Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than PMP? I keep reading android pimps, and it just... doesn't sit right...) PIMEED.[1] --

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread David Rysdam
An agent or agents purporting to be Tom Buskey said: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than PMP? I keep reading android

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The iPad is a great device for those folks who have trouble with regular

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote:  I just call them tiny computers or portable computers. If I'm being serious, I call them handhelds. (I kind of liked palmtop (by analogy with desktop and laptop) but it never took off and so sounds funny.) I would usually

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no typing).  Earlier attempts with other tablets (running Windows) proved unworkable. I'm curious; what makes

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Lloyd Kvam lk...@venix.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 10:08 -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings filling out forms (multiple

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Ryan Lee Stanyan
On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:59:40 pm Tom Buskey wrote: On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 12:59 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: It works very well for him. The tablets we tried could be mastered with a little practice, but they were frustrating when simply handed out to Grandpa. An interviewer was required to drive the tablet. The iPad seems to just work for anyone.

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Ryan Lee Stanyan ryan.stan...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:59:40 pm Tom Buskey wrote: On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: I'm not sure I'll ever buy

Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-08 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com writes: Shawn O'Shea sh...@eth0.net writes: On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Posted this at work also, then figured maybe someone on this list would be interested: I'm going to buy one of

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than PMP? I keep reading android pimps, and it just... doesn't sit right...) PIMEED.[1] -- Ben [1] Portable Individual Media Experience Enablement Device. Now available