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

[gsm at mendelson.com]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 10:38:45AM -0800, Nadine Miller wrote:
>Any external dock connector battery for the iPhone will work for the iPad.
>They use the same wattage of AC adapter.

Do airplanes have ac sockets? I thought they were gone.


>Bzzt.  Kindle's have supported PDFs natively for a while.

BZZT back to you. The Kindle DX came with it, the Kindle 2 had it added about
3 months ago, the Kindle does not read PDF files.

>
>Really folks, how about a little fact checking before making broad-sweeping
>statements?

You said it, not me. :-)


>> Since I don't know the size of the books you read, I can only guess, but
>> a nook with a handful of SD RAM cards would probaly hold everything you
>could
>> read in your life, let alone on one trip.
>
>As would the iPad, with the added benefit of being able to watch video, play
>mp3's and surf the web.

That was the original comment I was refuting. That one could buy a nook,
and a bunch of SD RAM cards for a lot less than iPad. Since the point of the
comment was that the person was going to leave it there as a gift, being able
to spend $299 instead of $499 makes a big difference. Almost enough to buy
two. 

While it may happen here because Apple's distributor DOUBLES the prices of
all Apple products, the days of people stuffing calculators in their luggage
as gifts because people here can't afford them are over. I'm sure in some
places they are still highly prized possessions. 

The Kindle did not make it big here because it came complete with a US only
cellular data contract, the nook (and the iPad) being wifi will be different.

Geoff.

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