[ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:30:17 +0100
Just jump in Trish, it's easier than you think. Just tackle one thing at a time.
Shell.
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From: "David Russelll" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:56 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
> You are braver than I am Trish. Hope it works out for you.
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> David
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
> Sent: 22 October 2013 19:40
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
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> 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.
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> Trish.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Shell <mailto:shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:27 PM
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: APPLE DEVICES
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> 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.
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> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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