The iPad is Little More Than a Fancy Walkie Talkie
Which makes it perfect for many, if not most, business uses.
Apple took over music distribution, by innovating digital technology and giving people what they wanted, before people even knew they wanted it. They will now do the same thing for too many business uses to count.
Add walkie talkie capabilities to a note pad or clipboard. That way people need not run back and forth to exchange information. No papers to shuffle, lose or file. Just simple two way communications that anyone can use. Text, pictures, video, a digital paper trail. Any more would make it less powerful. People will realize soon enough, this is what they wanted all along.
We may get to see that paperless office soon. After twenty years of hype, it is about time.
Touch an album, review and play songs. Touch a toolbox, see all the tools in the box. Touch a tacklebox, see all your lures.
Instead of files and folders, viruses and firewalls, user accounts and all that stuff, just hand it out and let people use it for precisely defined needs. Just like iTunes, everything is already in place to make it happen, it was just waiting on the right tools combined with the right designs.
Fancy display of inventory for a Walkie Talkie, Touch to drill deeper.