[gui-talk] I Pad question

[Wayne Merritt]

If you still want an iPad, I would recommend an iPad Mini, since on
the Mini, the screen size is a couple of inches smaller than the
regular iPad. If you are totally blind, then the smaller screen will
help make the device more usable for you. I don't have either iPad,
though I would love to have a Mini if anyone's willing to send me one,
:) I have seen both though and the regular iPad has lots of open
space. Another thing to consider is do you want an iPad with only wifi
or one with both wifi and cellular capabilities? If you have a home
wireless network and don't do a lot of travel outside the home, then
the wifi only might fit the bill. As for size, that depends on what
you want to do on it. I have a coworker who recently bought one of the
new iPads, but he got the 128 gig size, which is the largest and most
expensive. When he was asked what he would do with all that space, he
said, "I will use it for movies and pictures, since that's all I do on
the iPad anyway." As for me, since I already have an iPhone 5, a 16 or
32 gig iPad Mini would suit me just fine. Again, depending on what
you're doing, it doesn't take much to fill up 16 gigs. If you put a
lot of apps, books, music and pictures on there, then that 16 gigs
goes fast. If however you just have a few apps and a few other things,
then you can make it last. If you get a 16 gig, and decide later that
you want more space, you will have to buy a new 32 gig model, so
there's no expanding the 16 gig model to 32 gig.

Hth,
Wayne Merritt

On 12/9/13, Dean Martineau <dean at topdotenterprises.com> wrote:
> I would say that if you are a competent user of your screen reader, you
> probably won't surf the web as efficiently as you do with your pc.  But you
> will do so much more portably.  The reason for these tablets is
> portability.
> The iPad isn't a great productivity tool, though apparently Pages is now
> somewhat accessible, but it is a great portable tool for lighter tasks.
>
> Dean
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lloyd
> Rasmussen
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 6:05 PM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] I Pad question
>
> My personal opinions:
>
> For word processing you are still better off with a PC running Windows,
> Linux or OS/X.  I'm sure you can do plenty of writing, especially informal
> writing like e-mail, on an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, but you will
> probably
>
> want an external Bluetooth keyboard if you are doing much writing.  Of
> course you can use Siri, but then you might want to edit what it
> recognized.
>
> I think that in a few more years Windows will be on its way out, but we
> haven't quite reached that point yet.
>
> For web surfing, media playback, and many other "read-only" activities, I
> would see little disadvantage to using an iDevice.
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don H
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 8:29 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] I Pad question
>
> Have been a Windows based computer user for many many years Mostly for
> word processing and web surfing.
> Is the Apple I Pad a viable product to use for my applications?  IF so
> which model and memory level would you suggest.
> Thanks for any input.
>
>
>
>
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