iPad does have limitations

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 00:12

As good at the iPad is and I suppose this issue goes for most tablets, what I find very limiting about them is something as simple as online ordering forms. The wife has been hogging our iMac for the last few nights and as I couldn't be bothered getting the Laptop out I thought I would do the online ordering on the iPad. I cannot believe how much you can miss a mouse and keyboard. By the time I had filled in my address and all the other details i.e. credit card numbers, expiry dates, and miss hit the radio buttons any number of times I was ready to scream (and my cup of teal had gone cold).

I'll stick to consuming media rather than doing anything productive on it from now on. :eek:

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 13:14

divaboy said:
Have to agree, online banking and ordering stuff online all works spot on for me

I didn't say it didn't work, it was though a slow and laborious process when compared to using a keyboard and mouse. One of the forms in particular had numerous radio buttons which even when enlarged were not the easiest to select.

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 15:42

Vonhelmet said:
I buy stuff on my iPhone all the time, so I can only conclude that you are clumsy as.

Not really, I was however trained to touch type up to 110 words per minute. Perhaps this is why I find a tablet rather limiting for such tasks?

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 15:51

sarge78 said:
Why don't you buy a keyboard for it then?

I may as well simply get my Laptop out.

P.S folk keep mentioning tab, I didn't think there was a tab key?

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 15:54

Vonhelmet said:
I buy stuff on my iPhone all the time, so I can only conclude that you are clumsy as.

You are addressing someone who doesn't use a mobile phone only for emergencies. I did send a txt last year though.

Faustus · 29 Feb 2012 at 18:46

King Damager said:
Don't have any issue... I don't even own a laptop any more. If I really need to input huge amounts of text and can't be bothered to do it on the iPad, I have a keyboard case that I picked up for £20 or similar.

kd

Horses for courses I suppose. I'm typing up dozens of long complicated documents both at home and at work in any one week, so not having something like my iMac or a Laptop at a push is not an option. As said earlier I don't really use a mobile phone (Nokia 3310) so have no experience of using a smartphone to translate to a Tablet.

I only really use my iPad for browsing, emails and mirroring content onto my ATV2. Not even bought an APP in the time I've owned it.