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From: Steve Hix on 28 Jan 2010 21:08 In article <1264709729.186714(a)irys.nyx.net>, Blanche <bcohen(a)blackhole.nyx.net> wrote: > I'm thinking that many of the active people on this list are not > the target market for the iPad. How many people here require a keyboard > at leat 60% of the time, and I don't mean just to enter in minimal text, > but really need the keyboard. For example, writing this note. This might be an issue for someone who didn't have anything other than an iPad to use. Which pretty much counts out everyone here.
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 21:38 Blanche wrote: > I'm thinking that many of the active people on this list are not > the target market for the iPad. How many people here require a keyboard > at leat 60% of the time, The purpose of this device is to expand availability of data/media beyond your desktop. You want to read your newspaper/book in bed ? No need for a keyboard. Watch a movie ? listen to music ? No need for keyboard. I can see Apple's reasoning. the IpAd is an appliance, not a computer. It lets you access various types of media from the comfort of your seat without needing to be at some office with a desk and keyboard. Not too different form your satellite receiver. Inside is a computer probably running Linux with some hard disk drive, but to you, it is a simple appliance.
From: Lloyd Parsons on 28 Jan 2010 22:50 In article <timmcn-56D42B.18114228012010(a)news-1.mpls.iphouse.net>, Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote: > In article <280120100531592509%rag(a)nospam.techline.com>, > "Mr. Strat" <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote: > > > In article <4b6138a3$0$29162$e4fe514c(a)dreader22.news.xs4all.nl>, Cat > > <0kevi(a)accessforall.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Okay, there is criticism and discussion about details, but nobody > > > actually held one in their hands. Same as with the first iPod or > > > iPhone. What is it for? What is an MP3? Where are the buttons? Now > > > everybody uses those devices without thinking. > > > > > > The iPad looks very simple (to use) and you can do (almost) > > > anything with it. Before long everybody will use one thinking how > > > they could live without it. Moreover, like any Apple device it will > > > evolve, becoming thinner, longer battery life, becoming lighter, > > > newer technologies etc. > > > > > > Supercool. I'm sold...can't wait to get my HANDS on one... SK. > > > > No doubt that it's cool...I just can't figure out how useful it would > > be for me personally. > > And the cool factor isn't enough for some of us. However, if I was > looking at an ebook reader type thing this would be top of the list- > competitive price and better specs than the Kindle and its ilk. And if > I can find some useful reasons I may just snag one. I'm not convinced I > need the 3G aspect, WiFi is probable enough for my needs. > > What I want is something I can use to read digitized lead sheets (music) > so that I don't have to carry hundreds of pages of charts, but the > readable area of the screen really needs to be 8.5 x 11 or A4 sized and > this far tablet-like has that- since they are all designed for hand-held > text reading that's no surprise. I need to be able to read it clearly > at 3 feet away on a music stand. Like MusicPad or what I use for that, MusicReader on a HP Touchsmart 300. I had considered waiting for the iPad to do this, but I was sure the size would be much smaller than I wanted and I was right.
From: John McWilliams on 28 Jan 2010 22:52 Fred Moore wrote: > In article <hjso40$3ee$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> Fred Moore wrote: >>> That said, I feel like Dr. Strangelove, having to restrain one hand with >>> the other so I don't reach for my wallet to buy one. Hmmmm, maybe I >>> don't really need to wait... >> Ya don't need no steekin wallet! Just a keyboard and a CC number (which >> I've set up in Textexpander)(shhh, don't tell anyone). Very >> convenient.... Even moreso Amazon. It's frighteningly easy to order >> stuff online from them. > > Um, John, what did you say was the keyboard shortcut you use to invoke > that paste? (I'm tunneling into your computer as we speak.) ;) Yes, but you'll have to have a bit of other info, too, and there're a couple of decoys, both of which trigger Homeland security if you try to use them.... And the short cut is F5-0 o Cmd-Fn Rt Arrow Esc PR Option. Takes 3 hands. -- john mcwilliams
From: Tom Stiller on 28 Jan 2010 23:06
In article <michelle-1B807D.19303428012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <tom_stiller-415AFF.20520728012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I sometimes like to refer back to something earlier in the book; I'll > > > remember that it was on a right page, about two thirds of the way > > > down, so I'll flip the pages with my thumb, looking for the passage > > > I'm searching for. > > > > > > Can I do that with an iPad, Kindle, Nook, or any other book reader, > > > for that matter? > > > > One of the demo videos I saw for the iPad showed something akin to a > > horizontal scroll bar that indicated the relative position within the > > book. You could scrub that to the two-thirds point. > > That won't do it. The text is two-thirds down the page, not two thirds of > the way through the book. Oh! I misunderstood. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |