Fellow writers who own iPads, represent!

[annathepiper]

Those of you who follow my personal blog know that my partner solarbird and I are getting shiny, shiny iPad 2′s!

One of the things I’m thinking of doing with mine is seeing if I can write effectively on it. So if you’re a writer and an iPad owner (first OR second generation model), I’m very interested in hearing about whether you find them effective writing devices! If so, what apps do you use? I’ve kind of liked Documents To Go on my iPhone and I plan to see how well I can use it on the iPad, but I’m open to other suggestions as well!

Mirrored from angelakorrati.com.

Comments

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

I use Documents to Go and when I am not running hot mobile (in a car) I use a non-apple bluetooth folding keyboard, and it works just fine.

Normally, though, I just rotate it to landscape and key directly on the screen. :)

[annathepiper]

Sweet!

I've doinked around with QuickOffice too but have liked DocsToGo better for purposes of syncing stuff between my phone and my laptop. (Although I've found that QuickOffice is better as a PDF reader.)

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Well, straightaway I bought the upgrade to DtG that allowed for cloud services so Dropbox is the ultimate sync base for me. :)

[annathepiper]

I've got that upgrade too. :) I haven't committed to using a cloud service yet, although I have periodically considered it. What I'm not sure of is whether I can set it up so that if I do a sync, it'll sync between my device, my actual computer, AND the cloud service.

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

The neat thing about Dropbox is that it autosyncs. You don't have to set up a thing. Just install it on the device... and badda-bing. It does the rest for you.

So if I update a file via my iPad while at work, the updated file migrates to my home PC and both laptops seamlessly when they connect to the net. (In the case of the home PC, it is immediate, as it is always online. The laptops update when I turn them on.)

[annathepiper]

Huh! Interesting to know! Thanks. :)

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Glad to help :)

(And I can even use Dropbox via my Droid)

[annathepiper]

Cool beans. :)