Cheree Heppe here: The IPad 2 I experimented with had Pages and Numbers loaded on.
If I knew enough about using either app, I might be able to say that if the IPad can do word processing and the numbers things enough like a computer, it would become my computer. I can envision an IPad X as powerful as a computer, not even requiring a separate keyboard if that feels right, as the full computer. Actually, isn't the new processor in the IPad 2 about as powerful as what is in some NetBooks? Apple taxes its processors differently than PC's, so that may mean more available resources per square megabyte than a PC type architecture. Regards, cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 12/03/2011, at 4:19, ShamelessFanGirl <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't > justify the expense, thought I might wait for their capacity to expand, etc > etc, but now, even that is taking a backseat to my simply wanting it for > productivity. I use my iPhone for nearly everything, and it's now my only > iDevice, after having sold my 3rd Gen touch last year, so what to you all > think? Would you go for it? Reasons to, or to not? I'm really more interested > in where the iPad will fit into your computing lives as a whole than > anything. That, and looking for that last small push off the fence. :D > > > > Twitter: @IndigoCellist > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I know of in my small South >> African backwater town. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >> >> Contact me: >> >> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >> MSN: [email protected] >> Google talk/AIM: [email protected] >> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Cheree >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:37 AM >> Subject: Re: O M G, it's beautiful >> >> Cheree Heppe here: >> >> Eeks. That's a bit of a distance. >> >> No trains, buses? Or a sighted I-device fanatic who will drive there? >> If you thought it safe, you could advertise for a driver on craigslist. >> >> Regards, >> Cheree Heppe >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 12/03/2011, at 0:06, "brandt" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not when the nearest apple store is 250 kilometers (about 155 miles) away. >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Brandt Steenkamp >>> >>> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >>> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >>> >>> Contact me: >>> >>> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >>> MSN: [email protected] >>> Google talk/AIM: [email protected] >>> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Cheree >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:58 AM >>> Subject: Re: O M G, it's beautiful >>> >>> Cheree Heppe here: >>> >>> That sounds very discouraging. >>> >>> Could you enlist the help of a friend with a car? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Cheree Heppe >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 11/03/2011, at 23:54, "brandt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I wish for one, I had an apple store near enough to me so I could get to >>>> it, and secondly, I wish our public transport were good and safe enough to >>>> be used by any sighted, let alone blind person! Then only might I have a >>>> look at an iPad. >>>> >>>> Warm regards, >>>> >>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>> >>>> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >>>> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >>>> >>>> Contact me: >>>> >>>> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >>>> MSN: [email protected] >>>> Google talk/AIM: [email protected] >>>> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Cheree Heppe >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:11 AM >>>> Subject: O M G, it's beautiful >>>> >>>> Cheree Heppe here: >>>> >>>> This afternoon, I took the light rail to the Apple store to get a hands on >>>> look at the IPad 2. >>>> >>>> The line for the IPad 2 was even longer than the last time, when the first >>>> IPad was released. >>>> >>>> One of the mall security guards tried to warn me away with tales of the >>>> long line and of people having to take tickets to get in to buy an IPad 2. >>>> Undaunted, I asked the security guard to speak with one of the Apple >>>> reps. The Apple rep knew me and I got right in. Thank you, oh, thank you! >>>> >>>> The store had a bunch of IPad 2's arranged around a square table near the >>>> front of the store. The Apple store was jam-packed, as usual, but even >>>> more so. My little German shepherd dog guide settled herself >>>> under the table in front of where I stood and rested quietly while various >>>> curious IPad enthusiasts came and went and I examined the IPad 2. >>>> >>>> This IPad 2 looks and feels smaller, but it is actually the same outer >>>> dimensions as its predecessor. Somebody had an IPad 1 with them and we >>>> held the two against each other to prove that the IPad 2 was the same >>>> outer dimensions. Where the IPad 2 is smaller is in its weight and >>>> thickness, which is immediately noticeable, if one has handled the IPad >>>> 1. The IPad 2's rounded edges make it seem even thinner without feeling >>>> fragile in any way. >>>> >>>> There was a fellow customer examining the IPad 2 next to me on my right >>>> and I asked him to turn on Voice Over. He was doubtful about being able >>>> to do this at first, but I talked him through Settings to General, to >>>> Accessibility and through engaging VoiceOver and Triple Click Home. >>>> >>>> Once those preliminaries were done, my newly met sighted assistant felt >>>> more confident about playing with the IPad 2 in front of him. I told him >>>> that all IPads have VoiceOver on them and that he could use VoiceOver to >>>> read books to him. He sounded interested and amazed. >>>> >>>> In order to hear VoiceOver in the hubbub of the store, I paired my >>>> Bluetooth ear bud with the IPad 2 in front of me. Several previous >>>> customers had paired various phones with this IPad 2 and when I left, I >>>> didn't unpair those, just my own gadget. >>>> >>>> Using VoiceOver, I looked around and found a lot more features on this >>>> IPad 2. Maybe they loaded a few extra non-native apps on it, but I found >>>> three pages of apps. >>>> >>>> After navigating to YouTube and watching the first part of the original >>>> Star Trek's Doomsday Machine, I re-entered Settings; General; Bluetooth >>>> and un-paired my ear bud, clicked back to the Home screen and tapped >>>> Triple Click Home to return that particular IPad 2 to Sighted Standard >>>> Mode. >>>> >>>> This IPad feels a lot faster than the IPhone 4. In fact, it >>>> feels like a computer in its responsivity and I really can envision this >>>> device morphing into a full fledged computer in very short order. The >>>> sighted guy next to me thought the same thing. >>>> >>>> I left and took a break at the Starbuck's in the mall before >>>> heading home. >>>> >>>> Wow, what a gadget!! >>>> >>>> Even more amazing to me is my ability to get right on the IPad 2 and >>>> navigate and perform functions correctly and independently the first time. >>>> My only regret is that blind users still must recruit sighted assistance >>>> to initially turn VoiceOver on in the absence of an ITunes interface. If >>>> there were a start-up way to have VoiceOver on by default, I would have >>>> never had to recruit my fellow IPad adventurer to turn Accessibility on >>>> for me. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Cheree Heppe >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>> Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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