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From: Howard on 8 Apr 2010 19:12 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > 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. Please refer to the Thread Subject: "Re: iPad usefulness?" > > For that, printing would be very useful. Sseful but not needed. H
From: Howard on 8 Apr 2010 19:12 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> 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? > > One of my main reasons for getting a computer, 30+ years ago, was to be > able to print letters and articles. Interesting. One the main joys of my computers is never having to print anything except in a dire emergency. H
From: Woody on 8 Apr 2010 20:33 On 09/04/2010 00:12, Howard wrote: > Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> 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. > > Please refer to the Thread Subject: "Re: iPad usefulness?" Yes, well, sometimes the topic can change after quite a lot of posts - this part of the sub thread is about whether it can be used as a sole computer device! -- Woody
From: Woody on 8 Apr 2010 20:35 On 09/04/2010 00:12, Howard wrote: > Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Howard<Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: >> >>> It is easy to pass anything that really needs printing on the iPad >>> through email to a desktop if printing is really needed. >> >> What desktop? >> >> You may not need to print anything, but in real life people do. > > But what you are all missing in this sad persuit of printing and other > functions, and an iPad as a home PC, is that this is an ancilliary > device. This is whatever you want it to be > It is not meant to be all things to all men and the persistent > misguided wish for it to be is just silly and the exact reason Microsoft > and Bill Gates has failed to produce a tablet since he promised one > years ago. Microsoft produced several tablet OSs, I have a few here. -- Woody
From: David Kennedy on 8 Apr 2010 21:11
Howard wrote: > Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Howard<Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: >> >>> It is easy to pass anything that really needs printing on the iPad >>> through email to a desktop if printing is really needed. >> >> What desktop? >> >> You may not need to print anything, but in real life people do. > > But what you are all missing in this sad persuit of printing and other > functions, and an iPad as a home PC, is that this is an ancilliary > device. It is not meant to be all things to all men and the persistent > misguided wish for it to be is just silly and the exact reason Microsoft > and Bill Gates has failed to produce a tablet since he promised one > years ago. > I think that it is you that is missing the point Howard, either that or you have failed to read the whole thread, the point being made was that - IF the ipad is just a giant PDA/crippled iPhone that needs a second computer to access all it's functions and/or to maintain it then the market will be much more limited than /if/ it can function as a stand alone device. And, if it will work as a stand alone device than one of the must haves for many if not most people is printing. > It may be that in a few years when memory and chip speed and > miniaturisation and battery power improve - then a tablet can cope with > the demands of a sole PC ... but for now this is a device aimed at a > specific niche group of uses and this is where it will be an astronomic > success. Simplicity is the key word. Maybe iPad v1.0 is limited but if v2.0 is the same then by the time it gets to your proposed destination other devices will have taken the market already. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |