Ipad

Posted by WSP
Jan 22, 2011 at 10:06 PM

I own an iPad and and use it a good deal every day, but so far I haven’t been able to integrate it very successfully into my work pattern.

Though I occasionally read PDF files on it (and GoodReader is really excellent), my main need is to take notes, and there I am held back by lack of suitable software and a physical keyboard. This frustrates me, because I would like to carry my iPad (rather than a laptop) to libraries for that purpose.

My main note-taking program is MyInfo, which is superb, but the developer has so far shown no interest in creating an iPad app for it. (I desperately wish that someone else would.) I can of course use some other app for typing notes in the library and then transfer them into MyInfo when I return home, but that feels rather awkward.

As for the keyboard, there may be a solution on the horizon, because there are more and more portable bluetooth keyboards becoming available. I’m waiting for one that will fit comfortably in my pocket and yet fold out to something approaching normal keyboard size.