oh Good Reader is another useful 59p app exspecially for PDFs and the like. It reads stuff other apps don;t darn to read!
Cheers B. On 27 May 2010 12:41, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the tips Benjamin - I'll check them out. > > I'm a weird one Phil in that I don't have a mobile phone and my venerable G4 > laptop is only used for recoding rehearsal parts for our choir now - the iPad > can do everything else. And for me it will offer 3G data access which is > something I've wanted my iPod touch to do since day one so I'm looking > forward to all that that can bring and as my backpack goes most places with > me so will my iPad. I can see I will need another USB cable to charge or I'll > be endlessly disconnecting all the time as my early Intel Mac doesn't have > the power to do anything but trickle charge it. > > iBooks downloaded and I look forward to finally being able to read all my > Learn French PDFs on the train. Wooohooo. > > Stephen > > > On 27 May 2010, at 12:35, Benjamin Stanley wrote: > >> A few app recommendations... >> FT, USA Today both good examples of iPad newspapers >> Magic Piano >> Star Walk and Solar Walk - excellent astronomy apps (Star walk uses >> the built in compass) >> Nat Geo World Atlas is superb >> Guardian Eye Witness Photographs >> Chardium for network online multiplayer pictionary! >> >> You will love it! >> >> Cheers >> B. >> >> >> On 27 May 2010 12:22, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> My iPad was delivered by UPS about 1hour ago and what an amazing thing it >>> is. Heavier than I'd thought, but so quick - it sems to display web pages >>> quicker than my Mac but I'm sure that's delusional on my part. It has a >>> slickness and fluidity that maybe a 3GS has, but not my dear old 2nd gen >>> ipod touch. Well, off to play ... :-) >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and >>> dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water >>> volume,” - BP chief executive Tony Hayward, May 2010 >>> >>> No problem then ... >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia >> 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR >> Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and > dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water > volume,” - BP chief executive Tony Hayward, May 2010 > > No problem then ... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
