Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-25 Thread Stephen Russell
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Mike Copeland mlcopel...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, the pad seems to be closer to a cell phone than a computer. I was surprised at how the difference plays out in what you expect it to accomplish. Pretty much, if it's able to consume from the Internet, it works

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-25 Thread Mike Copeland
Not sure I understand... Because I comment that MSoft tends to try to make Windows do all and be all, I'm saying that they don't meet my standards? What does my standards (assuming I have any at all) have to do with Microsoft? So, to return the query...are you saying that MSoft doesn't play

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 06/24/2011 01:15 PM, Allen wrote: I bought an ipad. don't know why, they are rubbish. Not they do not have GPS. Not even the 3g versions. They do look good but are too heavy to use for any time. And much as I hate google, android is much better then ipads os. Apple is really the same as

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/24/2011 4:32 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: I looked into the Ipad and when I found out it wasn't a true Mac OS I lost interest. Personally, if I buy a pad of any sort I want to be able to run my applications on it. From what I have seen, they aren't their yet. But if your apps were upsized

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Thierry Nivelet
You got it right, once VFP app are 'adapted' with FoxInCloud, you or your client can run it from any browser through a web server, or on a windows desktop as usual - all with the very same code base. As I mentioned previously, we're going to post some video showing the same app running on

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/24/2011 5:02 PM, Thierry Nivelet wrote: You got it right, once VFP app are 'adapted' with FoxInCloud, you or your client can run it from any browser through a web server, or on a windows desktop as usual - all with the very same code base. As I mentioned previously, we're going to post

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Mike Copeland
That seemed odd to me that they would start from scratch with a totally new OS for the iPad. I guess they realized that using one of their BSD derivatives as a launch point was not a smart move. I have one of the Asus Transformers, have had it about 3 weeks now. Love it and am very impressed.

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 24, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: That seemed odd to me that they would start from scratch with a totally new OS for the iPad. I guess they realized that using one of their BSD derivatives as a launch point was not a smart move. Not so odd when you consider that

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Stephen Russell
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: On 06/24/2011 01:15 PM, Allen wrote: I bought an ipad. don't know why, they are rubbish. Not they do not have GPS. Not even the 3g versions. They do look good but are too heavy to use for any time. And much as I hate google,

Re: [NF] GPS and pad devices

2011-06-24 Thread Mike Copeland
Yep, the pad seems to be closer to a cell phone than a computer. I was surprised at how the difference plays out in what you expect it to accomplish. Pretty much, if it's able to consume from the Internet, it works great (with the exception of Angry Birds, of course.) Other wise, to me at