Syncing my iTunes music to my iPad...
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From: Woody on 27 May 2010 15:31 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 19:01:48 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) > wrote: > > > > >It is better than it seemed it would be, and I was expecting good! > > In addition to what I think I read here I think they said on the > Gadget show that a good thing about the iPad might be that it prompts > other manufacturers to produce something similar, but with USB ports > etc. It may do > You have been a tablet man for quite a while haven't you, is there > anything else out there that is physically similar? No. There really isn't. There is hardware that is not totally disimilar, but nothing with that size of a screen that is that fast. It reminds me of the Sharp mobilon Tripad, which had a large screen but it ran windows CE on a crushingly slow MIPS processor. As a combination of hardware and software though - nothing to touch it. I am still being impressed by it. I will do a review later, but the thing that i am currenly most suprised at is not the speed (as people said it was fast - it is), or nice to use, but it is some of the software is so nice to use. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: T i m on 27 May 2010 15:39 On Thu, 27 May 2010 20:31:46 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >> You have been a tablet man for quite a while haven't you, is there >> anything else out there that is physically similar? > >No. There really isn't. So a market might appear off the back of the iPad. > There is hardware that is not totally disimilar, >but nothing with that size of a screen that is that fast. Ok. > It reminds me >of the Sharp mobilon Tripad, which had a large screen but it ran windows >CE on a crushingly slow MIPS processor. Ok. > >As a combination of hardware and software though - nothing to touch it. >I am still being impressed by it. That's just as well then. ;-) > >I will do a review later, but the thing that i am currenly most suprised >at is not the speed (as people said it was fast - it is), or nice to >use, but it is some of the software is so nice to use. Ok. Cheers, T i m
From: Ben Shimmin on 27 May 2010 18:09 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>: [...] > I will do a review later, but the thing that i am currenly most suprised > at is not the speed (as people said it was fast - it is), or nice to > use, but it is some of the software is so nice to use. What apps are you liking for it? I'm still blown away by the speed of it. I was expecting it to make my iPhone 3G (not 3GS) seem slow, but I wasn't really expecting it to make my MacBook Pro seem slow too! I can definitely see the iPad replacing my Mac for the vast majority of my casual computer use. (Obviously for actual work it is totally useless, of course.) b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Woody on 27 May 2010 18:25 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>: > > [...] > > > I will do a review later, but the thing that i am currenly most suprised > > at is not the speed (as people said it was fast - it is), or nice to > > use, but it is some of the software is so nice to use. > > What apps are you liking for it? Well, ignoring the obvious plants vs zombies, I am impressed with the iWork stuff (pages and numbers, didn't bother with the other one, not my sort of app), I like the built in stuff, address book is sort of cutesy but functional, iCal is very nice indeed. I like photos although I have had it crash twice, or reset to the board. Took ages to sync though. Browsing the web is very nice (with iCab). Honestly now it is the nicest way I have available to me to browse the web. > I'm still blown away by the speed of it. I was expecting it to make > my iPhone 3G (not 3GS) seem slow, but I wasn't really expecting it to > make my MacBook Pro seem slow too! I can definitely see the iPad > replacing my Mac for the vast majority of my casual computer use. It is pretty fast. But more fast in a way that you don't actually think about it at all - it is very transparent machine, after a while you forget about it and just get on with what you are doing. > (Obviously for actual work it is totally useless, of course.) Depends if your work involves writing iPad software or not! I can see one downside. If I put it down and go and do something, when I come back it is no longer there. It seems to gravitate to other people! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: SteveH on 27 May 2010 18:29
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>: > > [...] > > > I will do a review later, but the thing that i am currenly most suprised > > at is not the speed (as people said it was fast - it is), or nice to > > use, but it is some of the software is so nice to use. > > What apps are you liking for it? > > I'm still blown away by the speed of it. I was expecting it to make > my iPhone 3G (not 3GS) seem slow, but I wasn't really expecting it to > make my MacBook Pro seem slow too! I can definitely see the iPad > replacing my Mac for the vast majority of my casual computer use. > > (Obviously for actual work it is totally useless, of course.) I'm not jealous and kicking myself for not pre-ordering at all.... -- SteveH |