1. Magical. + Does it work? Revolutionary. Frustrating. Stu Hasic September 2010

2. The iPad Arrives. 300,000 WiFi iPads sold on Day 1 (U.S.) 5 Days after launch, 3.5M Apps and 600,000 iBooks downloaded 1,000,000 iPads sold after 4 weeks 3,000,000 sold in 80 days Australians queue up overnight on Launch Eve and iPad is quickly sold out

3. iPad is a Game-Changer. 1.Extremely portable 2.Cold start: 23 secs 3.Very intuitive 4.No need to learn how to use a keyboard & mouse 5.Simple. One app at a time – no multi windows to worry about 6.More than 10 hours battery life 7.No fear factor 8.Buying & installing apps, music and books is easy 9.Easy Internet- no plug-in hassles 10.Reliable. It works

4. Two iPad Flavours. Wi-Fi3G plus Wi-Fi Capacities: 16GB / 32GB /64GB

5. Wi-Fi iPad at Home / Maccas Wi-Fi3G plus Wi-Fi Wireless Router ISP

6. Wi-Fi iPad at School Wi-Fi3G plus Wi-Fi School’s Cisco Router DET Authenticated Proxy Filter School Wireless Access Point

7. The iPad in Action. Time to see the iPad connected in a school wirelessly! [ Press the button on the AVermedia Document Camera now Paul ]

8. The AVerMedia Doc-Cam Thank you to ComputersNow for the loan of this great visual tool AVerVision CP155 - $900.90 inc GST 5 year warranty Ph. Joel Cooper on 02 9951 7979 to buy They are very good.

9. But iPad is a Consumer Device. It’s a FIRST generation, personal tablet computer designed for the masses It expects a direct internet connection, either wirelessly or 3G to work fully “Personal” means it’s designed for ONE user – sharing is its weakness App installation and management can be an issue (iTunes/credit cards etc)

10. iPad Wi-Fi at School What works? Safari Web Browsing (but not Flash sites) DET Email & Calendar APPS that do NOT need Internet Connection eg. – Offline games – Offline educational apps or utilities What DOESN’T work? App Store / iTunes YouTube Any App that needs an Internet connection – i.e. Just about every fun, practical, useful, powerful reference or communication app that exists for the iPad

11. Sorry, Why Don’t iPad Apps work at School via Wi-Fi?? NSW DET uses Authenticated Internet – DET Portal ID and Password for each user While the iPad wireless settings allow for proxy and authentication (Safari is OK), the Apps tend to want to connect directly The DET Proxy does not allow for this Apps need to cater for the proxy, but don’t Software maturity may resolve this in time

12. 3G iPad Anywhere 3G iPad3G plus Wi-Fi $$$

13. The iPad 3G in Action. Time to see the iPad connected in a school with 3G! [ Press the button on the AVermedia Document Camera now Paul ]

14. iPad School Concerns. 1.It’s personal. Your Email, Facebook, Twitter are locked in. Share your iPad? Share your accounts 2.They are still costly, starting at $629 each 3.iTunes and App Licencing are quite complicated 4.3G ain’t free 5.If you use a 3G connection, you BYPASS DET Filters and security – potential critical incidents await 6.The App-DET Proxy issue is a more than likely a deal-breaker. It’s no good if the iPad is crippled.

15. So, Should You Buy an iPad? For Personal use? – YES – they are great. For School use? – NO – wait for something more appropriate