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Edgar Inocentes
Senior Member Username: Traveler88
Post Number: 560 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 209.242.132.226
| Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 09:43 pm: | |
Asus is coming out with a "pad" of their own. If you're not in a hurry, I would wait for the next generation of iPad or check other manufacturers who will be producing their own competing products. |
R. Gardner
Member Username: Gardner
Post Number: 7 Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 24.143.108.212
| Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 02:30 pm: | |
Our last trip was half wifi and half network connection. Also being old fashion we like to type emails, etc. on a key board. |
Zee Ty
New member Username: Zed350
Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2010 Posted From: 64.77.234.237
| Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 05:12 am: | |
Netbook is cheaper and has more use than iPad. I see iPad as a status symbol only. I mean if you only have $500, are you going to buy a very good netbook or you going to get an entry level iPad? But if you already have a netbook and some money to burn then yes iPad is nice. |
Phyllis DeLancey
Senior Member Username: Phyllis
Post Number: 2739 Registered: 06-2003
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 12:32 am: | |
I did use it on the ship and it was fine. The ships are soooooooooooo slow that I only use the free minutes I have. When we were in port, we would go to a local free place to use it. |
William Yates
Advanced Member Username: Byates
Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 09:21 pm: | |
Phyllis, I think you said on the board that you cruised across the atlantic this spring. Did you use the netbook on the crossing? How did it work on the ship? |
E.L.Fink
Intermediate Member Username: Yahootie
Post Number: 111 Registered: 08-2009
| Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 06:48 pm: | |
I use WWAN all the time now. It is a notebook, HP Mini, 11 G memory disk. Can come a hard-drive. The service is $60 a month for 5 G of use. Was selling for $100 as a promotional last month. Never have I gone more than 1.2 G during a month period of time. When Verizon Wireless is not avaiable, I use WiFi. I don't even carry around a connection cable. elf |
Phyllis DeLancey
Senior Member Username: Phyllis
Post Number: 2737 Registered: 06-2003
| Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 06:10 pm: | |
I only used wifi |
William Yates
Advanced Member Username: Byates
Post Number: 190 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 03:28 pm: | |
I was about to buy a netbook but I looked at an iPad and they are nice! The one problem I see with the iPad is no network plug. On your last trip did you netbook folks use only wifi or did you need to plug into a network conection? A work around is a portable router but that is one more thing to pack. |