Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] IPAD
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:47:42 -0500
It's not a phone. I've heard 20 people compare it to a phone already today.
J
On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> 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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