IPad for business
online.wsj.comI've been using the iPad for sales since a week after it came out. I picked one up in the US before it came to Canada, and EVERY person I showed it to was instantly interested in me, my presentation, and how big of a "tech guru" I must be to have one of those apple touchpad thingers. Really helped selling, and there is some great apps where I can hand the person the iPad, and flick through the powerpoint on my iPhone while I talk (Mighty Meeting)
So you use Mighty Meeting as your sales tool... what do you think the Medtronic guys used in that example from the article?
As an iPad developer, I'm wondering if there would be value in having some sort of "Product Gallery" type of SaaS -- an app that you load on your iPad, combined with a website that lets you manage the products and info that you'd like to show with it.
I guess the trick is to make the iPad (or iPhone for that matter) the only device required for mobile staff.
If a staff member still has to carry a notebook around with them for when they need to get 'real' work done, then employers aren't going to decide to fund iPads and employees aren't going to want to lug around yet another device for their job.
I've got a few real-estate software ideas in the back of my mind that would do away with the requirement for a physical desk, phone & computer for most real-estate staff who are more productive when they are out of the office doing things. And I think this is the way iPad business applications need to progress if they are to gain any serious traction.
Lots of people focus on success stories like Angry Birds, but there is a lot of money to be made from enterprise mobile apps.