Hi Everyone: I'm an iPadder as well! This is a totally amazing device. I'm hooked into the iCloud, and all the work that I do on the iWork series (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) for the iPad is automatically backed up to the Cloud when in WiFi Range. iWork for iPad is fantastic--soo easy to use, but very robust for all the record keeping, presentations, and course materials I do for work. I've become very proficient typing on the touch screen keyboard, so no problems there. I have books, cookbooks, music, photos, a menu planner, a bunch of readers, Dropbox, a dictionary, posted notes, and travel related apps. i also have the Penultimate notebook app, and I've become very proficient doing handwritten notes using a stylus. Once I got good at this, there was no stopping me; I've about 11 notebooks going right now. I even have an app that lets me annotate PDF files, which is really great because I have to read lots of PDF stuff for committee work. It works pretty darn good. And, of course, I have all the standard apps that come with the iPad--iCal, Safari, Address book, photos et al. With the Cloud everything from documents, to calendar, to address book is synced on all devices; I have the iPhone 4 and the iMac.
I have lots of photo apps as well: PhotoToaster, Noir, Photogene, Snapseed, 8mm, and Postal. I haven't purchased the Camera Connection Kit, but plan to as soon as I get some time to head to the Apple store. For now, I put photos in my photo stream on the iMac then open a photo in one of my photo apps on the iPad. The desk top will still be my primary workspace for photos (if I ever start shooting again), but for on the go selected processing, I think the iPad will work just fine. Darrel and I will be doing some traveling this summer, so I'll be able to test it out. I signed up for iTunes Match, so my music library--or most of it, anyway--is backed up in the cloud. I highly recommend the iPad 2--or, "The New iPad" My only regret is I didn't buy the 64 gig; I have the 16 gig WiFi only. There's lots to like about the reading capabilities on tablet devices. I think the iBook app is the best of the readers I have: Kindle, IB REader, GoodReader, iAnnotate PDF, but take it from a book person, the traditional book is heavier, but after that it's completely fuss free and still a more pleasant reading experience. But again, if you're on the go, and don't want to lug the weight of reading materials, a good solid mobile reader is the way to go, and I think the iPad competes well here. Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I've been using an iPad 2, 64G WiFi+3G, for about a year. It has > become a nearly indispensable part of my day to day work and > photography endeavors, as well as a source of leisure time enjoyment > from reading books and watching videos. > > - The Camera Connection Kit allows importing image files, both JPEG > and raw, from any camera with either SD/SDHC/SDXC cards or that > supports a USB connection. > > - Dropbox works very nicely to transfer files on and off the iPad. You > can also move files on and off the iPad when you connect it to a > Windows or Mac OS X computer using a variety of means (on Mac OS X: > Image Capture, iPhoto, Aperture, and iTunes will all allow image > transfers in both directions.) There are other apps available for the > iPad that can utilize the wired transfer as well as WiFi transfers, > like Good Reader. The iPad's 30 pin connector and cable has a standard > USB 2.0 connection plug. > > - The number of excellent image processing and management apps > available grows daily. Currently, I use Snapseed and Photogene, and > just downloaded iPhoto. There's also PhotoRAW and piRAWhna that can > process raw files. > > On my trip to the UK last October, I used the iPad exclusively to do > everything I needed in computing for the trip, including reviewing and > editing photos. It's a great machine for a whole lot of stuff, better > than even I expected it to be. > > -- 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.
