The thing is, I know I would NOT read on the iPad. There are too many bells and whistles. The thing about the Kindle that makes it so successful for me is that it's *just* about reading.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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javachik - Oct 01, 2010 8:42:15 am PDT #15077 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Jessica - Oct 01, 2010 8:43:41 am PDT #15078 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The thing is, I know I would NOT read on the iPad. There are too many bells and whistles.
Heh - that'd be my worry too. That I'd settle in to start a book...and then check email...and then check B.org...and then check Pocket Frogs...
javachik - Oct 01, 2010 8:45:10 am PDT #15079 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Heh - that'd be my worry too. That I'd settle in to start a book...and then check email...and then check B.org...and then check Pocket Frogs...
Exactly!
ETA: which doesn't mean that I don't think iPads aren't totally cool and neato. I just know I wouldn't read on one.
le nubian - Oct 01, 2010 8:59:48 am PDT #15080 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'll tell you what I do on an ipad that has my full attention:
reading pdfs. I use iAnnotate and that is pretty good for annotating pdfs (highlighting, comments, etc.). I don't get too distracted doing that.
I haven't tried reading a whole book, I still like other means for that.
Liese S. - Oct 01, 2010 9:07:20 am PDT #15081 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I like that the e-ink products aren't backlit; that'll mean they qualify as not screen-time for the before bedtime screentime deadline.
javachik - Oct 01, 2010 9:07:33 am PDT #15082 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Curious, le nubian is that for work or fun?
le nubian - Oct 01, 2010 9:43:40 am PDT #15083 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
work exclusively.
NoiseDesign - Oct 01, 2010 9:50:24 am PDT #15084 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Goodreader on the iPad has just added full PDF markup in the latest version. I love me my Goodreader.
DCJensen - Oct 01, 2010 9:50:36 am PDT #15085 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jessica, It could be that the G5 PRAM battery is going out. I'm thinking that it can't take the full load of demands on ti, so it shuts off.
OTOH? Have you tried the cables one at a time?
Can you plug the cables directly into the computer instead?
Otherwise, I got nothing. Hmmm...
brenda m - Oct 01, 2010 9:51:57 am PDT #15086 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It looks like the iPad will be able to mulit-task come November. Does anyone know if this will mean an upgrade to the existing ones, or a new version? It wasn't clear to me on the website.