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Old 04-06-2010, 03:21 PM   #13591
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I heard it works pretty good as a crotch warmer.
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Old 04-06-2010, 03:23 PM   #13592
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Just came back from the Mall. Here's what I discovered:

1) Those black snap-looking things that the Chinese place puts in their Orange Chicken meal will light you up!

2) Happy Terd isn't far off the mark on his assessment of Clash of the Titans. It's perhaps not as bad as he said, but there are better ways to spend an afternoon. At least that blasted mechanical chicken or whatever the heck that thing was that played the part of Jar Jar Binks in the original only had a momentary cameo in the remake.

3) The iPad is heavy. I can't imagine holding it for any length of time for reading like I do my 10 ounce Kindle. That having been said, it's fast! The screen responds just like in the videos. Filp it any kind of way and it instantly orients itself. There's no delay in the virtual keyboard. It looks ideal for writing, and it spell-checks! If I hadn't jumped on the Nook POS Reader when it first came out, I would have probably bought one.

And that's what I did today at the Mall.
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Old 04-06-2010, 03:25 PM   #13593
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Good day of work. Did you write with it? with the fingers?, Holding it? That might be a critical issue.
Yes, I wrote a bit with the iPad and it was a very enjoyable experience. I also experimented with the multi-touch a bit; dragging, rotating, and changing the size of pictures. The response is very-fast and accurate. I could learn to love this device. Now if they could only keep these features while reducing the weight and price!

EDIT: That's wrote as in typed. I didn't write with a stylus or finger.

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Old 04-06-2010, 03:27 PM   #13594
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I heard it works pretty good as a crotch warmer.
I didn't get to find out if it generates much heat. The Apple store had several of them tethered to the table.
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Old 04-06-2010, 03:27 PM   #13595
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I spent the morning cutting down the Wisteria to size and the afternoon getting my first 100 posts, plus drinking various innocuous concoctions. I was alone in the house and that makes it extra special. Then I discovered that my cherry tree has suddenly developed a huge number of green buds. None yesterday. Very good cherries, but before that the most wonderful perfume in nature. Vegetable, I mean.
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Old 04-06-2010, 03:32 PM   #13596
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Yes, I wrote a bit with the iPad and it was a very enjoyable experience. I also experimented with the multi-touch a bit; dragging, rotating, and changing the size of pictures. The response is very-fast and accurate. I could learn to love this device. Now if they could only keep these features while reducing the weight and price!
I am very attracted. The big screen, the powerful processor, Apple quality. The point for me is that I would not use it for navigating. 3G in Italy is marginal and very expensive. And just reading and fooling around with silly games does not justify it. But writing ... that's an other story.
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Old 04-06-2010, 03:35 PM   #13597
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I understand there are wi-fi connectivity issues for many as well as an overheating in sunshine thing...

http://www.macworld.com/article/1504.../ipadwifi.html

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I am very attracted. The big screen, the powerful processor, Apple quality. The point for me is that I would not use it for navigating. 3G in Italy is marginal and very expensive. And just reading and fooling around with silly games does not justify it. But writing ... that's an other story.
I amended my answer to your post. I just want to make it clear that I didn't do any finger or stylus writing. Everything I did was via the virtual keyboard, and that was quite a pleasant surprise! Writing is what I would want it for as well. If only I had $500 to spare!

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Old 04-06-2010, 03:43 PM   #13599
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Then I discovered that my cherry tree has suddenly developed a huge number of green buds. None yesterday. Very good cherries, but before that the most wonderful perfume in nature. Vegetable, I mean.
Life goes on.
Oh the joy of fruit trees. Cherry blossom is the most beautiful. My mother has an orange tree and boy it's amazing taking in the breath with a orange tree in full bloom.
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I amended my answer to your post. I just want to make it clear that I didn't do any finger or stylus writing. Everything I did was via the virtual keyboard, and that was quite a pleasant surprise! Writing is what I would want it for as well. If only I had $500 to spare!

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Since I changed my Avatar I sort of feel distracted. Virtual keyboard means that you touched something on the screen with something. Am I wrong.Be patient with me dear Tom. It took so much to write because I was called to perform some imaginary duty.
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I amended my answer to your post. I just want to make it clear that I didn't do any finger or stylus writing. Everything I did was via the virtual keyboard, and that was quite a pleasant surprise! Writing is what I would want it for as well. If only I had $500 to spare!

Anyone want to buy a Nook?

Uh Oh, Tom's selling Nookie!

I'm actually considering selling my Sony 900 as I still tend to use my 505...
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Since I changed my Avatar I sort of feel distracted. Virtual keyboard means that you touched something on the screen with something. Am I wrong.Be patient with me dear Tom. It took so much to write because I was called to perform some imaginary duty.
Yes, I typed on the screen with my fingers!
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Oh the joy of fruit trees. Cherry blossom is the most beautiful. My mother has an orange tree and boy it's amazing taking in the breath with a orange tree in full bloom.
Fruit cherry in blossom is indeed beautiful. But if you put your nose directly into a bunch of flowers when they are at their peak (and that does not last more than few hours), and you inspire - do it carefully, with the eyes closed. At the beginning inspire very gently, until you find the right strength - then, under the sweet smell you perceive, more a color then a smell, but then it is a smell, you perceive a vague lemony hint, a fragrance, bordering on the acid side, that melts with the sweetness. And ...

I hope it will not rain when it blossoms.
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