to say this about the Apple Ipad (website, laptop, play)

[henry1]

i allways have had a window base laptop to do what i call the basic things that a person use a computer for ---shop the internet and surf the web for there own personal viewing taste--check emails and send emails--played a few games like card and chess games on the laptop for iam not a hardcore gamer type person .--watch movies and tv and listen to music on the laptop ..

for at the time my laptop computer travel backpack weighed in at the wieght of 23.pds total wieght that i carried with me all the time with it small compact printer and scanner and other items i need to make the unit into my own personal small home office set up when traveling .. .

now the ipad has it taken the place of the laptop and i went back to a desktop for all but the hardcore things like printing watching tv on the desktop and shopping and surfing the web as it need along with printing out things here and there ..

for the ipad does all the basic things that i need to do when away from the house ..-- checking the emails and sending emails ----surfing the web and shopping here and there ----playing the games i have on the ipad ---listening to music ----i do not really watch movies as much as i used to but that ok..---read the news on the ipad-----keep track of my personal book and dvd collections and other collections through some applications from the i-tunes store.---some other things like food list and cloths list for packing and other items all put onto the ipad for use as they are need in my travels ...

the fact with the ipad i have cut down the amount of items i need to carry when traveling with the ipad and access items.for now traveling is with my small carrying on garment bag and ipad bag for getting on and off a plane or train at times and it makes it a lot easlyer to deal with the crowds of a place when haveing to walk through the airport or train station to get out of the place..

plus i need longer have to try to read the small smart phone screen trying to get info that way ..the screen size of the ipad was the biggest saleing point for me at the time when i bought it was the fact that the apple iphone i had the screen made it hard to read applications i had at times without a lot of scrolling through the page size to get to the meat of the subect.

plus with some of the applications i have on the ipad like the book library program it make finding out if i own a book when looking at the library for the aurther and title look up in the program or it a new just come out book and i do not have the book yet..so far the program has saved me about $.100,oo dollars from buying a book i allready have.. for a $.2.98.program from the i-tunes store it does it work for you instead of you working for the program .

so here is my list that i carry in the cocoon harlem ipad travel sling bag i bought to carry the ipad and access items..

-x-ipad with soft rubber cover
-x-ipad power cord combo model that can be used in a car and regular electrical outlets in the house and work or in a hotel room etc etc etc
-x-earphones in own carrying case..
-x-screen cleaning cloth in own bag

then add the other items
-x-spare cell phone power cord with a cig lighter plug in set up for use in the car
-x-reading glass with hardshell travel case
-x-misc personal med items
-x-misc over the counter type meds for use as they are need
-x-blood sugar checker deivice with it items in own carrying case..
-x-ironkey usb secured stowage device if i really need to use a computer to check something out i have a set of website or check my accounts i need to move a money around in .. i stop in kinkos and use there computer system and use the ironkey on the system to keep my secured accounts from haveing problems ..
-x-plus a couple of odds and ends things that we all seam to collect here and there

all packed into the bag ..i weighed the bag one day to see how much it wieghed and it at just over 5.1./2.pds total now that a lot better than to have to carry around 23.pds of laptop and it computer access to get things done ..

the thing is if you open the mind just a little to the apple ipad and use it as a second brian like i do you will find it alot better than other devices that are out there and yes i know it a little bigger than a normal smart phone but it works for me because of the screen size and beening able to read the screen size..

when i go shopping for food at the grocery store i make out a grocery list on the ipad kitchen pantry application from standing in front of the fridge and shelfs and makeing notes onto the ipad ..so when i walk through the door at my local safeway or frys food and drug or costco or sam club etc etc ..i just pull up the list and it saves me time and money for i know what i have to get for house and not spend time running up and down the grocery aisles trying to something that i have forgotten and trying to remember it .. ..

[henry1]

plus i want to add this point ..my apple iphone i give to a family member and went back to haveing a simple phone unit for use ..i mean my personal cell phone bill went down to $.45.oo dollars a month before it was over a $.100.oo dollars a month because of the boardband device also ..now it some much better just useing a standard phone for everyday use..

[K-Luv]

Originally Posted by henry1

plus i want to add this point ..my apple iphone i give to a family member and went back to haveing a simple phone unit for use ..i mean my personal cell phone bill went down to $.45.oo dollars a month before it was over a $.100.oo dollars a month because of the boardband device also ..now it some much better just useing a standard phone for everyday use..

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[Narfcake]

Originally Posted by henry1

for at the time my laptop computer travel backpack weighed in at the wieght of 23.pds total wieght that i carried with me all the time with it small compact printer and scanner and other items i need to make the unit into my own personal small home office set up when traveling .. .

Underlined the part where it was probably unnecessary to carry with you at all times.

now the ipad has it taken the place of the laptop and i went back to a desktop for all but the hardcore things like printing watching tv on the desktop and shopping and surfing the web as it need along with printing out things here and there ..

When it's an iPad, yes, printing out documents will indeed be a hard thing.

all packed into the bag ..i weighed the bag one day to see how much it wieghed and it at just over 5.1./2.pds total now that a lot better than to have to carry around 23.pds of laptop and it computer access to get things done ..

Again, I doubt you truly needed all the accessories to be with you at all times.

the thing is if you open the mind just a little to the apple ipad and use it as a second brian like i do you will find it alot better than other devices that are out there and yes i know it a little bigger than a normal smart phone but it works for me because of the screen size and beening able to read the screen size..

I've opened up my mind a lot to the iPad ... and I just can't fathom it working as a replacement for a full fledged notebook. Yes, there are aspects in which it does better, but likewise, aspects in which it does much worse. At $500, it's more fashion than flash. Pun intended, BTW.

when i go shopping for food at the grocery store i make out a grocery list on the ipad ...

I make my shopping lists on paper. Old tech, but takes zero energy, zero worries about it breaking (though it can tear), zero reflection, and is readable outdoors.

Originally Posted by K-Luv

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Translation: the OP dropped the data plan on their phone.

[AzScorpion12]

Originally Posted by Narfcake

When it's an iPad, yes, printing out documents will indeed be a hard thing.

Actually next month Apple's releasing the new software update which includes wireless printing for the IPad.Right now there's several 3rd party apps.which allow wireless printing,all you need to do is search the app store.

Originally Posted by Narfcake

I've opened up my mind a lot to the iPad ... and I just can't fathom it working as a replacement for a full fledged notebook.

It was never intended to take the place of a computer but like the OP stated,it comes in handy when all you need is the basics.Also there's an app called Drop Box which you call pull any file or folder from your desk/laptop to your IPad without using disk space. So you can actually travel and pull all your files or a report to your IPad without lugging your laptop with you.

[henry1]

Originally Posted by Gixxer1K

Actually next month Apple's releasing the new software update which includes wireless printing for the IPad.Right now there's several 3rd party apps.which allow wireless printing,all you need to do is search the app store.







It was never intended to take the place of a computer but like the OP stated,it comes in handy when all you need is the basics.Also there's an app called Drop Box which you call pull any file or folder from your desk/laptop to your IPad without using disk space. So you can actually travel and pull all your files or a report to your IPad without lugging your laptop with you.

they have never learn to shop the itunes store for you can find a lot of diff things to turn the little ipad into a great work horse when it need..

i tried the 3rd party wireless app for printing at work and useing it at kinkos and i found it work better on the work network than at kinkos for wireless printing never seam to get the whole interface to work right with there system ..

for i was haveing dinner with my company owners and we had been talking about some diff things about security problems we where haveing ..when i a phone call told we had a problem on the floor and would i take a look at the person ..so i have loged on to our security network at work and was watching the area ..up intill that point in our dinner i was trying to make a point about the one area of the parking lot where we had a couple of break in of people cars there and when the security room called me and told we had a problem on the floor and what zone it was in ..i just logged into the network and went into the zone and sitting there watching person and what they where doing ..the company owner was like that is a neat set up there ..the next week everyone in the higher ups in the company had one to use at one work for use on the floor to check out diff security problems area and the boss give me a nice little thank you gift for the idea ..

the company owners where like it takes a street guy sometime to drag you into the world of high tech ..for i was sitting at the table and showing them what the ipad can do for our line of work and they where like it cuts down on so much traveling into other areas along with beening able to see a problem when it happen instead of going up to the video room and rewind the system and working from there..

here what i like about it for the work ..

1-beening able to email a alert saight to the person ipad or phone and they know it about right then and there..plus get feed back from that person in a matter of seconds instead of playing radio tag to meet up or phone tag to be able to sit down and talk to someone about it ..plus i can now email saight to the floor person phone if need be that on shift and be able to tell that the needs of the person or the party that is comeing ..

2-beening able to watch live feed from any security camera in the area..

3-beening able to get facts and figures off the desktop without haveing to go to the desk top right then and there to get something..plus when someone does not show up for work i can check the schedule to see if they where give the day off or doctors vist or they have called in like one person did after beening in a car wreck on the way into work

{{{ the person who took the phone call blew the person off that made me really mad over that one..for i saw the wreck and the person on the evening news and when asked about why we when not informed that the person had been in a wreck the front desk person told me that it was not there job to take a message for the personal who worked there..let say the person keeped there job but down to one day a week for about two months to be reminded that if a person calls the front desk and ask to leave a message because of a emergency do not do the whole it not my job act ..}}}

4-beening able to print something out by useing 3rd party app and wireless printer set up from any of the printers on the floor area

5-here is the big one to check sports facts for people when they are playing

6-take notes down when in a quick hundle up and beening able to take a note down or check notes after a meeting to remind me or someone else about something we had talked about..

i use a 32.gb ipad as my work unit with a black leather cover to act as work binder it allways in my hands at work ..so it look ok when iam dress in a suit and tie for work .

[RayinAK]

Yes, the little gadgets are convenient sometimes. For example, I use an iPod Touch to store some of my photos (ones some that people ask me to let them see). I also use it to check my stocks online, or just roam the Internet (every now and then). However, I do use a calculator, dictionary, and the notepad at work, and sometimes at the store. I used to carry an electronic spell checker and a calculator to work. Now I don't have to carry so many gadgets. But since I am quite cheap, I don't have a smartphone, just the cheapest Nokia the telephone company provides. I am not into texting.

I could use an iPad instead of the iPod, but while I can put the iPod in my pocket, not so with the iPad.

[henry1]

i tried the iphone and the screen was hard on the eyes so that why i love the ipad for it screen size to be able to read the screen without a problem

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by henry1

they have never learn to shop the itunes store for you can find a lot of diff things to turn the little ipad into a great work horse when it need..

i tried the 3rd party wireless app for printing at work and useing it at kinkos and i found it work better on the work network than at kinkos for wireless printing never seam to get the whole interface to work right with there system ..

for i was haveing dinner with my company owners and we had been talking about some diff things about security problems we where haveing ..when i a phone call told we had a problem on the floor and would i take a look at the person ..so i have loged on to our security network at work and was watching the area ..up intill that point in our dinner i was trying to make a point about the one area of the parking lot where we had a couple of break in of people cars there and when the security room called me and told we had a problem on the floor and what zone it was in ..i just logged into the network and went into the zone and sitting there watching person and what they where doing ..the company owner was like that is a neat set up there ..the next week everyone in the higher ups in the company had one to use at one work for use on the floor to check out diff security problems area and the boss give me a nice little thank you gift for the idea ..

the company owners where like it takes a street guy sometime to drag you into the world of high tech ..for i was sitting at the table and showing them what the ipad can do for our line of work and they where like it cuts down on so much traveling into other areas along with beening able to see a problem when it happen instead of going up to the video room and rewind the system and working from there..

here what i like about it for the work ..

1-beening able to email a alert saight to the person ipad or phone and they know it about right then and there..plus get feed back from that person in a matter of seconds instead of playing radio tag to meet up or phone tag to be able to sit down and talk to someone about it ..plus i can now email saight to the floor person phone if need be that on shift and be able to tell that the needs of the person or the party that is comeing ..

2-beening able to watch live feed from any security camera in the area..

3-beening able to get facts and figures off the desktop without haveing to go to the desk top right then and there to get something..plus when someone does not show up for work i can check the schedule to see if they where give the day off or doctors vist or they have called in like one person did after beening in a car wreck on the way into work

{{{ the person who took the phone call blew the person off that made me really mad over that one..for i saw the wreck and the person on the evening news and when asked about why we when not informed that the person had been in a wreck the front desk person told me that it was not there job to take a message for the personal who worked there..let say the person keeped there job but down to one day a week for about two months to be reminded that if a person calls the front desk and ask to leave a message because of a emergency do not do the whole it not my job act ..}}}

4-beening able to print something out by useing 3rd party app and wireless printer set up from any of the printers on the floor area

5-here is the big one to check sports facts for people when they are playing

6-take notes down when in a quick hundle up and beening able to take a note down or check notes after a meeting to remind me or someone else about something we had talked about..

i use a 32.gb ipad as my work unit with a black leather cover to act as work binder it allways in my hands at work ..so it look ok when iam dress in a suit and tie for work .

I counted at least 32 improperly spelled words in this post, not too mention errors in English grammar. That makes it very hard for me to take it seriously that you are given any authority over network security. Perhaps English isn't a second language. In any case, it seems pointless to continue bragging about how you put this device to such simple uses.

BTW, I can do all the things you mention you do with your iPad with the Netbook I bought at a yard sale for under $100.

[Peregrine]

I understand why Kluv was confused here.

Originally Posted by henry1

plus i want to add this point ..my apple iphone i give to a family member and went back to haveing a simple phone unit for use ..i mean my personal cell phone bill went down to $.45.oo dollars a month before it was over a $.100.oo dollars a month because of the boardband device also ..now it some much better just useing a standard phone for everyday use..

So you were paying $65/month for the data plan?
That's not right. At most $30.