Saw my first iPad today
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From: Ian McCall on 13 Apr 2010 16:29 First of many I expect. Spotted a guy using it on the train in to Paddington this morning. Can't really say much about it - it's bigger than I expected, but the interface stuff didn't really come into play since it was being used for watching video. Tried to do some more surreptitious spying but my view then got blocked by another person sitting diagonally across from me opening up his MacBook Air and blocking my view with the lid (oh the irony). One thing that did stand out is that the guy didn't seem terribly comfortable with it. He wasn't totally sure where to put it - on the table in front of him (he had the Apple case that doubles as stand), held directly in front of him...he eventually settled for held in front, hands near the bottom with part of it propped up against the edge of the table. Possibly just a familiarity thing but does mirror one of my doubts about it all. Ah well. Not terribly exciting but possibly worth a mention. Someone else I know is having one brought back from the States next week so I may get a closer look then. Cheers, Ian
From: T i m on 14 Apr 2010 04:36 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:29:23 +0100, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: >First of many I expect. Spotted a guy using it on the train in to >Paddington this morning. My mate and his Mrs started their bank holiday stay in London at Liverpool St Stn nick. They were witnesses to a lad getting mugged for his Blackberry (they were all on the train at the time). ;-( <snip> > >One thing that did stand out is that the guy didn't seem terribly >comfortable with it. He wasn't totally sure where to put it - on the >table in front of him (he had the Apple case that doubles as stand), >held directly in front of him...he eventually settled for held in >front, hands near the bottom with part of it propped up against the >edge of the table. Possibly just a familiarity thing but does mirror >one of my doubts about it all. Were casually looking at eReaders a while back as the Mrs likes to read and I like gadgets. I'm not sure what these things typically weigh compared with a paperback or how well they would survive when dropped off the bed <g> but she also didn't feel comfortable holding the eReader (achy joints not helping either). Cheers, T i m
From: R on 14 Apr 2010 05:04 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Were casually looking at eReaders a while back as the Mrs likes to > read and I like gadgets. I'm not sure what these things typically > weigh compared with a paperback or how well they would survive when > dropped off the bed <g> but she also didn't feel comfortable holding > the eReader (achy joints not helping either). I find my Sony reader quite comfortable to hold in one hand. I'd say it weighs slightly more than a typical paperback, but I haven't done a side by side comparison.
From: T i m on 14 Apr 2010 06:02 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:04:06 +0100, me32(a)privacy.net (R) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> Were casually looking at eReaders a while back as the Mrs likes to >> read and I like gadgets. I'm not sure what these things typically >> weigh compared with a paperback or how well they would survive when >> dropped off the bed <g> but she also didn't feel comfortable holding >> the eReader (achy joints not helping either). > >I find my Sony reader quite comfortable to hold in one hand. >I'd say it weighs slightly more than a typical paperback, but >I haven't done a side by side comparison. Ah, ta. I guess the ease / comfort thing is also a function of your general strength and dexterity (she's got arthritis in her hands now and that affects both). Add that to ease-of-use for a given use (the odd novel you pick up when you get a chance with possibly days in-between) and the advantages of an eReader (with a greater rage of titles on-tap etc) get less and certainly becomes less vfm. I think I would be happy to play with an iPad, especially if it was given / loaned to me <g> but for the same reason I don't have a smart phone, PDA, tablet PC, iPod, photo collection or even run OSX on a real computer very often would mean it would probably find it's way to the back of the draw. I say that because that's where my Palm T|X (nearly) is and I got that mainly as a very portable WiFi terminal. However, whilst it does sorta work as such it isn't a nice experience so I tend to use a laptop instead anyway as there are often other / (sometimes Windows only) things I also need to do. I wonder if an iPad would suit daughters b/f as he has an iPod touch. [1] However I've never seen him use it here (outside a few tests) preferring to fire up his Dell laptop instead. But then they both also have Ubuntu on their laptops and yet they still generally spend most (all?) their time in Windows (F XP / M W7). I think he uses the touch in the car for music via a cassette adaptor thing. Cheers, T i m [1] He's just got himself a new phone ready for his 'business'. It's a Samsung rugged thing on a �30 / month contract. Out of interest, can you get an iPhone free on a �30 contract and on Vodafone (about the only provider with any coverage their way)? Not that it would last long I don't suppose (he's a tree surgeon). So is she and she destroyed her rugged phone at work but it lasted a lot longer than all her std phones. Horses for courses I guess.
From: R on 14 Apr 2010 06:19
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > I guess the ease / comfort thing is also a function of your general > strength and dexterity (she's got arthritis in her hands now and that > affects both). Understood. > Add that to ease-of-use for a given use (the odd novel > you pick up when you get a chance with possibly days in-between) and > the advantages of an eReader (with a greater rage of titles on-tap > etc) get less and certainly becomes less vfm. The principal problem with books is the space they take up. Individually that's not significant, but once you acquire a collection of many books (I used to have hundreds) it can be a burden. The last time I moved house I had to carry several very weighty boxes of books and I told myself "never again!". I have since sold, given and thrown away nearly all of them. I now have the electronic reader. It has some 90 free novels on it and it has not grown fat with them. Imagine carrying 90 traditionally printed novels around with you. Not convenient! |