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The other issue with an iPad is that it’s a touch-screen device, so it lacks the tactile nature of a real keyboard. You need to be able to physically feel each key on the keyboard, if you’re doing any real typing or data entry. Try typing a large block of text (like a business letter) into your computer, without looking at the keyboard. Then, go to a computer store and try the same thing on an iPad or other tablet. You can’t do it.
That puts touch-screen devices firmly into the realm of “very clever entertainment devices”, rather than “practical work tools”. There are many computer experts who very strongly agree with this.
For organizing my life, I have an Android smartphone—with minimal extra apps on it, and only practical ones that I really need. I use the Calendar and Alarm features, and I also back up all entries by writing them into a Daytimer, and noting critical times (say, my call time at work that day) on the side of my hand, between my thumb and wrist. I may forget to look at my smartphone or Daytimer, but I can’t help but notice the times scribbled on my hand!
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