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Post by Holy Schist on Jun 7, 2012 14:53:03 GMT -5
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I don't mean that those things you mentioned are not valuable, just that they aren't work tasks, i.e. you aren't producing or editing documents, etc. in those scenarios. I still think that tablets are great, but for me, they are not a production tool without a significantly improved method of data entry. A tablet isn't a general purpose computer and the ones I know marketed as such are purpose-built for business with general purpose operating systems and accommodation for different input. Can you do some general purpose tasks with a tablet? Yes, just like all of my Kenworth, F250 and Mustang could carry stuff.
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Post by thedude on Jun 7, 2012 20:07:44 GMT -5
I just bought an iPad for my son. He's learning piano and really liking it, so I got him an iPad that connects to the digital piano (we have a grand as well). It's not necessary, but I want to make it as fun as possible and keep his interest high, especially over the summer. Of course, he's already figured out a bunch of other ways to enjoy the iPad.
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Post by Holy Schist on Jun 7, 2012 20:43:30 GMT -5
I just bought an iPad for my son. He's learning piano and really liking it, so I got him an iPad that connects to the digital piano (we have a grand as well). It's not necessary, but I want to make it as fun as possible and keep his interest high, especially over the summer. Of course, he's already figured out a bunch of other ways to enjoy the iPad. Both of you need the mobile GarageBand and the Apogee JAM. Add an JAMBOX (especially if so because you already have the iPhone and Air).
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Post by donalgdon on Jun 7, 2012 20:48:20 GMT -5
I just bought an iPad for my son. He's learning piano and really liking it, so I got him an iPad that connects to the digital piano (we have a grand as well). It's not necessary, but I want to make it as fun as possible and keep his interest high, especially over the summer. Of course, he's already figured out a bunch of other ways to enjoy the iPad. One of the "perks" of my new job is that all employees get a 50% discount on a Mac laptop and an iPad, so I'll be rejoining the Cult of Mac after a long financially-induced hiatus. I'm scheduled to start classes in August, and I'm hoping that Apple introduces the rumored Retina Display based laptops before I can place my order, because our school is pretty much an All-Mac facility. Kids in the Middle-School, to whom I'll be actually teaching Technology specific courses, are assigned a MacBook and an iPad by the school. It's a dream job (so far). God, I missed GarageBand! I hadn't thought about how great it was in 2007 when I last used it. Is it better now?
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Post by Holy Schist on Jun 7, 2012 22:02:25 GMT -5
I just bought an iPad for my son. He's learning piano and really liking it, so I got him an iPad that connects to the digital piano (we have a grand as well). It's not necessary, but I want to make it as fun as possible and keep his interest high, especially over the summer. Of course, he's already figured out a bunch of other ways to enjoy the iPad. One of the "perks" of my new job is that all employees get a 50% discount on a Mac laptop and an iPad, so I'll be rejoining the Cult of Mac after a long financially-induced hiatus. I'm scheduled to start classes in August, and I'm hoping that Apple introduces the rumored Retina Display based laptops before I can place my order, because our school is pretty much an All-Mac facility. Kids in the Middle-School, to whom I'll be actually teaching Technology specific courses, are assigned a MacBook and an iPad by the school. It's a dream job (so far). God, I missed GarageBand! I hadn't thought about how great it was in 2007 when I last used it. Is it better now? It's not as granular as the Acid and Ableton I have on my Windows system but like most Apple stuff in terms of polish, simplicity etc.... I spend more time with the mobile version just as simple practice and looping tool. I'll stand the iPad up or on music stand, quickly manipulate it with finger instead of type while holding guitar.
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Post by thedude on Jun 8, 2012 3:49:02 GMT -5
I just bought an iPad for my son. He's learning piano and really liking it, so I got him an iPad that connects to the digital piano (we have a grand as well). It's not necessary, but I want to make it as fun as possible and keep his interest high, especially over the summer. Of course, he's already figured out a bunch of other ways to enjoy the iPad. One of the "perks" of my new job is that all employees get a 50% discount on a Mac laptop and an iPad, so I'll be rejoining the Cult of Mac after a long financially-induced hiatus. I'm scheduled to start classes in August, and I'm hoping that Apple introduces the rumored Retina Display based laptops before I can place my order, because our school is pretty much an All-Mac facility. Kids in the Middle-School, to whom I'll be actually teaching Technology specific courses, are assigned a MacBook and an iPad by the school. It's a dream job (so far). God, I missed GarageBand! I hadn't thought about how great it was in 2007 when I last used it. Is it better now? I have only played around with Garage Band a little bit. The one that comes with Lion is better than the one on my desktop. I need to get the one on the iPad for my son, but he has a couple other piano specific apps that he's using. One of them has a game that's teaching him to read sheet music, and both both sync up to the piano and not only show the music being played, but will keep track of errors (notes and timing). His teacher also gives him midi files on a flash drive so he can play along with whatever level of accompaniment he chooses.
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Post by sordello on Jan 17, 2013 21:27:39 GMT -5
So... Ubuntu is coming to tablets. Do I sell my Xoom now when the resale is good, and wait a year for a more functional Ubuntu computer/tablet, or... decisions, decisions...
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Post by Holy Schist on Jan 17, 2013 22:01:40 GMT -5
So... Ubuntu is coming to tablets. Do I sell my Xoom now when the resale is good, and wait a year for a more functional Ubuntu computer/tablet, or... decisions, decisions... I let applications and budget drive these decisions. One of my sons liked my Xoom but a few applications on different platform, and lack of Android tablet apps drove me to sell it. Display quality could be a factor. Make sure you see the "retina" level stuff (Nexis, Apple etc...) Don't forget the Intel CPU Surface and others will ship soon. That's maybe your ultimate for lots of apps available.
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Post by sordello on Jan 19, 2013 20:06:07 GMT -5
So... Ubuntu is coming to tablets. Do I sell my Xoom now when the resale is good, and wait a year for a more functional Ubuntu computer/tablet, or... decisions, decisions... I let applications and budget drive these decisions. One of my sons liked my Xoom but a few applications on different platform, and lack of Android tablet apps drove me to sell it. Display quality could be a factor. Make sure you see the "retina" level stuff (Nexis, Apple etc...) Don't forget the Intel CPU Surface and others will ship soon. That's maybe your ultimate for lots of apps available. I think the Xoom is headed for ebay. Oddly enough I haven't hit the app ceiling that seems to be the main complaint for Android. I have no games on my tablet - no interest in games - other than chess and Android fills the bill. Guitar stuff suits me and the Office app does the job. News and basic functional apps work fine and the ebook reading is so so - I want an 8 x 11 screen! Given the millions of 13 and 15 inch screens out there, surely many more folks would like to have their laptop simply transformed into a screen only tablet style laptop? Being a social networking troglodyte, any Android deficiencies there pass me by unnoticed. The bad side for me is the limited battery life - a detail across the board I know. A few times I have had the Xoom out with me, I have had to do the mental math of dealing with time/use/battery and should I shut down here and there to buy me more time. A tablet with a solid 24 hour cycle of life-juice is a dream still. "Phones can fly Toto, why oh why can't I?" With 8x11 screens, Retina, 24 battery assurance, and Ubuntu full PC like functionality with decent storage... the Kraken may wake again. (Probaly an 18 to 24 month wait, I reckon.)
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Post by Holy Schist on Jan 20, 2013 17:38:42 GMT -5
I let applications and budget drive these decisions. One of my sons liked my Xoom but a few applications on different platform, and lack of Android tablet apps drove me to sell it. Display quality could be a factor. Make sure you see the "retina" level stuff (Nexis, Apple etc...) Don't forget the Intel CPU Surface and others will ship soon. That's maybe your ultimate for lots of apps available. I think the Xoom is headed for ebay. Oddly enough I haven't hit the app ceiling that seems to be the main complaint for Android. I have no games on my tablet - no interest in games - other than chess and Android fills the bill. Guitar stuff suits me and the Office app does the job. News and basic functional apps work fine and the ebook reading is so so - I want an 8 x 11 screen! Given the millions of 13 and 15 inch screens out there, surely many more folks would like to have their laptop simply transformed into a screen only tablet style laptop? Being a social networking troglodyte, any Android deficiencies there pass me by unnoticed. The bad side for me is the limited battery life - a detail across the board I know. A few times I have had the Xoom out with me, I have had to do the mental math of dealing with time/use/battery and should I shut down here and there to buy me more time. A tablet with a solid 24 hour cycle of life-juice is a dream still. "Phones can fly Toto, why oh why can't I?" With 8x11 screens, Retina, 24 battery assurance, and Ubuntu full PC like functionality with decent storage... the Kraken may wake again. (Probaly an 18 to 24 month wait, I reckon.) I'm pretty sure you'll have to live with an e ink type display for all the battery life you want. Going "retina" added weight and a little thickness to the Apple. Batteries are an engineering challenge for more than the tablets if you need fodder for a Boeing 787 joke.
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Post by sordello on Jan 20, 2013 19:30:05 GMT -5
I think the Xoom is headed for ebay. Oddly enough I haven't hit the app ceiling that seems to be the main complaint for Android. I have no games on my tablet - no interest in games - other than chess and Android fills the bill. Guitar stuff suits me and the Office app does the job. News and basic functional apps work fine and the ebook reading is so so - I want an 8 x 11 screen! Given the millions of 13 and 15 inch screens out there, surely many more folks would like to have their laptop simply transformed into a screen only tablet style laptop? Being a social networking troglodyte, any Android deficiencies there pass me by unnoticed. The bad side for me is the limited battery life - a detail across the board I know. A few times I have had the Xoom out with me, I have had to do the mental math of dealing with time/use/battery and should I shut down here and there to buy me more time. A tablet with a solid 24 hour cycle of life-juice is a dream still. "Phones can fly Toto, why oh why can't I?" With 8x11 screens, Retina, 24 battery assurance, and Ubuntu full PC like functionality with decent storage... the Kraken may wake again. (Probaly an 18 to 24 month wait, I reckon.) I'm pretty sure you'll have to live with an e ink type display for all the battery life you want. Going "retina" added weight and a little thickness to the Apple. Batteries are an engineering challenge for more than the tablets if you need fodder for a Boeing 787 joke. A propos your post about anti-GAS, I think I am going through an anti-TAS, with T for technology, phase. For my home purposes I have been in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mode since Windows XP. The mobile phone is up on ebay along with my jazz hollowbody electric - I'm going acoustic only save for my Escape Traveler EG-1 as silent practice guitar - and the Xoom will be up shortly. My electricity bill is expected to be decreasing!!
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Post by donalgdon on Jan 21, 2013 14:32:36 GMT -5
I am actually looking forward to trying Ubuntu Phone on some older hardware. Without Android's Java VM, the performance should be improved with straight Linux.
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