Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-20 Thread punditster
: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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread j_alexander_stanley
] 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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Bhairitu
. *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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Bhairitu
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread doctordumbass
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

[FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread doctordumbass
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 -

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Bhairitu
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Bhairitu
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

RE: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread Rick Archer
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

2014-03-18 Thread doctordumbass
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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread doctordumbass
---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.

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread TurquoiseBee
. 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

Re: [FairfieldLife] my review of the iPAD Air w/128 GB

2014-03-18 Thread doctordumbass
'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