Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It could be I'm being a bit of a luddite unnecessarily. But I've seen very few iPads in the starbucks around Columbia university and NYU. Like zero. I saw one in a starbucks in a Barnes and noble on the upper west side. Then another in the same place. One once on a subway. And they've been out for not a short while. With different brands even. The kids seem to think the net books have a lot more functionality. Like a keyboard maybe. And the kids are bloody geniuses. I'm impressed by them. I want to switch to their breakfast cereal. You guys laughed when I said an iPad should be an iPhone. It should be a big iPhone. Then some company started making pad which had a phone in them and they started selling like hotcakes. Me I'm not going to go buy an iPhone then go out again and buy an ipad. I want all my I's in the same pod. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Lottermoser George <imagist3 at mac.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:02:11 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] ipad3 > > > On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> What I want from apple is not an iPad but an 11-inch MacBook Air. >> And when I'm home using it I'd use it with an add on mouse. Just like I'm >> using this macbook pro now. I can sign my name with this mouse. > > Certainly a viable alternative. > Half the battery life > An extra pound of weight > > Something for everybody - Different tools for different requirements. > > (One of the many amazing things about the iPad > are the ridiculously inexpensive apps.) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information