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From: Geoff Berrow on 6 Apr 2010 10:02 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:45:14 +0100, Howard.not(a)home.com (Howard) wrote: >What is a hard copy print useful for ? Pizza Hut 2 meals for 1 vouchers :) -- 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: Geoff Berrow on 6 Apr 2010 10:04 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:45:15 +0100, Howard.not(a)home.com (Howard) wrote: >> I suspect that a lot of educational/revision material uses Flash. A >> lot of younger people like the Flash games that are available. >> >> My gut reaction is that this will mean that the ipad will not be so >> appealing to younger users BICBW > >So when the iPad ships 300,000 units on it first day .... and god knows >how many millions by the end of the year - you figure that site >operators will just sit back and ignore these users ... and write off >the iPad users as lost customers ? > >Please.. Do you know how much it costs to develop resources? -- 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: David Kennedy on 6 Apr 2010 10:05 Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > 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 /If/ the iPad _can_ do that then, yes, it is almost there. However, a lot of the requirements are preconceptions rather than needs. I print maybe half a dozen pages a month - but I wouldn't want to be without a printer or the ability to print even though I could get round it by email to fax to my fax machine... For someone using this [the iPad] as their first computer, the mind set is going to be such that they will want a machine that can print. Maybe after using it for a while they will realize that they don't bother printing any more - however, if you start from the premise that you _can't_ print then it's probably a non starter for them. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Peter Ceresole on 6 Apr 2010 10:07 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > 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!) After my parents died and their company in Geneva had long been wound up, there was a ton of paper records up in the loft, going back some fifteen years, maybe more. Boy, it was nice to junk it all. -- Peter
From: Graeme on 6 Apr 2010 10:20
In message <zv2dnX69Y4UFoibWnZ2dnUVZ8oSdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk> David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > > 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 > > /If/ the iPad _can_ do that then, yes, it is almost there. However, a > lot of the requirements are preconceptions rather than needs. I print > maybe half a dozen pages a month - but I wouldn't want to be without a > printer or the ability to print even though I could get round it by > email to fax to my fax machine... My main requirement for printing these days is boarding cards for flights. Now if the scanners can read the barcode straight off the iPad I wouldn't even have to do that. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/> |