Hi Laura, On 08/06/2011, at 9:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote:
> > Good morning all > > Two questions here. > > Firstly, is there any way around the lack of Flash on the iPad? I use an on > line language course that requires Flash and get very frustrated that I can't > use the same programme on the iPad. The iPad does not and ‘most’ probably never will support Flash. The iPad supports HTML5 Video. There are a few 'work arounds’, but they all have serious limitations. When you buy an iPad, you implicitly accept that you'll never be able to play Flash, Apple never made a secret of this. You can try Skyfire ... some like it most don't. <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/skyfire-ios-app/> <http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/28/ipad-brightcove-videos-html5/> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > Secondly, a couple of months someone on the List asked me to report back on > my experiences using iPad in France. I thought I had carefully put a reminder > in iCal to deal with this on my return. Not sure what happened but the > reminder is no longer there and I'm now not sure who was asking the question. > Was it Brett? If the person concerned would like to contact me off list I can > go into more detail. > > Put simply there is no problem at all in buying a French Micro SIM for the > iPad. I bought mine from an Orange Store at the same time as I purchased a > french SIM for my mobile phone. Depending on where someone is staying, the > French SIM for the iPad is not all that necessary. There are many hot spots > at cafés and the few hotels I stayed at all had free WiFi. I was based in one > town for three weeks and the accommodation I had came with wireless access. > My reason for buying the French micro SIM was to give me complete > independence for internet connection. I'm assured that the iPad SIM card > will remain valid for six months which should cover my next visit in > September. That remains to be seen!! > > I have always taken my MacBook with me when travelling but this time having > my iPad with me was sheer joy and reminded me of comments made by Susan some > time ago when she too had experienced the pleasure of travelling overseas > with her iPad, > > Best wishes > Laura > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
