iPad – Breaking Free Of The Trading Desk
Here’s a video of the iMarketRisk prototype I blogged about earlier. I gather a few buy-side companies also see value in having the P&L and risk numbers in real-time streamed to an iPad to avoid traders being chained to the trading desk. There are also client advantages 
The iMarketRisk RIA won’t be using OData since it requires push
The Wild Investor has a view on the Best Stock Trading Applications For The iPad. NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App demo is also worth checking out.
Since we’re on the Apple topic for this posting, “Copland 2010 revisited: Apple’s language and API future” is probably worth a read.
Sidebar:
- In defense of “making it up as you go along”
- Gamestorming and the book
- Google Chrome Frame
I see nothing new here, not even mentioning the software runs super slow. The same thing has been completely possible for many years using a Tablet style PC, and with the added benefit that you use the same software on your mobile device as in your workstation.