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From: Woody on 6 Apr 2010 09:28 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > > Of course, people who work from home or are retired have a much greater > > need for a printer; I fully accept this. > > But they will also have a desktop device. This iPad device format is not > intended and I believe will not really be used as a sole computer device > in the vast majority of homes. I think you need to read back a bit. This is a thread about how it could be used as a sole computer device. For that, printing would be very useful. -- Woody
From: Howard on 6 Apr 2010 09:34 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Howard wrote: > > > > What is a hard copy print useful for ? > > > > Filing, giving to someone else, reference, etc. > > There are many reasons for printing and even though you may not wish to > print everything the ability to do so is an important one. While useful ... like MANY different and varied wishlist functions --- I don't see the big issue. We can send it to someone by email. We can store it for filing electronically. We are after all moving to the electronic world and using paper needlessly needs to be reconsidered by all of us as using up a valuable resource. Howard
From: Howard on 6 Apr 2010 09:34 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Howard wrote: > > D.M. Procida<real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Consumer-facing sites that rely on Flash are going to be changed so fast > >> it will take your breath away. > > > > 100% agree. > > > > Howard > > In many cases the main reason for using flash is to prove to the client > how clever the web designer was. Ah yes... I was involved in web design a few years ago and this is SO true ! What will happen with MANY providers of web sites is that they won;t drop flash as such but will reset thir web sites to offer a non-flash version to requests from iPhone and iPads as they arrive. HTML5 is coming and this will be another step in the decoupling of flash. Howard
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Apr 2010 09:38 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:28:04 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > >> > Being able to print a letter is one of those transforming abilities that >> > makes a real difference to anybody- and certainly to the kind of people >> > who might be getting an iPad as their main computer. >> >> Transforming ? Why ? > >Eh? How could it *not* be transforming, compared to handwriting >everything? I think you're coming in at a different stage to Howard - the transformation is that you can now create or save information locally, and use email, IM, or whatever to deliver it. No need for an intermediate paper and postage step. Or a paper and file step. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If apathy and manipulation aren't strengths, I don't know what is" - Zadok, 1/0
From: Jochem Huhmann on 6 Apr 2010 09:38
usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) writes: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > >> Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >> >> > Of course, people who work from home or are retired have a much greater >> > need for a printer; I fully accept this. >> >> But they will also have a desktop device. This iPad device format is not >> intended and I believe will not really be used as a sole computer device >> in the vast majority of homes. > > I think you need to read back a bit. This is a thread about how it could > be used as a sole computer device. > > For that, printing would be very useful. I think neither the hardware nor the basic software or the concept of the thing precludes standalone use. It's basically just a matter of a software update and some extension of MobileMe to provide cloud space for backups. With Apple just finishing a giant new datacenter and iPhone OS 4.0 on its way I wouldn't be surprised if all of this will nicely fit together later this year. And I totally agree that the iPad cries for being usable without another computer. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |