Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
- From: "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:49:47 -0500
- Priority: normal
I've got to admit I kind of chuckled at the guy with the British accent saying how "magical" it is when the cheapest phone you can find has a camera. And if, as someone said, it allows Skype (though I can't understand how that got past AT&T), what the heck is wrong with Flash, especially since you know you're getting a lot of people p.o.'d at not having it and ruining 99% of web surfing on that "magical" screen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Polich, George Mr CIV USA OSA" <email@hidden>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 15:29
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Cc: Joel Esler <email@hidden>, "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
> "in a few years" unfortunately is to long for me.
>
> I was rather anxiously awaiting for this device; to use as my school
> satchel. (I am a non-resident student at the Army War College.)
> But! The
> school makes heavy use of Defense Connect Online (DCO) which is ---
> Adobe
> Connect, which runs on --- yep --- "Flash". No Flash and no
> camera kills it
> for DCO use. And since I graduate in June 2011, "a few years" just
> isn'toperative.
>
> Guess I'll just settle for a 13 inch Macbook (sigh). I really,
> really wanted
> something I could just put in a brief case and not break my
> shoulder. Hopes
> were high; disappointment prevails.
> ~~
> George Polich
> Army Public Affairs Center, HQDA
>
>
> On 1/27/10 15:17 PM, "Joel Esler" < wrote:
>
> > On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> >
> >> Some folks are saying Flash is still blocked like on an Iphone. Is that
> >> true? Also, what about Skype? Would that work?
> >
> > Haven't seen proof of the Flash yet, but flash, to be honest, is going to die
> > in a very few years (html5 will kill it). Google has already started with the
> > conversion away from Flash.
> >
> > It runs "virtually all" of the apps the iPhone/iPod touch does. Which means,
> > Skype. yes. (Skype app, which I use a bunch).
> >
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