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From: Woody on 2 Apr 2010 12:22 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Rob <patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com>: > > On 02/04/2010 15:14, Ben Shimmin wrote: > > [...] > > >> And, there again, we differ; I just don't send very many letters. > >> I will make a telephone call or fire off an email rather than send a > >> letter, where possible. If I do actually need to send a letter, I > >> would print it out at work. (And probably get it franked and posted from > >> work, too, because I'm lazy/cheap like that.) > >> > >> I don't see a lack of printing on the iPad as a major deficiency, really. > >> But obviously for some people it might be. > > > > http://www.activeprint.net/ > > Clever, but not much use if you're trying to use an iPad as a standalone > device: > > With ActivePrint on your iPhone all you need is a network or > internet connection, something to print, and the free ActivePrint > System app which will run on any Windows PC. Need something that can print to a wireless printer, but it really needs to be something that can print from anything. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: T i m on 2 Apr 2010 13:17 On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:04:44 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8260196.stm> Interesting, thanks. I've printed it off and will pass it to my man. T i m
From: Sak Wathanasin on 3 Apr 2010 07:45 In article <1jg9wfs.1biyr5a1wadvvoN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > Remember, this *isn't* an iPhone or an iTouch Right, that means it's big enough to be able to read comfortably on-screen without having to scroll endlessly. I hope that the iPad will really usher in a paperless age. I find I rarely print these days - many of my clients will accept soft copy and most of my suppliers do, though, alas, I stil have to print a copy for HMRC's benefit in case the VAT inspector calls. > That calls for an ability to print. Well, if your s-i-l's main use is to generate printed copy (eg if she's writing the next Booker Prize winner), then the iPad is definitely the wrong thing to get. -- Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk
From: Sak Wathanasin on 3 Apr 2010 08:34 In article <o_-dnZSEmNFg5CnWnZ2dnUVZ8gBi4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk>, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > How quaint. Still, electricity does have a certain charm... Esp when the oil tanker can't get to you because of snow etc. Having lived out in the sticks for a while in house with an AGA, you do learn to adapt to it, but I was glad there was a microwave as well... -- Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk
From: Sak Wathanasin on 3 Apr 2010 08:47
In article <1jg9rnr.937fisa20tujN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: > As it has no camera, it could cerainly be better > Its sound quality is 44kHz, 16 bit audio with a claimed 20hz to 20kHz > +/- 3db signal. I don't know how good your ears are, but mine can't hear > better, so no, it probably couldn't be better. And you're most likely using it on the move, so what difference would higher sound quality make over the car noise or, in my case, the train noise? If someone cared that much about audio quality, they get a decent headphone amp - I have a Graham Slee Voyager, but I don't bother with it on the train, only when I'm in the hotel. -- Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk |