Friday, 3 June 2011

What do I want from a tablet?

What do I want in a tablet? - apart from the obvious (infinite battery life, light weight, decent size screen, infinite storage)....

for personal use:

  • email
  • eReader (flexible on format and comfortable to hold)
  • rss reader (and offline as well)
  • maps  (decent quality mapping with gps and track recording)
  • plenty of storage
  • ability to edit word documents (.docx) and excel spreadsheets
  • something like One Note for odd notes
  • sync with desktop PC(s)
  • Bible with different versions (I used Laridian on Windows mobile)
  • Password manager
for work purposes:
  • Ability to read technical documents / text books  (this means a decent size screen and PDF format)
  • Remote desktop to windows servers
  • Ability to access sharepoint systems, including sync for offline use (and edit)
  • Sync with work calendar and contacts
In the past I have developed quite a lot of code for my Windows mobile devices - I'd need to replace or redevelop these on the new platform.  My apps include:
  • Sharepoint client tool
  • Offline railway timetable tool
  • Mapping and GPS tracking program
  • Code changes/bugs database
  • Railway database
  • Program for learning / testing German language
  • Tool for noting railway track layouts

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