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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4373935"]The IPADs are nice but they in no way have the data or MS Office features of a Tablet PC. I had one at my last company and it made entering calls a breeze. It was quick, had a great battery life, did not screw up and had great visuals. However, forget about Salesforce.com and their "reports" features. They suck. It took so long to load even one report that I could have taken a nap and the reports do not sort on anything that can help run a rep's business. It cannot even give you a good targeting report. I think management bought a bill of goods with these. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's why, an Iphone can get your company email instantly and is cheaper and a Tablet computer still has 100Xs the capabilites with the exception of being quick with the detail or video streaming process. So, if you want a lot of video presentations for your customers (but crap to NO sound) or need to detail from a screen, I say an IPAD can be great but it is not going to ever replace a good Tablet PC. I hate to think what companies are spending believing an IPAD will give us the same quality reports and business planning tools as a Tablet, while providing tracking and detailing/product info to customers. They don't. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, an IPAD is like a cellphone. It's an electronic TOY and not really a true business tool (yet). Saleforce.com offers no business value to running a territory but certainly can give management more "pretty" things to look at. LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4373935"]The IPADs are nice but they in no way have the data or MS Office features of a Tablet PC. I had one at my last company and it made entering calls a breeze. It was quick, had a great battery life, did not screw up and had great visuals. However, forget about Salesforce.com and their "reports" features. They suck. It took so long to load even one report that I could have taken a nap and the reports do not sort on anything that can help run a rep's business. It cannot even give you a good targeting report. I think management bought a bill of goods with these. Here's why, an Iphone can get your company email instantly and is cheaper and a Tablet computer still has 100Xs the capabilites with the exception of being quick with the detail or video streaming process. So, if you want a lot of video presentations for your customers (but crap to NO sound) or need to detail from a screen, I say an IPAD can be great but it is not going to ever replace a good Tablet PC. I hate to think what companies are spending believing an IPAD will give us the same quality reports and business planning tools as a Tablet, while providing tracking and detailing/product info to customers. They don't. In the end, an IPAD is like a cellphone. It's an electronic TOY and not really a true business tool (yet). Saleforce.com offers no business value to running a territory but certainly can give management more "pretty" things to look at. LOL[/QUOTE]
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