[Coco] Rainbow Magazine + iPad = A Dream!

[Sean]

So, you paid $10 for functionality that should be pretty much free in
the first place....

I don't mean to be a hater.  But I'm not a huge fan of the Apple store
and their final word on what programs are permitted to run on hardware
that you buy. (Don't expect a CoCo emulator, or any other emulator,
for that matter.  They don't like those at all.)

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Ron VanScherpe <rvanscherpe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Boisy,
>
> I purchased Air Sharing HD so that I could transfer files to and from my
> iPad.
> It was $9.99.  The developers website is
> <http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing-pro/><http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing-pro/><http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing-pro/>
> http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing-pro/
>
> Et al,
>
> I too have owned net books but I find this to be a MUCH BETTER experience.
>  The touch interface alone is better than a mouse and keyboard.  Speaking of
> keyboard, the landscape keyboard from which I am typing this email from is
> great! It no different than my Acer Aspire One.
>
> It beats the Kindle or any e-reader.  First of all its color!  Second of all
> it has a backlight.  And yes, you can see is in the sun.  And the battery
> life is really good.  I got mine Saturday at about 11am and plugged it in
> today at 11am with about 30% still available and that was with wifi on
> transferring gigs of data to the ipad while also watching videos.
>
> But hey its MUCH MORE than an e-reader.  I can stream video from netflix or
> better yet check out this app!
> <http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html;jsessionid=769F502BD8A4346FE05D44888C4D6F52><http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html;jsessionid=769F502BD8A4346FE05D44888C4D6F52><http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html;jsessionid=769F502BD8A4346FE05D44888C4D6F52>
> http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html;jsessionid=769F502BD8A4346FE05D44888C4D6F52
>
> They're making it for the iPad!!
>
> I'm an IT manager and i can remote desktop into my windows servers as well
> as ssh or telnet into a linux machine and run an X or VNC session.
>
> So for $499 it ain't bad, it's AMAZING!  Oh and did I mention how amazing
> Rainbow Magazine looks? :)
>
> Ron
>
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