[Nfbsatx] Fw: [Access-l] Fwd: IPad amazing

[Jose Martinez]

this is really nice, I am excited about the IPad, but we will see how
accessible it is when all of it's features are tested. Voice over has
had issues working with windows based software such as microsoft
office before, and it is said that the IPad will work with a windows
based computer, and I can't wait to try that to see how it links up.
Happy Easter everyone.

On 4/4/10, james sofka <jamessofka at att.net> wrote:
> Hi, all.
> For your information.
> JimSofka.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
> To: "Access L" <access-l at access-l.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:48 AM
> Subject: [Access-l] Fwd: IPad amazing
>
>
>> From: Cheree Heppe cheree at dogsc4me.com
>>
>> Cheree Heppe here:
>>
>> I actually did it!!  I took the light rail to the Apple store and saw one
>> of those IPads this morning.
>>
>> That whole local up-scale inner city mall was jumping with people, so it
>> was no problem finding directions down a flight to the Apple store.
>>
>> When I got off the escalator, there was this incredible doubled line
>> nearly to the escalator.  There were Apple staff outside the store
>> directing traffic.
>>
>> One of the guys working in the store escorted me in and arranged for me to
>> see the demo model that wasn't tethered to the display tables.
>>
>> It was busier in that apple store than at a Vegas casino!!
>>
>> Well, I got to the display table because the demo required charging.
>>
>> There is a physical volume toggle switch near the end of the long end.  No
>> fiddling with screen settings for volume, just bump the toggle up for loud
>> or down for soft.
>>
>> The earphone jack is on one short side edge near a corner and seems out of
>> the way.  The sound is good.
>>
>> There is a physical switch to lock the IPad into whichever position you
>> have oriented the screen, portrait or landscape.
>>
>> There is a recessed connector on the opposite short side from the earphone
>> jack to charge it or interface it with a computer.
>>
>> The IPad feels about like a MacBook Air in thickness.  The glass is flat
>> with a Home button embedded flush into the face of the glass very near the
>> bottom middle of the short side.
>>
>> The on/off switch is a switch on the edge of the IPad.  I can't recall
>> exactly where.
>>
>> The back and sides are metal and the sides are curved inward from the
>> widest point where they interface with the glass to where they taper in a
>> rounded way to the back side.  The back side felt flat with no features,
>> but I didn't look really carefully.
>>
>> Even with not being facile with Voiceover or anything, I got the IPad to
>> do stuff for me.
>>
>> To go on to a website
>>
>> To read a book.
>>
>> By then, I wanted one real bad.
>>
>> The IPad is freakin' amazing.
>>
>> It can interface with a Windows based or Apple based computer.
>>
>> The cover that it now comes with is just the first cover before everyone
>> else makes something.  It looks like the outside of a thin notebook
>> without the binder rings.  It opens from the long end.  The flat tucks
>> behind the IPad and the bottom edge of the cover tucks into a built-in
>> slot in the back of the case to allow the IPad to sit at a comfortable
>> slant for poking at.
>>
>> They plan to have a dock for a keyboard, but the Apple guy suggested just
>> getting a wireless keyboard and using Bluetooth to pair it.
>>
>> The Apple rep explained how the items are arranged on the screen.  This is
>> standard and once you get the feel for the gaps and positions, it all
>> stays the same.  That's what he told me.
>>
>> What a gadget!!  Accessible right out of the box.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cheree Heppe
>>
>> Regards Steve
>> Email:  srp at internode.on.net
>> MSN Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
>> Skype:  steve1963
>> Twitter:  steve9782
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