But if you want to type with the iPad, it's difficult unless you use a separate keyboard accessory [I've tried the "keyboard on screen" on my brother's and it's awkward]. I'll stick to my netbook.
-----Original Message----- >From: Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com> >Sent: Dec 30, 2010 2:55 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and iPad? > >With a less expensive netbook you could just have your Legacy program >with you. But Legacy would not be the only thing you used your iPad >for. :-) > >On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> wrote: >> Geoff: >> >> It sounds like that's the option but I'm pretty hesitant to plunk down $600 >> for an iPad that would depend on a $15 application to be successful, >> especially since that application is at version 1.0. Hopefully someone will >> respond who uses Legacy on an iPad via Families and tell us whether it's >> simple and full-featured in real life. I see a list of what Families *can* >> do; what is there that it *doesn't* do--short of the obvious like print? >> >> Kirsten >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:ge...@legacyusers.com] >> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:27 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and iPad? >> >> >> Kirsten, >> >> You can use the Families app. See >> http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=FAM. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Geoff Rasmussen >> Millennia Corporation >> ge...@legacyfamilytree.com >> www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:vik...@rvi.net] >> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:17 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy and iPad? >> >> >> My totally tech sons and daughter-in-law visited for a week at Christmas and >> of course there were iPads everywhere. I'm soooo jealous I can't stand it, >> but I'm not about to give up Legacy. Most of my research is online rather >> than at libraries or archives, but I'd love to be able to sit on the patio >> or at the local coffee shop and clean up my location list, sources, notes, >> and do some searching. Does anyone use a Windows desktop as their main >> computer (with Legacy) and sync it somehow with an iPad? If so, how is it >> done and what is required? Is it a satisfactory arrangement for a >> non-technical person? >> >> Kirsten >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
