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From: Wes Groleau on 9 Apr 2010 20:16
On 04-09-2010 11:23, nospam wrote:
> they will only have a data connection. you can't make a phone call on
> them other than via skype or similar.

I'd like to see someone strolling through the mall holding
an iPad to the side of his face, talking. Remember the
dudes thirty years ago carrying boom boxes on their shoulders?

:-)

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From: Paul Sture on 10 Apr 2010 10:06
In article <hpl4ni$gqo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 04-08-2010 12:06, Conor wrote:
> > On 08/04/2010 15:48, erilar wrote:
> >> This just came up on a harp list I belong to and I thought this was a
> >> good place to throw it into.
> >>
> >> Harpists and other musicians often carry pretty heavy gig books around,
> >> and the thought of being able to use an iPad for a self-lighting
> >> replacement just came up on that list.
> >
> > Nope. Too small, won't sit on a standard music stand and its too faffy
> > to change a page mid-piece.
>
> 1024 x 768 is too small? Even if the sheets can be reformatted?
>
> What is a standard music stand? I've only seen and used two kinds.
> They are VERY different, but either one can hold an iPad.
>
> What does "faffy" mean? If iPad is anything like iPod/iPhone,
> changing pages is a heck of a lot easier than turning a paper
> page. I know two musicians who use MacBooks for their lead sheets.
> (But I don't know what software they use to display them.)
>
> I can imagine audio analysis software that listens to the music
> and guesses where in the song you are--with touch controls on
> screen to override in case the software screws up.

You'd need an override in any case for stopping and repeating bits in
practise / rehearsals.

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