I’m an indie film producer. I read tons of scripts and consume copious amounts of media. I sold my MBP and Kindle2 when my 64GB + 3G iPad * arrived. I use my iPad, and only my iPad, as my primary computer. ** This blog is dedicated to documenting the adventure.
* My iPad has since been replaced by…what else? An iPad 2.
** I still (as I did prior to my iPad) have a household iMac which serves only as a central hub for media storage and syncing.
Tony Moody
Hello there,
Thanks for the plug in your last post. I would like to know if in the near future you would like to do an interview for the iPad Possibilities Podcast. Perhaps even a pre iPad in your hands episode and a post episode after you’ve been using it as your sole computer for a while.
Have a great day
Tim Chaten
Hey there Tim. Would be happy to thanks. (Jeez though did I get your name wrong somehow?)
A before-after sounds like an easy/logical way to frame it too. My ‘before’ consists of MBP + iPhone + Kindle + iMac. My ‘after’ will lose the Kindle and MBP in favor of the iPad
Yea
– got my name mixed up – it’s all right – if you want to edit the post you can – it can be confusing because Dr. Brimmer’s first name is also Tim 
If you could just send me an email – ipadpossibilities@gmail.com – we can work out timing of everything (when to talk etc) as well as talking points etc.
Thanks!
Tim
Hi Anthony – I just wanted to let you know part one of the interview we did last week is now available through the iPad Possibilities Podcast App – here –
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-ipad-possibilities-podcast/id357174840?mt=8
And will be in the main podcast feed Thursday at midnight (which new shows are released at this time weekly).
As a part of the new podcast app I’m releasing the shows there at least 24 hours early and doing some extra content for the App owners.
Keep up the awesome posts
Tim
Fantastic Tim – thanks so much for the heads up! I’ll put up a post about this and cross-link asap…
Cheers!
Hi Anthony,
I just wanted to check in and see how everything is going?
I would love to have you on the podcast again once you feel you’ve had enough time to ponder if the iPad can be used in lieu of you Macbook Pro.
Not sure if you would like to wait until after WWDC 2010 to see if there are any new advancements such as printing announced.
Keep up the great blog,
Tim Chaten
The Possibilities Network
So how is it going for you this iPad only thing?
Thanks for posting. You know what? I absolutely positively love it, and it’s going great.
My iMac is visited very very rarely (and mostly when the Remote app and iTunes are acting up…I.e. nothing to do with limitations of the iPad per se).
I do wish there were a way to control my HP all in one for scanning from the iPad, but that doesn’t seem to be a priority for HP. I haven’t searched for apps for that in some time though, so maybe I should revisit…
I’m wondering if you have any suggestions aside from jail breaking as to how iPad users can increase the security of the iPad. One of the things that stops me from going iPad alone is that I can’t hand the unit to a kid or to my girlfriend with out those individuals having access to my email, Facebook inbox etc. I wish there was a way to password protect certain areas of iOS.
Thanks for posting. What you’re asking centers on one of the key bits of functionality often requested by iPad users (or potential iPad users) and amounts to: user accounts, a way to provide privacy and controlled access to distinct email accounts, settings, apps, content, etc. Baked into OSX, it is, to my knowledge, currently impossible to fully achieve on an iPad.
One limited workaround would be to use the built in Mail app for one user, and a separate app like Google’s GMail app for another. You could use gmail app securely by logging in and out for each session though depending on your usage that could become a big pain. You could do the same with a web ail interface for a given account but the hassle factor still applies.
Normally, I’d say “don’t count on it” when it comes to Apple adding features that obviate the need to buy more iDevices! But in this case, a patent application Apple filed recently may shed some light on their future plans. Iirc, the patent was for a way to use facial recognition as a means to identify the user, and thereby display content specific to that user. In other words, it could be a way to very easily enable user account switching on an iPad or iPhone. Who knows what, when or if Apple will do something like this. But worth noting I think.
Until then however, the most secure choice is also the most expensive…I.e. buy another iPad. I know that’s a terrible answer.
By the way…one other thought. You could put all your most secure/sensitive apps in one folder, and place that folder all the way on your last page of apps. It’d be a bit of a pain to access each time, BUT it’d also make kids, girlfriends, etc. slightly less likely at the margin to happen upon it, especially if you call it something innocuous like Utilities.