Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-21 Thread Carol Pearson
s.com Subject: RE: getting an iPad mini Hi Ricardo, If Anthony only has an iPhone and uses it as his main home number, turning on Do Not Disturb may not be something he wishes to do if he is waiting for an important call. I got rid of my home landline as well about 3 or 4 years ago and I already de

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-21 Thread Lois Butterfield
Lois -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 7:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: getting an iPad mini Hi Ricardo, If Anthony only has an iPhone and uses it as his main home n

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-20 Thread Ricardo Walker
rge my iPhone all the time. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:15 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject:

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
ne all the time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Hi, Why not turn on do not disturb on your phone

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-20 Thread Ricardo Walker
not be interrupted by phone calls. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Paganelli > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > Many business p

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-20 Thread Anthony Vece
e - From: Lauren Simmons <mailto:simmonslaure...@gmail.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:27 PM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Yes, I agree. why would anyone use a "telephone" communications device of this nature in any other way? Besides, for tho

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-17 Thread Chuck Dean
egards, > Sieghard > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Paganelli > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > Many business people carry both a

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
or personal use especially now that a lot of people don't even have a landline any more. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-17 Thread Alan Paganelli
en Simmons To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:27 PM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Yes, I agree. why would anyone use a "telephone" communications device of this nature in any other way? Besides, for those who have lost track of the discussion, the argument

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Anthony Vece
o way in hell! > - Original Message - > From: Eric > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:09 AM > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > You could do something like Google Voice/Talkatone or forward calls to a > Skype number. However, I

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
;>>> I fully agree. Why would people within the last 10 years or so invest in >>>> huge LCD and plasma TVs then want to watch videos on some of the smaller >>>> screens out there EG: Apple cell phones? I of course realize current >>>> hand held devices are meant t

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ll phone is at the bottom of the feature list nowadays. LS ----- Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini This is how I feel, but most sighted people are going to want something more than 4 or 5 inche

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
the feature list >> nowadays. >> >> LS >> >> ----- Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" >> >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:33 AM >> Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini >> >> >>> This is how

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
sk from technological perspective. >> (Smile). After all, couldn't someone ask the converse of an iPhone: Why >> would anyone want a tiny 4 inch TV? >> >> LS >> >> - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" >> To: >> S

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:33 PM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini I'm not sure where y'all are getting this info that sighted people aren't watching videos on their iPhones. I haven't found any statistics pointing to this my

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Paganelli
Thanks for this! - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:35 AM Subject: RE: getting an iPad mini Hi Alan, If you get a 3G/LTE model and a data plan you can easily make it into a cell phone by using an

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Chuck Dean
I listen to a lot of tv using a Slingbox and the Slingplayer app on my iPhone. It has an audio only mode which reduces data and battery usage. I also watch a lot of tv on my iPad mini. When I lie in bed, I rest the mini on my chest... I can see the screen better than any giant screen tv. Of course

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
re meant to be carried around, but their original purpose of being a cell phone is at the bottom of the feature list nowadays. LS - Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini This is how I feel, but mo

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
being a cell phone is at the bottom of the feature list nowadays. LS - Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini This is how I feel, but most sighted people are going to want something more t

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:35 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Many of the same arguments were made when Samsung came out with the Note. Now the Note isn't even the largest smart phone out there. Using the speaker phone option, or a headset, you wouldn't need to hold it next to yo

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
ot; To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:05 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini I can see where Magic Jack and/or Talkatone would work with a Bluetooth headset so you aren't exactly having to hold an 8 inch slab of glass on your face. -- Raul A. Gallegos If you "Friend Request"

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
recall but this discussion centered around the iPad mini--hence the subject line, which is not all that heavy, and I'm a small thin woman. LS - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:51 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini lo

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On May 16, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Lauren Simmons >> wrote: >> >>> Why not? Doesn't seem like too much to ask from technological perspective. >>> (Smile). After all, couldn't someone ask the c

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
:simmonslaure...@gmail.com> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> *Sent:* Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:11 AM *Subject:* Re: getting an iPad mini Why not? Doesn't seem like too much to ask from technological perspective. (Smile). After al

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Paganelli
are you out of your mind shtick, I kind of sort of got the feeling the answer might be a resounding no way in hell! - Original Message - From: Eric To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:09 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini You could do somethi

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Skype. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini I think I'd like the mini much better if it was also a

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Paganelli
do Walker" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > You want a 8 inch cellphone? > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On May 15, 2013, at 8:53 PM,

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Paganelli
ing to iPhone Life Magazine, I'm not alone. > - Original Message - > From: Rick Alfaro > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:45 PM > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > I can barrel along pretty quickly with Fleksy as

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
o:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Caron Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Lois, Where did you see this price? Best price I've seen was on Blind Bargains for $299.00. I've never seen a new one for les

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ll, couldn't someone ask the converse of an iPhone: Why would anyone want a tiny 4 inch TV? LS - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini You want a 8 inch cellphone? Ricardo Wa

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
ant a tiny 4 inch TV? LS - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:55 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini You want a 8 inch cellphone? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 15, 2013

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
ke too much to ask from technological perspective. > (Smile). After all, couldn't someone ask the converse of an iPhone: Why would > anyone want a tiny 4 inch TV? > > LS > > - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" > To: > Sent: Thur

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
4:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Lois, Where did you see this price? Best price I've seen was on Blind Bargains for $299.00. I've never seen a new one for less. I also plan to eventually get either a mini or full sized iPad but am waiting

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread RobH!
hursday, May 16, 2013 1:11 PM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Why not? Doesn't seem like too much to ask from technological perspective. (Smile). After all, couldn't someone ask the converse of an iPhone: Why would anyone want a tiny 4 inch TV? LS - Original Message - From: &q

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread RobH!
OOh dear, no, a phone that big owuld be,... well, cumbersome to say the least. I know osmeo f the droid tablets are going that way, but nothing like that big. - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:55 PM Subject: Re: getting an

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Lauren Simmons
2013 4:55 AM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini You want a 8 inch cellphone? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 15, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Alan Paganelli wrote: I think I'd like the mini much better if it was also a cell phone.

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Eric
iPhone Life Magazine, I'm not alone. > - Original Message - > From: Rick Alfaro > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:45 PM > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > I can barrel along pretty quickly with Fleksy as well but get tired of >

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
#x27;m not alone. > - Original Message - > From: Rick Alfaro > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:45 PM > Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini > > I can barrel along pretty quickly with Fleksy as well but get tired of > the copy and paste th

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Rick, thanks for that suggestion and link. It happens that I am a proud Prime member. You are not the first to suggest it. I wish the reviews were a bit better, but reviews aren't always everything. Especially when someone complains that the keys are a bit small. Hello? It's a Bluetooth Keyboar

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Personal
It's Sufficient for VoiceOver users Aaron Linson Once an Eagle Always an Eagle On May 15, 2013, at 6:43 PM, "Eric SS" wrote: > Stretching the topic a bit, what is your feeling re: getting a mini now or > waiting until June, November, whenever for the potential new device. Then, > if the change

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Paganelli
I think I'd like the mini much better if it was also a cell phone. According to iPhone Life Magazine, I'm not alone. - Original Message - From: Rick Alfaro To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:45 PM Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini I

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Stacey Robinson
Raul, I'm sure you'll love the iPad mini. I got one for Christmas and they're very nice. On May 15, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Hey folks. Just thought I'd share with the group that I'm getting an iPad > mini. Uncle Sam was generous this year with the tax return and so I am able

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi Eric, that is an excellent question. Since I can do this now and since I'm ok with spending what I did on the current mini, I figured, why not? Plus I really need it for training purposes. As for waiting, I am taking that risk that something newer and better will come out in June, making the

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
I paid $450 for the wi-fi 64 gb one. -- Raul A. Gallegos I don't think I could kill someone. Let's face it, the closest I've got to murder is holding an Oreo under the milk until the bubbles stop. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 5/15/2013 7:28 PM, Tina Murphy wrote: I

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I'm getting the 64 gb model. So, I don't think that one is $250. However that is not a bad price for the 16gb model. -- Raul A. Gallegos Just witnessed an ant crawl under one of my keys. Don't worry, It's under CTRL. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 5/15/2013 5:55 P

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Tina Murphy
If you haven't bought your Mini yet, I've seen a couple refurbished ones on the Apple site. If I didn't have one already, I'd buy the Verizon one they have on that site. Tina ** Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth an

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Lois Butterfield
ay 15, 2013 7:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting an iPad mini Lois, Where did you see this price? Best price I've seen was on Blind Bargains for $299.00. I've never seen a new one for less. I also plan to eventually get either a mini or full sized iPad but a

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Eric Caron
Lois, Where did you see this price? Best price I've seen was on Blind Bargains for $299.00. I've never seen a new one for less. I also plan to eventually get either a mini or full sized iPad but am waiting for a bit longer to see what news arrives next month. Eric Caron On May 15,

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Thats a tough one. You are smack in the middle of the refresh cycle, with the iPad mini being released last November. I would say, if you are in no great need of a tablet, you should wait if possible. I say this for 2 reasons, with the more limited processor and RAM in the mini compared to th

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Lois Butterfield
I hope you're getting a good buy. I saw them on sale today for around $250. Lois -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:35 PM To: ViPhone List Subject: getting an iPad mini Hey fo

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Chuck Dean
Personally, I am happy with my iPad mini. The retina screen doesn't mean much to me with my limited vision, and the mini is plenty fast for what I use it for. Chuck Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze any tie ping or spelin airors. On May 15, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Eric SS wrote: > Stretching the topic

RE: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Eric SS
Stretching the topic a bit, what is your feeling re: getting a mini now or waiting until June, November, whenever for the potential new device. Then, if the changes are only in the screen and possibly upgrading the processor, would you think it worth waiting or is the current device sufficient for

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Rick Alfaro
I can barrel along pretty quickly with Fleksy as well but get tired of the copy and paste thing which of course isn't Fleksy's fault. Having this keyboard right there and available is worth the price IMHO. Best, Rick alfaro On 5/15/2013 5:10 PM, Chuck Dean wrote: I use Fleksy on my mini an

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Chuck Dean
I use Fleksy on my mini and I can type faster than on a regular keyboard...but I am a terrible typist. Chuck On May 15, 1:47 pm, Rick Alfaro wrote: > Raul, > > If you can stretch the budget a bit and want a really nice keyboard case > for the Mini, check out the Logitech Folio Keyboard case for t

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Rick Alfaro
Raul, If you can stretch the budget a bit and want a really nice keyboard case for the Mini, check out the Logitech Folio Keyboard case for the iPad mini. I received mine a few days ago and it's fantastic. Logitech has found a way to give you a full keyboard typing experience while still ke

Re: getting an iPad mini

2013-05-15 Thread Jane
Hi Raul. I think you will love typing on the iPad Mini compared to the iPhone. Granted, I haven't had an iPhone ever, but I had an iPod 4Th gen for a while before my husband inherited it. I don't know how they did it, given the screen size, but you'll be able to type almost like you do on a ful