1/24/2013 6:01 AM
Dan- I have both. The camera on the phone of course is better, and I only use that for pictures. When I walk into a network or hotspot, those pictures get transferred to the ipad and if they need to be edited, I do that on the ipad. Unless you have a 3g ipad, your use is limited in the field. If I need to make changes in irrigation, I end up using my phone on the course, but it can be a bit of a struggle with the small screen. Last summer when we were getting our irrigation system installed, I would take a picture with my phone of the asbuilt in the field, go back to the office and pull it up on the ipad and enter the information and was ready to use that evening. It may have only saved a half hour but after 12 hours, it helped a lot. Plus, I have those asbuilts with me all the time, and I can't count the amount of times I have pulled them up on the ipad for information. I have taken pictures of blueprints with the app Iannotate, and made changes or made notes on them and emailed them off. It is all in how much you want to use it, and everyday there are more things you will find to do with both the phone and ipad. good luck !