Posts by NormM

[QUOTE=avatar1632;1572959]Here's a non-comprehensive list of some of the costs associated with producing anything digitally, including ebooks, but (hopefully) excluding the overlap with dead-tree versions of books (remember, this is not...

Quote: Originally Posted by nasdarq My two cents on iPad: 6. Yes it has Maps. But does it have GPS? I guess NO. Why guess? The specs are online (http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/). The 3G version has GPS.

Quote: Originally Posted by Foo2 Will the touch interface work through rubber gloves? I put my iPhone in a zip-lock bag whenever I want to use it in a wet environment (like the bath). The touch controls work perfectly well through...

Quote: Originally Posted by stumbleone This mangles the concept of “projects.” When I’m doing video work I’ll have files from a variety of applications collocated in a centralized directory: DV/AVCHD/mov video; FCE/FCP sequences;...

Quote: Originally Posted by zunx Microsoft Office inside is what is needed. Compatible with Mac, of course. And starting with PowerPoint for presentations. The standard is PowerPoint, not Keynote, even being the latter much better and...

Quote: Originally Posted by philipm One of the strengths of Kindle is anyone can publish a book. I've done one (check out my blog in my sig if curious). The tools when I used them were clunky but not too hard. If this is only open to...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism PS: You kids are unreal. Name one company that brags about the faults and hides their merits? It’s a fraken publicly traded company. Besides that, how much success do you expect in China? It’s an...

Quote: Originally Posted by maciekskontakt Because CDMA is dead end and its support time runs out. The fact of customer base for one network will not last forever. 70% of the world is not on CDMA and never has been. One US company does...

Quote: Originally Posted by oomu I would like apple to give free private-use certificate, with no access to the app store, for people for their own device. it would be free, no hotline, no app store, just you and your iphone and...

Quote: Originally Posted by DESuserIGN Will people really want to load this on a computer? On anything other than a $100 netbook? (when one arrives.) I mean I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy, but really? It seems that...