Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Von:Jed Rothwell … You are mistaken. … So may it be. As long as I can lend any book in any format to any friend with bookmarks and notes for the next 100 years, I can live with that. Surely Apple and Amazon give me exactly that. Reminds me of one of my favorite songs: http://www.youtube.com/

RE: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
>From Jed: > Regarding cameras, years ago I examined a 35 mm film negative and a photo > under a microscope to estimate how many "pixels" they have. That is, > individual grains with about 1 color each. I read a variety of estimates > of this on the Internet. The topic was hotly disputed by camera

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Guenter Wildgruber wrote: > Think Apple/Jobs and its strange restrictions on freedom of the word > through filtering. > Quite Orwellian, that. > You are mistaken. There are no restrictions on the books available on the iPad. It displays any book you purchase for the Kindle, or any eBook you up

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Von: Jed Rothwell An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Gesendet: 19:43 Samstag, 17.März 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def >It is not silly. Eyestrain can give you headache. It is important to make >document

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Guenter Wildgruber wrote: > > Jed, how can an enlightened person like you are, engage in such -ahem- > silly distinctions/preferences? > just wondering. > It is not silly. Eyestrain can give you headache. It is important to make documents easy to read. I have been reading a bunch of Edwardian B

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Von: Jed Rothwell An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Gesendet: 18:45 Samstag, 17.März 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def Jed, how can an enlightened person like you are, engage in such -ahem- silly distinctions

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here are some interesting microphotos of the Kindle versus IPad screen appearance and resolution: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2722 I have a 2nd gen Kindle. The 3rd gen has better contrast. I find that for reading long books, the IPad is better. Less eyestrain. Easier to flip to a different cha

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-16 Thread Jouni Valkonen
On 16 March 2012 20:52, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson < svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Go for what's cheaper to build first! It's a cinch! The iMag will come > soon enough. > > I think that iMags are coming when OLED -technology matures. With OLED's there is no need to have thick bezels, but

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: >> I fully expect that in the near future we are likely to see bigger >> versions of the iPad, one that will also contain the same level of >> high resolution. > > Actually, the next one is smaller: > > http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-manufacturers/2012/03/13/samsung-official-reported

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson < svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I fully expect that in the near future we are likely to see bigger > versions of the iPad, one that will also contain the same level of > high resolution. Actually, the next one is smaller: h