My iPad Enterprise Rollout: 5 Surprises

30.08.2010

But PDF is really an Adobe proprietary standard, and Apple has taken a hard stance against what it deems as proprietary standards. It's unclear what Apple will do in the future. Rennie believes the PDF and ePub are both going to live together on the iPad for a while.

5. Users Have iPad Location Privacy Fears

Most people use iPads for both work and in their personal lives. Rennie was surprised at the level of fear the iPad caused concerning privacy.

With iPads, Rennie's team created certificates and limitations about what people can do on them. For instance, you're not allowed to visit certain websites. Some people's response "With personal devices, there's a fear that somehow management infrastructure spies on the personal sides of their lives," Rennie says.

Add in location-based apps, and the iPad becomes not only content police but also follows people's every move. After all, the iPad is really a big iPhone with the same operating system and location services.

Zur Startseite