I should add that our choices are based on what is useful, needed, required, etc. for our lifestyle, not based on some austerity or anti-technology sentiments.
However, I do have a PDA that controls my Tak EM200 via Bluetooth, so that should at least gain me an entry into the mobile hi-tech club!
Cheers
Dennis
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I think that you live the way I'd love to Dennis. Uncomplicated, at least in terms of having to be permanently "online" as I have to be in my professional duties. Unfortunately I have to be aware of and converse with people that do rely on Twitter, FB and other similar modes of interaction. I miss the good old pager. Beep me and I'll get back when I find a phone box.
Jetstar to put iPad on in-flight menu
By Steve Creedy From: The Australian June 01, 2010 8:51am
Jetstar has signed a deal with Apple to have the iPad on flights.
Jetstar first airline to trial iPads
Passengers can rent devices
TRAVELLERS wanting to experience Australia's hottest new hi-tech gadget will be able to rent one on some Jetstar flights later this month.
The low-cost Qantas offshoot has signed a deal with Apple to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial iPads for its in-flight entertainment.
Passengers will be able to rent the mobile devices on selected longer flights to watch new release movies, browse television programs, read an e-book, listen to music or play games, reports The Australian.
Jetstar is hoping to charge passengers $10 to rent the iPad on board is also looking at adding its in-flight magazine to the tablets.
Jetstar marketing general manager David May said the initial two-week trial would be on domestic flights longer than an hour. Thirty units would be on each test aircraft.
"If the trial works, we want to put them on every aircraft because they're so much slimmer and lighter than our existing units," he said.
"It means we'll be able to get more on and it means more people will be able to have the entertainment service."
There has been a strong response to the new units, released in Australia last week, with some Apple stores quickly selling out of the 3G versions.
Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan said the airline was also anticipating a good response to the offering.
"Given the demand for the iPad so far, I anticipate it will have strong appeal amongst our passengers," he said.
"Based on demand for the iPads as part of the trial, we'll be looking to roll out the devices across our entire domestic and international network later in the year."
The Australian's iPad application has also proved a hit and was the third most popular paid app over the weekend.
This is neat too - the Norwegian PM uses one - LOL!:
LAST month, Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg had no way of getting home from New York thanks to the Icelandic volcano spewing ash clouds over Europe. He had to conduct his business and personal life back home remotely, managing to get hold of the device du jour - an iPad - to do it.
Stoltenberg successfully stayed in touch with his colleagues and his country. He is the Prime Minister of Norway, and was in New York for Barack Obama's nuclear summit. His comments, just days after Apple's iPad had launched in the US, were a marketing dream.
"It's very normal for a PM to travel abroad so this is not different from the other travels, it just lasts some days more than expected," Stoltenberg told CNN.
"We have the internet, the mobile phone. I also use an iPad, which is excellent."
A photograph of Stoltenberg sitting in an airport lounge at Newark airport using the device was released by government officials, captioned: "The Prime Minister is working at the airport."
It prompted headlines across the world: the Norwegian PM is running his country via iPad.
I had a good play with the Ipad in JB Hi Fi today.
The screen is smaller than I expected. Functionality is the same as the Ipod.I do like the touch screen.
I've decided that I want PC style functionality/interfacability ( including ability to play Flash ) as it will make the device far more useful. I have loads programs that would be great to have on a tablet.
I will wait for the new generation PC Touchscreen tablets that will hit the market soon, like the Eee Pad which will run Win7 , have a model with 12" screen and include a USB port . Same battery life as the Ipad
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In the light of you wanting to run the loads of programs you already have Mark, of course a PC tablet would be more useful to you. Do you want to buy my Fujitsu ST-5032? Going cheap... and I mean this in all sincerity!
Aahhha. Not sure what the fascination is in pronouncing Apple users as "sheep" and "fanboys". Being on the tech side of IT all my adult life (since 1979) I'm pretty sure I know my stuff.
I should add that our choices are based on what is useful, needed, required, etc. for our lifestyle, not based on some austerity or anti-technology sentiments.
However, I do have a PDA that controls my Tak EM200 via Bluetooth, so that should at least gain me an entry into the mobile hi-tech club!
Cheers
Dennis
It certainly does Dennis!
What application are you running on the PDA? Starlink? Bisque?
Aahhha. Not sure what the fascination is in pronouncing Apple users as "sheep" and "fanboys". Being on the tech side of IT all my adult life (since 1979) I'm pretty sure I know my stuff.
It's "Brylcreem" by the way...
Hey Chris,
Even if you didn’t know your stuff, which clearly is not the case, how you choose to spend your money and invest your time and energy to both work more efficiently and also have fun, is really up to you – good on you for making those choices and sharing the results.
What application are you running on the PDA? Starlink? Bisque?
Hah – we must have just cross-posted. I’m running “The Sky Pocket Edition” and for sheer technical indulgence and fun, I have just started playing with “Astromist”.
Aahhha. Not sure what the fascination is in pronouncing Apple users as "sheep" and "fanboys". Being on the tech side of IT all my adult life (since 1979) I'm pretty sure I know my stuff.
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Chris, don't worry, noone is knocking your formidable technical prowess.
A fanboy(or fangirl) is simply someone who is passionate about a particular brand, and the term is not reserved solely to Apple.
I can see how much you love the Ipad, so I was only joking about you getting bored with it and then giving it away for free with the Fujitsu.
Chris, don't worry, noone is knocking your formidable technical prowess.
A fanboy(or fangirl) is simply someone who is passionate about a particular brand, and the term is not reserved solely to Apple.
I can see how much you love the Ipad, so I was only joking about you getting bored with it and then giving it away for free with the Fujitsu.
LOL! Sorry Duc, I'm not really up with the term. I feel all better now that I know everyone is a probably a "fanboy" in regards to their own preferences. Silly thing is, I'm also a fanboy, as such, of Windows (all flavours), Unix, Linux, OSX, VMS, PICK, AmigaOS and a swathe of other OS's - depending on job they're required to do. I don't have any real preference of one over another in terms of their ultimate roles, but my favourite desktop? My iMac - purely because it's Unix-based, (easier to manage remote Unix/Linux systems with resident Unix tools on tap) and it has a whopping 27" display which allows me several virtual desktops mounted all at once on the same screen.
phw0ar, I just noticed what Chris has as his background on his iPad in post #85.
Thanks, Chris. : D
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Thanks Humayun... hope it's OK with you. Your beach photo is used on my lock screen. You really should submit them as system wallpaper to the manufacturers - they're fantastic!
Certainly Apply are leading the way in marketing and techno-genuity.
Only difference is, there are dozens of other manufacturers who sit back wait, listen to the reviews, and come out with something cheaper $ and by far better in the months (sometimes a year or two) later.
i.e. android phones are starting to swallow the smart phone market en-masse. We've got an iphone and an android phone in my house and I must say, HTC have certainly upped the standard.
lol, but thats until the 4G iFlapperchat goes above and beyond the 'bar' again.
the technology game of leapfrog. what a pain in the a$$.
I feel all better now that I know everyone is a probably a "fanboy" in regards to their own preferences. Silly thing is, I'm also a fanboy, as such, of Windows (all flavours), Unix, Linux, OSX, VMS, PICK, AmigaOS and a swathe of other OS's - depending on job they're required to do. I don't have any real preference of one over another in terms of their ultimate roles, but my favourite desktop? My iMac - purely because it's Unix-based, (easier to manage remote Unix/Linux systems with resident Unix tools on tap) and it has a whopping 27" display which allows me several virtual desktops mounted all at once on the same screen. 
Your beach photo is used on my lock screen. You really should submit them as system wallpaper to the manufacturers - they're fantastic!
