Apple's new iPad - Holy Cow

[roni]

I downloaded it but have not installed it yet. Reckon I'll have to now

Kathy has it on her iPhone 4S

Now will have to learn about this iCloud stuff.

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by Sol

Last night, I upgraded my iPad. Wow...I love iOS 5. It is so cool. I like the new iTunes look.

You'll have fun discovering all the new improvements over the next few days!

Originally Posted by roni

I downloaded it but have not installed it yet. Reckon I'll have to now

You definitely should.

[roni]

Originally Posted by ryberg

You'll have fun discovering all the new improvements over the next few days!

You definitely should.

in process now

[roni]

Originally Posted by roni

in process now

Everything seems to work fine . I like tabbed browsing. Have not done any typing yet.

[MikeW]

Ordered.
I need it for work

[roni]

Originally Posted by MikeW

Ordered.
I need it for work

Get 3G or just wifi?

[MikeW]

Originally Posted by roni

Get 3G or just wifi?

3g

[MikeW]

Got it. Bought my first app, nothing exciting, "iSSH". Setup a VPN connection to the office and was able to ssh to one of my computers at the office and do a little work.

Have to get the rest of the VPN and ssh connections defined and tested. That will take a few days.

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by MikeW

Got it. Bought my first app, nothing exciting, "iSSH". Setup a VPN connection to the office and was able to ssh to one of my computers at the office and do a little work.

Have to get the rest of the VPN and ssh connections defined and tested. That will take a few days.

I don't use a bundle of apps, but a few I use a lot. Alarm clock, night light (for a flashlight when going to bed later than john so I don't wake him up when wandering around the room) skype, kobo and ibook are my faves.

[roni]

iPads appearing on stage

[roni]

Air Force Gives $9 Million Award for as Many as 18,000 IPads - Bloomberg

Air Force Gives $9 Million Award for as Many as 18,000 IPads
By Brendan McGarry - Mar 2, 2012 8:51 AM PT


The U.S. Air Force awarded a $9.36 million contract to buy as many as 18,000 Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad 2s in one of the military’s largest orders of computer tablets.

Air Mobility Command announced the award today to Executive Technology Inc., a Phoenix-based computer services company, Captain Kathleen Ferrero, a military spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview.

Taking a cue from commercial airlines, the service will use the tablets to replace the bags of paper manuals and navigation charts carried by pilots and navigators.

“Aircrews fly nonstop worldwide missions and require access to flight publications both on and off the aircraft, throughout all phases of flight,” Ferrero said in an e-mail. The so-called electronic flight bags will help crews operate more effectively and safely, and support the Pentagon’s efficiency goals, she said.
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The competition drew 24 proposals from interested companies, Ferrero said. She wouldn’t name the companies or say whether Cupertino, California-based Apple responded to the request. The command’s decision was based in part on the lowest- priced offer, she said.

“It was open to everybody,” she said. “We weren’t going to any specific vendor.”

[gingele]

iPad gives boy a voice at his bar mitzvah

ANDOVER - The 12-year-old boy sat in the synagogue, looked out at the congregation, and waved. On a day when Jewish tradition marks the transition from boy to man, Matthew Emmi smiled often and moved his hands to the music of the Hebrew songs. During prayers, he alternately slouched and sat erect.

And when it was time for him to say a prayer before the Torah, he touched the screen of an iPad.

Matthew is severely autistic and cannot read, write, or speak sentences. His family, friends, and educators never know exactly what he is thinking, but they know Matthew likes going to synagogue. He has been a regular at the Sunday service at Andover’s Temple Emanuel, where he hums, claps and smiles when Cantor Idan Irelander plays traditional Hebrew prayers on his guitar.


Several months ago, Suzanne and Michael Emmi decided their son’s autism would not prevent him from having a bar mitzvah.

“Because of the issues in his life, he’s not going to have a wedding or a high school or college graduation,’’ his mother said. “We wanted him to have that opportunity to have a special moment and shine.’’

‘We wanted him to have that opportunity to have a special moment and shine.’


After some discussion, one of Matthew’s teachers came up with an idea. Jamie Hoover, who is also the executive director of the May Center for Child Development School, met with Mathew, his family, and the temple clergy. During the meeting, she handed Mathew an iPad and after little prompting, got him to touch an icon on the screen. The iPad responded by reciting the name of his younger sister, Mia, and Matthew was delighted.

“It gave him a voice,’’ said Hoover.

The structure of the bar mitzvah was set: Matthew could essentially lead the service by touching iPad icons. School staff recorded Matthew reciting “mama’’ and “dada’’ and the names of other relatives who would be called up to the Torah. Irelander recorded blessings and Torah readings that a boy being bar mitzvahed would ordinarily recite, and e-mailed them to Hoover - who matched the prayers to icons and photographs.

“It’s quite amazing,’’ said Rabbi Robert Goldstein, of Temple Emanuel, who has known Matthew for several years. “We’re blending the most cutting-edge technology with tradition; with reading the ancient text of Torah. It’s facilitating spirituality.’’

Early yesterday morning, Matthew and his family arrived at the synagogue. After posing for photographs, he began to race around the mostly empty building - something he does often around the house, in addition to his regular routine of bouncing balls, riding a scooter, and listening to Disney and Broadway show tunes. When guests arrived, Matthew greeted them with a high-five and an enthusiastic “ha’’ - his way for saying “hi.’’

Shortly before the service, he sat at a table in between his parents, and opposite the ark, which holds the Torahs. His mother held the iPad and his father placed his hands on a laminated blue cardboard that had 30 large icons representing the parts of the service that Matthew would announce by pressing the iPad.

Shortly after Irelander began strumming the guitar with an opening blessing, Suzanne held the portable tablet in front of her son, who confidently touched the screen with his left index finger.

“Pappa,’’ came forth from the sound system. It was Matthew’s prerecorded voice, and soon his grandfather, Harvey Glass of Peabody, was standing before him with a prayer shawl, or tallis.

“This is for you. It was given to me by my grandfather,’’ said Glass, before placing it on Matthew’s shoulders.

A few minutes later Matthew pressed on an icon that resembled an ear, and the cantor’s recitation of one of Judaism’s holiest prayers - the “Sh’ma’’ - reverberated.

After he had touched the IPad many more times - alternating between index and pinky fingers - calling his parents and other relatives to the Torah, it was time for his name to be recited. Soon, Irelander’s pre-recorded voice was playing again - filling in for Matthew - as the Torah reading prayers were sung.

Matthew fidgeted, waved again to friends, and sat pensively during the chanting. Once he pushed his father’s yarmulke from his head. Mike Emmi calmly reached for the skullcap and gently placed it back on his head.

Soon Matthew’s parents were giving him their blessing.

“Matthew, you are a remarkable young man,’’ they said, turning to their son. “Continue shining the special light of your love on the world and making it a better place. That is your gift to the world, and a mighty special gift it is. We love you.’’

After the family had walked through the synagogue with the rabbi and cantor and Torah, the service was over.

Matthew seemed relieved. He began to race throughout the room and seemed to find comfort in running up a long handicapped-access ramp. After most of the people had left, he ran in between the seats several times before pausing at a banister in front of the ark.

He looked back at the few remaining people in the temple, closed his eyes and sighed.

[Brent & Kim]

Don't use the 3g feature much anymore. Use Wifi with the 4GLte MIFI. Less convenient to carry mifi in pocket...but soooo much faster. Use 3g when 4G battery runs out.

[emc]

Originally Posted by gingele

iPad gives boy a voice at his bar mitzvah

“Matthew, you are a remarkable young man,’’ they said, turning to their son. “Continue shining the special light of your love on the world and making it a better place. That is your gift to the world, and a mighty special gift it is. We love you.’’
Love this!!

[roni]

Originally Posted by emc

“Matthew, you are a remarkable young man,’’ they said, turning to their son. “Continue shining the special light of your love on the world and making it a better place. That is your gift to the world, and a mighty special gift it is. We love you.’’
Love this!!

Brought tears to my eyes. Maybe I am becoming a sentimental old fool, a likely development for someone who was a sentimental young fool.

Thanks for posting that Gingele