On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 01:22 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > >> When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see >> myself >> using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too >> uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7" HTC Android tablet. >> >> The 7" form-factor is like going back to the good old days of the Apple >> Newton. Only the thinness of modern tablets is much to be desired >> compared >> to the chunkiness of the Newton! >> > > Ahah! > > So; while the iPad is a tablet computer, I suppose the iPad mini (trying > to be cutesy with the > lower case M) is a PDA. > > But . . . "Every inch an iPad" It still amazes me that parents give iPads to their young children. Whatever happened to giving them those fake 'educational' laptops from Toys-R-Us for $30 so they don't break the real computer? I expect now that this Christmas, there will be many (or mini) iPad minis under the tree for the young-uns. I personally would still opt for a less-expensive option like the Android mini: http://www.merimobiles.com/category_s/360.htm ~Roger _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
