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that needs at least a browser and text editor running at the same time App idea: split pane browser/text editor. Automagically associate notes as they are writ

by DougBTX 17y ago

that needs at least a browser and text editor running at the same time App idea: split pane browser/text editor. Automagically associate notes as they are written with the open web page. Bonus points: saving local copies of PDF's viewed with reference metadata. Your other points are weaker - for long-form text, you can buy a hardware keyboard; not sure what sharing issues you have, I'm sure copy paste and email work; communicating with others - your phone still works even when you buy an iPad.

viraptor 17y ago
App doesn't exist in the standard browser. A custom app would probably conflict with the existing functionality of a browser (not allowed/not approved). Users will not be able to open other students' notes (.doc / .docx) About the keyboard itself - if you have to carry your keyboard to a meeting with other people just to take notes quickly, I think what you need is a laptop/netbook really. (you also need a stand for the screen itself since you cannot hold them both)
- pieter 17y ago
  You're just making stuff up. There are tons of alternative 'browsers' using the webkit view on the iPhone, so that won't be a proble. You can already read .doc documents on the iPhone. Not sure about Pages on the iPad, but it might be able to import and edit them. I'm not saying that the iPad would be ideal for a student. But you shouldn't make up arguments.
  - viraptor 17y ago
    I'm not following iPhone / appmarket news, but last I heard people had problems with (for example) camera apps rejected because they duplicate existing functionality. If it's not the case anymore, I stand corrected. About .doc files though - I can also open them in OpenOffice on my box. But many lecturers sent me documents which were displayed completely incorrectly and contain auto-shape created graphs. Most students don't care either. That means I have to find MS Word to read them anyways. I don't expect this to be any better on iPhone/iPad, unless you can run OO or MS software on them.
    - Zev 17y ago
      Pages.app (for Mac, at least) can usually display most .doc(x) files properly. The only issue that I've run into is when a professor uses a font that doesn't come with a Mac. And, in that case, Pages defaults to Lucida Grande, rather then Calibri or whichever other font was used.

by DougBTX 17y ago

viraptor 17y ago

App doesn't exist in the standard browser. A custom app would probably conflict with the existing functionality of a browser (not allowed/not approved). Users will not be able to open other students' notes (.doc / .docx) About the keyboard itself - if you have to carry your keyboard to a meeting with other people just to take notes quickly, I think what you need is a laptop/netbook really. (you also need a stand for the screen itself since you cannot hold them both)

pieter 17y ago
You're just making stuff up. There are tons of alternative 'browsers' using the webkit view on the iPhone, so that won't be a proble. You can already read .doc documents on the iPhone. Not sure about Pages on the iPad, but it might be able to import and edit them. I'm not saying that the iPad would be ideal for a student. But you shouldn't make up arguments.
- viraptor 17y ago
  I'm not following iPhone / appmarket news, but last I heard people had problems with (for example) camera apps rejected because they duplicate existing functionality. If it's not the case anymore, I stand corrected. About .doc files though - I can also open them in OpenOffice on my box. But many lecturers sent me documents which were displayed completely incorrectly and contain auto-shape created graphs. Most students don't care either. That means I have to find MS Word to read them anyways. I don't expect this to be any better on iPhone/iPad, unless you can run OO or MS software on them.
  - Zev 17y ago
    Pages.app (for Mac, at least) can usually display most .doc(x) files properly. The only issue that I've run into is when a professor uses a font that doesn't come with a Mac. And, in that case, Pages defaults to Lucida Grande, rather then Calibri or whichever other font was used.