I suppose I can't argue with that. It is interesting that given Apple is is normally known for having the premium more expensive device that Apple at the moment does seems to have the most cost effective tablet for equivalent specs. The competition does genuinely seem to have a hard time beating Apple on price for equivalent hardware and this is very different from the Desktop space where a Mac can be twice as expensive as a PC with equivalent hardware.
I can't fault the iPad but the general Apple keynote smugness gets quite irritating. On Mar 3, 5:41 pm, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Its effectiveness with autistic kids is truly extraordinary. The tools > for these kids have previously been expensive and limited -- one hard- > core autistic kid in my son's class communicates primarily with an > electronic board decked out with a few dozen physical buttons labelled > with icons. These devices cost several thousand dollars, and some are > inflexible in the communication they permit (imagine limiting yourself > to a vocabulary of 50 icons). There are a number of iPad applications > providing the same kind of functionality but with much greater > flexibility and expandability, at a vastly lower price. Beyond that, > there are autism-specific applications like "social story" apps that > help kids understand what happens in typical social situations, like > going for a haircut or visiting friends. And autistic kids do well > with the same kinds of apps that neurotypicals do, like games and > YouTube, so that gives them a common bond with others. > > Apple and Steve are prone to ballyhoo -- they're selling stuff after > all -- but the autism community has genuinely picked up the iPad and > run with it in a big way. > > --Chris > > On Mar 3, 12:25 pm, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There was some stories from individuals. The one where the Woman > > started saying "I define a miracle as being". I felt just a tad > > uncomfortable with any piece of electronics being hailed as a miracle > > but I may be being oversensitive about it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
