DIY Planner - O! M! G! -- iPad !! - Comments

So, yeah, I'm getting one

Tournevis — Sat, 1 May 2010 10:55:47 -0400

Since next year I will still be working at the same uni where I am currently employed, because I did not get the other shiny position, I will be getting an iPad. That way, I'll have my course docs and my keynote presentations with me, without lugging my laptop on a 2h-train ride both ways, said laptop which contains my life and my career and risking the latter every time.

I do not know yet if I'll get the wifi or 3g versions, because the rates have not yet been announced up here.

Saw that

shris — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:10:20 -0400

Hi.

Yah, I saw that rumor too. That's OK by me, though it is slightly disappointing. After playing with the iPad at BestBuy I decided it was a very very expensive pda, and a little too big to be as portable as I wanted it to be.

I *really* like the big monitor on my desk, the full size keyboard, etc. There's just really no web experience as good as a full size monitor. I'm not even as happy with my laptop screen, because it's smaller.

And as far as PDA functions go, well, I just got rid of my old palm. No replacement necessary. My life just ain't that complicated at this point. :)

Now, when the iPad rolls up with one of those spiffy little bitty thin flexible membrane type monitors AND it's touch sensitive, well...maybe. I dunno. We'll see. Give me something letter size or tabloid size that folds up into a little pouch...I would consider it. Maybe. If it's less expensive than an actual desktop/monitor combo.

shris

The iPad is the only contender.

Anne-Sophie — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:46:55 -0400

I watched the keynote speech this week. Judging by the line that formed at the Apple stores, the day the iPad went on sale, it is no hype, it works.

Let us know about any GTD or other organizing apps that could be used nicely with a dual paper/digital system.

And is there any way to print directly from iPad to printer?

A new news bit

ygor — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:23:43 -0400

Link
At the risk of sounding like I am gloating, which I try to avoid, it looks like Microsoft Courier is even less than vaporware. it just ain't!
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Nice, but...

ygor — Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:24:39 -0400

please do not track dirt across my iPad thread here. If you want to talk about another device, start another thread, please.
I will say that the presentations on your link looked impressive, but they appear to only be animated graphics.
Seems to me to be very vapourware-ish.
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Maybe not that far away

Katrina — Wed, 7 Apr 2010 23:07:15 -0400

The Smart Q V7 7" Tablet PC I mentioned above accepts doc files created from freeware designed for Palms. Good for reading fanfiction as ebooks. I don't know if it would accept any Linux software.

I suggest keeping an eye on Asus. They've done some interesting things with Linux and small computers. And there was some mention of an Asus smart pad coming out sometime soon.

As to an earlier comment re iPad being like a Tungsten Palm on steroids. It does sound like it. I still use my Tungsten T3 daily for writing, reading ebooks and small games. I wouldn't mind a bigger screen for it but not something as big as the iPad.

Courier

nextstepcourier — Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:49:29 -0400

As you can probably guess from my user name, I'm all over the Courier! The iPad just doesn't interest me - sure, it's a great device for media, but I want a notebook and that it isn't.

I started out with a home-made 3-ring organiser over 30 years ago, cutting sheets of paper to size. That led to a 'designer' hard ABS organiser at university, and then on to a Filofax in the 80s.

When Palm came out with their first device, my Filofax was retired and I've used digital ever since. I've been through any number of handhelds, smartphones, laptops, and now have an HDC TouchPro and Thinkpad laptop. I considered a LiveScribe for a while, but it's too bulky and a ballpoint pen which I refuse to use.

I've come to the realisation that I've completely moved away from the original idea of making notes on a portable media and now generally wait until I'm at my desktop or laptop. Seeing the Courier at Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digita...) made me drool, realising it's what I've been searching for since my first foray into digital note taking.

The Courier was actually my reason for registering at this site. Moving from a US Letter sized notepad to the Courier will be a 2 stage process for me. I bought an on sale DayRunner for $14, threw away the contents, and printed my own from templates found here. Paper sliced for me at OfficeMax, again from a tip found here. As I get used to writing my notes again instead of typing them, I'm getting accustomed to the smaller form factor of the DayRunner, as well as attempting to improve my handwriting - when I get my Courier I'll be set with digital storage and OCR.

Now all I have to hope for is that it's not vapourwear and Microsoft do actually make one. And don't ask me what my price point is ... trying not to think about that.

TaskPaper and Things

supenguin — Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:42:48 -0400

ygor,
I don't have an iPad yet, just a little iPod Touch. I've been really liking TaskPaper - nice, simple, you can pretty much tweak it to do just about anything as long as it can be done with plain text. The developer has a blog & they have screenshots up of what the iPad version will look like. It does syncing via a web service, not directly over Wifi, which is my only gripe with TaskPaper on the iPod Touch.

I've also heard really good stuff about Things and they do have an iPad version. I've tried the desktop version and found it was overkill for what I needed and I was WAY too tempted to spend large amounts of time fiddling.

-Kenny

Grammarian flew out of me

sporter — Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:31:07 -0400

It is "any more" of my business. "Anymore" means a future act. I may be wrong but that is what I remember.

sporter
"To fly, we must have resistance."

Vaporware is the right name for it.

Anne-Sophie — Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:20:43 -0400

Microsoft is waiting for the iPad to be on sale, it
will also buy some of the other tablets and do reverse engineering

Depending on how the iPad sells, their own version will come with
the boring look, same bugs and the best browser in the universe
stupid explorer.

I hope to be able to find a generic virtual notepad device I can load with Linux apps.
Free, always evolving, cool and much important,they work.

I want to be able to configure my stuff the way I want, and buy media from any vendor I choose, or a non-profit website for free books or share pdf documents or notes with others

We shall see...

ygor — Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:00:34 -0400

Apple was very specific about the target audience for the iPad. Microsoft does not IMO do their homework as thoroughly.
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Have you seen Microsoft Courier?

shris — Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:47:18 -0400

Hi.

I have to say, the Microsoft Courier (currently vaporware but targeted for end of year) seems a lot more in line with what folks here talk about doing than the ipad. Specifically, the 'journaling' and the ability to incorporate clips from the web and photos into said journals, commonplace books, etc.

I also like the smaller, more portable form factor and the fact that it looks like a book that closes. I do like the larger form factor of the ipad for reading web pages and books, but the courier's design features (color painter, sticky notes, etc.) seem to have a lot more of the useful stuff in there OOB (instead of in the app store).

It remains to be seen whether it actually comes out as cool as it looks right now, of course, but now I have a reason not to buy the ipad right off the bat. :)

shris

I got mine !

ygor — Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:17:09 -0400

I am typing this from it.
Schweeeeeeeet !!

When I find any GTD-ish apps, I will let y'all know.

Or I might try writing my own. :)

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Thinking of my old Palm

anon — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:22:32 -0500

I get the thought, that everything the old Palm Tungsten I still use today is now implemented in the Ipad - just a bit bigger really. I don't use the calendar as im a Paper person, but reading books and the occasional game works fine on the old device. I think it's just too pricey for the casual user and it has too many built in disabilities not to mention the "crippleware" of Apple. Not allowing the user to "own" what he has on his IPAD is just as Amazonis crippling its Kindles.

I think its time to wait for the next Generation of Manufacturers. Thanks to Apple for starting the Hype, and now lets bring on the new gadgets which actually do what we techies like.

just my 2cebts...

tret

Interesting, but ...

ygor — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:19:33 -0500

I think I will wait for the iPad.
I found the manufacturer specs here and I found it for sale for US$250 here.

I feel that the iPad will be worth the money (specs)
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O! M! G! -- iPad !!

ygor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:11:12 -0500

Is anyone else "watching" the live blog-feeds from the Apple event ?

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