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From: Mocassin joe on 30 Mar 2010 18:40 I am...........shocked! http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/30/what-ipads-guided-tours-dont-tell-you/#more-22279 What iPad's guided tours don't tell you. But they are also peppered with the kind of hype and hyperbole that sets critics' teeth on edge. In some cases, their claims step dangerously close to the line. The one that bothered us the most is the description of the onscreen keyboard in the Mail app tour: "It's nearly the same size as a notebook keyboard, so it's effortless to type on . With this keyboard at your fingertips, typing is easy and incredibly fast." We've tried the iPad's onscreen keyboard. Using it is neither easy, effortless nor incredibly fast With YouTube on iPad, all of your favorite videos are just a touch away." Unless your favorite video is in Flash, in which case it's on another device. "For attachments like PDFs or Microsoft Office documents, just tap on them. They open up so you can view them full screen." Sure, you can view the documents. But can you edit them? "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. "And since the keyboard is nearly as big as a notebook keyboard, typing is fast and comfortable." Compared with what, an iPhone?
From: D Finnigan on 30 Mar 2010 19:20 Mocassin joe wrote: > I am...........shocked! > So are we. Join us.
From: Wes Groleau on 31 Mar 2010 01:19 Mocassin joe wrote: > "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . > for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you > would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. I don't know anything about Keynote, but there's GOT TO be something better than powerpoint out there! -- Wes Groleau An example of how important grammar points are deferred http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1560
From: Fa-groon on 31 Mar 2010 03:34 On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:19:06 -0700, Wes Groleau wrote (in article <houm0a$qdf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > Mocassin joe wrote: >> "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . >> for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you >> would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. > > I don't know anything about Keynote, but there's GOT TO be something > better than powerpoint out there! > > Yes there is and it IS Keynote. It's MUCH better than Powerpoint. Problem is, it's Mac only (although you can output a file from Keynote that a Windows version of Powerpoint CAN read and "play"). Being Mac only doesn't bother we who have chosen the correct platform, but the rest of you are gonna have to stick with Microsoft's "vision" of presentation technology (or Open Office's version of that "vision").
From: Sandman on 31 Mar 2010 03:43
In article <M5vsn.33510$EE6.16166(a)newsfe23.iad>, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasanto(a)aol.com> wrote: > "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . > for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you > would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. Eh, MS powerpoint is by far the worst presentation application ever made. Crayons on a rock would make a better presentation that powerpoint. -- Sandman[.net] |