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Gadget Disappointment
Some of you may recall I got an iPad III about a year ago, after selling my Mac laptop to a friend. I figured the iPad would be a decent replacement for the laptop I only used on occasion for work-related purposes while traveling. I did like the iPad, and thought it was more than sufficient for informal web browsing and to write or answer emails, and for entertainment, too, but the few times I needed a “computer” handy while traveling to write or edit a text for work, I found it a colossal pain in the ass for two main reasons: 1. the “file” system on these tablets is counterintuitive and you can’t simply store or retrieve files from folders the way you do on a “real” computer. I recall this was true on Android OS systems, too. It’s a real hassle for someone like me who has dozens of text files he is juggling at one time, and for several clients, too. Storing working files in “the cloud” has little appeal for me. 2. though I had a nice ZAGG external keyboard and cover for the device, there was no way to use a mouse and therefore cutting, pasting, clipping, saving, inserting, deleting - the whole catastrophe involved in serious writing and editing - wasn’t working for me. Too much “touchy, feely touchscreening” for my taste and patience. Another aspect of the device that annoyed me was that you really couldn’t see much of its screen out in daylight. This is pretty much true of all these portable devices. I’m not sure why it is, because even relatively inexpensive screen devices for boats - GPSs, fish finders, et cetera - are pretty much easily readable in sunlight. After careful consideration, I put the iPad up for sale on an affinity discussion board for a reasonable price and it was “gone” the same day. So, now, I’m moving back to a “regular” laptop computer. One with a file system I can use and a pointing device that works the way I want it to work. I’ll have to find myself a Luddite tee-shirt. :) |
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Gadget Disappointment
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says... On 6/27/13 10:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... Some of you may recall I got an iPad III about a year ago, after selling my Mac laptop to a friend. I figured the iPad would be a decent replacement for the laptop I only used on occasion for work-related purposes while traveling. I did like the iPad, and thought it was more than sufficient for informal web browsing and to write or answer emails, and for entertainment, too, but the few times I needed a ?computer? handy while traveling to write or edit a text for work, I found it a colossal pain in the ass for two main reasons: 1. the ?file? system on these tablets is counterintuitive and you can?t simply store or retrieve files from folders the way you do on a ?real? computer. I recall this was true on Android OS systems, too. It?s a real hassle for someone like me who has dozens of text files he is juggling at one time, and for several clients, too. Storing working files in ?the cloud? has little appeal for me. It is true (somewhat) on an Android tablet as well, that is true. BUT, there is a very easy workaround for it, you can make your own folders similar to a windows folder. 2. though I had a nice ZAGG external keyboard and cover for the device, there was no way to use a mouse and therefore cutting, pasting, clipping, saving, inserting, deleting - the whole catastrophe involved in serious writing and editing - wasn?t working for me. Too much ?touchy, feely touchscreening? for my taste and patience. Hmm, you can use ANY Bluetooth mouse with my Android tablet, as well as any Bluetooth keyboard. There are also keyboards onto witch you dock the Android tablet. Another aspect of the device that annoyed me was that you really couldn?t see much of its screen out in daylight. This is pretty much true of all these portable devices. I?m not sure why it is, because even relatively inexpensive screen devices for boats - GPSs, fish finders, et cetera - are pretty much easily readable in sunlight. Well, same with a tablet. But, I am with you, while I LOVE my tablet and take it everywhere because it's much nicer to have a bigger screen than my Android phone, it doesn't come close to taking the place of ANY computer. Mine is a 7" Samsung, and what I really like about it, is it's small enough to hold in one hand, and I use a stylus with it. Much bigger screen than my phone, but if I were to use a 10" one, I'd just have a laptop! Yeah, I used a bluetooth docking keyboard with my iPad. But there was no facility to use a mouse the way you might with a laptop or desktop. That really annoyed me. The screen size was fine...it had what Apple calls a "retina" display, and it was sharp as a tack, even to my old eyes. In any event, the iPad is with its new owner, and I'm getting a new, very lightweight laptop from Apple, direct from the PRC and perhaps with chopsticks. I can go two ways with the keyboard, either a dock, where when you press it into the holder it actually uses the port, OR Bluetooth. And I can use a Bluetooth mouse as well, but it just doesn't operate like a windows computer, and that is a negative for me. But, as a device I love it, I use it for all of my appointment calender stuff, address and phone book, etc. |
Gadget Disappointment
On 6/27/13 1:54 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 6/27/13 10:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... Some of you may recall I got an iPad III about a year ago, after selling my Mac laptop to a friend. I figured the iPad would be a decent replacement for the laptop I only used on occasion for work-related purposes while traveling. I did like the iPad, and thought it was more than sufficient for informal web browsing and to write or answer emails, and for entertainment, too, but the few times I needed a ?computer? handy while traveling to write or edit a text for work, I found it a colossal pain in the ass for two main reasons: 1. the ?file? system on these tablets is counterintuitive and you can?t simply store or retrieve files from folders the way you do on a ?real? computer. I recall this was true on Android OS systems, too. It?s a real hassle for someone like me who has dozens of text files he is juggling at one time, and for several clients, too. Storing working files in ?the cloud? has little appeal for me. It is true (somewhat) on an Android tablet as well, that is true. BUT, there is a very easy workaround for it, you can make your own folders similar to a windows folder. 2. though I had a nice ZAGG external keyboard and cover for the device, there was no way to use a mouse and therefore cutting, pasting, clipping, saving, inserting, deleting - the whole catastrophe involved in serious writing and editing - wasn?t working for me. Too much ?touchy, feely touchscreening? for my taste and patience. Hmm, you can use ANY Bluetooth mouse with my Android tablet, as well as any Bluetooth keyboard. There are also keyboards onto witch you dock the Android tablet. Another aspect of the device that annoyed me was that you really couldn?t see much of its screen out in daylight. This is pretty much true of all these portable devices. I?m not sure why it is, because even relatively inexpensive screen devices for boats - GPSs, fish finders, et cetera - are pretty much easily readable in sunlight. Well, same with a tablet. But, I am with you, while I LOVE my tablet and take it everywhere because it's much nicer to have a bigger screen than my Android phone, it doesn't come close to taking the place of ANY computer. Mine is a 7" Samsung, and what I really like about it, is it's small enough to hold in one hand, and I use a stylus with it. Much bigger screen than my phone, but if I were to use a 10" one, I'd just have a laptop! Yeah, I used a bluetooth docking keyboard with my iPad. But there was no facility to use a mouse the way you might with a laptop or desktop. That really annoyed me. The screen size was fine...it had what Apple calls a "retina" display, and it was sharp as a tack, even to my old eyes. In any event, the iPad is with its new owner, and I'm getting a new, very lightweight laptop from Apple, direct from the PRC and perhaps with chopsticks. I can go two ways with the keyboard, either a dock, where when you press it into the holder it actually uses the port, OR Bluetooth. And I can use a Bluetooth mouse as well, but it just doesn't operate like a windows computer, and that is a negative for me. But, as a device I love it, I use it for all of my appointment calender stuff, address and phone book, etc. Yeah, I've used the iPad I had with a bluetooth keyboard. There wasn't a capability I knew of to plug a keyboard directly into a device port. But I had no problems with the bluetooth keyboards I used. There was a "jailbreak" program that allowed very limited use of a mouse on an iPad, but not enough use to interest me. I'm not familiar with what might be possible on an Android device with a mouse. In retrospect, I view the iPad as an iPhone in a larger form factor. I keep track of appointments, addresses, phone numbers and more on my iPhone, and it works well when I want to dictate a short note. |
Gadget Disappointment
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message m... In retrospect, I view the iPad as an iPhone in a larger form factor. I keep track of appointments, addresses, phone numbers and more on my iPhone, and it works well when I want to dictate a short note. --------------------------------------- I've had an iPad for a couple of years but never got around to even learning how or even what to use it for other than using it occasionally for Pandora. Mrs.E. uses hers constantly for all kinds of things including some video conferencing application that allows her to see and talk to the grandkids in South Carolina and playing Scrabble with about 5 people at the same time. I finally decided to see how I might be able to use it and decided to put backing tracks of music on it, plug it into a Fishman SoloAmp I have at the house and play along with the songs on a guitar. Great learning tool. I had some music files on it from when I originally got the iPad and it worked great. All was fine until I plugged it into my PC to transfer some new songs. iTunes opened, but said I had to upgrade to iTunes 11. Ok. I did. It also upgraded the software in the iPad that was connected to the PC. After that, nothing worked. The iPad no longer appeared as a "device" in the PC file structure as it had previously. Before the upgrade I would simply drag the music file I wanted to transfer to the iPad listed device. I must have spent 2 hours trying to figure out what happened. Tried uninstalling iTunes and re-installing. Still no iPad device listed anymore. Gave up. The next day I tried again. iTunes would open on the PC and I could see the files I wanted to transfer, but there was no apparent way to do it. I googled up iTunes help and followed the instructions. They still said to simply drag the file to the iPad device listed in the left column on the PC, but there was no longer a iPad device listed. I finally figured it out by accident. Beside the music file was a little arrow that looked just like the "Play" icon found on various media players. Clicked on it and a window opened with a bunch of options one of which was "send to". Clicked on it and one of the destinations was to the iPad. That worked, but it bugged me as to why no mention of this was in the current instructions. So, I went back to read them again, thinking I must have missed it. I didn't. They aren't there. I've heard complaints from others that Apple is getting to be a pain in the ass with all the regular updates and upgrades of their software. It used to be Windows that had that reputation. |
Gadget Disappointment
On 6/27/13 2:47 PM, Eisboch wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message m... In retrospect, I view the iPad as an iPhone in a larger form factor. I keep track of appointments, addresses, phone numbers and more on my iPhone, and it works well when I want to dictate a short note. --------------------------------------- I've had an iPad for a couple of years but never got around to even learning how or even what to use it for other than using it occasionally for Pandora. Mrs.E. uses hers constantly for all kinds of things including some video conferencing application that allows her to see and talk to the grandkids in South Carolina and playing Scrabble with about 5 people at the same time. I finally decided to see how I might be able to use it and decided to put backing tracks of music on it, plug it into a Fishman SoloAmp I have at the house and play along with the songs on a guitar. Great learning tool. I had some music files on it from when I originally got the iPad and it worked great. All was fine until I plugged it into my PC to transfer some new songs. iTunes opened, but said I had to upgrade to iTunes 11. Ok. I did. It also upgraded the software in the iPad that was connected to the PC. After that, nothing worked. The iPad no longer appeared as a "device" in the PC file structure as it had previously. Before the upgrade I would simply drag the music file I wanted to transfer to the iPad listed device. I must have spent 2 hours trying to figure out what happened. Tried uninstalling iTunes and re-installing. Still no iPad device listed anymore. Gave up. The next day I tried again. iTunes would open on the PC and I could see the files I wanted to transfer, but there was no apparent way to do it. I googled up iTunes help and followed the instructions. They still said to simply drag the file to the iPad device listed in the left column on the PC, but there was no longer a iPad device listed. I finally figured it out by accident. Beside the music file was a little arrow that looked just like the "Play" icon found on various media players. Clicked on it and a window opened with a bunch of options one of which was "send to". Clicked on it and one of the destinations was to the iPad. That worked, but it bugged me as to why no mention of this was in the current instructions. So, I went back to read them again, thinking I must have missed it. I didn't. They aren't there. I've heard complaints from others that Apple is getting to be a pain in the ass with all the regular updates and upgrades of their software. It used to be Windows that had that reputation. Apple does update its mainline OS every year or so, but not frequent enough to be annoying, and usually the upgrades are minor and incremental. The IO used on the phones and iPads seems to get a major update about every eight months. The updates can be installed easily. |
Gadget Disappointment
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:47:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message om... In retrospect, I view the iPad as an iPhone in a larger form factor. I keep track of appointments, addresses, phone numbers and more on my iPhone, and it works well when I want to dictate a short note. --------------------------------------- I've had an iPad for a couple of years but never got around to even learning how or even what to use it for other than using it occasionally for Pandora. Mrs.E. uses hers constantly for all kinds of things including some video conferencing application that allows her to see and talk to the grandkids in South Carolina and playing Scrabble with about 5 people at the same time. I finally decided to see how I might be able to use it and decided to put backing tracks of music on it, plug it into a Fishman SoloAmp I have at the house and play along with the songs on a guitar. Great learning tool. I had some music files on it from when I originally got the iPad and it worked great. All was fine until I plugged it into my PC to transfer some new songs. iTunes opened, but said I had to upgrade to iTunes 11. Ok. I did. It also upgraded the software in the iPad that was connected to the PC. After that, nothing worked. The iPad no longer appeared as a "device" in the PC file structure as it had previously. Before the upgrade I would simply drag the music file I wanted to transfer to the iPad listed device. I must have spent 2 hours trying to figure out what happened. Tried uninstalling iTunes and re-installing. Still no iPad device listed anymore. Gave up. The next day I tried again. iTunes would open on the PC and I could see the files I wanted to transfer, but there was no apparent way to do it. I googled up iTunes help and followed the instructions. They still said to simply drag the file to the iPad device listed in the left column on the PC, but there was no longer a iPad device listed. I finally figured it out by accident. Beside the music file was a little arrow that looked just like the "Play" icon found on various media players. Clicked on it and a window opened with a bunch of options one of which was "send to". Clicked on it and one of the destinations was to the iPad. That worked, but it bugged me as to why no mention of this was in the current instructions. So, I went back to read them again, thinking I must have missed it. I didn't. They aren't there. I've heard complaints from others that Apple is getting to be a pain in the ass with all the regular updates and upgrades of their software. It used to be Windows that had that reputation. iTunes is the biggest PITA ever developed. I let my wife talk me into putting it on my machine. Wish I'd never done it. John (Gun Nut) H. -- Hope you're having a great day! |
Gadget Disappointment
On 6/27/2013 3:49 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:47:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "F.O.A.D." wrote in message m... In retrospect, I view the iPad as an iPhone in a larger form factor. I keep track of appointments, addresses, phone numbers and more on my iPhone, and it works well when I want to dictate a short note. --------------------------------------- I've had an iPad for a couple of years but never got around to even learning how or even what to use it for other than using it occasionally for Pandora. Mrs.E. uses hers constantly for all kinds of things including some video conferencing application that allows her to see and talk to the grandkids in South Carolina and playing Scrabble with about 5 people at the same time. I finally decided to see how I might be able to use it and decided to put backing tracks of music on it, plug it into a Fishman SoloAmp I have at the house and play along with the songs on a guitar. Great learning tool. I had some music files on it from when I originally got the iPad and it worked great. All was fine until I plugged it into my PC to transfer some new songs. iTunes opened, but said I had to upgrade to iTunes 11. Ok. I did. It also upgraded the software in the iPad that was connected to the PC. After that, nothing worked. The iPad no longer appeared as a "device" in the PC file structure as it had previously. Before the upgrade I would simply drag the music file I wanted to transfer to the iPad listed device. I must have spent 2 hours trying to figure out what happened. Tried uninstalling iTunes and re-installing. Still no iPad device listed anymore. Gave up. The next day I tried again. iTunes would open on the PC and I could see the files I wanted to transfer, but there was no apparent way to do it. I googled up iTunes help and followed the instructions. They still said to simply drag the file to the iPad device listed in the left column on the PC, but there was no longer a iPad device listed. I finally figured it out by accident. Beside the music file was a little arrow that looked just like the "Play" icon found on various media players. Clicked on it and a window opened with a bunch of options one of which was "send to". Clicked on it and one of the destinations was to the iPad. That worked, but it bugged me as to why no mention of this was in the current instructions. So, I went back to read them again, thinking I must have missed it. I didn't. They aren't there. I've heard complaints from others that Apple is getting to be a pain in the ass with all the regular updates and upgrades of their software. It used to be Windows that had that reputation. iTunes is the biggest PITA ever developed. I let my wife talk me into putting it on my machine. Wish I'd never done it. John (Gun Nut) H. My simple MP3 player is much more versatile for the dollar.... |
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