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Lets hope that Google’s announcement of that the Google Docs productivity suite for the iPad and Android-powered mobile devices will be coming in the “next few weeks” doesn’t turn into the next few months. One of the most significant shortcomings with the iPad is the lack of web-based collaboration tools, so these tools when finally released will fill a huge need.. We can also hope that many others will follow Google’s lead and start developing collaborative tools that run on the iPad.

Having spent this past summer traveling with my iPad I can vouch for the authenticity of this article. I didn’t go overseas so the language suggestions are the only exception in my experience.

Even though my iPad had 3G access I was cautious in my use of bandwidth and continually looked for reliable WiFi access–which was readily available for my entire trip.

While this article does not offer any earth shattering revelations it does provide a very good and practical overview for someone venturing out on a trip with only their iPad.

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Jason Hiner the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic makes the argument that Microsoft’s misguided tablet is the apothesis of the company. Balmer’s notion that Windows 7 will run on Slate PC’s in 2010 has not and will not realized because a tablet PC are much more than just another form factor for Windows. All one has to do is look at the success of the iPad and the forthcoming Android tablets to see that these devices are much more like smartphones than they are like PC.

HP and ASUS have both dropped their intentions to create a Windows 7 tablet due to the excessive power consumption of Windows 7. Hiner goes onto blame the lack of leadership or poor leadership for Microsoft’s current plight. Perhaps this is just the latest example of the impact of disruptive innovation. The iPhone and now the iPad have radically changed the tech industry in the past 2-3 years so perhaps we are starting to see the beginning of the end of Microsoft’s dominance.

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Time will tell if Forester Research forecast is accurate but there is no denying that the iPad and other tablet like devices are making a significant impact on traditional computing.

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A National Association of College Stores Foundation survey conducted this past fall at 19 campuses nationwide reveals that 74% of students surveyed still prefer to use a printed textbook when taking a class. These results really shouldn’t be a surprise considering that at our present state of ereader development a digital textbook does not offer anything more than a traditional text. Furthermore, when you consider the limited annotation abilities of most ereaders, digital texts offer less than traditional texts.

With the release of the iPad and the explosive growth in the iPad App development community we may start to see progress soon on the development of dynamic and interactive tools necessary to provide a rich experience with digital texts.

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