[geeks] iPad - NOT a 'Miss' for me I'm afraid

[hike]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:14 AM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  The Nook is black-and-white with all the issues of e-ink.
>>> The Nook is a one-trick-pony.
>>> The Nook has a 3.5" screen
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>> No, the Nook screen IS NOT 3.5", it's color toolbar/ad screen is 3.5", and
>> the b&w e-ink screen looks to be about 4x6":
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>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/
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> Your right, Lionel.  The color bar is 3.5".  After digging a little, I
> found that the Nook has an 6" diagonal screen for the black and white
> reading/text area.  The iPad has a 9.7" diagonal screen for the color
> reading/text/display area.
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> Another concern for me is internal travel.  Apart from Custom's notebook
> policy, a laptop is too big and bulky for me to travel with.  On the other
> hand, the iPad is the size of the books that I generally take with me.  With
> the iPad, I can carry 50 of the books that I own in paper and pdf versions
> in the space of one paper book.  Since this is the iPhone OS, I can also
> leave the iPad overseas (a gift, etc.) without the concerns that I am
> breaking USA weapons law (encryption programs, etc.).  The base iPad has
> enough space for my needs and is cheap enough to leave with a friend.  Being
> a "simpler" OS, it takes less training than a PC OS.
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> That should have been "international" travel.  We travel overseas at least
once a year.  Thankfully, we have friends where we go and can leave stuff
with them.  This makes the iPad a good choice for travel.  Having technical
books available would make the trips more productive.  The cost of a USA
iPad is the same as a netbook, if one could be purchased, over there.