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From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:25 In article <4baa7bc6(a)news.x-privat.org>, Ian Hilliard <nospam(a)hilliardtech.com> wrote: > >> The > >> most convenient way of sharing data is the USB Stick. > > > > no, the most convenient way is wirelessly. > > I know from my MacBook, that it is not easy to exchange data with > Windows boxes, in particular if they Windows box is locked down. Then > there are many cases where WLAN just isn't available. that's an issue with the locked down windows boxes, not the ipad. > >> There aren't > >> always WLAN or bluetooth available.In many cases, the only way to share > >> documents with Windows users is by using a USB Stick. > > > > maybe in some cases, but hardly 'many.' > > In my experience, in most cases. Companies don't let external parties on > their company network. some do, some don't. you can always use peer to peer, email, or access it via their web site, something most companies have. > >> If ITunes is where you have to get your media, then you might as well > >> stick with an IPod or an IPhone. > > > > but with a smaller screen. > > ...and a much lighter weight. the ipad is lighter than your laptop, and do you really want to read a book on a small screen? > Where is the advantage of the $499 IPad over a $200 netbook? The netbook > gives better access to the Internet in that it can play youtube. The > IPad can't. it can't play youtube? what's the youtube app do then? do people even think about what they say? apparently not. and how does a netbook have better access to the internet than an ipad with a built in 3g radio that has a very inexpensive data plan, with no contract required? > The netbook can be used to save, process and mail pictures > while on the road. the ipad can do that too, but not everyone does that. > The netbook can be used to write a presentation while > sitting in cattle class on a plane. not everyone does that either. i generally see people watching movies on their laptops when on a plane. > The netbook allows you to keep your > documents in an encrypted partition on a thumbdrive on your keychain. or keep them encrypted on the device itself. > The industry doesn't quite understand what the target market for the > IPad is and I don't either. the industry has an idea. others, not so much.
From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:25 In article <4baa7d9c$1(a)news.x-privat.org>, Ian Hilliard <nospam(a)hilliardtech.com> wrote: > You need access to the Internet to use email. to send/receive yes, but not to read and respond. many people use email while offline. > If you were a road > warrior, you would understand that it is not always available or > affordable. the 3g plan for the ipad is one of the most affordable data plans ever offered on any mobile device. > Also, in my experience, those pretty presentations with a > lot of graphics end up being 20MB to 30MB. There are few mail handlers > that will handle files that big. so how would you be sending this from a laptop? > That is not to mention photos. 15 megapixel photos are a bit too big for > email. HD video of a presentation ends up being a few Gigabytes. That is > just too big to send wirelessly. wait until you get to the office or back home. it's not like a laptop would avoid this limitation, you know.
From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:25 In article <hodunf$p5o$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Phillip Jones <pjones1(a)kimbanet.com> wrote: > >> There is a wifi memory card that you use in place of your regular > >> memory card. Last I heard it was couple of hundred bucks though. > > > > as little as $49: > > > > <http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2> > last I checked when it first came out was about $250.00. i don't recall it ever being that expensive. i think the first one was $99 or $129 or somewhere around there. ironically, people said the eye-fi card was a stupid idea, would never work because the antenna is inside the camera, it's too slow, etc. all without ever having touched one. looks like they were wrong.
From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:26 In article <f402f57f-1355-45c7-87c6-0de35f9a56d7(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, -hh <recscuba_google(a)huntzinger.com> wrote: > In general, its pretty silly to suggest that its critical to have a > USB port and then claim that you're never going to have any "dangly" > problems because you're not going to ever plug anything into it. you noticed that contradiction too? the extent to which people go just to slam something is unreal.
From: Peter Köhlmann on 24 Mar 2010 17:35
nospam wrote: > In article <4baa7d9c$1(a)news.x-privat.org>, Ian Hilliard > <nospam(a)hilliardtech.com> wrote: > >> You need access to the Internet to use email. > > to send/receive yes, but not to read and respond. many people use email > while offline. > >> If you were a road >> warrior, you would understand that it is not always available or >> affordable. > > the 3g plan for the ipad is one of the most affordable data plans ever > offered on any mobile device. As long as you stay in the US and in a covered area And no, it is by no means cheap. And its going to cost you reams of dough if you are overseas >> Also, in my experience, those pretty presentations with a >> lot of graphics end up being 20MB to 30MB. There are few mail handlers >> that will handle files that big. > > so how would you be sending this from a laptop? Insert USB stick, done >> That is not to mention photos. 15 megapixel photos are a bit too big >> for email. HD video of a presentation ends up being a few Gigabytes. >> That is just too big to send wirelessly. > > wait until you get to the office or back home. Why would he do that. By avoiding this idiotic toy and getting a netbook (for a lot less money) he can do it on the spot > it's not like a laptop would avoid this limitation, you know. It would. In several possible ways. -- I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. |