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From: Wes Groleau on 30 Jan 2010 13:12 Fred Moore wrote: > Yet, despite all that, I WANT AN iPAD! It fills a clearly defined niche > nearly perfectly. My only debate is whether I wait for v2 which will > likely have a camera and larger storage. The naysayers just don't get it. Previously, I was suspecting I wouldn't want one, and grateful that the upcoming release would drop the price of what I did want (Modbook). But the _price_ has made me reconsider. One thing that disappoints me is the lack of handwriting recognition. That would make iPad perfect for my father. Apple has had a pretty good handwriting app for some time. And the iPad/iPod already have it for Chinese, so why not for the much simpler alphabetic languages? -- Wes Groleau Lingua Franca Ain?t French? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=68
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?= on 30 Jan 2010 13:19 Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > Per R�nne wrote: > > BTW, you do know that originally, a 'computer' was synonymous with a > > 'calculator'? > > Meither the etymology of a word nor its literal meaning > have much relevance to its current usage. But would you describe the iPad as a computer - or not? -- Per Erik R�nne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe
From: Michael Siemon on 30 Jan 2010 13:28 In article <1jd5c2a.10en1in16zm2d8N%per(a)RQNNE.invalid>, per(a)RQNNE.invalid (Per R�nne) wrote: > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > Per R�nne wrote: > > > BTW, you do know that originally, a 'computer' was synonymous with a > > > 'calculator'? > > > > Meither the etymology of a word nor its literal meaning > > have much relevance to its current usage. > > But would you describe the iPad as a computer - or not? Yes; just not a "general purpose" computer.
From: Fred Moore on 30 Jan 2010 13:33 In article <barmar-1ABA13.21403029012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <290120101046546575%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> > wrote: > > > Fred Moore (I think): > > > > Mice are not mentioned for the iPad. > > > > Barry Margolin: > > > Hopefully they'll add support for it. It seems like it would be more > > > convenient than the touchscreen when you put the iPad into the keyboard > > > dock. Wouldn't using the touchscreen knock it over? > > > > What is it with people who want things to be what they are not? Apple > > makes a nice selection of laptop computers. The iPad will not be one of > > them. > > Apple is promoting this as a great device for email. Unless Twitter has > reduced your attention span so that you have to say everything in 140 > characters, that requires a decent amount of typing. > > They also hyped iWork's word processor. Would you really want to do any > significant amount of word processing with the touchscreen keyboard? > > And once you've put the iPad in the keyboard dock, it seems like a mouse > or trackpad would be more convenient as a pointing device. The Pogo stylus <http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php> which Tom Harrington mentioned looks very promising. It works with the iPhone and Touch already--a good start.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?= on 30 Jan 2010 13:49
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > Fred Moore wrote: > > Yet, despite all that, I WANT AN iPAD! It fills a clearly defined niche > > nearly perfectly. My only debate is whether I wait for v2 which will > > likely have a camera and larger storage. The naysayers just don't get it. > > Previously, I was suspecting I wouldn't want one, and grateful that > the upcoming release would drop the price of what I did want (Modbook). > > But the _price_ has made me reconsider. > > One thing that disappoints me is the lack of handwriting recognition. > That would make iPad perfect for my father. Apple has had a pretty > good handwriting app for some time. And the iPad/iPod already have > it for Chinese, so why not for the much simpler alphabetic languages? You will already find handwriting applications available in the AppStore, just search for, eh, 'handwriting' ... -- Per Erik R�nne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe |