I don't know about MS Office ... I don't use Office at all, I use Numbers, Pages and Keynote from Apple's iWork package on my desktop and laptop computers. All three for the iPad are about $30 if I want to buy them.
Normally, I don't use these sorts of things on the iPad though. I output documents for display into PDF and show that. If I want to do more sophisticated presentations, or data manipulation, I'd buy them. Other software ... I haven't bought much. I'm not a huge software collector, I only buy what I use. Most of what I use are a couple of freebies (like the Amazon Kindle Reader), a couple of inexpensive photo massaging gizmos, etc. I've probably spent 10:1 on buying content (ebooks, videos and music) rather than applications. No, it does not support flash media. I abhor flash websites anyway: have a flash blocker on my desktop systems, so I don't tend to go to websites that are flash anyway. I haven't found any issues with loading content. What content restrictions are you referring to? I load PDFs, epubs, Kindle books, videos, photographs, etc. Most of them I get free or generate myself. On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks godfrey - does it handle ms office and pdf files? and how much > do you spend on apps? and i hear it doesn't support flash - how much > of a problem is that? also what about content restrictions you read > about? > thanks again > ecke > > 2011/3/19 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]>: >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:44 PM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: >>> my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far >>> I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage >>> intensive things that you use it for? >> >> For me, it works for: >> >> - the usual stuff (mobile access to web, email, address book) >> - audio playback of podcasts and music >> - ebooks (epubs and kindle) >> - viewing photos and videos >> - drawing, sketching, etc >> - showing and viewing photographs >> >> It's also a testing platform for a couple of products I'd like to develop. >> >> It can do a lot more, all a matter of what you want to do and what >> software is out there. There's tons. >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
