I'm interested to see if the keyboard on the iPad will actually be worse than the one on the iPhone - something I won't really know till I get a chance to hold one.
At least with the iPhone, I can easily hold it in one hand, whilst still being able to type using my thumb in that hand. To hold the iPad comfortably, am I going to have to lose the use of one hand which I could otherwise be typing with? At least they have that keyboard dock - though I wonder what the cost of that will be. Lee On 28 January 2010 10:28, Alex Mace <a...@hollytree.co.uk> wrote: > It is an OS. It just doesn't allow you to do all the stuff that us power > users (and I would suggest membership of this list marks someone out as > such) want to do. The closed app ecosystem is similarly only really an issue > for us. I suspect a bigger issue for your normal user will be the lack of > Flash on it. > > They keyboard thing is a red herring. It doesn't have a physical keyboard - > that hasn't been a problem on the iPhone for me and hasn't been a problem > for anyone I know who actually has actually used the iPhone keyboard. Some > people just have hangups about it. > > I agree with what others have said - the biggest problem I can see is that > lack of a front facing camera. Using it for video chatting would have been > awesome and made it pretty much perfect for grandparents. > > Alex > > On 28 Jan 2010, at 10:17, Daniel Morris wrote: > > Am I missing something - how is it not an OS? :) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: > owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth > *Sent:* 28 January 2010 09:56 > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] iPad > > Sorry, I didn't realise we were back in the 1970s where the software that > runs on the iPhone can be called an operating system. > > And it clearly doesn't have a keyboard. > > 2010/1/28 Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> > >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 08:32, Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv> >> wrote: >> > It does, both, what? >> >> it runs an operating system. >> >> it has a keyboard. >> >> > >> > 2010/1/28 Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 08:03, Brian Butterworth < >> briant...@freeview.tv> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Underwhelming. It's a big iPhone. It's named after the Star Trek >> PADD. >> >> > Might be good it if ran an operating system and had a keyboard. >> >> >> >> It does, both. >> >> >> >> - >> >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please >> >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> >> Unofficial list archive: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Brian Butterworth >> > >> > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist >> > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and >> switchover >> > advice, since 2002 >> > >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > > >
