[pianotech] Ipad 2 for Piano Technician Business?

[John Ross]

Hi Dave,
Obviously you have 3G.
Did you go for the 64 Gig as well?
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 18-12-2011, at 5:12 PM, David Renaud wrote:

> I use an iPad.
> 
> Navfree Canada is a free GPS, works great.
> 
> Invoice to go, a $5 app, creates custom bills, numbers them, adds up my sales taxes, 
> And produces reports. I email the bill to the client as I'm tuning the piano......they usually 
> Have received it and have the check ready by the time I'm done tuning.
> 
> Line2 buys me a local phone number for $96 for the year. The application is voice over 
> Internet, and cost nothing beyond purchasing the phone number for $96. Includes voice mail.
> This gives me unlimited calling anywhere in north America for $8 per month.
> 
> Dropbox has the PDFs of all my fake books, and much other music.
> As a musician it's very cool to have fifteen thousand lead sheets in your pocket.
> 
> The calendar is synced with all other computers I own through cyberspace, it's all 
> With me, current in real time. I can load any estimate, bill, and search the last 5 years
> Email and anytime from anywhere.
> 
> Tunelab works just fine on it. It's a nice size to look at.
> 
> It's replaced my business Internet, I get  5gig of g3 network for $35 a month, and my
> Cell phone for an additional $8 per month......Saving lots of money.
> 
> It's a pretty good high definition video camera as well.
> Taken video of some piano problems, and consulted with someone on
> Site via skype........I could actually show them the problem.
> 
> In a recent guild meeting we took a line out to a multimedia projector, and conferenced
> With a teacher 1200 miles away in real time, the teacher could see the class through 
> The iPad, and we could see the teacher over the projector. Sound run out to a sound system.
> 2 way question and answer in real time while he demonstrated tuning techniques,
> 
> Very cool device, enjoying it very much.
> 
> It's been a game changer for me.
> It's the first time everything is literally in one place.......cell phone, email, Internet, files, music, 
> Gps, billing, accounting, camera, video, tuning device.
> 
> 
>                                           Cheers
>                                           Dave Renaud
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 2011-12-18, at 1:13 PM, Joseph Rosenberg <rosenbergpiano at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am looking into getting an ipad 2 if I can really use it for my piano business.
>> 
>> I tune aurally and use a Sanderson IV at times, so the use would be more for customer lists, marketing, piano sales, technical references when working on pianos on site, etc.
>> 
>> Does anyone now use an ipad, and if so, can you share your thoughts about it?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Joe Rosenberg
>> Long Island, NY

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