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From: James Dore on 3 Jun 2010 10:13
So, I'm tempted by the iPad, but I need some practical value out of it if
I buy it thru work. At the moment I get good value out of the N900, which
gives me the following:

VNC
RDP
ssh
a full local command line
nmap
Wireshark
netcat et al
MySQL client
Java VM

What I like about the iPad is the form factor, and the possibility of
getting something that comes close to the note-taking and sketching
abilities of the Newton, of blessed memory (alhtough in the case of my
MP2000, not quite enough blessed memory) - and there seem to be some styli
knocking around for it. So, is there any handwriting recognition in it?
(Did Inkwell get ported?)

I also like the idea of shoving all my PDF's on it and having iBook
catalog them all, and be able to annotate them, which the N900 can't do.

I'm not averse to jailbreaking it, either, if this will give me more tools
(and Multitasking :-) - what do the betatest^h early adopters think?

Also, is there any way of tethering the Wifi only version to a wifi+3G
mobile while roaming?

Cheers,
James

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From: Woody on 3 Jun 2010 14:54
James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> So, I'm tempted by the iPad, but I need some practical value out of it if
> I buy it thru work. At the moment I get good value out of the N900, which
> gives me the following:
>
> VNC
> RDP
> ssh
> a full local command line
> nmap
> Wireshark
> netcat et al
> MySQL client
> Java VM
>
> What I like about the iPad is the form factor, and the possibility of
> getting something that comes close to the note-taking and sketching
> abilities of the Newton, of blessed memory (alhtough in the case of my
> MP2000, not quite enough blessed memory) - and there seem to be some styli
> knocking around for it. So, is there any handwriting recognition in it?
> (Did Inkwell get ported?)

Not that I have seen, apart from chinese character entry. It is not like
a newton, it has some advantages and some disadvantages.

> I also like the idea of shoving all my PDF's on it and having iBook
> catalog them all, and be able to annotate them, which the N900 can't do.
>
> I'm not averse to jailbreaking it, either, if this will give me more tools
> (and Multitasking :-) - what do the betatest^h early adopters think?

Your only option with that software list is to jailbreak it!

> Also, is there any way of tethering the Wifi only version to a wifi+3G
> mobile while roaming?

I have a wifi only and a mifi. I am sure a 3G phone will do as well.


--
Woody
Alienrat Design Ltd
From: Jim on 4 Jun 2010 02:11
James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> So, I'm tempted by the iPad, but I need some practical value out of it if
> I buy it thru work. At the moment I get good value out of the N900, which
> gives me the following:
>
> VNC
> RDP
> ssh

Doable now.

> a full local command line

Never going to happen (unless you Jailbreak)

> nmap
> Wireshark
> netcat et al
> MySQL client
> Java VM

Not sure about these, although I'd have thought the full JavaVM to be
unlikely.

> I also like the idea of shoving all my PDF's on it and having iBook
> catalog them all, and be able to annotate them, which the N900 can't do.

iBooks doesn't do PDFs, only ePubs. However, there's a app called
GoodReader that does PDFs. Rather an odd miss on Apple's part. Seems
strange that there's no iPad version of Preview.

> Also, is there any way of tethering the Wifi only version to a wifi+3G
> mobile while roaming?

I've heard of people doing this, yes.

Jim
--
"Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good
product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious
understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some
slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Sak Wathanasin on 4 Jun 2010 06:46
On 4 June, 07:11, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
>
> iBooks doesn't do PDFs, only ePubs. However, there's a app called
> GoodReader that does PDFs. Rather an odd miss on Apple's part. Seems
> strange that there's no iPad version of Preview.

Is there something that'll convert PDFs to ePubs? I tried Stanza but
it nade a pig's ear on the one I tried it on.


From: David Kennedy on 4 Jun 2010 06:51
Sak Wathanasin wrote:
> On 4 June, 07:11, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
>>
>> iBooks doesn't do PDFs, only ePubs. However, there's a app called
>> GoodReader that does PDFs. Rather an odd miss on Apple's part. Seems
>> strange that there's no iPad version of Preview.
>
> Is there something that'll convert PDFs to ePubs? I tried Stanza but
> it nade a pig's ear on the one I tried it on.
>
>
Haven't tried any of them yet but I was looking at this the other day

<http://www.lexcycle.com/faq/how_to_create_epub>

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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
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