iPad Productivity Hampered By…Apple?

A lot of people may be getting the iPad to use as a productivity tool. I think it is a top notch consumption tool, but I also bought mine to use to create as well. Apple really pushed iWorks for the iPad in their product announcement and talked up how they made it just for the iPad. Well, it looks like they need to work some Apple magic on their own products according to Ted Landau of The Mac Observer:

Unfortunately, file sharing via iWork apps on the iPad is a major kludge. The feature works, but not with the sort of user interface that we have come to expect from Apple.

While Apple has made a great product in the iPad, I agree with Ted’s comments about the current state of file sharing. Maybe it’s time that Apple “borrows” some ideas from developers that know what their doing. Invite some of the guys from Dropbox, GoodReader, DocsToGo or any of the other devs that do file sharing properly to Cupertino and pick their brains.

What would you like to see in iWorks and other productivity apps for the iPad? Could this be where Windows tablets like the HP Slate have a chance to steal some customers from Apple?

[via The Mac Observer]

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