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

[Nadine Miller]

On Jan 30, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Rick Hamell wrote:

> On 1/30/10 9:31 AM, Jon Gilbert wrote:
>> All I can say is that the iPad is going to end up in a lot of college dorm
>> rooms. Ultimate college tool... think about it.
>>
>> The other thing it will be huge for is musicians. I think business people
>> will use them for on-the-spot sales presentations.
>>
>> It's a nice little computing device. It's not for everyone though. I'll
>> probably wait for the 3rd or 5th generation one, like I did with iPod and
>> iPhone.
>
> As an amateur historian who likes to visit sites and take pictures of
> them, I think it'll be a wonder for me. Being able to have access to my
> .pdf'ed history books and articles while out in the field would be huge.
> The only thing that would make it better for my projected use would be a
> built in GPS and USB port to download photos too.

There's a dock connector for USB connection.  I think GPS is built into the
3GS stuff.  Alternately, you could get a geo-tagging unit if you are using a
DSLR, and attach it to your camera.