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Lloyd Parsons wrote:
If you look at it for what it is, the price is more than other devices that do some of the things the iPad will do. And it will be, as the iPods are, a product in transition. There will be newer ones made with new features. As it is, this is one slick box for a reasonable price, imo. Think of it as a super iPod Touch and you'll be pretty close. Prediction, they'll sell a bazillion of them. One of them will be mine! Lloyd It is nice to see you here, Lloyd. Becca |
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In article , Becca
wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: If you look at it for what it is, the price is more than other devices that do some of the things the iPad will do. And it will be, as the iPods are, a product in transition. There will be newer ones made with new features. As it is, this is one slick box for a reasonable price, imo. Think of it as a super iPod Touch and you'll be pretty close. Prediction, they'll sell a bazillion of them. One of them will be mine! Lloyd It is nice to see you here, Lloyd. Becca Thanks Becca. I still read in the Yahoo groups, but as you know, I haven't been posting. Winter is for geeky things and music!! So when is George gonna do a 'tiny little cabin' group on the Epic? |
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Lloyd Parsons wrote:
In article , Becca wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: If you look at it for what it is, the price is more than other devices that do some of the things the iPad will do. And it will be, as the iPods are, a product in transition. There will be newer ones made with new features. As it is, this is one slick box for a reasonable price, imo. Think of it as a super iPod Touch and you'll be pretty close. Prediction, they'll sell a bazillion of them. One of them will be mine! Lloyd It is nice to see you here, Lloyd. Becca Thanks Becca. I still read in the Yahoo groups, but as you know, I haven't been posting. Winter is for geeky things and music!! So when is George gonna do a 'tiny little cabin' group on the Epic? Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for me to do a group on NCL. vbg I never say never, but it isn't in the cards any time soon. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:10:16 -0600, George Leppla
wrote: Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for me to do a group on NCL. vbg I never say never, but it isn't in the cards any time soon. Hi George, Where is your sense of adventure? g,d,& r -- Ray Goldenberg 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 Lighthouse Travel http://www.lighthousetravel.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/lighthousetravl Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ray.goldenberg |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:10:16 -0600, George Leppla
wrote: Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for me to do a group on NCL. vbg I never say never, but it isn't in the cards any time soon. My impression, from reading comments here and on CruiseCritic, is that NCL is not noticeably worse (or better) than the other mass market cruise lines. They've gone down in quality, and NCL has gone up in quality. They don't handle problems well. Is that your reason for not liking them, or is it something else? |
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Jack Hamilton wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:10:16 -0600, George Leppla wrote: Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for me to do a group on NCL. vbg I never say never, but it isn't in the cards any time soon. My impression, from reading comments here and on CruiseCritic, is that NCL is not noticeably worse (or better) than the other mass market cruise lines. They've gone down in quality, and NCL has gone up in quality. They don't handle problems well. Is that your reason for not liking them, or is it something else? The biggest reason is that I get more complaints about NCL from my customers than all the other cruise lines put together. Food quality (in the non-specialty restaurants) and service are the biggest areas of complaint. I have noted some improvement in the back-office part of the company and that was much needed... and I have also read some reviews that indicate that things might be improving on board the ships. I should go on an NCL ship to see for myself and maybe later this year, I will. There was a time when NCL was one of the top dogs in the cruise industry. Just for the sake of competition, I would love to see them improve to the point that they were comparable to Carnival, Royal Caribbean, etc. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
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George Leppla wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: In article , Becca wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: If you look at it for what it is, the price is more than other devices that do some of the things the iPad will do. And it will be, as the iPods are, a product in transition. There will be newer ones made with new features. As it is, this is one slick box for a reasonable price, imo. Think of it as a super iPod Touch and you'll be pretty close. Prediction, they'll sell a bazillion of them. One of them will be mine! Lloyd It is nice to see you here, Lloyd. Becca Thanks Becca. I still read in the Yahoo groups, but as you know, I haven't been posting. Winter is for geeky things and music!! So when is George gonna do a 'tiny little cabin' group on the Epic? Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for me to do a group on NCL. vbg I never say never, but it isn't in the cards any time soon. OK, I won't hold my breath either!! |
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Lloyd Parsons wrote:
In article , Becca wrote: It is nice to see you here, Lloyd. Becca Thanks Becca. I still read in the Yahoo groups, but as you know, I haven't been posting. Winter is for geeky things and music!! So when is George gonna do a 'tiny little cabin' group on the Epic? Many years ago George said hell would freeze over before he would cruise on Royal Caribbean. He will be cruising with about 211 people on the Oasis in October. Could he change his mind about Norwegian? You never know. :-) Becca |
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[Default] Thus spake BikeRider50 :
Charles wrote: In article , Dillon Pyron wrote: Well, we have now established that the iPad is $499 to $849. Competitive prcies with other tablets. Is it a Windblows tablet killer? Probably not. Is it a netbook killer? Quite possible. The problem is that it appears to be ARM based rather than Intel, so software built for X won't run on it. But, if it is ARM, and it also appears to be very close to the iPhone OS, there are (as of RIGHT NOW) 149,219 apps for it. A good code jockey cn write one a week. I could probably get one out every couple of months, and I haven't written "real" code in years. Almost all the 149,219 iPhone apps will run on the iPad. It does everything I need to do when traveling on a cruise or other travel and what I do with my laptop when sitting on my couch at home. Plus it will be an e-book reader. The pricing is a pleasant surprise to me. I was expecting $999. So I will be getting one. Have to decide how much memory and whether to get the Wi-Fi only version or the Wi-Fi plus 3G version. I got a few months to decide which. New adoptee. Ipad has no camera, no ability to run Flash (so most web apps won't work), a keyboard that you can't type well on, no replaceable battery, no USB port, no way to multitask, Wait for it too big to stick in a pocket, too delicate a screen and a way too small amount of memory and storage. Seems the same thing can be said for the incrediblly successful original iPhone. Stupid. It won't replace a laptop or netbook and it can't replace a phone. It's just a large sized Itouch. Netbooks don't replace notebooks. For most, same price, less performance. In some ways, they chap Intel, since they are using the Atom, which has a very low ASP and was really intended for the smart phone market. Flash. Well some insiders, on background, have said that Apple is feeling enough heat on this one that we may soon see it. But "soon" = June/July. No way it sells well, except to geeks with more money than brains. -- - dillon I am not invalid I love my country, It's my government I fear. Hey, turnabout's fair play. |
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