iPad a New Must Have Business Tool?

At this point? Not at all. Like all new tech devices that show up on the market there is a brief time period where they are nothing more than shiny new toys. The iPad seems to be in this mode as we speak. Of course that doesn't stop us from looking at the potential of it as a brand new wave of awesomeness for business owners to use, but also for entrepreneurs to pop in with some new ideas for it.

Whether you are trying to hawk mechanical breakdown insurance, or just throw a few games together to hook into the iTunes app store you can't deny that the opportunity is there to move some product, or get some easy cash out of the deal with the right knowledge. Th iPad seems to have all the tools available as well to make business a much easier task.

At surface value, the iPad--a 9.7-inch LED touchscreen-equipped computer that offers multi-touch input, Wi-Fi/wireless broadband access and user-friendly multimedia storage, shopping and playback--promises power on par with a mid-range notebook PC. Debuting in late March in multiple configurations starting at $499 and up and ranging in size from 16GB to 64GB (3G high-speed cellular connectivity optional), Apple sees it spearheading a new category of mobile computing device. It sits somewhere between a smartphone and laptop in power and cost, and offering a 1Ghz Apple A4 chip that promises more advanced processing and graphics power than the iPhone. Consider, though: There's no telling yet whether this potential vertical exists. more