The advantage of an iPad used this way is its portability. You take the iPad to the customer, as opposed to bringing the customer to the sales desk. In the process, you generate interest from onlookers, who may register for photo requests. Essentially, the iPad is used in this scenario to generate sales leads in ways that can’t be done when interaction and image previews are bound to a sales desk.

i am using cooliris slideshow .but it is not working in ipad. it is not supported this slideshow.
it is working well on computer.

thank you

I was very skeptical about the iPhone and its value when it first came out, and I didn’t jump on board until the 3G came out – when I finally broke down and played with one, I was immediately hooked. And the value, via Apps both paid and free, I have gotten since has gone way, way above the initial cost.

I expect the iPad will be the same way – this is a game-changer, so it’s hard for us to even fathom the ways it will improve the business of photography. It creates a new platform, a new venue, a new canvas, a new gallery, a new experience; all of which, I believe, smart photographers will learn to leverage in full.

Great write up, Greg – one of the best I’ve yet read about the iPad’s potential for photographers.