Read a map?!?!? Who reads a map anymore (unless it's an electronic one)? And paper maps can't route you, can't speak directions to you while you are following the route, or even tell you where you actually are!If I want a picture, I have a very nice SLR. If I want the internet, I use this computer. If I want to listen to music, I turn on the stereo. And if I want to know where I'm going, I know how to read a map.
Um, a couple of hours at most maybe? At least for the iPad.It's just that I am not sufficiently interested to invest the time to learn to use it.
My relatives all have iPhones and iPads. I have tried the iPad, and thought it was good. I more likely get an iPad before an iPhone.Um, a couple of hours at most maybe? At least for the iPad.
I now use it for a huge number of things every day. I know it's tough to understand for folks who don't have one, but it's extraordinarily useful.
On the phone - we have an "old technology" [i.e. not smart] cell phones too, which we prefer to keep simple. They stay on, because we don't have a land line.I have a cell phone, which, like Gumby's, is usually not turned on, and only my wife would call me on that phone, if there is a need for me to know to turn it on beforehand. I cannot even recall its number right now.
When I use a computer, I like my fast and big quad-core desktop with a few terabytes of HD storage, and linked to a server of a few more TBs. And when I want to surf reclining in bed, I have my laptop. When I do RV'ing and use GPS, I want to see the map on a netbook which has a much larger screen than little portable GPS's (I do have a pocket and waterproof GPS for hiking).
I was never a multi-tasking person, therefore my [-]toys[/-] tools reflect that. I like single-use tools.
This does seem to be getting outrageous. I'm hoping this is a "last gasp". Doesn't seem like they can keep charging that much for data plans because there are lots of alternatives. I guess a lot of people like to use their phone for data. Fortunately, I have never felt the need. [I don't text on my old-tech cellphone either]Although computers keep getting faster and cheaper, it seems like cell phones (smartphones) keep getting more expensive. AT&T's voice + data is actually more expensive now then when I got my first smartphone (treo) years ago and it's no longer unlimited.
Oh, congrats!PS. Another reason I am more interested in the iPad than I used to be was that I have stopped working, and will be strictly a "media consumer". As I no longer need to lug a laptop for work travel (to run both software bought and self-written), an iPad looks more attractive.
. . . paper maps can't route you, can't speak directions to you while you are following the route, or even tell you where you actually are!
You failed to mention your two cans and string back-up communication system...I'll also still have my telephones at home -- 4 incredibly rugged and simple rotary dial phones, one touch tone.
You failed to mention your two cans and string back-up communication system...
Oops, I forgot. You Navy guys went stringless long ago...Semaphore flags, actually.
This article in the WSJ really puts what people are spending on phones in perspective:
Cellphones Are Eating the Family Budget - WSJ.com
In the mid-late 90s I noticed Italy had WAY more cell phones than the US. It was the first time I had really experienced people constantly on their cellphones at a trade show.
I was informed that Italy had more cell phones because their landlines were so bad/unreliable. Maybe it was the same case in Spain?