Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-13 Thread Charlie Doremus
ar 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
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 >>>>>

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
hink? 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
kseat 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
eir 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
>> the fence. :D >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" wrote: &

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
t;>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>&

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
e >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I know of in my small South >>>>>> African backwater town. >>>>>> >

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
f the >>>>> fence. :D >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" wrote: >>>&

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread James Mannion
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 iPho

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
t;>>>> >>>>> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:06 AM, "brandt" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I kno

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
pple 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
gt;> >>>> 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 >>&

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread carolyn Haas
ow 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 @brandtsteenk

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
k/AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com Twitter @brandtsteenkamp - Original Message - From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" To: Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:44 PM Subject: Re: O M G, it's beautiful Go for it! You can always find reasons not to do something. If you can affoard it without go

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
dt 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 >&g

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
ednesday 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: So very true. And he may see blind people differently and so-called "accessibility" features more globally now. At the very least, he is launched into the IPad user environment with a lot more confidence. It amazed me how just that one little excursion jump-started this gu

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: I couldn't tell about the actual volume of the IPad 2 speaker. There were too many celebrating Apple fans to hear the native speaker well. In the next few days, a real test should be possible. My Plantronics Voyager Pro is one, not two, like earphones and its ear listener

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Norman
Well, I have to say, that was more like an artical than a post LOL, but after sailing through your graphic, if not relevant account, you can turn on VoiceOver with iTunes when you get your own iPad, so, unless you plan to be one of them people who just goes into Apple stores, and plays round with t

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting report on the IPad 2. You said you have a bluetooth earbud, not an over the ear type? I'm interested in something that covers just one ear and is not an in the ear canal type deal, as I don't want my ear totally closed off to the outside environment. Also assuming your earbud also ha

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
That's very true Erik. I can't tell you how many times my merely being able to use an iPhone has begun great conversations with genuinely interesting, and curious people. It's a fabulous feeling to know you've educated someone yeah? Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2011,

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
Sure, but then your fellow adventurer would never have known about voiceover and how he could use it to listen to books with Ibooks. You gave something back for the convenience of having him turn on voiceover, so you could say that having to ask a sighted person sparked a valuable dialog which

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
age - > 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 fanati

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
e.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 d

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
ndt.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 beau

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Neat precis, Cheree. I have an IPod Touch and love it, but I may be getting the downstream generation of IPad at some point. I really love the thought that I can go into an Apple store, press command-f5 on any desktop, and invoke Voiceover. I have to keep from rubbing my hands together in glee i

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
: 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-11 Thread Cheree
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" 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

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-11 Thread brandt
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 sh