TN5250 Lite User Reviews

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Good App

Free version works great for me. Would like a page down button, but my use of our 400 is so minimal that I am usually able to get to the correct page using a command prompt. Definately a must have for varying devices on and off remotely from anywhere!

Emulation flawless/interface nightmare

The 5250 emulation for this app works perfectly and is very responsive. The user interface on the other hand is a clumsy and lazy port from the iPhone edition. Hopefully the developer is working on custom keyboard layouts that conform with standard iPad interface design principles.

Bottom line: If you need a 5250 telnet client on your iPad this is your only choice and is functional. I however will wait until the interface is fixed or another choice is available.
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Lite Version Useless

The lite version completely useless. There aren't enough keys so you can navigate to test the product out. Also $29 it ridiculously high for this program. This is a $9.99 program at most.

Good but can be better

This is a good start, or could be documented better. If the function for the page down button exists, I have not been able to find it yet. On the iPhone version, there was a page down, I am not sure why they felt it would be a good idea to remove it, the people at IBM were not exactly thinking about multi-touch when they developed as/400.
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Worth it!!!

Really nice and smooth app for the AS400

Useless without page up/page down keys

Don't bother the lite version. It is useless without the page keys.

Very good

This app is working very well for me. The only problem I have had (besides missing the extra keyboards that the pay version has for function keys, arrow keys, and text macros, not worth the $30 they are asking right now, same as the Windows version, IMHO) is that the 'enter' key on the keyboard has been replaced with 'done' which simply hides the on-screen keyboard. So after entering text you have to reach to the top of the screen to press the 'enter' button which is inexplicably located there. This makes entering very much text a little tedious, but the app is otherwise quite useful.
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Cool but..

I can't seem to find the page up/down keys.

Average at best

No very usable without function keys

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I just did a backup and restore thru my iPhone with LaserVault backup and Mochas excellent TN5250 iPhone Aop. look ma, no tape! Mocha does great software and this product is no exception.

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