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We've been following the folks at D7 Consulting as they roll out a set of iPads that were awarded to them by Box.net (and keep an eye out later this week for an update on that), but that's not the only group of people attempting to use iPads in a collective space. Frasier Speirs (Mac developer at Connected Flow) is implementing iPads at a school that he works at, and he's documenting the whole process on his blog as The iPad Project.
It's an interesting read. Even if you're not trying to follow in his footsteps and implement a large number of iPads across a system, it's intriguing to see how he and his co-workers are trying to squeeze a very consumer-targeted product into a more professional space. Concerns range from setting up profiles and activations on each device to more practical issues like labeling them with names and finding a way to charge them all together.
Part of the iPad's charm has been how many different places and ways that people have found to use it. At its heart, it's a reasonably powerful touchscreen computer, and that's a device that's got a lot of potential in a lot of fields. We'll look forward to seeing other implementations in various fields and locations.
[via Cult of Mac]
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Readdle has announced the release and immediate availability of Calendars 1.2, the latest version of its Google Calendar client, which is now a Universal iPhone/iPad application. The application is deeply integrated with Google Calendar online service, enabling users to keep track of their schedule and manage events stored on Google Calendar. Calendars has been carefully redesigned for the iPad’s large multi-touch screen.
With the updated version iPad owners now can use drag-and-drop to move events, which comes in handy for rescheduling appointments or just shifting them to another day. Extending Calendars capabilities, the update adds a range of new features based on user suggestions. Among notable improvements are the ability to select calendar default view (list/day/week/month), create custom repeating events, set Monday or Sunday as the first day of the week.
Google has announced a new “stacked card” interface for selecting and managing multiple conversations on Gmail for iPad.
In the past, performing actions on selected conversations was awkward. There were two similar toolbars on the screen: one on the bottom left and the other on the top right. The former affected the selected conversations, while the latter affected the currently open conversation. Since the toolbars’ buttons looked similar, it was easy to mistakenly use the wrong toolbar. Sound confusing? It was. In the new interface, selected conversations are displayed stacked on the right panel for easy organizing, archiving or deleting. The second toolbar is gone so it’s always clear which conversations you’re working with.
You can try the new interface by visiting gmail.com in MobileSafari.
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