Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
Thanks for all the info, Alex. It sounds complicated, especially the part about streaming Direct TV receiver to the iPad for viewing at bedside. I used to have my Chromebook at my bedside, before I moved it into the living room, and it was wireless. Now, I've got it hooked up with ethernet for better movie viewing without the buffering. We dropped the DSL and went for the Time-Warner 15 MBPS broadband and the Chromecaster to get the Hulu + and I hooked up the Roku box to the big screen TV, with an external HD using the USB. The Chromebook is no iPad, but it sure beats my old handheld remote control. Now I've got all my digital files at my fingertips. Sweet! Since switching from my MacBook Air to using a Surface Pro 2 as my primary PC, I set it up to boot to the desktop because all of the software I use runs there anyway. I never even see the tiled Windows 8 Start screen while using my Windows 8.1 PC as a PC. http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2014/03/19/im-sorry-the-windows-8-hate-just-doesnt-make-sense/?partner=yahootix http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2014/03/19/im-sorry-the-windows-8-hate-just-doesnt-make-sense/?partner=yahootix ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote : The DirecTV iPad app is great as a channel guide and remote control for the DirecTV receiver. OTOH, the DirecTV app's channel streaming totally sucks, but pumping the DirecTV receiver's audio and component video into a Belkin place-shifting device does a fantastic job of streaming all channels and DVR recordings to the iPad. The iPad in my bedroom is held in a SpiderArm, clamped to my bedside table, that holds it up in front of my face when I'm in bed. In the bedroom, I use it primarily as a TV and for doing the occasional web search or checking the weather. Flat on my back in bed, a tablet is actually the superior computer platform. Like I said, it's a niche product that does certain things very well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : I've never understood why anyone would even *want* a tablet computer. I can think of only one reason to have one. Anything one can do on the Net I can do with either my laptop or my iPhone. Why would I ever need an iPhone with a bigger screen (which, if you think about it, is kinda the definition of a tablet computer)? The only reason I can think of to own one is that there has actually been a lot of cool educational software developed for the iPads and similar tablets. For a kid, a touchscreen is a plus. For the rest of us, it's an inconvenience. From: Bhairitu noozguru@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
The DirecTV iPad app is great as a channel guide and remote control for the DirecTV receiver. OTOH, the DirecTV app's channel streaming totally sucks, but pumping the DirecTV receiver's audio and component video into a Belkin place-shifting device does a fantastic job of streaming all channels and DVR recordings to the iPad. The iPad in my bedroom is held in a SpiderArm, clamped to my bedside table, that holds it up in front of my face when I'm in bed. In the bedroom, I use it primarily as a TV and for doing the occasional web search or checking the weather. Flat on my back in bed, a tablet is actually the superior computer platform. Like I said, it's a niche product that does certain things very well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote : I've never understood why anyone would even *want* a tablet computer. I can think of only one reason to have one. Anything one can do on the Net I can do with either my laptop or my iPhone. Why would I ever need an iPhone with a bigger screen (which, if you think about it, is kinda the definition of a tablet computer)? The only reason I can think of to own one is that there has actually been a lot of cool educational software developed for the iPads and similar tablets. For a kid, a touchscreen is a plus. For the rest of us, it's an inconvenience. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com mailto:doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
Different strokes for different folks. Some folks don't want to lug even a laptop with them but a phone is too small. The Samsung Galaxy Note series has become popular because they are size wise in between a phone screen and a tablet. My friends who used to work at Microsoft and said they would never have any use for a smartphone both have them and were on them as much as any teenager the last time they visited here. :-D And old fogy boomer don't understand the millennials who don't even own TVs and watch their entertainment on their phones or tablets. On 03/18/2014 10:59 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: I've never understood why anyone would even *want* a tablet computer. I can think of only one reason to have one. Anything one can do on the Net I can do with either my laptop or my iPhone. Why would I ever need an iPhone with a bigger screen (which, if you think about it, is kinda the definition of a tablet computer)? The only reason I can think of to own one is that there has actually been a lot of cool educational software developed for the iPads and similar tablets. For a kid, a touchscreen is a plus. For the rest of us, it's an inconvenience. *From:* Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:14 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com mailto:doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
These devices all assume some knowledge of portable devices. I guess it is that no one ever reads manuals so they dispensed with them but you might want to check for an online PDF manual. Also companies feel extreme pressure to rush things out before they are ready or someone else will beat them to it. Not like software development of 20 years ago where you never ship a product before it's time. These days the devices are connected so bugs can be fixed quickly and of course they want us to run cloud apps so when you run them they always have the latest version. New paradigms. I've always had to tweak my mobile apps to make the interface more obvious than necessary. People can be really dense sometimes like not knowing that something most people would recognize as a button really is a button and will pop up a list of options. Or that the menu button or icon on a mobile device also works with apps not just the system. The heated argument I got into young developers with was that some apps really NEED an exit option. Otherwise you sometimes have to hit the back button WAY TOO MANY TIMES to get out of it. On 03/18/2014 11:06 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: 'Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset.' Just ran into my latest, using the camera. The camera itself, rocks - great tool, but, then, I somehow set it on video, and couldn't find a way, to reset it, back to photo. Had to google it, and turns out, that unique to *this* app's interface, a swiping upward motion is needed, over the name of the mode you are selecting - wtf? It worked, but not intuitive *at all*. I am beginning to understand its personality, and did finally get it to stfu, about wanting to enable its GPS - my answer is still nada on that one. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
On 3/18/2014 12:38 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: The number of Windows Surface apps, compared to Apple apps, is like comparing a glass of water, to an ocean, and since this thing runs on downloads, it is ridiculous to spend money on the Microsoft product. go figure. You can run any Windows app on a Surface Pro. Compared to Adobe apps, Apple apps are just for beginners - there's only so much you can do with a touch screen - I wouldn't touch one if you paid me. LoL!
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
On 3/18/2014 12:59 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: The only reason I can think of to own one is that there has actually been a lot of cool educational software developed for the iPads and similar tablets. For a kid, a touchscreen is a plus. For the rest of us, it's an inconvenience. Most schools are replacing Windows PCs and Apple devices with Google Chromebooks. Google's laptops -- made by Samsung and Acer -- are now the two top sellers on Amazon.com, and six out of the top 14 are Google Chromebooks. Talk to many schools and you'll see them either throwing out Microsoft and Apple products already, or plotting to replace them with Chromebooks in the next year or two. 'Why Google's Chromebook Is Better than Windows, Mac and Android' http://www.thestreet.com/why-googles-chromebook-is-better-than-windows-mac-and-android/ http://www.thestreet.com/story/12480667/1/why-googles-chromebook-is-better-than-windows-mac-and-android.html?puc=yahoocm_ven=YAHOO
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wtf? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/18/2014 12:38 PM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: The number of Windows Surface apps, compared to Apple apps, is like comparing a glass of water, to an ocean, and since this thing runs on downloads, it is ridiculous to spend money on the Microsoft product. go figure. You can run any Windows app on a Surface Pro. Compared to Adobe apps, Apple apps are just for beginners - there's only so much you can do with a touch screen - I wouldn't touch one if you paid me. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
On 3/18/2014 7:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday Didn't you once post that you'd never touch a touch screen computer? You should have bought a Microsoft Surface Pro. That way, you could could make use of a keyboard; you could multi-task with a professional OS; and you could use your USB flash drive. Windows 8.1 supports internet Yahoo Mail. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
There should be an iOS app for Yahoo Mail. There is one for Android. On 03/18/2014 07:35 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 3/18/2014 7:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday Didn't you once post that you'd never touch a touch screen computer? You should have bought a Microsoft Surface Pro. That way, you could could make use of a keyboard; you could multi-task with a professional OS; and you could use your USB flash drive. Windows 8.1 supports internet Yahoo Mail. Go figure.
RE: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
Speaking of iPads, can someone recommend an app that resembles Outlook and syncs well with an IMAP account? I use Outlook on my PC, and IMAP for my BatGap account, but the mail app on my iPad doesn’t work well, and mail2web.com is a hassle.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
The number of Windows Surface apps, compared to Apple apps, is like comparing a glass of water, to an ocean, and since this thing runs on downloads, it is ridiculous to spend money on the Microsoft product. go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/18/2014 7:48 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday Didn't you once post that you'd never touch a touch screen computer? You should have bought a Microsoft Surface Pro. That way, you could could make use of a keyboard; you could multi-task with a professional OS; and you could use your USB flash drive. Windows 8.1 supports internet Yahoo Mail. Go figure.
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : There should be an iOS app for Yahoo Mail. There is one for Android. There is, even comes pre-loaded on the unit, and installs cleanly, and quickly - BUT, no support for Yahoo biz accts. No kidding, even got an explicit msg. about it, when I tried to access my biz email. So, that definitely, *does* suck.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
I've never understood why anyone would even *want* a tablet computer. I can think of only one reason to have one. Anything one can do on the Net I can do with either my laptop or my iPhone. Why would I ever need an iPhone with a bigger screen (which, if you think about it, is kinda the definition of a tablet computer)? The only reason I can think of to own one is that there has actually been a lot of cool educational software developed for the iPads and similar tablets. For a kid, a touchscreen is a plus. For the rest of us, it's an inconvenience. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB
'Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset.' Just ran into my latest, using the camera. The camera itself, rocks - great tool, but, then, I somehow set it on video, and couldn't find a way, to reset it, back to photo. Had to google it, and turns out, that unique to *this* app's interface, a swiping upward motion is needed, over the name of the mode you are selecting - wtf? It worked, but not intuitive *at all*. I am beginning to understand its personality, and did finally get it to stfu, about wanting to enable its GPS - my answer is still nada on that one. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I went the other way and my new low end gadget is a Firefox OS phone which arrived yesterday. It's a ZTE Open and recommended by Mozilla as a test device for developing apps for the OS. Firefox OS apps are HTML5 and mainly written in Javascript. Thing is you can also run these apps on Android and iPhone too and probably a Windows 8 phone. The target market for Firefox phones are emerging countries where they can't even afford Android phones. They are even planning on a $25 smartphone for that market. There are some quirks with the OS so far. Firefox doesn't display Neo properly and the right side of messages are cut off. On Android I look at FFL in Neo with Chrome which handles it fine. In some cases like looking at the Firefox Marketplace the one button to go back just takes you out of the app itself. Good points are the battery life seems good. The phone is also GSM so if I want to try it as a phone I can just use the SIM card from the Android phone. Otherwise it works fine with wifi. Also it comes with built in FM receiver. Yup, most of these devices come with VERY LITTLE documentation. I didn't know for over a year that the control on the earbuds was really a microphone as hands free headset. I also have two Android tablets and an Android Tegra Shield game device. On 03/18/2014 05:48 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: I bought this thing, yesterday, because it is a superior appliance for learning the guitar, using a specific piece of software - great display, blazingly fast, doesn't crash, has lots of great apps on-line, and is portable. So far, so good. Yet, compared to my PC, even the simplest of tasks - sending email - ranges, from, big pain in the butt, if I need to set the cursor location, by tapping, to *impossible* -- there is NO WAY to access my Yahoo Biz account email (currently *unsupported*). Also, entering any password, that contains both text and numbers, requires switching between *two* virtual keyboards - only one of which can be on-screen, at a time. The stroking, swiping and tapping interface, although elegant, leaves the screen all smudged up, very quickly. Also, the Apps have inconsistent controls, with the option to return to a previous page, performed by, sometimes closing a window, OR tapping in the space behind it, OR pressing the one function button on the side of the unit. It is a hunt and guess, to determine which action to take. The unit comes with no documentation, at all. Overall, it is a great high-end gadget, performing a few functions very well, but if I wasn't so interested in finding the right platform, to run a specific piece of software, I would buy something else.
