A co-worker sent me this MadTV sketch on the iPaq. Hilarious!
iPad - no USB, no CNC
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Today I learned the iPad has these needed features:
Accessories:- dock connector to USB cable <---- Very important!
- 10W USB Power Adapter and documentation
- iPad keyboard dock
- iPad case
- iPad camera connection kit
Wireless communication:- The Wi-Fi only model comes with Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Viewable document types:- .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images)
- .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word)
- .htm and .html (web pages)
- .key (Keynote)
- .numbers (Numbers)
- .pages (Pages)
- .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat)
- .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint)
- .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format)
- .vcf (contact information)
- .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)
This might win me over. My principle need is a portable library for my reference books which are all PDF. Email (using my servers) is a plus.
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Originally posted by dpWith Bluetooth NAS (Google it) available you could store a lot of stuff on a flash drive in your pocket.
By the way, did you see my post that AT&T customer service told me that you need to purchase a separate phone line for the iPad? Seems silly that you can't share the Sim card with an existing AT&T phone."Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did."
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Originally posted by lazloBy the way, did you see my post that AT&T customer service told me that you need to purchase a separate phone line for the iPad?Allan Ostling
Phoenix, Arizona
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Originally posted by lazloI'd look into that a bit more. The Bluetooth support on the iPhone is hobbled (the iPad feature-list looks like a supersized iPhone) -- audio profile only. I.e., you can't data sync with the blue tooth interface (stupid!).
By the way, did you see my post that AT&T customer service told me that you need to purchase a separate phone line for the iPad? Seems silly that you can't share the Sim card with an existing AT&T phone.
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Here is a thought.
Most towns have these things called Libraries. You can go and get books and papers or other things and it doesn't cost anything. No aggravation because the memory failed and your books disappeared, no cell charges, no batteries, no incompatible formats, unlimited use and best of all NO DRM.
Try it you'll like it.The shortest distance between two points is a circle of infinite diameter.
Bluewater Model Engineering Society at https://sites.google.com/site/bluewatermes/
Southwestern Ontario. Canada
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A strange side note...
If you have the iphone or ipad you can run a kindle app that is tied (for free) to your kindle account. You can read the ebooks on either device and it even syncs where you left off reading.
In use: My wife reads every night, and really likes her 1st gen Kindle. We were stuck in a store for an hour and she had nothing to do while I worked with the salesman. I loaned her my iphone and she accessed the book she'd been reading the night before. She was happily entertained while I was busy.
And yes, you can do many formats with the first gen kindle too. My friend converts her public domain e-books to .prc format and has them handy all the time.
DanAt the end of the project, there is a profound difference between spare parts and left over parts.
Location: SF East Bay.
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Originally posted by loose nutHere is a thought.
Most towns have these things called Libraries. You can go and get books and papers or other things and it doesn't cost anything. No aggravation because the memory failed and your books disappeared, no cell charges, no batteries, no incompatible formats, unlimited use and best of all NO DRM.
Try it you'll like it.
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Originally posted by EvanThe C-64 has a separate audio processor, the 6581 SID chip. It was extremely advanced for the time and was so popular and capable that it is still in use with several versions available for the PC on an internal PCI card.
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Originally Posted by loose nut
Here is a thought.
Most towns have these things called Libraries. You can go and get books and papers or other things and it doesn't cost anything. No aggravation because the memory failed and your books disappeared, no cell charges, no batteries, no incompatible formats, unlimited use and best of all NO DRM.
Try it you'll like it.
Originally posted by dpDo they have a bus to ride on, too?
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Most towns have these things called Libraries. You can go and get books and papers or other things and it doesn't cost anything. No aggravation because the memory failed and your books disappeared, no cell charges, no batteries, no incompatible formats, unlimited use and best of all NO DRM.Free software for calculating bolt circles and similar: Click Here
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