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From: Jon B on 26 Jan 2010 11:35 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > 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. The touch is rather lacking in the GPS feature... -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Woody on 26 Jan 2010 11:37 Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > 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. > > The touch is rather lacking in the GPS feature... Ahh - didn't know. You can use the external one I assume, but without it built in, it is less handy. -- Woody
From: zoara on 26 Jan 2010 11:57 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> 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. Yes. It's called Whispernet. Problem is, it's intended to deal with exceptionally small amounts of data. They've recently announced that they're opening up a developer API for the Kindle, and the restrictions on data usage are telling. I'll have to go look it up when I'm at a computer, but restrictions and/or costs (to the developer, I believe) start racking up once the app exceeds 1MB in size and 100k of data per month. [update: found the info http://is.gd/75G8D ] So Whispernet is not going to be practical for a device that is likely to download megabytes (even gigabytes) per month, like some iPhone users do. Definitely not for something that might be downloading audio or video files. -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Woody on 26 Jan 2010 13:50 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> 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. > > Yes. It's called Whispernet. > > Problem is, it's intended to deal with exceptionally small amounts of > data. They've recently announced that they're opening up a developer API > for the Kindle, and the restrictions on data usage are telling. I'll > have to go look it up when I'm at a computer, but restrictions and/or > costs (to the developer, I believe) start racking up once the app > exceeds 1MB in size and 100k of data per month. > > [update: found the info http://is.gd/75G8D ] > > So Whispernet is not going to be practical for a device that is likely > to download megabytes (even gigabytes) per month, like some iPhone users > do. Definitely not for something that might be downloading audio or > video files. Certainly i sense a problem coming up between the media companies who want us to by all their stuff (locked obviously) and the network companies (especially if they still want to lock it to someone with no network like O2). -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Sak Wathanasin on 27 Jan 2010 07:56
On 25 Jan, 00:13, Andrew Collier <spambuc...(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? An on-screen keyboard that's comfortable to type on would do me. ssh is just too painful on an iPhone. > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? Smaller and lighter, of course. I don't get the MB out on the train unless I really, really, really have to. To get the MB out, I more or less have to take everything out of my bike pannier and repack it all when I'm done. However the iPhone doesn't cut it for things like ssh, Excel spreadsheets &c, so something in between would work for me. |