| If there was one design flaw for the iPad in my | | | | useful about this feature is that it allows you to print |
| opinion, it is the lack of a USB port for printing. | | | | your email attachments effortlessly. The email app |
| PrintCentral is an iPad app designed to rectify this | | | | was quite powerful as it allowed us to send HTML as |
| problem and it is a must have app if you use your | | | | well as formatted text emails. It works like any |
| iPad for office or school work. For just $9.99, you | | | | standard email client allowing you to email various file |
| can turn your iPad into a portable office. | | | | formats as well as photos and video attachments. |
| Printing | | | | PrintCentral's email client allowed us to view multiple |
| PrintCentral prints directly to most WIFI enabled | | | | email accounts and inboxes. We tested it with Gmail, |
| printers. If you have a shared home/office printer | | | | Yahoo, Hotmail, and Exchange 2007 OWA with no |
| that can connect to a network, but does not have a | | | | bugs or glitches to report. Any IMAP or POP Server |
| built-in WIFI receiver, as long as a WIFI router is | | | | should be easily setup in the email client. The |
| connected to that network you can print with your | | | | developer stated PrintCentral's email client also |
| iPad! In addition, PrintCentral allows iPad users to print | | | | provides limited support to Exchange 2003 but we |
| through their PC or MAC via a WIFI network or | | | | were not able to test that system. |
| Bluetooth. What this means is that pretty much ALL | | | | Other Notable Features |
| printers can be used with your iPad. For AppleMail | | | | * PrintCentral is compatible with MAC OX 10.4 and |
| users, you can open and print AppleMail directly in the | | | | above as well as Windows 7. You can copy and |
| PrintCentral App and print any of the attachments. | | | | transfer files to your PC or MAC. |
| The PrintCentral App can print all file formats including | | | | * If you choose to have PrintCentral installed on |
| picture and video. It can also zip and unzip files as | | | | another iPad, you can copy and transfer files using |
| well. While we did not test this feature, but the | | | | Bluetooth or WIFI. |
| PrintCentral app also allows you to print remotely | | | | * You can print your maps from any Map that allows |
| through your 3G/EDGE network. | | | | the copy function. |
| Integration | | | | * You can print your SMS text messages |
| What's nice about this App is that it fully integrates | | | | * You can add or import bookmarks from your PC or |
| to your iPad. If an iPad app supports the iPad OS | | | | MAC Browser (Note: we only tested this using 3 |
| command "Open in...," that means you can print | | | | browsers: Safari/Internet Explorer/Firefox) |
| directly from that app without having to switch to | | | | * Print Address/Shipping Labels |
| PrintCentral. Printing from the iPad browser worked | | | | List of Documents types and File Formats we tested |
| perfectly. We tried printing with iWork and other iPad | | | | that prints from PrintCentral: |
| apps such as Things and iAnnotate, and the results | | | | All iWork and MAC formats |
| were stellar. If you use iWork, the full integration | | | | All MS Office Files (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) |
| allows you do open and edit documents stored in | | | | All Image Files Photoshop CS4 produced |
| PrintCentral directly in iWork. For those with cloud | | | | Video files supported by the iPad |
| services such as iDisk/MobileMe, you can open files | | | | Supported Cloud Services we tested with |
| stored in those services directly in iWork through | | | | success:iDisk/MobileMe |
| PrintCentral. (Just go to the "Places" section in the | | | | Dropbox |
| PrintCentral). | | | | Box.net |
| Viewing and Printing Emails | | | | Google Docs |
| The PrintCentral App has a built in email app. What's | | | | WebDav. |