Tablets: For Once The iPad Wins
I see the light, I think. Here is a major difference between the iPad and Android tablets: VPN. The iPad handles IPSec inherently while the Android does not. One must root an Android to get a VPN client that can do IPSec, and then that does not always work.
I did a comparison yesterday between the two. I found my Android VPN client can make the connection, access the page I wanted at work, but failed to log me in through the browser. I set up the iPad and did the same steps, and I was able to access the web source and log in. Why would one pass the information and one not? Thoughts?
In stores I have lookd at the Android VPN clients built into devices and none have IPSec. Even my HTC Thunderbolt does not provide it. Is this a manufacturing thing? Does Cisco not want to expand to more users? Because of this the Android tablets are a bit less desirable for business. Then, again, I am writing on an Android tablet now.
I could go on and on why I like Androids, but this VPN thing bugged me the must. Oh, I must say the battery life on the iPad is bad, very bad. If I used it for work, I bet it would not last a fraction of a day.
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Tech Notes from the Field 
I’ve been using my iPad-2 for work since it came out and have never run out of power.
It easily does an 8-hr day for me with 40% or more showing on the battery meter… I’ve got a dozen or so apps I use regularly.. and another couple dozen or so irregularly. Pretty well given up on the pen and paper and now that I’m using OmniFocus my productivity is much better managed…. the iPhone Configuration Utility lets you easily create, maintain, encrypt, and push configuration profiles to your iOS device… getting better all the time.
… thanks for sharing your observations with IPSec…
Ron
Very cool and informative. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Bill