Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The text on the Kindle can be adjusted to 6 different sizes from tiny to huge. Tina On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Jayanand asks: > "How do you transfer images from a camera to the Ipad if it does not have > USB? > > How comfortable do you find it for extended use as an e-book?" > > - - - - > > If you have another computer, PC or Mac, you can transfer pictures directly > from iTunes. Apple also sells a tiny gadget which plugs into the cable slot > that lets you transfer pictures from an SD card to the iPad. A similar and > companion gadget allows you to plug in a USB cable and transfer pictures > directly from a camera or other device via the cable. Both together sell > for > about $30 US. Some users have managed to hook up a disc drive to the iPad > through the USB adapter. The catch is that the adapter does not supply > power > so the disc drive must be self powered. The well based rumor is that the > next generation iPad will have a USB slot as well as a camera. I find the > iPad very comfortable to use as an e-book reader. The full color display is > glorious. The text is larger than my son in laws Kindle, more like the size > of a real book. With the appropriate App the iPad can read just about any > format e-book, even the 33,000 free ones from Project Gutenberg. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com