I realised I could comfortably do emails, download a book to read, watch a film, whatever,” she says.

Margaret takes the iPad with her to client meetings and presentations as the iPad’s chief virtue is its versatility. “You can create and consume content in a different way. Key to that is the screen size. The iPhone was a step towards this, but the format is vital. This allows businesses to start using it in a way they couldn’t with the iPhone.”

She cites an app that Reading Room has developed for Grains Research Development Corporation in Australia which lets farmers examine crops for disease by comparing them, in the field, to pictures on the iPad. That could be done on a laptop – but it would be cumbersome compared to doing it on the handheld screen.

Cool kids and early adopters still drool at the murmurs of a new Apple device being released but it’s obvious that the iPad also has a place in the board room, the family room and pretty much anywhere you can squeeze in a minimal amount of elbow room.

For the full story please visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/27/ipad-tablet-computer-users-rivals?INTCMP=SRCH