We're assuming they will do Braille. That'd be neat, *if* they can pull it off and *if* Braille display makers don't push them out of the market by constantly suing.
Jane On Mar 5, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yeah don't forget it's thinner. When haptics comes out think of the screen > room you wil have for braille right there. > On Mar 5, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Cheree wrote: > >> Cheree Heppe here: >> I like the IPad, actually. >> >> I went for the I-devicees first because they open a very intuitive, easy >> entre into the Apple environment. No commands and keystroke chording and >> what seemed to me a quick start interface. >> >> In a bit, I'm ggoing to get an Air or Mac, but would have done so with much >> more trepidation if not having tried the I-devices first. >> >> As to the base measurements of a PacMate being smaller than an IPad, true, >> but that's only a single dimension. >> >> Regards, >> Cheree Heppe >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 05/03/2011, at 19:07, "David Tanner" <david.tanner...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, let's see, the iPad is clunkier to carry around than an iPhone or >>> iTouch. The iPad is almost as expensive as buying the basic MacBook Pro 13 >>> with two gigabytes of memory, and the processor in the new iPad is only a >>> 1.0 gigahert duel core processor. The MacBook Pro 13 has a lot faster >>> processor than that and so does the Ayer if you want to pay the higher >>> price for solid state memory instead of a hard drive. >>> >>> The iPad makes me think of all the blind folks that have complained about >>> the size of the PacMate QT. In fact, I don't think that the PacMate QT >>> would be as large in flat area as the iPad. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:46 PM >>> Subject: Re: macbook air vs ipad 2 >>> >>> >>> Me personally, >>> >>> If I need to get work done, I would go with a Macbook air. Its a full >>> fledged computer, and besides the added size, you will find yourself >>> bumping up against less barriers when trying to get things done. >>> Especially if you have an iPhone or iPod touch already. What are you >>> really missing in not getting an iPad? >>> >>> JMO >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Denise Avant wrote: >>> >>>> hello all, >>>> i am contemplating getting another apple device. i need something that is >>>> light to take when i travel. i was thinking of the ipad 2 because you can >>>> get pages to write with. the only problem here is that there is no port >>>> for external media like a usb drive, is there? >>>> my other alternative is that i can get the macbook air. but its a little >>>> bigger. i really don't need a screen. but i would have a port for external >>>> media. of course i would miss all of those apps you can have on the ipad. >>>> that can be negated by the fact that i have an iphone. >>>> well, i would be interested in hearing from those with the air. i know the >>>> ipad 2 is not out yet, but i'm sure there are some first generation ipad >>>> users here. >>>> thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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