tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post5619695727647628564..comments2023-12-24T05:22:32.888-05:00Comments on Brain Hammer: Review of the iPad for academics: can you actually work on it?Pete Mandikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952230864825600992noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-30900582208077156182011-07-12T07:36:08.442-04:002011-07-12T07:36:08.442-04:00Really useful - answers all the questions I was as...Really useful - answers all the questions I was asking myself.Sean Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041344502316316837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-43307610211506333272010-08-27T00:28:58.890-04:002010-08-27T00:28:58.890-04:00Awesome review. I will be purchasing one as a gra...Awesome review. I will be purchasing one as a graduate student soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-16639081519006105432010-05-20T12:41:03.399-04:002010-05-20T12:41:03.399-04:00it does annotate .pdfs. Very well. iAnnotate app ...it does annotate .pdfs. Very well. iAnnotate app www.ajidev.com/iannotate/ was the feature that sold me on getting one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-72372394261069166182010-05-09T19:49:48.885-04:002010-05-09T19:49:48.885-04:00How about annotating pdfs? Pretty important functi...How about annotating pdfs? Pretty important function for me, which I can do poorly on my sony eReader. If the iPad can do it better, then the rest is icing on the cake, and I'll by one.<br /><br />If not, well, I'll have to wait despite the part of me that is constantly reminding me of how shiny the iPad is.Zombie Leninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06320711947758862608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-87793518899045707412010-05-05T16:01:11.192-04:002010-05-05T16:01:11.192-04:00Nice and useful review, thanks.
/JaimeNice and useful review, thanks.<br /><br />/JaimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-90902684063393079352010-04-16T15:27:56.849-04:002010-04-16T15:27:56.849-04:00Great review! Thanks for making it easier for the ...Great review! Thanks for making it easier for the rest of us to convince why we need an iPad, to our grant agencies ;). On the multitasking issue, iPhone OS4 should take care of it. It is already available for Apple Developers and should be out in a couple of months. Overall, it was nice to get a philosopher and academic's view on this wonderful piece of technology. Thanks. <br /><br />KarthikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-67762197402304886972010-04-09T13:50:07.718-04:002010-04-09T13:50:07.718-04:00Useful review; thanks. 5C reminds me of Dennett...Useful review; thanks. 5C reminds me of Dennett's "where am I" - you aren't really working in the coffeeshop, you are sitting in the coffeeshop and working at home.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316365405209905824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011259550074300139.post-38015286437035364982010-04-09T08:38:47.833-04:002010-04-09T08:38:47.833-04:00this sounds like the oldest geek joke question in ...this sounds like the oldest geek joke question in the world, but: does it run emacs?Tony Dardishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135113385974275241noreply@blogger.com