Bestwifeever
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Just go retro--get a cheap little Garmin or Tomtom for your navigation needs and take the non-3g iPad out of the process.
Bestwifeever said:Just go retro--get a cheap little Garmin or Tomtom for your navigation needs and take the non-3g iPad out of the process.
You can perhaps save a screen of something like Google Maps from a desktop, as a PDF, and load it onto something like iBooks or some other app. Which will open PDF files.
You can even zoom in and out but it will be pixelated as you zoom in. You can take a series of screen shots at different zoom levels to show more detail.
Even without a GPS chip, iPad may be able to give a good approximation from wifi networks.
For instance I have a wifi iPad 3 and it gives a pretty good location from my wifi network and those of my neighbors. That is how Find My iPhone tracks iPads, iPod Touches, even MacBook pros.
I'm trying all of these options, and we'll see how connectivity works between Houston & San Antonio. It's only a few inches apart on the map-- how hard could WiFi coverage be? But I'll also have old-fashioned hard-copy analog charts to plot a hand DR if necessary.Or you could take the screenshots of maps from any ipad mapping app - the screenshots automatically are saved as photos on the iPad. Just hold down the power and home buttons at the same time for a few seconds and the screenshot is saved in photos.
She must be rough on them - my kid's & DW's 4 ibook/mac-book/mac-book-pro have lasted longer than that w/o many problems (one MBP is just 2.5 years old). They are careful with them, not a scratch on them.However my downfall was... our daughter. Her Macbook has taken a huge beating over the last three years of high school & college, and it's already on its second (third?) hard drive. The clamshell magnets no longer automatically put the laptop to sleep when you close the case, and the battery is running awfully hot. It still works, but it's on the warning track. ...
I'm seeing 16GB iPad2s for $275-$300 around here. I doubt I'll find a cherry deal like the last one, but I'll do "good enough". Maybe the latest iPads/minis are driving prices down, or maybe people are raising cash for Black Friday shopping.So you're looking for another one?
iPad Mini has better camera and Siri. And maybe by spring they will have a new model and drop the iPad 3 to the price of the iPad 2. Or further drive down the prices of used iPads.
Also there have to be cheaper keyboards. They may not come in clamshell cases though. I did see a Philips or one of these cheap brands at CVS for $30 once.
Thanks-- I have an old router laying around but $20 is a great price. I bet it's a lot lighter than packing 100' of CAT-5 Ethernet cable, too...For about $20, I bought a nano router, a tiny box that plugs into the Ethernet connection in a hotel room and creates a wifi network I can use with my iPad.
Simple to set up and basically bulletproof.
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While we were waiting at the airport for the flight home I stopped by the Brookstone store where this whole idea got started six weeks ago. Their keyboard/case is $150+tax, a bit more than the Logitech keyboard + iPad2 case. Functionally they were about the same, but I like the way that the Logitech keyboard is the same size as the iPad screen-- the two of them form a nice clamshell when you close them. The Brookstone case has a sheet of metal for the keyboard's magnetic feet, so it's heavier.
The only thing I miss is the "PgUp", "PgDown", "Home", and "End" keys that I have on my laptop & desktop. But I was learning to live without them.Based on your experience, I bought the Logitech wireless keyboard on Amazon (on sale). I like it a lot. The clamshell design is a plus and the keyboard is very functional.
Nords said:I apparently was adapting to the iPad faster than I thought. I'm still reaching out to touch the screen on my desktop, which just puts fingerprints on it.
I apparently was adapting to the iPad faster than I thought. I'm still reaching out to touch the screen on my desktop, which just puts fingerprints on it.
I confess, I am one of those bed iPad people. It comes with its own nightlight! You know what I mean. Good for waking up in the middle of the night and reading a bit, although that seems like a bad habit.
My charger is on my nightstand for a good reason!
I'll be one of those people. The page size of a PDF fits on the screen in a font that I can easily see with reading glasses.IThe advantage of the iPad is that you hold it in your hands, while sitting back in couch or lying in bad. I recall a survey someone cited where they saw peak usage of iPad right around when people went to bed and in the morning when people would wake up. So a lot of people have it bedside.
+1
And I agree with explanade , a MacBook Air is a good choice for on the road computing. Not cheap though!
I believe eBooks are formatted so that each page will be consistent across apps, devices, maybe to the book.
PDFs are not formatted so the page breaks may be all over the place.