[ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:40:25 +0100
It's coincidental that this topic has been revived today, as yesterday I did
it! I bit the bullet and bought an iphone. Now all I have to do is to learn
how to use it, a prospect which fills me half with excitement, half with
apprehension.
Trish.
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From: Shell
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:27 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
It may be worth seeing if you can go to a shop and try some out first. I am
the opposite to Ian, we have an Ipad and I have an Iphone and I find I don't
like the big screne because each icon is so far apart. On the smaller phone I
find I can find my way round so much more quickly as everything is close up. So
It's obviously personal preference.
Shell.
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From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:10 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
> I'm seriously thinking of an ipad, though my husband thinks the ipad mini
> would do just as well. Our son however thinks that I would get frustrated
> with it as the speed of the ipad isn't there on the mini. Having not really
> looked at the prive yet, I was surprised to read these figures, Ian. I
> thought the ipad mini wasn't much more than £350 brand new. Perhaps, as
> usual, I'm getting my wires crossed!
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> June
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 22 October 2013 08:58
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] APPLE DEVICES
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> Going back to that discussion and speaking now with the experience of having
> used one, I'd seriously recommend an iPad particularly for those people who
> are not interested in the communication functions such as texting and
> phoning offered by the iPhone. the screen at 9 inches is much easier to
> navigate especially for those people not used to working with a touch
> screen. for some reason there appear to be a fair number of Apple devices
> up for sale on the Recycleit second hand list just now though you do have to
> be a bit careful over price. Just yesterday, for instance, there were two
> iPad minis one at £350, the other at £240. There were differences between
> them but not enough to justify that price difference. If anyone spots
> anything and would like to run questions by me, pleas feel free.
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> On 22 Oct 2013, at 08:35, David Russelll wrote:
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> Yes, I am still prevaricating over the purchase.
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 22 October 2013 08:31
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
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> Hi dave, I'll look out the Newman on Amazon and give it a go. One advantage
> of the app over the Kindle hardware is that you can read at higher speed
> with the app as I may have mentioned before.
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> On 21 Oct 2013, at 22:20, David Russelll wrote:
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> I am in the process of reading a couple of long books. I finished the 700
> page Elizabeth George which was tedious, am enjoying the 900 page Beatles
> book and am also reading the G F Newman which is 700 pages. That is pretty
> good, being rather like Eastenders set in the fifties. Not that I watch or
> like Eastenders. In this there are fictional characters mixed up with real
> ones such as the Krays. It is rather slow going on the Kindle but I am
> enjoying it.
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> David
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx%5d> On Behalf Of Shell
> Sent: 21 October 2013 21:41
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
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> Hi Steve,
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> Pig Island is the only Mo Hayder book that I have disliked and I really
> didn't like it. It gets sillier the longer it goes on IMHO. I've really
> liked all the others I've read, particularly Tokyo.
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> As for Minette Walters, I loved all her early books up to The Breaker and
> then I went off her all together. The Sculptress is one of her best.
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> I have had The Tenth Circle on my TBR list for ages. Will be interested to
> know if you think it's worth it by the end.
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> Shell.
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> From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:06 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] CURRENT READING
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>> Hi all
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>> At present I am reading a Mo Hayder non-Caffery novel. It hasn't gelled
> with
>> me yet. It is called Pig Island and is about a religious community on a
>> Scottish Island that has gone awry. One problem is the reader who has a
>> Liverpool-ish accent but I assume all the characters are supposed to be
>> Scottish. Now I could have got away with a received English accent but the
>> Liverpool doesn't sound acceptable with Scottih idioms.
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>> I am also reading minette Walters' Sculptress. I think this was her second
>> novel and it is proving to be very good. As usual she has a selection of
>> rather dark characters and rather strange actions but it is working for
> me.
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>> Finally, I have gone back to try to finish the Tenth Circle. I stopped
>> reading about half way through because I was finding it rather depressing.
> A
>> few pages later the emphasis has shifted rather and I think I am going to
> be
>> able to finish it.
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>> Steve
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