I like my Apple iPad Air well enough. I share your distaste for touchscreens, but Apple has managed to make them tolerable.
Touchscreens in general suffer from so many issues like failing to notice a touch (eg when typing on the virtual keyboard), reacting to a touch as if your finger was positioned in a different screen location (eg launches the wrong app), being too sensitive and registering when you didn't intend it (especially when trying to use the builtin camera camera). All these issues plague any non-Apple screen I've ever tried, mostly Android smartphones, but three generations of iPads I have used are much less prone to them. iPads never mislocate your finger touch. You don't need a phone SIM or account. WiFi is all I use. You can get a simple little SDXC adapter, though I haven't got one. I use my desktop and transfer stuff over. It charges from anything you plug its USB cable into. It's easy to clean the screen with a wipe. Even the back of your hand a shirt sleeve will do. Best to clean it with eyeglass cleaner and a microfiber cloth now and then. I use my iPad actively for tethering while shooting (instant live previews), showing folks my portfolio, and also surfing email and the web around the house. I have a few specialized apps like Nest (control the smart thermostat). I even read some ebooks and magazines on it. And I use it to stream music to a Bluetooth adapter attached to the stereo. On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:51 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I'm still not interested in a smart phone, but I have started thinking > about maybe getting a tablet or a pad to display photographs. > > 1. I want one that does NOT require me to have a cell phone account & a > data plan. WiFi is Ok. > > 2. I want one that will let me plug in a USB thumb drive & download the > photos to the tablet/pad or that will allow me to plug in a SDHC card > with the photos on it. > > 3. I want one that recharges either from a wall wart or USB (or both). > > 4. I *HATE* touchscreens, so it should be easy to clean grubby > fingerprints off the screen. > > I welcome your recommendations. > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
