Comments on: The iPad is the Ultimate Thin Client http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/ News, analysis and context on enterprise technology for the CTO Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Using an iPad or iPhone as a thin client « José from America http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-601 Using an iPad or iPhone as a thin client « José from America Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:57:25 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-601 [...] http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/ [...] [...] http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/ [...]

]]> By: Jeet http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-600 Jeet Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:46:24 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-600 There certainly has been a lot of great discussion around the iPAD. Leave it up to Apple to take great concepts of blending computing and living life in ways that excite us (GUIs, iPOD, iPhone, iPAD). The iPAD is nothing new in concept either from tablet form factor , thin client, nor e-content/e-commerce platform perspectives. (and I do think there is an adjustment needed to the notion of thin computing that involves "cloud based services"). However what I really thought was the key point of your post is the notion of non-power users using the device. There are many use cases waiting to be identified in the phenomenon of the iPAD. To be very specific, I am thinking of purchasing one for my mother. She has been (for years) talk about buying a computer, and taking classes at the senior center on how to use it. She talks about using Windows, and Email. She also is curious about "browsing" to get content, etc.. Compound the daunting task of getting started with the economical consideration and plethora of PC equivalents to choose from (not of which are very inviting) and you get inaction and pent up interest. If my mother is typical of the older generation who is still on the other side of the digital divide, then I see iPAD being a great bridge for them. It will be a race to see who can be the first to execute their first task on the iPAD without my help (Mom vs my 3 year old)! There certainly has been a lot of great discussion around the iPAD. Leave it up to Apple to take great concepts of blending computing and living life in ways that excite us (GUIs, iPOD, iPhone, iPAD). The iPAD is nothing new in concept either from tablet form factor , thin client, nor e-content/e-commerce platform perspectives. (and I do think there is an adjustment needed to the notion of thin computing that involves "cloud based services").

However what I really thought was the key point of your post is the notion of non-power users using the device. There are many use cases waiting to be identified in the phenomenon of the iPAD. To be very specific, I am thinking of purchasing one for my mother. She has been (for years) talk about buying a computer, and taking classes at the senior center on how to use it. She talks about using Windows, and Email. She also is curious about "browsing" to get content, etc.. Compound the daunting task of getting started with the economical consideration and plethora of PC equivalents to choose from (not of which are very inviting) and you get inaction and pent up interest.

If my mother is typical of the older generation who is still on the other side of the digital divide, then I see iPAD being a great bridge for them. It will be a race to see who can be the first to execute their first task on the iPAD without my help (Mom vs my 3 year old)!

]]> By: Bob Gourley http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-5061 Bob Gourley Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:49:00 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-5061 OK those are good points. But the thought is that a device like this is tightly controlled and runs apps that tap into the bigger grid, and Apple has locked down the configuration like a thin client. But your points are well taken. The iPad does not meet the definition of a traditional thin client. But it is going to increasingly provide an interface into the power of the cloud and I think will cause us all to change our definition of thin client. OK those are good points. But the thought is that a device like this is tightly controlled and runs apps that tap into the bigger grid, and Apple has locked down the configuration like a thin client. But your points are well taken. The iPad does not meet the definition of a traditional thin client. But it is going to increasingly provide an interface into the power of the cloud and I think will cause us all to change our definition of thin client.

]]> By: AG http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-5060 AG Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:56:00 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-5060 Wow.. The iPAD as the ultimate thin client? When I think of true thin clients, I would have to direct you to the wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client" rel="nofollow">definition</a>. Under these guidelines, it would seem that iPad does not satisfy the expected criteria. It doesn't rely on a more powerful server which deploys software. Perhaps the only "thin" aspect of the iPad is its dimensions. I would assert if you searched long enough you could actually find more suitable "thin clients" in population. Wow.. The iPAD as the ultimate thin client? When I think of true thin clients, I would have to direct you to the wikipedia definition. Under these guidelines, it would seem that iPad does not satisfy the expected criteria. It doesn’t rely on a more powerful server which deploys software. Perhaps the only “thin” aspect of the iPad is its dimensions. I would assert if you searched long enough you could actually find more suitable “thin clients” in population.

]]> By: ctovision http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-599 ctovision Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:49:50 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-599 OK those are good points. But the thought is that a device like this is tightly controlled and runs apps that tap into the bigger grid, and Apple has locked down the configuration like a thin client. But your points are well taken. The iPad does not meet the definition of a traditional thin client. But it is going to increasingly provide an interface into the power of the cloud and I think will cause us all to change our definition of thin client. OK those are good points. But the thought is that a device like this is tightly controlled and runs apps that tap into the bigger grid, and Apple has locked down the configuration like a thin client. But your points are well taken. The iPad does not meet the definition of a traditional thin client. But it is going to increasingly provide an interface into the power of the cloud and I think will cause us all to change our definition of thin client.

]]> By: AG http://ctovision.com/2010/02/the-ipad-is-the-ultimate-thin-client/#comment-598 AG Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:56:04 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=1653#comment-598 Wow.. The iPAD as the ultimate thin client? When I think of true thin clients, I would have to direct you to the wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client" rel="nofollow">definition</a>. Under these guidelines, it would seem that iPad does not satisfy the expected criteria. It doesn't rely on a more powerful server which deploys software. Perhaps the only "thin" aspect of the iPad is its dimensions. I would assert if you searched long enough you could actually find more suitable "thin clients" in population. Wow.. The iPAD as the ultimate thin client? When I think of true thin clients, I would have to direct you to the wikipedia definition. Under these guidelines, it would seem that iPad does not satisfy the expected criteria. It doesn't rely on a more powerful server which deploys software. Perhaps the only "thin" aspect of the iPad is its dimensions. I would assert if you searched long enough you could actually find more suitable "thin clients" in population.

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