Is the tablet really all that..?

wookiee2cu wrote in post #12878806
What GPS attachment are you using?

phreeky wrote in post #12878885
What do you mean by "approval for primary use"? If it means what I think it does then that doesn't sound very wise.

I work for a large organisation with Apple devices (lots of them) and support is abysmal. It may keep working, but when things go wrong the information provided is insufficient, the time to correct problems can be very prolonged, and there's no telling what a minor firmware update can cause to go wrong. No information on bug tracking, changes tracking, or ETAs on fixes.

As someone who works in IT it's a real struggle to deal with consumer-grade devices in business environments. Especially when the users think they know what is best and start to dictate what equipment is suitable.

I know this is potentially opening a can of worms but the crux of the matter is that the iPad and most tablets are simply not up to standard for business use. The same can be said for iPhones - the increased workload in supporting such devices is astronomical, and then next week all your hard work can be undone by some silly decision by Apple on a software change.

The first thought many pilots, not to mention passengers, will have is: What happens if the iPad or the app crashes?

Jeff Buhl, Jeppesen’s product manager for the Mobile TC app, says the Apple iOS operating system and the app proved “extremely stable” during testing. In the “unlikely” event of a software crash, he says, it takes but a moment to get them running again.

“The recovery time for an application crashing or the OS crashing is extremely rapid,” Buhl says. During the evaluation period with the FAA, the production app did not crash. But even if it did, Buhl says it’s ready to go again “in 4-6 seconds from re-launch to previous state.”

The FAA says each individual operator — in this case Executive Jet Management — must develop specific procedures for dealing with system or software crashes and other issues. Under the authorization, Executive Jet Management will require a second approved electronic device, which most likely will be another iPad, in the cockpit.

monk3y wrote in post #12880129
actually the EEE's battery life with the keyboard dock is already 16hours

jmg181 wrote in post #12881621
Not the 12" slate, which is the pad I was referring to.