Hi Laura, Thanks so much for your feedback! This is exactly the type of information I'm interested in! Russell On 2012-03-31, at 4:12 PM, Laura wrote: > Russell, the speaker is definitely better to my ear. Any audio, including VO, > sounds crisper coming out of the iPad than it does on the iPhone. > > I do find that the iPad won't do much new that the iPhone already can't > (though there are certain apps that work better, like Zyte), but I prefer > Mail on it, and web browsing is really cool. With the bigger screen, you can > get a much better sense of how a page is laid out. > > It also has a really nice feel to it. Not that the iPhone is unattractive, > but there's just something more impressive about the iPad. The thinness and > the aluminium, probably. > > Navigating it did take a bit of getting used to. Even now, the flicking > gestures don't seem to work quite as predictably as they do on the iPhone. It > seems like it has to be a much more deliberate movement, or it gets > registered as if you're just touching the screen. But I've only had it for a > short time, and I'm sure that's just about getting familiar with the device. > > On 31 Mar 2012, at 22:32, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm thinking of getting the new iPad. I love my iMac, my iPhone 4S, and am >> really considering purchasing the iPad. I'm trying to justify the >> purchase... it's a lot of money, and, I'm wondering how happy I'll be after >> the purchase. My thoughts are that reading books in PDF format or ePub >> format on the iPad would be a much better listening experience, as I'm sure >> the iPad has a better external speaker than the iPhone. Is this true? Can >> anyone out there who has both an iPad and an iPhone comment on their >> experiences, i.e. are you glad you bought the iPad, or, did you find that >> most of what you can do on the iPad you could do on the iPhone? Truth >> please? Does VO sound better on the iPad... without using earbuds or >> headphones, I mean. >> >> Thanks for all comments. >> >> Russell> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >