{"id":532123,"date":"2010-04-17T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/?p=62175"},"modified":"2010-04-17T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T20:22:10","slug":"coffee-break-blogging-on-the-ipad-with-a-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/532123","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Break- Blogging on the iPad with a Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I didn’t set out to work when I headed out to the local Starbucks. I wanted to sit in the big comfy chair and read for a while. I arrived at the store only to find all of the comfy chairs occupied and the Starbucks fairly hopping. I got my drink and sat down at one of those tiny round tables, the ones that fit a couple of drinks and not much else. Little did I know that I would soon be working away.<\/p>\n

I pulled out the iPad I had thrown in the bag and started to log into the Wi-Fi, but thought I’d check to see if the Sprint 4G network I recently singed up<\/a> for was active in this location. I hit the button on the Sprint Overdrive<\/a> and waited a couple of minutes for it to power up. Boot speed is not one of its strengths.<\/p>\n

Lo and behold the 4G was not only active but with nearly full signal strength. This meant my bandwidth should be pretty darn good and it was. I was getting over 4 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up in no time.<\/p>\n

This healthy bandwidth had me surfing the web and doing all sorts of things without missing a beat on the iPad. I decided to share this information and pulled out the Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard that I have tested with the iPad but haven’t used much. I was going to town with the keyboard and the iPad, all on the 4G network shared by the Overdrive modem. True mobile tech, working together seamlessly. I haven’t had so much fun since the old Sony U <\/a>days.<\/p>\n

I used the WordPress app for the iPad to create this post. It works great and handles everything except uploading images for the post. That’s a shame and they need to add this, as it means I could only post it as a draft and then add the image at home for publishing. The iPhone version of the app has this ability, since it has a camera, but the iPad needs it too.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t recommend everyone go out and get all of this equipment. But if you already have it like I do, it sure works great. I realize that many would say that I could easily have done this on a netbook, but I’d say you were wrong about that. I didn’t have a netbook with me, and this was much more enjoyable. Fun times when Mobile Tech Manor hits the road.<\/p>\n

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