This is definitely an 'end user' product designed for twitter/facebook/etc. type end users. I am sure if the thing can be made more shatter resistant, the prospects for using it in curriculum would improve.
It's really cool looking. Kindle rocks on it. That said, I have never used my iPad for anything more than Kindle. The possibility to download a bunch of O'Reilly on this bad boy....if they'd ever get the Safari app developed.....looks promising. I been waiting for a bit now. You can download ebooks - yes - but that experience is less than pleasant and for the end user, I would bet the majority don't even venture into that mess. That was the good.....Now, the bad - from a dyed in the wool PC fan....lol. The touchscreen keypad is a farce for my carpal tunnel inflicted meat hooks to try to manipulate. That in itself is the biggest frustration and deterrent for me to use it. Professionally, for me anyway, it just doesn't feel like I should be using it to do real work with just to prove to the PC world that I can. I'm not that dedicated to Apple. lol. So for me, it's just a novelty. Also, the lack of Flash is seriously problematic for this kind of device with how it's marketed.....- and I think, will cause even more marketability problems if HTML 5 support doesn't move along quicker to save Job's hind end. There should be no question that this device should have Flash support. Ridiculous. Either Adobe or Jobs - don't care who...and neither does the end user.....needs to get their head out of where they sit and realize that the end user experience is based on not who violates who's code, or licensing structure....etc........but is based on if it just works. Instead, Adobe and Jobs - BOTH - got all pigheaded (which is way worse when geeks have that condition - because instead of being perceived as geeks....they degrade themselves to just being dorks to the end user). As a result, the end user is 'rewarded' with a handicapped iPad experience. Suter On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Joseph Simshauser < sims...@stclair.k12.il.us> wrote: > I use my iPad for getting into routers and servers, can also VNC into user > PC's if necessary but have not needed to yet, our Cymphonix filter, and a > few other things. > > Telnet Lite > RDP Lite > VNC Lite > Cymphonix (iPhone App) > UnixCmds Reference Guide > HTML5 Reference Guide > Dictionary.com > Simplepedia > GoToMeeting > WebEx > > Joseph simshausersims...@stclair.k12.il.us > Technology Department > Cahokia Unit School District 187http://cusd187.stclair.k12.il.us/techweb/ > > "History is much like an Endless Waltz. The three beats of War, Peace, and > Revolution continue on forever." > > > On 10/21/2010 5:22 AM, Brian Tobin wrote: > > So I've never really seen the point of the iPads. Being in tech for a > living, figured I better get one to try things out a bit. What are the free > apps I should be installing and using? One day in, and I'm not impressed at > all. We'll see. I'm guessing I just don't get it yet. > Brian > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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