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From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:49 In article <hoe0i9$vvs$02$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > > 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 nope. the ipad is unlocked out of the box. use it with whatever carrier you want. to quote you, "why do you lie?" > And no, it is by no means cheap. it's actually much cheaper than other data plans. the current plans are either $15/mo for 250 meg or $30/mo for unlimited, no contract, sign up or cancel at any time. for comparison, verizon offers 250 meg for $40 or unlimited for $60/mo *with* a 2 year contract. their pay as you go plan is $15 *per* *day*. > And its going to cost you reams of dough > if you are overseas get a local sim and it won't be, but you can't see through your hatred to think of these things.
From: Mocassin joe on 24 Mar 2010 17:50 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:240320101426013320%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > 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. the extent to which people go just to defend something that is plain wrong is unreal.
From: -hh on 24 Mar 2010 17:54 Ian Hilliard <nos...(a)hilliardtech.com> wrote: > ZnU wrote: > > > > Really? This is your argument? You really think more documents get moved > > around every day on USB sticks than via, say, e-mail? > > > [snip] > > You need access to the Internet to use email. If you were a road > warrior, you would understand that it is not always available or > affordable. True to a degree, but a Road Warrior also understands that "affordability" is entirely negotiable, since it depends upon business needs. That's how 4-digit cellphone bills get justified & paid for. > 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. Yes, there are the inexperienced Powerpoint Rangers who don't know to use MS's "save for web" before the final save for email that bomb out your account while you're on the road. Similarly, there's also those trusting fools who send out PPTs rather than smaller ... and importantly, non-editable ... PDFs. > That is not to mention photos. 15 megapixel photos are a bit too big for > email. An 18MP RAW is 24 megabytes, so sure...but a full size, fine rez JPEG is around 3. But the key question is why would one be choosing to send the full rez version? Sending the full-rez version to any destination that's not intending to print a 300dpi version is a waste of bandwidth. Plus an alternative is to email is to FTP it. I haven't checked to see if there's a dedicated iPhone FTP App, but since FTP is supported in some web browsers, it may not necessarily even be required...anyone know? > HD video of a presentation ends up being a few Gigabytes. That is > just too big to send wirelessly. The iPad has a VGA out capability. Granted, this isn't HD video, but frankly, I've not seen too many HD presentations yet that didn't come out of the PR Department's budget (as opposed to something DIY'ed by the traveller), which took weeks of leadtime (and a budget), which got delivered as a hardcopy optical disk. As such, there's arguably plenty of leadtime to rip a copy to play on a small screen, if that was what was desired: creating an HD presentation in the hotel room the night before the big client meeting is always technically a possibility, but not a particularly healthy business plan. -hh
From: nospam on 24 Mar 2010 17:56 In article <lOvqn.46533$sx5.1720(a)newsfe16.iad>, Mocassin joe <joemocasanto(a)aol.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. > > the extent to which people go just to defend something that is plain > wrong is unreal. i'm not defending anything. i'm just pointing out the sheer hypocrisy of what's being said as well as correcting numerous incorrect statements from those who have nothing better to do than criticize a product they're never going to buy.
From: -hh on 24 Mar 2010 17:56
On Mar 24, 5:25 pm, nospam <nos...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <hodunf$p5...(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Phillip Jones > > <pjon...(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. FWIW, for anyone thinking about buying one, I believe that EyeFi has just recently announced that they're coming out with a CLASS 6 (I/O speed) version. Given how slow SDHC is, its probably worth looking to see how much the newer/faster version is going to cost before deciding what to buy. -hh |