Wow, thanks for this. I listen to this show every Sunday night on KCSm here
in the SF bay area.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Carter
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 6:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Hi,
I love Jazz and recently discovered that one of my favorite Jazz radio
programs has a live stream through Stanford University. I do not use Adobe
flash on my Mac and this stream would not play on the Mac. The stream plays
great, however, on my iPad.
For anyone who cares, the show is called "River Walk Jazz.
http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu
Robert Carter
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Robert,
When we purchased an iPad for my wife, I really didn't plan to use it that
much. We got the new iPad Mini. Like you, I now love listening to audio,
anything from music to radio streams, books and sporting events. Having
the new Radium App which allows access to XM content is wonderful. And
I'm really impressed with the battery life. Last Sunday, I had charged
our unit in the morning. My wife used it for a while before I took it
over for the afternoon football games. I'm guessing when I started using
it, the battery level may have been at around 98%. I had the unit running
non-stop for 4 hours, I made no adjustments in settings to conserve
battery life, VO was running. I checked the battery after 4 hours of
continuous use, and it was at 88%. As it ran down about 2 to 3% per
hour,I'd say this is really outstanding. The unit was in a locked state,
so perhaps that helped.
Les
On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Robert Carter <nc5rn...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the
iPad.
I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time
wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver
user any advantage.
Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department
who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite
apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on
the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed
along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down
the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open.
Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the
iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users.
I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was
nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the
iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on
either, I would choose the iPad.
Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery
runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working.
I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and
thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and
purchased the iPad Air.
I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could
only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly
the best of all for me.
Robert Carter
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, "RobH." <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote:
We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in
the
negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as
good
as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of
useage. She still likes it though.
Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in
favour
of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have
offered anything useful, so let itgo.
Rh.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not
in
terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the
interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh,
if
you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the
screen.
Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified
images
or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter.
On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the
globe. I
am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India.
I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth
investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the
iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone?
Thanks and regards
Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College
Lucknow
Sent from my iPod
Connect with me:
skype: aruni_sharma
facebook; arunisharma
twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma
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