Hey there Shameless: Consider yourself pushed (ok encouraged to be nice about it.:)
I have a one, and Cheree's post made me want another. Now that's disgusting!:) As for Brandt, I'd say it's well worth finding someone to go the extra kilometer to play in an apple store. I almost have a chair in ours with my name on it. :) Take care Carolyn On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Go for it! > You can always find reasons not to do something. If you can affoard it > without going in to debt, then get it. Apple has financing available too. > On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:19 AM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: > >> I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't >> justify the expense, thought I might wait for their capacity to expand, etc >> etc, but now, even that is taking a backseat to my simply wanting it for >> productivity. I use my iPhone for nearly everything, and it's now my only >> iDevice, after having sold my 3rd Gen touch last year, so what to you all >> think? Would you go for it? Reasons to, or to not? I'm really more >> interested in where the iPad will fit into your computing lives as a whole >> than anything. That, and looking for that last small push off the fence. :D >> >> >> >> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I know of in my small South >>> African backwater town. >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Brandt Steenkamp >>> >>> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >>> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >>> >>> Contact me: >>> >>> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >>> MSN: brandt...@live.com >>> Google talk/AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Cheree >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:37 AM >>> Subject: Re: O M G, it's beautiful >>> >>> Cheree Heppe here: >>> >>> Eeks. That's a bit of a distance. >>> >>> No trains, buses? Or a sighted I-device fanatic who will drive there? >>> If you thought it safe, you could advertise for a driver on craigslist. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Cheree Heppe >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 12/03/2011, at 0:06, "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Not when the nearest apple store is 250 kilometers (about 155 miles) away. >>>> >>>> Warm regards, >>>> >>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>> >>>> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >>>> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >>>> >>>> Contact me: >>>> >>>> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >>>> MSN: brandt...@live.com >>>> Google talk/AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Cheree >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:58 AM >>>> Subject: Re: O M G, it's beautiful >>>> >>>> Cheree Heppe here: >>>> >>>> That sounds very discouraging. >>>> >>>> Could you enlist the help of a friend with a car? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Cheree Heppe >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 11/03/2011, at 23:54, "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wish for one, I had an apple store near enough to me so I could get to >>>>> it, and secondly, I wish our public transport were good and safe enough >>>>> to be used by any sighted, let alone blind person! Then only might I have >>>>> a look at an iPad. >>>>> >>>>> Warm regards, >>>>> >>>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>>> >>>>> You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to >>>>> www.TheGlobalVoice.info >>>>> >>>>> Contact me: >>>>> >>>>> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >>>>> MSN: brandt...@live.com >>>>> Google talk/AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>>> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Cheree Heppe >>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:11 AM >>>>> Subject: O M G, it's beautiful >>>>> >>>>> Cheree Heppe here: >>>>> >>>>> This afternoon, I took the light rail to the Apple store to get a hands >>>>> on look at the IPad 2. >>>>> >>>>> The line for the IPad 2 was even longer than the last time, when the >>>>> first IPad was released. >>>>> >>>>> One of the mall security guards tried to warn me away with tales of the >>>>> long line and of people having to take tickets to get in to buy an IPad >>>>> 2. Undaunted, I asked the security guard to speak with one of the Apple >>>>> reps. The Apple rep knew me and I got right in. Thank you, oh, thank >>>>> you! >>>>> >>>>> The store had a bunch of IPad 2's arranged around a square table near the >>>>> front of the store. The Apple store was jam-packed, as usual, but even >>>>> more so. My little German shepherd dog guide settled herself under the >>>>> table in front of where I stood and rested quietly while various curious >>>>> IPad enthusiasts came and went and I examined the IPad 2. >>>>> >>>>> This IPad 2 looks and feels smaller, but it is actually the same outer >>>>> dimensions as its predecessor. Somebody had an IPad 1 with them and we >>>>> held the two against each other to prove that the IPad 2 was the same >>>>> outer dimensions. Where the IPad 2 is smaller is in its weight and >>>>> thickness, which is immediately noticeable, if one has handled the IPad >>>>> 1. The IPad 2's rounded edges make it seem even thinner without feeling >>>>> fragile in any way. >>>>> >>>>> There was a fellow customer examining the IPad 2 next to me on my right >>>>> and I asked him to turn on Voice Over. He was doubtful about being able >>>>> to do this at first, but I talked him through Settings to General, to >>>>> Accessibility and through engaging VoiceOver and Triple Click Home. >>>>> >>>>> Once those preliminaries were done, my newly met sighted assistant felt >>>>> more confident about playing with the IPad 2 in front of him. I told him >>>>> that all IPads have VoiceOver on them and that he could use VoiceOver to >>>>> read books to him. He sounded interested and amazed. >>>>> >>>>> In order to hear VoiceOver in the hubbub of the store, I paired my >>>>> Bluetooth ear bud with the IPad 2 in front of me. Several previous >>>>> customers had paired various phones with this IPad 2 and when I left, I >>>>> didn't unpair those, just my own gadget. >>>>> >>>>> Using VoiceOver, I looked around and found a lot more features on this >>>>> IPad 2. Maybe they loaded a few extra non-native apps on it, but I found >>>>> three pages of apps. >>>>> >>>>> After navigating to YouTube and watching the first part of the original >>>>> Star Trek's Doomsday Machine, I re-entered Settings; General; Bluetooth >>>>> and un-paired my ear bud, clicked back to the Home screen and tapped >>>>> Triple Click Home to return that particular IPad 2 to Sighted Standard >>>>> Mode. >>>>> >>>>> This IPad feels a lot faster than the IPhone 4. In fact, it feels like a >>>>> computer in its responsivity and I really can envision this device >>>>> morphing into a full fledged computer in very short order. The sighted >>>>> guy next to me thought the same thing. >>>>> >>>>> I left and took a break at the Starbuck's in the mall before heading home. >>>>> >>>>> Wow, what a gadget!! >>>>> >>>>> Even more amazing to me is my ability to get right on the IPad 2 and >>>>> navigate and perform functions correctly and independently the first >>>>> time. My only regret is that blind users still must recruit sighted >>>>> assistance to initially turn VoiceOver on in the absence of an >>>>> ITunes interface. If there were a start-up way to have VoiceOver on by >>>>> default, I would have never had to recruit my fellow IPad adventurer to >>>>> turn Accessibility on for me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Cheree Heppe >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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