Mav's Breve video

[Fat Crip]

no - not at all.

actually, i purchased an elliptical exercise machine that arrived the same day that the ipad was released. so the ipad is my source of entertainment when i exercise. it makes exercising more fun, and that alone makes the ipad a worthwhile purchase for me!

but on top of that, national geographic recently released their dinopedia for the ipad. that alone makes it a worthwhile purchase for my son.

let's just say it's best for me to finish exercising before my son wakes up.

actually, there is a lot of cool educational software for the ipad. i downloaded something from nasa. we haven't had a chance to look at all that it offers, but you have information about all of the planets in the solar system and and galaxies in there.

there is a memory game we like to play.

the user interface is very intuitive, very easy for kids of all ages to pick up.

and this is just the start. we are a year into the ipad ecosystem, and the software is maturing. it's only going to get better and better.

I have the original (64GB 3G) and I love it, though I do keep thinking about another MBA (I had the first one), but can't make up my mind. I will, inevitably buy the iPad 2 - I'll try not to but I'll find myself in Cancom or John Lewis (no Apple store in Edinburgh) and it'll just jump in to my hands and, before I know it, there'll be a hole in my credit card!

My brother has an app on his iPhone that , if you hold it up to the night sky, it tells you what stars you're looking at.

I take my iPad everywhere with my in my Ristretto of course and i just had broadband installed in my Spanish house, so I won't have a frightening mobile bill this time £400/$600 for my last trip, between my iPad, iPhone and MBP). I also use it to control my SONOS music and to stream music through airport expresses. It is a great thing.

Eric

[jannilee]

Thanks, Maverick!

[maverick]

So... where is this breve video???

hi jannilee!

it's on tom bihn's facebook page. it will also be on youtube later tonight or early tomorrow morning.

[jannilee]

So... where is this breve video???

[maverick]

If you came over here you might see one of me too!

So is it good, or are you suffering buyer's remorse yet?

no - not at all.

actually, i purchased an elliptical exercise machine that arrived the same day that the ipad was released. so the ipad is my source of entertainment when i exercise. it makes exercising more fun, and that alone makes the ipad a worthwhile purchase for me!

but on top of that, national geographic recently released their dinopedia for the ipad. that alone makes it a worthwhile purchase for my son.

let's just say it's best for me to finish exercising before my son wakes up.

actually, there is a lot of cool educational software for the ipad. i downloaded something from nasa. we haven't had a chance to look at all that it offers, but you have information about all of the planets in the solar system and and galaxies in there.

there is a memory game we like to play.

the user interface is very intuitive, very easy for kids of all ages to pick up.

and this is just the start. we are a year into the ipad ecosystem, and the software is maturing. it's only going to get better and better.

[Fat Crip]

they have a picture of me hanging on the wall in the employee lounge of the local apple store. underneath is written the word SUCKER.

If you came over here you might see one of me too!

So is it good, or are you suffering buyer's remorse yet?

[maverick]

Incidentally Mav, have you bought an iPad 2, or did you just borrow it for the vid? I thought that you were off iPads now you'd got your MBA. Is the 2 much of a step forward from the original? It doesn't come here till the 25th.

they have a picture of me hanging on the wall in the employee lounge of the local apple store. underneath is written the word SUCKER.

[Fat Crip]

Incidentally Mav, have you bought an iPad 2, or did you just borrow it for the vid? I thought that you were off iPads now you'd got your MBA. Is the 2 much of a step forward from the original? It doesn't come here till the 25th.

[maverick]

Or this!

awwww, how cute! :)

[Fat Crip]

Or this!

The Kiwi (as pictured) has technically the shortest beak of any bird. This is because the length of a birds beak is measured from the nostrils to the tip of the beak. The Kiwi has its nostrils at the tip of its beak rather than the head end, like most birds. UselessTrivia'r'us.

Eric

P.S. I prefer the Kiwi colour in Mav's video, even if the bird is cuter!

[Darcy]

Or this!

[maverick]

It's awesome -- that's exactly how Kiwi looks in real life.

darcy, this is how kiwis look in real life! ;)

[maverick]

by the way, sorry that i mis-pronounced breve. :(

[maverick]

Well that was quick! Nice vid, as ever! Very bright colour!

Have you changed your camera, or is it just my screen?

same camera, but i was able to shoot during daylight and that must have helped. i definitely haven't come near your screen. ;-)

[Darcy]

It's awesome -- that's exactly how Kiwi looks in real life.