On Jun 27, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Bob W wrote: > Nice bit of selective quoting. You can look at pictures any size you like, > and so can Larry whose 7" screen you poo-pooed. I merely pointed out, in > support of Larry's idea, that the optimum size for viewing under normal > conditions is closer to his 7" than to your preferred 24x36". This provoked > a snarky reply to which I replied snarkily.
Now boys, remember that arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics. At the moment, if I'm not at home, I have three possible ways to show off my photos. Carry around my portfolio books of 8x12s, which I had been doing for a while, print up and show off a blurb book, show pictures on my first generation motorola droid. I mostly show off my blurb books, which are great when it's light, and at about $.50/page aren't terribly expensive as printing goes. However, it seems that a lot of the times that someone asks about my photos, I'm someplace that has crappy light. Some sort of tablet would be an excellent compromise. I'd love a huge, high definition display, but that might be a bit awkward to carry, and any device with one would be godawful expensive. There are some advantages to iPads, and some disadvantages. I suspect that they have pretty much the same UI as the iPhone. I've tried using them a few times, and when the iPod touch came out, I really wanted to like it, and have an excuse to buy it, but the UI just does not work for me. Same thing with the original macs, I hated the UI, and found it got in the way of getting anything useful done. OSX is great, I love it, I use it for just about everything but programming. But, I digress. The new Nexus 7 looks like a very promising compromise of power and price, although in a fortnight or so, I'll likely be upgrading my aging droid to an S3, which should be a big improvement for showing off photos, and will possibly even be usable for reading ebooks and the like. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
