Still love it, and still use it a great deal. After living with it for a few months, some new thoughts:
– Best Albums is a great way to access Picasa Web Albums. I’ve recently added Picasa Tool to my Android phone, and an EyeFi SD card to my Digital SLR. Now I can upload all my pics over the air to Picasa, and access them from the iPad, which makes a great photo viewer. Maybe the lack of a card reader isn’t such a big deal after all.
– Bluetooth keyboard, I broke down and bought one. The onscreen keyboard, good as it is, is no substitute for the real thing. It’s a little heavier than my prior case, but means I rarely need my netbook on trips. Wish it had a scrollpad, it would be nice not to have to tap the screen to navigate, especially when filling forms that need scroll down. If the keyboard has a way of doing that, I haven’t figured it out yet, and, believe me, I’ve tried.
– Data on the go, customer calls me, needs a file I have on my server, go to iFiles, pick the file, choose send and either send it as a link or an attachment. Great when I’m out and about and the customer needs it right away.
– Data on the go, not on my server, remote into my desktop with Pocket Cloud, email the file, or upload it to server then email link.
– Travel apps, love Trip Advisor, helps me find hotels, restaurants, post reviews.
– Real estate apps, my wife and I are starting to look at possible retirement locations, Trulia and Realtor.com both have iPad apps that let you find property easily, map it out, and get a feel for what’s available. The open house feature on Trulia is cool, but often poorly maintained. The Realtor app has more complete listings, is more up to date, and has more sophisticated search criteria, but Trulia is more fun to use and manages pictures and map based searching better.