Comments on: i just read about the new apple tablet… http://mayalassiter.com/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/ tracking the wild novelist in her native habitat (bring chocolate) Wed, 23 May 2012 18:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: maya http://mayalassiter.com/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-4492 maya Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:12:40 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/#comment-4492 I've written on my tiny ipod touch, typing on a 10 inch screen will be a dream. I bet scrivener comes up with an awesome app for it. I'm glad to hear you are a scrivener convert! I love that program with a fierceness that astonishes. I think what you've got to remember is that at the moment, the IP-ud is just a vessel. There are a million apps in the app store that makes the ipod touch so universally useful. There will be that many for the IP-ad, too, I betcha. Right now it is just a gorgeous piece of potential, if you ask me. They've started with the drawing program and iBooks, etc, but the real thing will in a year when the developers have had a chance to reinvent it. I’ve written on my tiny ipod touch, typing on a 10 inch screen will be a dream. I bet scrivener comes up with an awesome app for it. I’m glad to hear you are a scrivener convert! I love that program with a fierceness that astonishes. I think what you’ve got to remember is that at the moment, the IP-ud is just a vessel. There are a million apps in the app store that makes the ipod touch so universally useful. There will be that many for the IP-ad, too, I betcha. Right now it is just a gorgeous piece of potential, if you ask me. They’ve started with the drawing program and iBooks, etc, but the real thing will in a year when the developers have had a chance to reinvent it.

]]> By: Luc Reid http://mayalassiter.com/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-4485 Luc Reid Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:19:27 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/#comment-4485 Agreed on the name. Maybe it would help to pronounce it "IP-ud"? And I can definitely groove on the reading thing, except that most of the books I read are either ones I already own or come from the library, so it may not be useful to me for that. As for content creation, do you really want to type on a screen? That sounds uncomfortable. And will it run Scrivener? A writing machine needs to run Scrivener (or be one step up from a clay tablet, like my beloved Alphasmart). Agreed on the name. Maybe it would help to pronounce it “IP-ud”?

And I can definitely groove on the reading thing, except that most of the books I read are either ones I already own or come from the library, so it may not be useful to me for that. As for content creation, do you really want to type on a screen? That sounds uncomfortable. And will it run Scrivener? A writing machine needs to run Scrivener (or be one step up from a clay tablet, like my beloved Alphasmart).

]]> By: Mom http://mayalassiter.com/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-4479 Mom Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:12:14 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2010/01/i-just-read-about-the-new-apple-tablet/#comment-4479 This sounds interesting, but too complicated for me. I'm going to continue to buy my books for 50 cents from the thrift store. This sounds interesting, but too complicated for me. I’m going to continue to buy my books for 50 cents from the thrift store.

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