To ipad or not to ipad...???

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Quick query for you techie types :D

Here's my gadget wish list...

  1. Something that is very portable and can show good quality images either individually or in slideshows to potential clients
  2. Something that I can plug into a 32" HD telly to show HD images as a slideshow etc. to potential clients both on a 1-2-1 basis and also at a Wedding Fair maybe
  3. Something that for very occasional use can access the internet, mostly from home

So is this an ipad or a laptop? :shrug:

And if you are a Wedding photographer with an ipad - how do you use yours???

Cheers :)

DD
 
mrgas said:
here it is http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Dell-Laptops/inspiron-duo/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-duo&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&ref=lthp&ST=dell%20inspiron%20duo&dgc=ST&cid=41141&lid=1069630&acd=1240474417205661
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Yep just looking at that page too :)

It does seem more useful overall as it does more, more normal lappy type things too and being a pc I can put my Office suite on it to actually work on too as any normal lappy - assuming I've read the stuff right???

Seems worthy of more investigation/thought - cheers :)

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
Yep just looking at that page too :)

It does seem more useful overall as it does more, more normal lappy type things too and being a pc I can put my Office suite on it to actually work on too as any normal lappy - assuming I've read the stuff right???

Seems worthy of more investigation/thought - cheers :)

DD
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I like the look of them , I think they could be a lot more use than an ipad

An ipad seems like a big iphone you cant make phonecalls on !!
 
mrgas said:
I like the look of them , I think they could be a lot more use than an ipad

An ipad seems like a big iphone you cant make phonecalls on !!
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Just gone through the 'build' function adding in a DVD read/writer too and still only £550 ish delivered making it cheaper than an ipad that appears to have fewer 'laptop' type functions and a tiny harddrive by comparison

I wonder if they have them to play with in Currys/PCWorld??? May check tomorrow

Cheers for the heads-up :)

DD
 
I would say wait for CES that takes place on 6th of January....
Loads and loads of new tablets will be shown/released:) I myself am waiting for Motorola's one :)
 
bastic said:
I would say wait for CES that takes place on 6th of January....
Loads and loads of new tablets will be shown/released:) I myself am waiting for Motorola's one :)
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CES ??? (EDIT - a big geek show:D)

I won't be buying anything for a few weeks yet - always takes me ages to get my head around techie stuff before buying anything :lol:

May well be more deals on Jan/Feb too :)

DD
 
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The iPad would be great for all of your above needs. The Dell fliptop thingy is a great concept but apparently the battery life is only around 3.5 hours. May also be worth waiting to see what else comes out tablet wise, both W7 and also android (although current android is not really optimised for tablets from what I have heard).
 
menthel said:
The iPad would be great for all of your above needs. The Dell fliptop thingy is a great concept but apparently the battery life is only around 3.5 hours. May also be worth waiting to see what else comes out tablet wise, both W7 and also android (although current android is not really optimised for tablets from what I have heard).
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Cheers Jim

I did read somewhere that the Dell thingy won't plug and play HD to tellies - so if true that's blown it straight away

Also, another Pro pal of mine (and a bit of a techie too) thinks his is the best thing since sliced bread. Apparently it can read CF car readers and display raw files too, so a worthy back-up tool out in the field

Currently swinging back to the ipad due to personal recommendations from peeps I know :)

DD
 
I have used mine recently ona couple of weekends away to take the photos off of my 40D directly. Its fairly quick and its nice to browse through them the same day. You can do the same on a laptop but just with more to carry round I guess.
 
£25 for the ipad camera connector kit and you get two tiny plugs, one converts the iPad connector to USB, the other to an SD card slot.

Plug in a card reader to the usb, or your camera and the ipad imports. I shoot raw and medium jpeg this way now, then use filterstorm as a decent editor on the ipad. It means I've something to show immediately, but have the raw file for better resolution etc later.
 
DiddyDave said:
Cheers Jim

I did read somewhere that the Dell thingy won't plug and play HD to tellies - so if true that's blown it straight away

DD
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Apparently there is no HDMI port , bit of a let down really , that would have made it a lot more useful me thinks
 
menthel said:
android is not really optimised for tablets from what I have heard.
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There is huge chance that Motorola's tablet that will be introduced at CES, will be running Honeycomb :) completely different story to Froyo that is on all tablets now ;D
 
Avoid the Dell, its utter garbage, screen is very poor with crap viewing angles and quite grainy, and putting a full blown operating system on such a poor spec machine kills performance, most netbooks are quicker.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Avoid the Dell, its utter garbage, screen is very poor with crap viewing angles and quite grainy, and putting a full blown operating system on such a poor spec machine kills performance, most netbooks are quicker.
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Don't be gentle Gary, tell it as you feel :D

Thanks, but others on another Pro forum have pretty much said the same - ipad it will be :thumbs:

Now just waiting to get Chrimbo over then its time to hunt one down :)

DD
 
I went through the same dilemma, ended up getting an ipad, super piece of kit, PC is hardly on for general use stuff now.
 
DiddyDave said:
Don't be gentle Gary, tell it as you feel :D

Thanks, but others on another Pro forum have pretty much said the same - ipad it will be :thumbs:

Now just waiting to get Chrimbo over then its time to hunt one down :)

DD
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You can only connect an iPad to the TV using the VGA to dock adaptor @ 1024x768


and not all apps will work with it :(
 
mrgubby said:
You can only connect an iPad to the TV using the VGA to dock adaptor @ 1024x768


and not all apps will work with it :(
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1024x768 is fine I reckon, and there must be a few slideshow apps that do work with it - just a case of finding them surely??? Or asking for those who already have :D

Cheers

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
1024x768 is fine I reckon, and there must be a few slideshow apps that do work with it - just a case of finding them surely??? Or asking for those who already have :D

Cheers

DD
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I think the built in iPad photo app does slideshows,haven't tried it yet :lol:
 
DiddyDave said:
Cheers guys, and...

What the chuff is this supposed to mean to a non-techie??? :lol:

"Motorola's tablet that will be introduced at CES, will be running Honeycomb completely different story to Froyo that is on all tablets now"

:shrug:

DD
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that this is Android made for tablets :) not moved to them :) more like a normal tablet then big phone ;)
 
Gingerbread (2.3) is Androids first tablet friendly offering. The issue it fixes is having support for extra large screens (yes, anything over 7" is extra large ;) :D).

I have an Advent Vega (10" Android Froyo 2.2 tablet). Looks like it has a good development community and supposedly we've been promised the kernel source which will open the tablet up completely. Currently, it's a little raw around the edges, but is around half the price of the cheapest iPad (£250). The screen viewing angles aren't as good though (think the difference between a cheap LCD and IPS screen). Development ongoing all the time.

If you don't "need" a tablet yet, I'd wait a few months - the market will be totally different in 6 months time....
 
Ahhhh honeycomb on tablets! That is what I want! Will definitely wait for that, I thought gingerbread was good. Plus, there appears to be more tablet development now which is great for the industry.
 
DiddyDave said:
You SWINE !!! :razz:

:D:D:D

Is there anyone??? :shrug:

DD
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Sorry :-)

I really want one as well, but going to wait until I go to NY in March.

They are great tools, they main thing folk get wound up about is saying they are a rubbish laptop. But they were never designed to replace a laptop, they are the best couch/bog surfer you can get!
 
Only issue you may have with an iPad, from your requirements, is about how much "organisation" or photos you will want to do in the field. There is currently very little good photography software for the iPad - te built in app is great for viewing photos, but if you've just uploaded them from your memory card then you can't create a custom album of your best pictures - you can only scroll through them all, or select individual pictures from the thumbnails.

You can get other apps which will let you do that, but then they're generally working with scaled down copies and you'll have to re-do any categorisation and editing when you connect it back to your main computer.

Still love mine, absolutely, and the advantages of speed, screen quality, size and battery life still make it much better than any alternative i've seen, but don't like seeing people disappointed by buying things when they aren't aware of the limitations too.

And yes, there probably will be an "iPad 2" sometime next spring, but it's unlikely to make much difference to photographers. Probably a bit quicker and some cameras for video conferencing, but nothing special.

David
 
Gary Coyle said:
Avoid the Dell, its utter garbage, screen is very poor with crap viewing angles and quite grainy, and putting a full blown operating system on such a poor spec machine kills performance, most netbooks are quicker.
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Rubbish.
Writing this on one.
Same if not higher spec than "most netbooks" so fail to see how your comment holds water?

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To the op, dock has vga dsub as well as ethernet, 17-1 reader, usb's etc.
Put it in dock and it charges whilst being photoframe or clock. Plays hidef video too.
Had ipad but too limiting, lightroom runs ok too ;)
Screen as good if not better than most laptops I have had except the rgb ones.
Can read this at almost 90 degrees angle so viewing angle here is fine too :)


If you want the dock it is currently only through dell and with the 250gig model only but suspect that will change as supply line smooths out.
 
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