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by **Sotos** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:27 pm

IMAP and Gmail are only good for email but what about files?

Dropbox. Works on all platforms including iOs and Android and 2GB is free. Do you know of anything better?

by **parisp** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:40 pm

Sotos wrote:Dropbox. Works on all platforms including iOs and Android and 2GB is free. Do you know of anything better?

can go up to 16GB free ! you get 500Mb every time you invite new people and try sing up for it, they get 250 more as well! got 5GB free alone from referrals!

Was never enough for my needs thought so i am on a pro account!

QuickOffice on the iPad works very well with dropbox, you can open word or excel files update them while on the road and when you are back on your desktop they are there sitting waiting for you. People complaining about the iPad not having a USB don't realize there are better alternatives around to make their life easier!

by **Sotos** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:52 pm

Dropbox is great but I don't think it makes USB redundant. For example, when I go on holidays I backup the photos from my camera to my laptop. With ipad, without SD reader and without USB there is no way to do that and you need to buy the camera kit from apple.

by **quattro** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:04 pm

denizaksulu wrote:The beauty of the i-pads is seeing how, in just one generation IT technology has advanced and miniatured. All my working life I have worked with the latest technology, but what the i-pads bring to the ordinary people is out of this world. Having said that, after I buy my i-pad 2 next week, my desk top will never gather dust. (nor any more arguments with the other half over who has priority rights )

Ι must presume you dont have any veto rights :lol:

Ps:Just like me :cry:

by **Get Real!** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:10 pm

Sotos wrote:
IMAP and Gmail are only good for email but what about files?

Dropbox. Works on all platforms including iOs and Android and 2GB is free. Do you know of anything better?

Come on Sotos, this is elementary for a pro!

Solution #1: VFN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_file_server

Solution #2: Active directories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory

Solution #3: Document management systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint

by **Get Real!** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:23 pm

parisp wrote:if you don't what to spend some money use gmail with iPhone or iPad, supports Exchange so you are fine.

100 per year for an exchange account is not too much for people that really need it! so its pretty good for the small business, exchange is not an enterprise solution! I have many clients on Exchange! I could not possibly live without exchange these days!

You have many people on Exchange?

Do you even know what it is? :roll:

And you claim to have a Masters in IT??? :roll:

You’re a fucking clown!

by **Sotos** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:12 pm

Get Real! wrote:
Sotos wrote:
IMAP and Gmail are only good for email but what about files?

Dropbox. Works on all platforms including iOs and Android and 2GB is free. Do you know of anything better?

Come on Sotos, this is elementary for a pro!

Solution #1: VFN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_file_server

Solution #2: Active directories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory

Solution #3: Document management systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint

You need to have a server running for those to work and even then I don't think you can make them work with something like iPad.

by **parisp** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:47 pm

Get Real! wrote:You have many people on Exchange?

Do you even know what it is?

And you claim to have a Masters in IT???

Let me see… the clown serves 110 different companies in Cyprus with about 350 emails, a small portion of these on exchange! yet he does not know what Exchange is? the clown… the clown… the clown…

Yet the smart guy, is calling Exchange email an enterprise solution? and lists SharePoint, VFN and AD as solutions alternative to a consumer cloud storage solution like dropbox?

whats next? you are going to tell Sotos to try Amazon S3 or RackSpace Cloud as an alternative to dropbox???

omg!!

Get Real!!!

by AQ » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:26 pm

All this techie bollocks misses the point completely.

For the average non techie, of which I am one the ipad is a wonderful piece of kit.

It has led me to the Macbook pro and all the wonders of dropbox and synchronicity between all my devices.

My wife who is as non-tech as it is possible to be adores her ipad. She said yesterday that she could not imagine being without it.

Surely that is the point. Pick it up, have no understanding of how and why it works but derive great enjoyment from using it.

Just downloaded the SKY news App. Coming over tomorrow, hope it works in Cyprus.

The ipad is a fantastic gadget. Don't let the relics put you off. Get one, you will not regret it.

by **Get Real!** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:01 pm

parisp wrote:Let me see… the clown serves 110 different companies in Cyprus with about 350 emails, a small portion of these on exchange! yet he does not know what Exchange is? the clown… the clown… the clown…

Yet the smart guy, is calling Exchange email an enterprise solution?

Right, so managing the email accounts of 110 companies is not considered enterprise level eh? :lol:

So you reckon small businesses and individuals should buy Ms Exchange Server and suitable hardware of course to run it, to manage their email accounts?

Ok, add to cart!

http://www.softwaremedia.com/licensing/ ... n-business

I think we’ll also need a server to run it on …

Add to cart!

http://www5.pc.ibm.com/uk/products.nsf/ ... site=esguk

Ok, now we need an Administrator to set it all up and manage it…

Err, which way to an employment agency?

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