Well I finally broke down and succumbed to peer pressure in the house and got myself an iPad. I've struggled long and hard about this, afterall I have and iMac, a Mac Book Pro and an iPhone and could not really see the relevance of yet another "i" gadget - one that needed, feeding, updating and yeah, synchronising with all the OTHER things. And besides, I am hot under the pump to upgrade my OSx on the iMac to marry with all the other "stuff"!!
Can you see BIG rolling eyeballs here at the joy that notion brings!!
But first off I have to say the iPad is fun, incredible and amazing. It would be nice though if you didn't have to use some Apple kind of software to add images and photos to it - as I'm deadly allergic to iPhoto and my version of Aperture is aeons ago and needs another $80 to "make it work" .....
One nice feature though is all the free books you can find for Kindle or iTunes and since I am going away again this week, in lieu of packing heavy library books have been able to download a few nice freebies to read .... nice thing is, no noisy page turning!!!
I recently got an iPad and it's a bit of a learning curve to figure out how to do things like get at files on Dropbox or another cloud service. And in the same boat that my Mac laptop's OS needs to go from some kind of lion to another which also means upgrading some of the software. Technology, isn't it wonderful?
Posted by: Maery Rose | June 19, 2012 at 09:31 PM
I know exactly what you are talking about...thought I didn´t neeeeed one either ,,mmmmm until I got one as a Christmas present....omg, I am in love:):) it goes everywhere with me.
Posted by: Cynthia Schelzig | June 19, 2012 at 08:11 PM
um, yeah, that page turning noise is a pain in the a**. ; )
I waited forever to upgrade to Lion and just recently did it & am so pleased. It was very easy and my laptop & desktop are both purring now when they had both become sluggish. So I recommend it. Plus it is really nice having all the devices syncing up so nicely. Also you can use iTunes to add photos and I think even Preview will work. I use Preview with my iPhone as it is so simple. Of course both are still Apple based. Have fun!
Posted by: Dori | June 18, 2012 at 06:34 PM
Ha! I laugh every time I see Kochie on Sunrise with his ipad in the crook of his arm - what for?????
I am sure the ipad will become an natural extension of your amazing creativity Marie - no doubt about it!
Posted by: Cindy Lane | June 18, 2012 at 11:13 AM
oh, but you just might miss "turning the page"
i did, when i started reading on the iPad :-)
~K
Posted by: karen burns | June 18, 2012 at 09:42 AM
I, too, have been avoiding getting an ipad. I wish they would take an sd card!
Love the painting people are doing on them............
http://suzi54241.posterous.com/robyns-peony
:-)
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | June 18, 2012 at 08:49 AM
I love the convenience of toting several books on my iPad. I don't use it for photo stuff and feel guilty about that (heck, I rarely use thew camera on my iPhone).
Posted by: joanne thieme huffman | June 18, 2012 at 07:26 AM
I love photos like these
Posted by: Chantal | June 18, 2012 at 07:17 AM
love your choice of books! have fun.
Posted by: lyle baxter | June 18, 2012 at 06:13 AM