Hello Esther On 20 Jun 2012, at 19:00, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
• If you bought a 4G+Wi-Fi iPad third generation, then it has built-in GPS and compass, etc. This is true whether or not you ever activate a data plan. If you bought a Wi-Fi only iPad, then you don't have GPS. And I've discovered that the Sendero LookAround app will work with this iPad, even though it did not with the first generation iPad. (The web page claims that the app won't work with any iPod Touch, and that it is not "iPad optimized".) Thank you; this is a pleasant surprise to me. I did buy Gordon a top-of-the-range iPad, 64GB storage and cellular communications; although apparently 4G is not yet supported in Europe I am told. That said, I'm not so sure about that because judging by the speed of data transfer we're getting on the iPhone 4S and iPad 3rd generation, it is infinitely faster than the older iPad and Gordon's former iPhone 3GS. • Incidentally, I believe that the support of iOS 6 on the iPhone 3GS and not on the first generation iPad probably has to do with the expanded plans for interactive textbook use on the iPad. This is only a guess, but the processor on the first generation iPad is probably not up to handling extensive interaction with large format graphics. This could be the difference between why the iPhone 3GS might still be supported, but perhaps at a reduced level, but the first generation iPad not under iOS 6. I'm not sure that all these interactive textbook functions can be supported on the smaller screens. The main reason for the push in using the iPad in classrooms and for teaching is that it is capable of this kind of flexible use. While I may not be a medical student who has to study anatomical diagrams in their textbooks, I can understand why textbook publishers are going to embrace the iPad platform. If the iPad can accommodate all your textbook requirements, and the iPhone is better suited to pure text content, which are you going to develop for? It's simpler to provide the texts with accessible image descriptions on the iPad than to only release a fraction of your books for the iPhone. That is a very workable hypothesis I think. There must be a reason; and I believe that on the iPad 3rd generation both of the cores of the A5 dual core processor are enabled. On the Apple TV, for instance, I gather that is not the case. In fact the only differences between 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TV are, so I am told, that the 3G has 512MB of RAM whereas the 2nd has 256MB. This is to support the HD video compatibility only. That's what I'm told but it's not sufficient reason for us personally to upgrade since I believe our 2nd generation model will stay upgradable for a while yet. :) Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
