[ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:59:35 +0100
Fantastic Trish. give us a shout with any questions. The first two apps
you'll need will be the Audible one and the Kindle app. Remember you can't buy
books directly from within the app but you can buy them either from your
computer via the respective websites and also by going to the sites on your
phone via Safari which is the Apple web browser. Do you have a Braille device?
If so, which one because it may connect to the iPhone making navigation a
different and possibly easier experience.
On 22 Oct 2013, at 19:40, Trish Talbot wrote:
> 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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!
> >
> > June
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > On 22 Oct 2013, at 08:35, David Russelll wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes, I am still prevaricating over the purchase.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > On 21 Oct 2013, at 22:20, David Russelll wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Shell.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:06 PM
> > To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] CURRENT READING
> >
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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