iPad usefulness?
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Apr 2010 09:50 On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:42:07 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >Not everyone wants to receive email as there main choice of >communication, there are many instances where I am still having to fax >things to various companies. There are plenty of email to fax gateways out there, which is the only way I've managed faxes in the last few years. >Whilst true it is far from the final word as there is still a need for >paper filing for many reasons - the main one being for those who don't >have everything [or in some cases anything] on computer. Or need to keep records for audit purposes. (I spent some of the long weekend hauling out stuff from 2000-2002 and tossing it into the fire. Great fun!) None of which applies to me - but I'd very much like to see the iPad get backup-to-cloud and wifi printing, which would together make it a standalone product without need for a general purpose computer. Cheers - Jaimie -- "You hear someone break into your home. You pull out your chainsaw and crank it up. It makes its very distinctive chainsaw noise; he hears it. What criminal is going to stay in a house with someone that crazy?" -- Home defence with Franklin Hummel, rasfw
From: David Kennedy on 6 Apr 2010 09:52 Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:42:07 +0100, David Kennedy > <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> Not everyone wants to receive email as there main choice of >> communication, there are many instances where I am still having to fax >> things to various companies. > > There are plenty of email to fax gateways out there, which is the only > way I've managed faxes in the last few years. > Not much use for anyone without a computer... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Woody on 6 Apr 2010 09:53 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Howard wrote: > > 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 > > Not everyone wants to receive email as there main choice of > communication, there are many instances where I am still having to fax > things to various companies. Yes, i had to fax apple to become part of the iPad developer group! -- Woody
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Apr 2010 09:54 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:46:52 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> No need for an intermediate paper and postage step. Or a paper and >> file step. > >No; a lot of people simply need to write to their local authority or to >lawyers- or to their bank. Email is still not the same thing- certainly >not yet, and not for the people I know. For them, being able to produce >a neatly printed letter is a major enabling step. I think that here, >it's full of geeks who just don't realise how enabling it is. Oh, I do agree - I very occasionally use a printer myself, and I think adding printing to the iPad would get it 95% of the way to being a standalone device. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Yrlsqb nx sobshuggum illingoon. Mark my words!" - Cyril Q Kornbluth
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Apr 2010 09:56
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:52:17 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:42:07 +0100, David Kennedy >> <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Not everyone wants to receive email as there main choice of >>> communication, there are many instances where I am still having to fax >>> things to various companies. >> >> There are plenty of email to fax gateways out there, which is the only >> way I've managed faxes in the last few years. > >Not much use for anyone without a computer... But if an iPad can email to a fax gateway (which it can) then they don't need a computer - or possibly a printer, for that matter. Cheers - Jaimie -- You're only young once, but you can remain immature indefinitely. |