[NTLK] ipad

robinson pereira gaudo1196 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 14:07:41 EST 2010


That is it. (http://www.tenonedesign.com/)
So we can use HWR on iPad with the Paragraph software.
But they didn´t made a Portuguese version (I am Brazilian).






2010/1/28 Joel M. Sciamma <joel at inventors-emporium.co.uk>

> Remember that here on this list, where most of us are already fairly
> well tech’d-up, the iPad is inevitably going to have significant
> overlap with stuff we already have, so it’s USP is pretty much lost on
> us.
>
> Not only that but devices at this price point have to demand for us to
> use them by offering a really convincing reason to spend the cash on
> them, learn them, update them, charge, sync and back them up as well
> as manage the cost of the inevitable accessories and software plus the
> certain debugging woes etc. etc. that always come as part and parcel
> of any platform. All that tending gets to be pain when you add it to
> all the other gear that is whining and yapping for attention.
>
> The question for people like us is, will an iPad really make much
> difference to ones life or is it really just technophilia? I guess
> it’s mostly the latter with a bit of curiosity thrown in.
>
> For those with a laptop already, the iPad looks like a bit of luxury
> with no solid need backing it up.
>
> Now think about it from the POV of someone for whom this may their
> _only_ computer. Then it makes a lot of sense because it will offer
> them a way to be part of the online and digital life without having to
> navigate the quagmire of a creaky old OS like the Mac or Windows,
> which many find intimidating.
>
> I’d much rather give my 85-year-old mum an iPad than the MacBook she
> currently has and frankly finds a bit of a pain.
>
> I, on the other hand, find that the serious amount of computing power
> at my disposal does not even begin to do what I want in the way that I
> want to do it, despite my 200+ apps, QuicKeys and Applescript
> automation. I see the Mac as still being a primitive, clumsy,
> obstructive old relic, which because I develop software, I have the
> misfortune to have to stare at all day.
>
> So for me, the iPad does so little of interest at the moment and would
> steal even more time and effort from me, that it’s just irrelevant.
> Looking at a computer all day means that I don’t want them to infect
> my leisure time as well.
>
> For the right audience, the iPad deserves to be a success. It has the
> looks, performance and functionality to serve them pretty well and
> will be fun to use. For us there is no need to consume just for the
> sake of it.
>
> One last scurrilous point. For at least 13 years we, as Newton owners,
> have had to put up with jibes about how big and bulky it is and why
> anyone would be so nuts as to carry such a brick around. I look
> forward with interest to see who will lug an iPad around after the
> novelty has worn off...
>
> Joel.
>
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