iPad usefulness?
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From: Peter Ceresole on 8 Apr 2010 21:11 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > > 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?" Your question being? The original point of the thread being about the iPad's use as a standalone device. I know this is so because I was the OP- and that's what the subject is about. -- Peter
From: R on 9 Apr 2010 03:51 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > 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. If it's not a standalone device, it loses one of its main selling points: its simplicity. iPad owners will have to deal with the combined complexity of both the iPad itself and a computer.
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Apr 2010 04:05 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > If it's not a standalone device, it loses one of its main selling > points: its simplicity. iPad owners will have to deal with the > combined complexity of both the iPad itself and a computer. Which was precisely the point I was trying to explore when I started this thread. I *think* it'll be possible to use it in standalone mode; it jolly well ought to be, but I'm not sure. Hence the question mark in the subject title. It's a purely practical question; I'm not thinking of getting one myself, as I'm happy with our MBP and iMac, but my sister in law would like one, as the first computer she has ever considered buying. -- Peter
From: Pd on 9 Apr 2010 04:50 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Which was precisely the point I was trying to explore when I started > this thread. I *think* it'll be possible to use it in standalone mode; > it jolly well ought to be, but I'm not sure. Hence the question mark in > the subject title. > > It's a purely practical question; I'm not thinking of getting one > myself, as I'm happy with our MBP and iMac, but my sister in law would > like one, as the first computer she has ever considered buying. I may have missed the bit where you mentioned this bit of info, but will she be physically proximate to someone who could provide Mac syncing the few times it might be necessary, such as for updates? Assuming of course that it will print to a wifi printer. -- Pd
From: Pd on 9 Apr 2010 04:55
Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > I do not believe for one moment that most people think of it as a > computer. I do, and I'm not entirely untechnical. It seems to do the things "most people" think a computer does these days: web browsing, email, address book, music, photo & video display... It's not a phone, so what else would you call it? I think an iPad would be perfect for the kitchen wall, especially when your hands are covered in flour and you want to find out if you need to change the recipe for wholemeal flour instead of white flour, and iTunes needs to skip the currently playing track. -- Pd |