Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/04

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Subject: [Leica] iPad keyboard
From: jimlists at spectare.com (Jim Laurel)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:55:50 -0800
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Just ask yourself this: Out of the universe of people who use computers, 
what percentage just want to do email, web browsing, simple documents, and 
reading?  And how many of those would be willing to trade the extreme 
flexibility of a full-fledged PC or Mac, along with all its complexities for 
the simplicity of the iPhone?  A fair number, I'll wager.  My guess would be 
that MOST users would fall into this camp.

That's the market for the iPad.

Frank is right about textbooks.  My daughter is in college and, while iPad 
would not replace her MacBook, it could easily replace the 10 lbs of 
textbooks she has to cart around in her backpack all over campus. That alone 
would be well worth the price of the iPad. In fact, she would be able to 
leave her MacBook back in the dorm more often if she could use the iPad to 
study and write, then bring it back, sync with her MacBook and continue 
working.

--Jim

On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> I'm not so sure about the computer idea, but as a book, it may replace all
> the class books....thus the logic behind the WIFi version.....
> 
> Can you imagine..... 
> Boy says to girl......
> Can I help carry your Ipad home from school today?
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
> 
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