Errrr.... can I just have a Kindle DX when they get a bit cheaper?
I'm just about to send my Kindle II to my mother. Nice machine for what it's intended, but the iPad makes reading books possible too. I do really like the e-Ink display on the Kindle though, and for black and white books it's fabulous on sore eyes.
I've been using mine solid since 9:00am this morning Robin- and it still reports 35% battery left. That's 11 hours and counting! The LiPo batteries in the new MacBook and these units are phenomenal, so I don't think that it's a design omission. I don't think that I'd ever need more than this.
Gee, I really am on the defensive today aren't I? LOL !! I guess that I can speak first-hand of it now, so please excuse my enthusiasm.
My phone has Lipo batteries that used to last a week when new. 1.6 years down the track they last 3 days, 1/2 gone. When they last 2 days I'll either get a new battery or a new phone which ever comes first. I've already had an iPod that needed a $400 battery transplant after 13 months. The iTouch I bought the misses is also wearing out. It's happening again That thing cost a fortune .... It's not happening to me a third time. I don't want or need one.
I guess that I can speak first-hand of it now, so please excuse my enthusiasm.
It's okay, Chris, you go ahead and be enthusiastic. If it was a new scope or camera you'd just bought, we'd all be patting you on the back. Instead, its a device from Apple, and you'd be very naive to think you weren't going to open a can of worms.
Congrats. I love it when I make a purchase I can be enthusiastic about. (My most recent was a Cruzbike recumbent. Don't get me started...)
Exactly, there is no need to defend Apple. But we all know you love them
I'm excited about this :-
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Man, turn my back for a day, and look what happens. Heated discussion about Apple.
I confess to being in the same boat as Chris, I have an imaging PC purely at the scope, and purely because my Macs won't run the software I choose to use for imaging, nothing else.
Having had an iPad since they launched in the US, (so about a month), I can honestly say it is a wonderful device.
Voyager, controlling the EM200 is a breeze, and it other uses are great as well.
I agree there will be people who don't need one, and lots who don't want one, but to dismiss it simply because of it's success seems a little strange to me. Just my two cents worth.
Gary
Cant beleive theres no USB or card slot, to at least get pics in easliy, whats the thinking there?.
There is a new adapter set ($39) Fred that provides connectivity to both your camera via USB and SD (Secure Digital) cards. I'll be investigating that option soon. Not sure why Canon persists with the bulkier old CF format, but it won't be supported. I suspect that most cameras will be going wireless in time, and both Nikon & Canon have their WT-4 and WFT-E3A accessories to enable this now. Soon cables and cards will be old hat.
From Apple's website:
Quote:
iPad Camera Connection Kit
The iPad Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera: using your camera’s USB cable or directly from an SD card. iPad supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW.
Hey Chris. Can you watch NASA TV on the NASA site with your iPad?
I can't with my iPod Touch.
Hi Henry
From what I read, NASA is looking at updating their NASA App for iPhone 3GS to run on the new iPad real estate. My guess is that live streaming will be introduced at this stage. Given that it's a Quicktime (read: Apple) stream, I can't see that you won't have it.
It's okay, Chris, you go ahead and be enthusiastic. If it was a new scope or camera you'd just bought, we'd all be patting you on the back. Instead, its a device from Apple, and you'd be very naive to think you weren't going to open a can of worms.
Congrats. I love it when I make a purchase I can be enthusiastic about. (My most recent was a Cruzbike recumbent. Don't get me started...)
Brian.
LOL! I'm not here to prop up Apple Brian - it clearly doesn't need me to do so. I don't go giving my advice on Dell equipment, for example, because I have never owned any. Ask me about my experience with IBM, Apple, Sun, DEC, Pr1me, Honeywell and HP (high end) and I'll tell you.
Which model Cruzbike did you end up with? Recumbents have fascinated me for decades, as their mechanical advantage is very clear. I've always been afraid of taking one on the road for fear of invisibility where average drivers are involved. Do you run a flag?
Mine is the Free rider. My partner has the Quest with 20 inch wheels (which I can't ride because my heels keep hitting the quick release or the derailure). We also have an ancient Greenspeed trike, but I won't ride that in traffic on account of it making me invisible. The Cruzbikes are brilliant. You are actually on the same level as drivers, so you are eyeball to eyeball, and my experience is that they actually pay more heed to you because of this. It takes a while getting used to front wheel drive, and it took me about 30 km to feel relaxed (which is the key to the whole thing). Sort of like learning to ride again. I'm still improving, but now I can ride for about 100 metres hands free (something I could never manage for even 5 m on a regular bike). There are very many things to like about it, but not ever getting saddle sore is fantastic. Double whatever was your longest ever ride without discomfort, and that's how far you could comfortably ride this every day. However much fun riding a regular bike is compared to walking, well it's that much fun again to ride one of these. You have to spin more on the uphills, but that's okay. The main negative is you can lose traction more easily on steep gravel. Also, attaching pannier racks other than a seat stem rack can be a challenge. Otherwise, although they're not cheap, they're a hell of a lot cheaper than most other recumbants. I love it. Sue loves hers, too.
I will buy the cheapest one some time mainly to play chess on, read the odd book and browse the web . Any other use I can find for it will be an added bonus
When I bought my Ipod Touch I was as attracted by all the Apps as the convenience to store all my music . Six months down the track and 100 Apps later I find the only one I really use is a conversion program and occasionally Flashlight. For all its promise most of the apps do something I didn't really need to do, and are limited in what they can do and the tiny screen often makes them novelty value .
On the other hand it has revolutionized my music listening habits and really brought music back in to my life. I have docking stations with speakers in almost every room . I love what the Ipod Touch was designed mainly to do .
I expect there will be some very nice apps to utilise the greater processing power and screen real estate, so I'm sure I will have more joy with Ipad apps.
I think what cheeses off the bulk of the computing community is not how many of these things sell , but how much hype surrounds what little it can do. I can really see the niche and am not an Ipad 'basher'. I look forward to seeing how it can enrich my experience in interfacing with computer technology. Its all good.
Tch! I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about, they've had these things on Star Trek for years! On all the different series even! There's always a tech in a red shirt, in the background, tapping away on on..Sheesh..
From what I read, NASA is looking at updating their NASA App for iPhone 3GS to run on the new iPad real estate. My guess is that live streaming will be introduced at this stage. Given that it's a Quicktime (read: Apple) stream, I can't see that you won't have it.
I have the NASA App but I was referring to accessing NASA TV on www.nasa.gov using Safari.
Also I can't view a larger picture on IceInSpace either. Only thumbnails.
Tch! I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about, they've had these things on Star Trek for years! On all the different series even! There's always a tech in a red shirt, in the background, tapping away on on..Sheesh..
I think the video issue might have something to do with Flash not being enabled on iPod's, iTouch's, and iPhones. From memory, the NASA video streams are in Flash format.
I guess that I can speak first-hand of it now, so please excuse my enthusiasm.
That thing cost a fortune .... It's not happening to me a third time. I don't want or need one.
I don't go giving my advice on Dell equipment, for example, because I have never owned any. Ask me about my experience with IBM, Apple, Sun, DEC, Pr1me, Honeywell and HP (high end) and I'll tell you.
