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From: Woody on 26 Jan 2010 09:24 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-26, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> Doesn't the Kindle have a 3G connection that's part of its purchase price, > >> no monthly subscription required? That would be nice. Unlikely, but nice. > > > > It wouldn't be nice - it is a complete waste. All the kindle 3G > > connection lets you do is buy things from amazon, you can't get anywhere > > else with it. Thats it. If all the 3G connection on the apple device > > does is let you connect to the app store, then it would be worse than > > not having one. > > I thought the Kindle had a web browser? Not a very good one, maybe, but one > none the less. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Web_browser_limitations> -- Woody
From: Jim on 26 Jan 2010 09:34 On 2010-01-26, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-26, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Doesn't the Kindle have a 3G connection that's part of its purchase price, >> >> no monthly subscription required? That would be nice. Unlikely, but nice. >> > >> > It wouldn't be nice - it is a complete waste. All the kindle 3G >> > connection lets you do is buy things from amazon, you can't get anywhere >> > else with it. Thats it. If all the 3G connection on the apple device >> > does is let you connect to the app store, then it would be worse than >> > not having one. >> >> I thought the Kindle had a web browser? Not a very good one, maybe, but one >> none the less. >> > ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Web_browser_limitations> Ah. So, it's got one but it's hobbled. Nice. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Tim Streater on 26 Jan 2010 09:59 On 26/01/2010 13:57, Woody wrote: > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> Sounds like you're describing an iPhone. It's not *exactly* a sat-nav, but >> it can kinda-sorta become one. > > As I said in my review, it really is a real sat nav, not sortof. I did > 4500 miles across a strange country, and found it better than I would > have found the tomtom. I would be happy to replace my tomtom with it as > of now if I had a way of fitting it where my tomtom sits. I think I missed that review. You got a URL? Oh - and does the iTouch have the capability? -- Tim "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" Bill of Rights 1689
From: Woody on 26 Jan 2010 10:43 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > On 26/01/2010 13:57, Woody wrote: > > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > >> Sounds like you're describing an iPhone. It's not *exactly* a sat-nav, but > >> it can kinda-sorta become one. > > > > As I said in my review, it really is a real sat nav, not sortof. I did > > 4500 miles across a strange country, and found it better than I would > > have found the tomtom. I would be happy to replace my tomtom with it as > > of now if I had a way of fitting it where my tomtom sits. > > I think I missed that review. You got a URL? Oh - and does the iTouch > have the capability? <http://groups.google.com/group/uk.comp.sys.mac/browse_thread/thread/ea8 54ae9a0e7ee1e> I don't know - I assume so. -- Woody
From: whisky-dave on 26 Jan 2010 11:15
"Andrew Collier" <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote in message news:spambucket-544BBB.00131625012010(a)news.individual.net... > If we're all going to argue, let's at least argue about something > vaguely on-topic, eh? > > So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... > > Apple are not the first to release a tablet form-factor computer. But by > and large, the others have not found a significant market. What is > different about Apple building one, and why are people assuming that > they will succeed where the rest of the industry has failed? I thought Aple were wrong to bring out an iPod, or trying to make money from music that everyone was downloading and copying anyway. people were quite happy with cassettes and CDs and even small MP3 players. And as for podcast what use would tehy be while we already have TV/Radio etc. > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? I hope it can emulate a photo album and a proper music collections that aren't MP3s even 32GB is far to small, my iphoto library is 70 GB alone. I'd like a lot more battery life and I mean days not hours. > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? I don;t carry a laptop, I don;t normally want to do computing on the move, but to be able to carry large amounts of media that you could play and edit would be an advantage. Perhaps arriving at a friends and plugging it in to a computer as if it were an external drive would be good. It should have the ability to do 'computing' but nothing high-end. > > What other questions is Steve Jobs going to have have to answer on > Wednesday for you to be convinced by the idea of this tablet? Will it come out in other colours ? > > Or do you think he's going to announce something else entirely? I think he'll avoid the term tablet. |