iPad usefulness?
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From: T i m on 1 Apr 2010 04:29 On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:11:15 +0100, Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:33:43 +0000, NEWS(a)sarlet.com (Roger Merriman) >wrote: > >> >>I hardly use flash in that the iphones lack is no issue and in the past >>when it broke on the mac it took me a very long time to notice.... > >I suspect that a lot of educational/revision material uses Flash. A >lot of younger people like the Flash games that are available. And some old people! (Mrs is addicted to Gimmi Friction Baby and has a high score of 44). Even if it did support Flash, I'm not sure she could hold an iPad for very long because of the arthritis in her hands / fingers. > >My gut reaction is that this will mean that the ipad will not be so >appealing to younger users BICBW Agreed, in contrast to the iPod. The first time I played with an iPhone was round my mates (he'd been sent one to try by O2) and I went to access a web cam site from a link daughter had texted me from a nightclub she was at in Bulgaria (the cam address was advertised on the signs and displays in the club). Didn't work of course and by the time I'd got home and onto a real computer she'd gone. ;-( Whilst I could see the iPad has it's uses it would feel as 'broken' as Dads OS9 iMac does to me (because of the things that don't work or don't work fully). [1] Maybe such support will be drip-fed (as with the iPhone) or hacked in by 3rd parties? Cheers, T i m [1] For today and interaction with the outside world. It's still perfectly functional as an electric typewriter and that's what he mainly uses it for.
From: Peter Ceresole on 1 Apr 2010 04:44 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Note: if anyone thinks that the iPad isn't going to be a tethered device in > the same way as the iPod is, or at least a device that works best when > tethered then, well, you're going to be disappointed. Yes. I've been coming to that conclusion, certainly for v.1. Pity, as it means my sister in law wll have to get something else. I can feel a netbook coming on. -- Peter
From: Woody on 1 Apr 2010 04:49 Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 31/03/2010 23:20, Woody wrote: > > Rod<polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >> On 31/03/2010 14:44, Woody wrote: > > no, I don't know why these people have to add music either > > > Well that really explored the features, didn't it? Was that five or ten > minutes of changing keyboard layout? I don't know, I just saw the title and the first few minutes. > But thanks, yep, would like to play with that myself. There isn't much software on the emulator, address book, prefs and whatever you put there yourself. But it isn't really there to demo the capabilities of the iPad, it is there to let you see how your applications would run on it. You can see the suboptimal effect of running iPhone apps on it, that is for sure. -- Woody
From: Graeme on 1 Apr 2010 04:53 In message <1jg9ip0.xwyiq51unfp5zN(a)de-ster.xs4all.nl> nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) wrote: > Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > In message <1jg7rhe.yazdi91jdy3xtN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> > > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Unfortunately it is hard to answer that one at the moment as the iPad > > > > isn't out. There is a risk that you won't be able to update it without > > > > plugging it in, but until someone actually has one, there isn't a way to > > > > say for sure, everything is just speculation > > > > > > Okay, thanks Woody. I was wondering about updates if she didn't have > > > another machine, but I presume that Apple will have sorted that out, as > > > the iPad is much more of a 'computer' than an iPhone, and people are > > > much more likely to have it as their sole device. > > > > The description claims it needs a computer running a minimum of Snow > > Leopard! Rules it out for me as I have a PPC :-( > > After upgrading Quicktime and iTunes to the latest version > on Tiger G5 Mini iTunes is full of iPad mentions too. > So it will probably work. > > iSteve is just trying to tell you > that you really shouldn't want too, > You are too late Jan, I somehow managed to misread the specs. I am looking for a mobile device for emails/websurfing and for use with my DSLR when travelling. I was originally thinking of a MacBook but that's a bit over the top for what I want on the road. Then looked at the iPod Touch but it's a bit small so the iPad looks perfect for my wants. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Ric on 1 Apr 2010 05:12
On 31 Mar, 12:29, Ben Shimmin <b...(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Woody <use...(a)alienrat.co.uk>: > > > Ben Shimmin <b...(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > >> Jochem Huhmann <j...(a)gmx.net>: > >> > I think I have never seen any website requiring Flash to buy things. > > >> Check out Adobe's store (I'm not even joking)! > > > Yes, that is the only place I have seen a store that needed it! > > > Mind you, that is a horrible store, and not just because of flash. > > The prices aren't great either. (I was disgusted last night when I > saw the pricing for Flash Builder...) > > >> I'm tempted to encourage my parents to get an iPad. They really enjoy > >> using the MacBook I gave them, permanently hooked up to a 20" display > >> with an external keyboard and mouse -- it's just they find it all a > >> bit complicated: you know, all these applications and windows and the > >> Dock and all that multitasking nonsense... But I'm not sure moving > >> to a smaller screener (and a completely different user interface > >> metaphor, even if it is much simpler) is really a good idea for them. > > > If my mum didn't already have the iMac I would be considering pushing > > her that way, but she loves printing things, and there is an unknown > > about the printing. Presumably with a wireless printer it is possible, > > but its unknown at the moment. > > That's an interesting point. You'd think it'd be possible, but it > doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet. > > b. > > -- > <b...(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> > `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy > shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, > secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert There are printing apps for the iPhone that work nicely - HP do a free one which automagically found my networked HP printer... |