Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 4, 2010, at 13:37, Sonny Carter wrote: > > With a Keyboard, you could write books with your iPhone! > While I could and have edited a patent application (MS Word) on an earlier smartphone, it's hardly optimal for the task and I really didn't enjoy the experience. :) The iPad, like every computer ever made since the fabled Babbage Engine, is limited by it's hardware and it's form factor. Software is infinitely malleable but H/W is not (yet). iPad would make a terrible replacement for a Panasonic Toughbook. It would also make a terrible replacement for a MacPro set up as a video editing station with dual monitor and a quadrillion bytes of memory. With a keyboard, an iPad would probably be decent for word processing. A better word processor however is a laptop or desktop computer which has a bigger screen, faster CPU for fancy graphics/spreadsheets and decent mouse. I really like to use the iPad as an photo editor (Lightroom, Aperture,..) when traveling light. Other than that, I expect I would mainly use it as an Internet appliance (much discussed in the 1990's but too far ahead of its time) like most of its potential users, if I get one. Email, websurfing and that's about all. Regards, Spencer