[Leica] Hand troubles

[Robert Adler]

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
>
>
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-- 
Bob Adler