You have the Mini summed up at its best here, you go for it, even a 2nd hand one, cheaper, but still just as good. Battery life is its other great thing for indoor use, keep the phone battery for phone and outdoor things.
Didn't keep it long enough to know how well mBraille got fixed to work on it. I had ooTunes on it for all the foreign radio, Bogotar and around there; love that music! RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerr...@gmail.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:32 PM Subject: Re: This might seem like a strange question about ipad mini vs iphone HI all. I have thought at times about getting an iPad Mini. For me, since I have a hearing loss, the larger speakers would be a definite plus to having either the Pad or the Mini. Also, my wife would benefit from the larger screen since she has to squint lots of times to be able to read the smaller iPhone screen. Granted, she has a 5C but still. I am totally blind and if I were to get a iPad, I would not get the largest iPad. That is too much empty space for me to navigate. I could better navigate the Mini's screen size. That seems like more of a happy medium for me between the phone and the largest iPad. In my case, I would probably use a Mini for listening to books, music and other entertainment things, where my iPhone is my go-to communication device. My wife would use it for the larger screen to play all her games. Wayne On 7/28/14, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have iPad mini, ipad4, and iphone5. I absolutely love my iPad mini. >> I use my iPad mini as my primary device, and yes, thats greater than what >> i would use on my MacBook Air, or my laptop pc. >> I use it for almost everything and anything, from web browsing, emailing, >> ereading, skype, gaming, just praticlely anything but phoning. >> I think all those ideas of bigger screen need bigger movement on how you >> perform a jestures are wrong. Yes, it is true for some drag and drop >> case, >> moving from one point of the screen to another, but the jestues on the >> ipad is as easy as the phone. >> Also, if you are one who type quite comfortably on a touch screen, >> without >> any external keyboard, you will more than likely to find that typing on >> iPad mini is easier, than typing on the phone or the full size ipads. >> I'm an absolute power user, like i said, as its my primary device. >> However, i only need to charge it every 2 to 3 days, and thats with like >> 30% to 40% left on my battery. >> As far as the keyboard case is concern, you can get some keyboard case >> that is like a book folio, where you have the keyboard on the left, and >> the ipad on the right. in this setting, more than likely or not you will >> have your ipad on landscape mode. >> I usually have my ipad lock on >> Joanne Chua >> The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion.Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 >> Candidate >> Send from my iPad >> >>> On 29 Jul 2014, at 4:02, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." >>> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm curious about these keyboard covers or cases for iPads and iPad >>> Minis. How exactly is the keyboard incorporated into the case? I keep >>> imagining a keyboard hardware over the lower part of the screen, but >>> this >>> can't be the case, can it? Is the keyboard on the inside of the flap >>> that >>> covers the screen when closed? Doesn't this run the risk of damaging the >>> screen? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for an explanation. Keith >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Rick Alfaro >>> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:51 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: This might seem like a strange question about ipad mini vs >>> iphone >>> >>> This is actually a good point if you plan to use the mini as a sort of >>> laptop. Because of the larger size, the keyboard covers you can get for >>> them are very nice because they can accomidate a larger keyboard that >>> are >>> usually very comfortable to type on just like a laptop. In this sense, >>> the mini works very well and so does the regular full size iPad. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Rick Alfaro >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >>> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:35 AM >>> To: viphone >>> Subject: Re: This might seem like a strange question about ipad mini vs >>> iphone >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just came back from a trip to Las Vegas where I left my Macbook pro >>> behind, and brought my iPad mini with me. I have a logitech folio >>> keyboard case for it. I only use the keyboard when typing not so much >>> for navigating. This setup worked extremely well for me. For starters, >>> the battery life. It was nice going 3 days on a single charge, and >>> thats >>> after hard use. Video streaming, ebook reading, music streaming, web >>> browsing, etc. During that same time, I was recharging my iPhone >>> sometimes twice a day. >>> >>> As far as the gestures go, since the screen is larger, some might feel >>> their gestures need to be larger as well. This is definitely not the >>> case. moving your finger left, right, up or down is more than enough to >>> do the trick for navigating on an iPad. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>> www.appletothecore.info >>> >>>> On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:01 AM, Krister Ekstrom >>>> <kris...@kristersplace.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone. Long ago i had an IPad first generation and even an IPad >>>> 2nd generation but we never became friends. Every time i tried to do a >>>> swiping gesture, the ipad thought i wanted to go down a row or >>>> something. Now i'm not good at going in totally streight lines so that >>>> may likely have caused this issue, so i sold the pads. Now however i'm >>>> thinking of getting myself one of these Mini retina thingimajigs, but >>>> i'm also thinking why would i want an ipad in the first place, so >>>> that's >>>> the question i ask you. What if anything do you iphone and ipad owners >>>> use one device for and not the other? What works better on a pad then >>>> on >>>> a phone or vice versa? Is a Mini really easier to navigate than an Air >>>> or the like? >>>> Thanks for any answer. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >>>> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>>> you >>>> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>>> or >>>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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