iPad usefulness?
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From: Geoff Berrow on 31 Mar 2010 06:29 On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:19:02 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> >She's not interested in computers at all, just wants to have email and >> >be able to shop and buy railway and airline tickets on line. >> >> I think you'll definitely want a keyboard for that. > >Apple keyboards are cheap, so that wouldn't be a problem. But will the ipad dock be cheap? -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: Graeme on 31 Mar 2010 06:32 In message <b5idnW7JOMrBgy7WnZ2dnUVZ8lVi4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk> David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Graeme 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 :-( > > And [see my other posting] if so, this rules it out for any > Windoze/Linux user or anyone not interested in owning a computer. > Sorry, left out the Windows requirements as not relevant to me, will need whatever the latest flavour of that is. Still doesn't help me. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Mar 2010 06:39 Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > But to *really* support solo use it would also need some way for doing > backups without a computer and this requires more than just some > software changes in the OS. But people will be using it who really don't want the full panoply of a computer. Backups of vital stuff should be easy; you can get low cost 4GB thumb drives- just copying text and mail folders should do it. However, looking rapidly at the specs there doesn't seem to be any way to connect a USB device to it, even with a dock. The iPad seems horribly, horribly limited. So maybe I'm missing something, or Apple really have screwed up. -- Peter
From: Pd on 31 Mar 2010 06:41 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > like for intance people who have AGAs but also need a real cooker to do > anything useful. What a bizarre comment. Have you lived with an Aga? They're frikkin' brilliant, but a completely different mindset. The polar opposite of the microwave. -- Pd
From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Mar 2010 06:41
Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > >Apple keyboards are cheap, so that wouldn't be a problem. > > But will the ipad dock be cheap? Would it connect with a wireless keyboard? If not, again it looks less and less attractive. -- Peter |