Kevin, You asked about typing and WiFi on the iPod Touch. My experience with typing -- which I think is fairly typical -- is that it seems beyond impossible initially. It took me just less than forever to simply enter the password for my wireless network the night I got the thing. I'd have told you then that I'd never get the hang of it. Never! But, it was just a bit easier the next day, and better still the day after that. Now, I can type a few sentences without wanting to scream or cry or just give up. Still, I don't think this is the device for writing a novel -- or a short story, even. But for sending a brief e-mail -- "Want to have dinner tonight? Shall we meet at 6:30 back at my place?" -- it's pretty simple. As for WiFi, you can set it to just get on the network at the places you frequent and you are good to go. I don't have much trouble in my little town, and I'd suspect that it's largely the same most everywhere else these days. Howard
Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Howard and others, > My wife wants an iPod Touch as a stop-gap before switching to an > iPhone, which switch will be dependent on whether Apple opens the iPhone to > other providers at the end of their current AT&T contract. Would anyone who > has a Touch with the 3.1 OS share their experiences operating it, > particularly with respec tto typing and wi-fi? > Thanks, > Kevin > kevj...@gmail.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Howard Dupuis > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:43 PM > To: MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: Oppose. Should have introduced myself > > > > Hi Kevin. While I've been a member of this group for only a matter of weeks, > and switched over to the Mac just nine months ago, I'd like to make a point: > I didn't make the switch casually, or easily, or without a whole lot of > thought. And after I made the move, I continued to use my Windows computer > -- running JAWS -- for some time. But I'm here to tell you that I never turn > that old thing on these days. Sure, I'll admit to having the zeal of the > recently converted, but it's not without good reason. I'm betting that > you'll be very happy with what you find. I'm writing this on my MacBook Air, > and I've got a Mac Mini in the other room operating as a music server. (I > also just got an iPod Touch, but that's another story.) Welcome! I've been > finding this to be a great group, helpful, knowledgeable, sometimes even > pretty funny. Enjoy your lurking. Howard > > Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > Dear All, > > My name is Kevin Gibbs and I should have introduced myself. I'm > > new to Mac Visionaries. My wife's interest in an iPhone, combined > > with the appearance of Snow Leopard, are just two of the reasons why > > I've taken an interest in switching from Windows to Mac. My wife is a > > long time sighted Mac user who has been trying to convert me for > > years. Unfortunately, until SL came along, I wasn't convinced I could > > function on a Mac. Now, while I'm still examining the specifics of > > certain operational situations peculiar to the music business, I've > > decided I can't wait to become a Mac user. It still may take me a > > minute to actually cough up the dough. But I definitely will. > > Meanwhile, I plan to lurk around here and learn as much as I can. > > Thanks, Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
