Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter as far as a cellular plan is concerned, forget it. You should be able to use your phone as a "hot spot" and get internet. It's the same service, so you don't really lose anything. Just up your data plan on your cell a bit... Agree with all who laud the iPad: tough as nails. Dropped mine once and shattered the from glass; $70 to repair like new. Just keeps on ticking... And I have the second lowest memory. And it will answer emails and texts by voice. There's a little microphone button you press in the email or text response area. As it learns your nuances, it gets more accurate, though in the beginning I enjoyed some of the errors quite a bit! Best of luck and I hope you heal quickly, Bob On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > Thanks, Phil, Sonny and everyone else. > > I went to the local Apple store today and looked at the iPad Mini Retina. > While I liked it, two things stopped me: > > 1. Price, especially when the salesperson started steering me towards the > more expensive iPad Air, informed me I'd need a $60-90 case, and by the > way, let's set you up with an Apple ID, and how much Cloud service are you > going to need... > > 2. The voice recognition software doesn't let you find a word or phrase on > a Web page and click on it. So I still would be using my fingers for > browsing beyond the initial lookup or URL. And in that case, why pay Apple > prices since I'm a PC guy and not already in their orbit? Both iPad and > Android will let you answer an email using voice dictation, and both will > search the Web and open an app via voice. > > For a good deal less cash, I can pick up a current Nexus 7 tablet, which > appears to do what I want, and has very good reviews. It will still get me > off the PC and mouse for mail and casual browsing, which is the point of > this exercise. So if somebody thinks that this choice is really dumb for > some reason, please let me know, because the Nexus 7 is looking very good > to me. > > As far as alternate pointing devices and ergonomic setup, I'm > corresponding with a hand doctor who is also a musician, and will check > with my own doc for a referral next week. I'm going to play with Windows' > voice recognition to see how I like it on the PC before springing for > Dragon, but that's a possibility, too. A cell-enabled tablet is not > necessary for me, because my little Tracfone can do rudimentary Web over > the cell network--it's just that the tiny screen makes most picture content > too small. > > --Peter > > > > > Like Sonny, I've had great luck with the iPad Mini (retina). It probably > > handles 80% of my computer tasks with ease. As others have said, it's not > > ideal for serious keyboarding but for most other tasks I love it. If you > go > > that route you'll also need to consider whether to get one that allows > you > > to work where there's no wifi (via data plan). I decided against it for > > economy, and also because I use mine mostly at home where I have wifi. > > > > BTW, photos look stunning on the retina display. > > > > > > -- > > Phil Swango > > 307 Aliso Dr SE > > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > > 505-262-4085 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler