Hi, I am surprised that you feel that the iPad is over priced. It seems to me that Apple has really made a place for themselves in the lower priced devices with the introduction of the iPad. I personally think the price is impressive.
Robert Carter On Apr 6, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Cody wrote: > I think the idea is awesome in terms of accessibility and apple will > certainly get praises for that which they deserve, however I think the > product itself is a rip off. sure, it's $499, but then they plan to rape you > at the app counter, so yeah it's accessible alright, but is it worth a place > in your walet? We sometimes let accessibility over power our budgets because > we see something and think, wow, gotta have that one. > > Cody > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansm...@bryansmart.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:59 PM > Subject: Used an iPad today > > > I'd ordered the 3G model, so will be waiting a few more weeks yet, but I had > some time to play with a WiFi model today. > > Generally, it's an iPhone. However, besides the screen size being increased, > the interface has increased in complexity, also. Apple is certainly using the > extra space to expand on what is possible with an iPhone type touch interface. > > It took me only very little time to discover that portrait mode (which lots > of sighted users select), is probably not the best for a blind person. When > you're working with two hands, having more horizontal room seems to make more > of a difference when navigating. Fortunately, it is a snap to try either way > to see what works for you. > > I absolutely agree with the posters that were talking about the horrible > oversight about the back plate of the iPad. It is almost nothing but shiny > aluminum. You're supposed to be able to set the iPad on a table to use it, > but I promise, the first time that you place it on any table that isn't > absolutely clear of small dirt particles, you'll pic it up to discover that > the slight motion of you pushing and sliding the iPad has ground the dirt > particles in to the back, and scratched the hell out of your shiny aluminum > back plate. Of course, you can buy the case to fix that. the case is a type > of thin and stiff coated particle board that feels a lot like a traditional > print notebook. One side snugly holds the iPad, and the other side is a flap > that covers the iPad screen when closed. I suppose that most people will want > the case to protect the screen when traveling, anyway. If you go without the > case, though, you are absolutely asking for it. Apple could have put > something on the back to make the iPad more stable. Maybe not rubber feet, > but they could have gone with a felt square in the center, a stylized strip > of some high friction material, etc. The curved back will insure that the > iPad wobbles on the table, and the glossy case will absolutely scratch. > > VoiceOver sounded about the same, and responded with the same speed, pretty > much. The speaker was very clear. Didn't get to play music with it, but I > hear the bass is poor. Still, speech is pretty good through the built-in > speakers. > > However, it seemed to me that iPad programs opened more slowly than on the > iPhone. Maybe there is more information to load? However, with more memory > and a faster processor, I wasn't expecting that. > > I wasn't dramatically blown away by the applications that were available on > it, but working with a big talking touch screen interface started me dreaming > about things that *could* be accomplished with a device like that. Many > people might not need the iPad for web surfing or checking e-mail, but I > think that, eventually, there will be some very unique uses for the iPad. > > Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
