iPolitics: German Parliament Replacing Paper with iPads

The iPad is a mainstream success that keeps on giving. With almost 10 millions units already sold (or so they say) and more than 30.000 apps in the iPad App Store, people are sure loving the tablet. We also heard it’s pretty successful in enterprise and business: large corporations are already deploying iPads, which makes me wonder about what’s going to happen with the new enterprise features that’ll come with iOS 4.2 in November.

It’s time for some politics now. The German parliament apparently gave permission to replace paper with iPads. As 9to5mac reports:

For months, members of the Parliament have been using the iPad in the office, and today the Parliament approved the iPad as a paper-replacement for reading speeches.

Sounds interesting. Are they going to develop custom applications for members of the German parliament, or will they simply dig through the App Store charts and find the most suitable apps for the job? If they have free wifi in there, they should be careful: tweeting from the iPad is just a Twitterrific away.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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