bluetooth is sometimes useful and that all Apple stuff has it
Meaning you always pay for Bluetooth, regardless of need - a downside of Apple products. (Which puts the goalposts back where they were?)
Btw, thanks for clearing up the Flash thing for me grum. 🙂
All we need are food, water and shelter.
Sorry that wasn't the point I was trying to make, which was why don't you just buy whichever tablet you want instead of arguing about why you won't buy an iPad Mini?
That's gone from moving the goalposts to splitting hairs now.
Meaning you always pay for Bluetooth, regardless of need - a downside of Apple products. (Which puts the goalposts back where they were?)
Well nobody 'needs' a tablet computer at all do they - so 'need' is largely irrelevant. Personally I use bluetooth all the time so I'm not sure why having it would be a downside for me. 😕
Seeing as you are so against overpaying - why buy a tablet at all?
Btw, thanks for clearing up the Flash thing for me grum.
🙂
why buy a tablet at all?
I haven't bought a tablet.
That's gone from moving the goalposts to splitting hairs now.
We're beyond page 2 of a STW thread 🙂
I haven't bought a tablet.
😆
Are you interested in buying one? Are you sure you need it?
Are you interested in buying one? Are you sure you need it?
I looked into it, but since I don't have an iPhone with a pokey little screen I decided that I didn't 'need' one 😉
OK, so you're arguing about the relative merits of products which you neither own nor are interested in purchasing.
Hmm, maybe I should sign up to a yachting forum and offer up some of my opinions on gear.
😕
Coming soon to a forum near you: miketually talks about the latest mid range hatchback offerings from BMW, VW and Audi. (He will not be testing the Bluetooth hands free options though, sorry folks.)
🙂
The incremental cost of Bluetooth over Wifi is about 0.01$. They all come bundled on the same Silicon designed by our next door neighbour at work, CSR.....
OK, so you're arguing about the relative merits of products which you neither own nor are interested in purchasing.
My daughter will be leasing an iPad in September and I've also been involved in trials of both iOS, Android and ChromeOS devices at work.
Hmm, maybe I should sign up to a yachting forum and offer up some of my opinions on gear.
Do you work with boats?
Coming soon to a forum near you: miketually talks about the latest mid range hatchback offerings from BMW, VW and Audi.
🙂
Though that analogy would only totally work if I was a mechanic or driving instructor.
The incremental cost of Bluetooth over Wifi is about 0.01$. They all come bundled on the same Silicon designed by our next door neighbour at work, CSR.....
One cent at the factory door becomes about $50 once you slap an Apple on it though 🙂
Do you work with boats?
I've been on boats quite a few times. That's good enough I think.
Though that analogy would only totally work if I was a mechanic or driving instructor.
Or just someone who has to drive for work sometimes - like most people.
I've been on boats quite a few times. That's good enough I think.
Then [url= http://www.ybw.com/forums/index.php ]go for it[/url].
He probably won't though, unless he wants to end up looking like a nob 😆Then go for it.
He probably won't though, unless he wants to end up looking like a nob
That depends upon:
* how much he cares;
* how bored he is.
> The incremental cost of Bluetooth over Wifi is about 0.01$.One cent at the factory door becomes about $50 once you slap an Apple on it though
Says the man who claimed a non-Apple tablet costing £140 more than the iPad Mini was justified because it has a keyboard.
You can pick up a decent Bluetooth keyboard for a tenner.
Though obviously that means you'd have to use Bluetooth. 😀
Meaning you always pay for Bluetooth, regardless of need - a downside of Apple products.
You're right - my iPad has 16 Gb of storage, but I only use 15.2 Gb. Apple made me buy an extra .8 Gb regardless of the fact that I didn't need it 🙁
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE HOMEWORK!!!
£1 pad (paper) and 50p pencil or £700 iPad.
Which is it to be?
An iPad, obviously.
Says the man who claimed a non-Apple tablet costing £140 more than the iPad Mini was justified because it has a keyboard.
The ASUS Transformer has a 10" screen, doesn't it? It's also got 32GB of storage, so costs just £20 more than the equivalent iPad but you get a keyboard 🙂
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE HOMEWORK!!!
£1 pad (paper) and 50p pencil or £700 iPad.
Which is it to be?
Is the homework task distributed and handed in on the school's VLE? I find paper rubbish for upload speed.
The ASUS Transformer has a 10" screen, doesn't it? It's also got 32GB of storage, so costs just £20 more than the equivalent iPad but you get a keyboard
I don't want a keyboard.
I never use one.
But one product Apple have recently developed which does seem revolutionary, [b]yet isn't getting much attention[/b], is the new Mac Pro.
🙁
So, no-one interested in a revolutionary designed new computer then?
Apple needn't have bothered.
So, no-one interested in a revolutionary designed new computer then?
a) They announced it ages ago
b) It's a pretty high-cost niche product that's really only designed for media professionals
I'd love one but realistically I can't justify/afford it. It does look cool though.
a) They announced it ages ago
Oh.
b) It's a pretty high-cost niche product that's really only designed for media professionals
I can still use it for surfing and FB and stuff though, right?
I'd love one but realistically I can't justify/afford it.
Cost is supposedly 'from' £2500. It would need a lot of justifying!
It does look cool though.
It's tiny! A real powerful workstation computer that's genuinely 'portable'. I love the design of it, but it appears to use proprietary parts, so probably astronomically expensive to upgrade and/or maintain. Question is, whether or not other manufacturers will follow suit in terms of design, or is it just another Cube?
I don't want a keyboard.I never use one.
The beauty of Android is that you get that choice 🙂
You get that choice with Apple too - via [i]bluetooth[/i]
I can still use it for surfing and FB and stuff though, right?
Go for it!
It's also got 32GB of storage, so costs just £20 more than the equivalent iPad but you get a keyboard
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004J4B0MA ]Which you can add to the iPad for £8[/url] (if you really want one).
The beauty of Android is that you get that choice
So with the iPad I don't get a keyboard but I can easily add one if I really wanted to.
How is that [i]not[/i] a choice?
miketually - Member
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE HOMEWORK!!!
£1 pad (paper) and 50p pencil or £700 iPad.
Which is it to be?
Is the homework task distributed and handed in on the school's VLE? I find paper rubbish for upload speed.
I think you're missing the irony.
Enjoy your iPad.
You could add the keyboard to a cheaper non-iOS tablet too. For less overall cost.
I think you're missing the iRony.
An AndroidRony would be better than an iRony.
iPads are great devices, but they're not the be all and end all of tablets, though they're often presented as such. I like letting people know that there's an alternative, and that they can get pretty much all the functionality that they need for a fraction of the price.
So, if someone wants a tablet for their kids then, generally, they can spend far less for the same functionality if they don't go for an iPad. Obviously, they're welcome to spend more if they wish.
Our friends bought an iPad for the family to use. Only one of them can use the Facebook app and the others have to log in through the browser. They're worried that their son might buy things through iTunes, because everything's linked to the one account. On a Jelly Bean tablet, they could have separate accounts.
And they dropped it and the screen cracked.
I like [s]letting people know that there's an alternative, and that they can get pretty much all the functionality that they need for a fraction of the price.[/s] trying to troll people with iPads
FTFY.
Only one of them can use the Facebook app and the others have to log in through the browser.
Couldn't they just press the "Log Out" button in the app?
They're worried that their son might buy things through iTunes, because everything's linked to the one account.
So they use the Restrictions to lock that out yeah?
On a Jelly Bean tablet, they could have separate accounts.
Yeah it does annoy me that iOS expects there to only ever be one user. Multiple user accounts would be nice.
And they dropped it and the screen cracked.
Well clearly that wouldn't have happened with Android as the Android OS has a special app that hardens glass to the strength of diamonds.
I like [s]letting people know that there's an alternative, and that they can get pretty much all the functionality that they need for a fraction of the price.[/s] trying to troll people with iPads
I though I'd made that pretty obvious, didn't I?
Well clearly that wouldn't have happened with Android as the Android OS has a special app that hardens glass to the strength of diamonds.
They'd have had a slab of plastic covered in broken glass that cost them £200, instead of £300.
They'd have had a slab of plastic covered in broken glass that cost them £200, instead of £300.
Just as well they didn't buy a £600 Android then...
Multiple user accounts would be nice.
There's this icon too, which I don't think iOS has:
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Supramolecular chemistry? Or just normal molecular chemistry?
I like this one better:
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Caffeine: (C8H10N4O2)
It allows sharing of data between apps. Something Apple would never allow.
Ah. A virus and malware button. That's handy.
Do you also get free copies of these with it?
[url= https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antivirus ]AVG Anti Virus for Android[/url]
[url= http://www.zdnet.com/malwarebytes-launches-anti-virus-android-app-7000022023/ ]MalwareBytes for Android[/url]
Odd those aren't available for iOS eh? I wonder why 😀
