WYSE PocketCloud on the iPad - Pretty Slick!

So far, a couple of us in the office have purchased an iPad. Generally speaking, our reasons for acquisition fall into two categories: 1) we're technology buffs and needed to test the latest and greatest Apple creation to find legitimate business use cases; 2) disregard reason number 1, we just had to have one!

To our delight we've quickly found several ways to efficiently and effectively use our iPad's in the office every day. With that said, let me add to the pile of reasons you need to justify such a purchase:

1. We’re going paperless, and therefore going green. Reduced printing and much less transport of our laptops is the result. It's definitely not a complete replacement for the laptop, but its close.

2. Keynote is a fantastic application on the iPad, especially when coupled with the VGA connector. Walking into meetings with a small iPad is much more appealing than lugging around that “heavy” laptop (insert joke here).

3. Perhaps the best use I’ve found thus far is the WYSE PocketCloud application. I’m honestly to the point where I feel that I may recycle my laptop and move permanently to a zero client. Let’s build upon this a little further.

WYSE’s PocketCloud app for the iPhone has been great. I bought it 2 minutes after it was announced during a keynote presentation at VMworld 2009. However, the largest limitation I’ve experienced is screen size.

The iPad has alleviated this constraint for me and provided much more freedom. Depending on your resolution settings, you may still see the need for some “screen scrolling” (which requires the flick of your finger in Apple’s world), but doing so on the iPad is much different than on the iPhone.

As for those “crazy” Microsoft applications that I need access to? I simply open them via a PocketCloud connection to my VMware View 4 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure!

Questions? Comments? Let me know!