On 21 Jun 2014, at 8:27, "RobH." <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm glad you wrote this. The youngsters haven't got half a lifetimes
accumulation of written work to manage. this is ever my issue with
giving
up a PC of any type when this argument arises. Great here and now
consumer
infotainment iGismo; but the more seniors brought an awful lot of
material
with us, often in plain text, which is no bigger than the sum of the
characters and spaces to produce it. But it is our stuff, and we
don't
wanna part with it, or give it somebody else to look after, for an
esculating fee no doubt, and so on.
We've dragged it this far from a few floppies to boxes of floppies. We
got
it this far, so not giving up now.
Great if that pen drive idea works, and we got routers that have the
usb
slot and support the concept. That's a lot of IFs for us all to benefit
from
it.
RobH.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: If Anyone Is Using Only iDevices and No Computer, How Are
You
Faring?
i use my iPhone 5 extensively and got an iPad a year ago to share with
my
sighted husband. I am glad he uses it since I don't bother with it at
all
anymore as I can do anything on my phone that I could do on the iPad. I
find
the iPad very difficult to use as the screen layouts are so different
and
the large screen makes it harder to feel around for the items I want.
I
have used the iDevices with a BT keyboard for a few weeks at a time
when
away on vacation but was extremely glad to get back to my windows
laptop. I
use Excel a lot and have not mastered the Numbers app for this as yet.
Also,
doing the hundreds of emails I get daily is much quicker on the laptop.
Surfing the Internet is so much quicker with IE or Firefox. .
But the main thing I use the laptop for is copying and storing
articles,
recipes, information and such. When an email or webpage has
information I
might find useful in the future I copy the relevant info and quickly
save it
in my Dropbox folder. I have huge files of health articles, recipes,
iDevice
information, computer and Jaws info, and tons of other stuff. I have
not
figured out how to quickly (or slowly for that matter) copy items from
the
web or email on my IOS device and save them in my files for future
reference.
Another thing the Windows laptop can do is handle certain functions on
Facebook that I can't do with the regular Facebook app.I also agree
with the
person who mentioned the ability to use USB memory sticks for the NLS
readers and other backup purposes. I use my iPhone to listen to books
during
the day but find my NLS player easier for night listening.
If you need a new computer you can get a budget laptop for less than an
iPad
and then you have the best of both worlds.
just my biased opinion...
Sherrie Gosling
-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Cochran
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: If Anyone Is Using Only iDevices and No Computer, How Are You
Faring?
Hi, all,
I have a computer that needs a hard-drive replacement, at the very
least,
and possibly has a failed logic board. I'm seriously considering
replacing
it with an iPad. Price is only somewhat an issue, since there seems to
be
only about $100 US difference between a new model I would want and the
iPad.
Mainly, I don't want the hassle of replacing moving parts and getting
dust
and cat-hair and such snarled up in it. I'm also extremely comfortable
with
iOS and use my iPod 5th gen constantly. I intend to use the iPad with a
keyboard.
So has anyone else taken this sort of step? Am I out of my mind, or do
you
think this is doable?
I am a casual user. I read books, browse the web, play videos and music
and
games, and occasionally write for informal publications.
What do you guys think?
Teresa
Winging its way from my iPod
--
The following information is important for all members of the viphone
list.
All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have
any
questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel
that a
member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators
directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this
list
can be searched at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups
"VIPhone" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
an
email to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
--
The following information is important for all members of the viphone
list.
All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have
any
questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel
that a
member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators
directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this
list
can be searched at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups
"VIPhone" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
an
email to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
--
The following information is important for all members of the viphone
list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you
have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if
you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the
owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.
The archives for this list can be searched at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "VIPhone" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
an email to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
