Thanks to Surecona for pointing to this excellent iPad-related story (with video) which fits in nicely with the recent questions if the pad might help those with poor eyesight.
Campbell actually wrote a tribute in appreciation of her newfound freedom from the frailties of old age.
To this technology-ninny it’s clear
In my compromised 100th year,
That to read and to write
Are again within sight
Of this Apple iPad pioneer.
“She’s so into it,” Adelsheim said. “She shows it to everybody. People come to her apartment and she entertains the masses by showing them how to use the iPad.”
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5 comments:
A very positive "user" review.
Having spent some time playing with an iPad, it is a most attractive device; the reader quality is superb, though I'm still personally ambivalent as to acquiring one for myself.
Bron said...
"...though I'm still personally ambivalent as to acquiring one for myself."
Are you kidding me, Dude?! The potential to offer premium customer service...at the ground level!! You could go to someone's home; look and see the location that they are wanting one of your beautifully hand-crafted tables (or whatever). You and the customer could both "doodle" on your little handy 'Pad' and come to a QUICK decision on the design of the item...looking pretty professional and efficient doing it, I might add! No papers to have to keep a track of. It would ALL be saved to the 'Pad,' now! :-)
You head out, after that, for lunch and...you can: check your e-mail, check out and post comments on blogs, read the news, watch some vid links that someone might have sent you...and you still have some room on your table! Of course, these are just a few ideas of the ENDLESS possibilities w/this crazy thing! This thing is...'Da BOMB,' Bron!
To me, it would be well worth the $400+ business expense to purchase. I bet you would find it...invaluable, yourself!! :-)
(OK, Mr. Jobs. You are welcome to contact me to find out where to send my check! lol! ;-)
Dudette (TC Girl),
But all of the functions you mention are admirably handled in a pocket sized device, the iPhone; which for me, is a far handier device.
And, I still can not warm up to drawing on a computer, I've tried, but the 75 year old fountain pen, rag paper, and "Heart of Darkness" ink stains on my fingers, wins.
Between the desk top and the iPhone, I'm still ambivalent about another machine, and even more so, in that I'm going through a phase of really enjoying not being plugged in to anything. I'll grow out of it.
Bron
The pad really great, but it's not *necessary*, and also it takes a little getting used to.
(Perhaps more for me, since I never had an iPhone.)
Bron: I understand all your points (yours, too, Eo); I was more or less "hamming" w/you! Many make a person feel like they aren't "w/the times" if they don't have the "latest and greatest."
It's cool that you have an iPhone and find it so useful...as I have heard many state. Just a matter of preference and how the tools will be used to, hopefully, make a person more efficient or enjoy the process more, I imagine.
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