[Leica] Hand troubles

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Peter,
Just one point - I have never used a case or protector of any stripe
whatsoever in years of using the IPAD2, IPAD Retina and IPAD Mini. They are
born tough, with virtually indestructible screens, which wipe clean with
one swipe of a hankie (All this from a lifelong Windows user, mind you). Do
not let salesmen sucker you into these purchases.

I have the 128GB Mini for only one reason - I carry all my books,
magazines, newspapers, music, videos, games in that one gizmo. Brilliant
stuff, especially for travel.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:16 AM, 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
>
>
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