Comments on: Have iPad, will travel – 48 hours on the road with Apple’s iPad http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/ Providing a clear perspective on developing science and technology responsibly Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Most-read 2020 Science blogs of 2010 http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-102080 Most-read 2020 Science blogs of 2010 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:22:04 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-102080 [...] Celebrating the launch of Apple’s iPad, I try and justify its use as a serious productivity tool.  I must have bought into my own hype, because I ended up purchasing my own later in the year.  So far – no regrets!  http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/ [...] [...] Celebrating the launch of Apple’s iPad, I try and justify its use as a serious productivity tool.  I must have bought into my own hype, because I ended up purchasing my own later in the year.  So far – no regrets!  http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/ [...]

]]> By: Hilary Sutcliffe http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-62788 Hilary Sutcliffe Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:34:44 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-62788 As far as I know Apple rather fancies themselves on the lifecycle front http://www.apple.com/environment/complete-lifecycle/ but don't have enough expertise in the area to evaluate if it is any good or not. I know that many of these companies do think long and hard about it, whether they achieve much with that I have no idea. However the gadgetry point is rarely addressed head on. Another one our business working group will be looking at. Re my own environmentally friendly purchase, a am consoling myself with the fact that I am only 50 once and the old stuff gets passed down to my son who then passes it to my husband when it is out of date! As far as I know Apple rather fancies themselves on the lifecycle front http://www.apple.com/environment/complete-lifecycle/ but don’t have enough expertise in the area to evaluate if it is any good or not. I know that many of these companies do think long and hard about it, whether they achieve much with that I have no idea.

However the gadgetry point is rarely addressed head on. Another one our business working group will be looking at.

Re my own environmentally friendly purchase, a am consoling myself with the fact that I am only 50 once and the old stuff gets passed down to my son who then passes it to my husband when it is out of date!

]]> By: Maria Powell http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-62253 Maria Powell Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:00:21 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-62253 Ahhh, yes, that's the ticket--just let the next generation worry about these "wicked problems" (to steal your own great expression)... ;-)...or more appropriately.... ;-(. Ahhh, yes, that’s the ticket–just let the next generation worry about these “wicked problems” (to steal your own great expression)… ;-) …or more appropriately…. ;-(.

]]> By: Andrew Maynard http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-62239 Andrew Maynard Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:34:30 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-62239 Mmm, iPad life cycle analysis - wonder if anyone is looking at this... It would be very interesting to see if the benefits outweigh the downsides - or even whether there is any sensible way to assess this! Feeling better already about handing mine back to its owner :-) Mmm, iPad life cycle analysis – wonder if anyone is looking at this… It would be very interesting to see if the benefits outweigh the downsides – or even whether there is any sensible way to assess this!

Feeling better already about handing mine back to its owner :-)

]]> By: Maria Powell http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-62175 Maria Powell Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:50:38 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-62175 I am sure I would love using an iPad and would find it very useful and fun. But I cannot afford to buy any new devices right now, no matter what the cost (electronic devices don't make good eating, I'm afraid). So I will drag around my huge dinosaur laptop (people laugh at me in coffee shops) until it finally crashes for the last time and is eventually sent to China or Africa or India where poor workers and children will extract scrap metals from it ( in their backyards over small fires, using cooking pots filled with nasty solvents, you know the story...) This gets me thinking of a different set of questions about the iPad... How much does a new iPad cost? (did you mention this? If so, I missed it--sorry!) What is it made of? Where do these materials come from? Where will these materials likely go at the end of the iPad's " life"? How long do iPads "live"? ;-) And, I'll tack this one on too for good measure: How long will it be till the next shiny fun device comes along and renders the current iPads obsolete, and a cajillion of them are sent to the trash (and then India or Africa or China)? Just wondering. I realize that even you probably cannot answer all these questions... ;-0 maria I am sure I would love using an iPad and would find it very useful and fun. But I cannot afford to buy any new devices right now, no matter what the cost (electronic devices don’t make good eating, I’m afraid). So I will drag around my huge dinosaur laptop (people laugh at me in coffee shops) until it finally crashes for the last time and is eventually sent to China or Africa or India where poor workers and children will extract scrap metals from it ( in their backyards over small fires, using cooking pots filled with nasty solvents, you know the story…)

This gets me thinking of a different set of questions about the iPad…

How much does a new iPad cost? (did you mention this? If so, I missed it–sorry!)
What is it made of? Where do these materials come from?
Where will these materials likely go at the end of the iPad’s ” life”?
How long do iPads “live”? ;-)

And, I’ll tack this one on too for good measure: How long will it be till the next shiny fun device comes along and renders the current iPads obsolete, and a cajillion of them are sent to the trash (and then India or Africa or China)?

Just wondering. I realize that even you probably cannot answer all these questions… ;-0

maria

]]> By: iPads and ePapers: The Future of Science Communication? » Martin Robbins http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61964 iPads and ePapers: The Future of Science Communication? » Martin Robbins Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:50:32 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61964 [...] a great post at 2020 Science by Andrew Maynard describing the virtues of an iPad for a ‘road-warrior scientist’ and writer. But one [...] [...] a great post at 2020 Science by Andrew Maynard describing the virtues of an iPad for a ‘road-warrior scientist’ and writer. But one [...]

]]> By: Andrew Maynard http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61861 Andrew Maynard Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:38:48 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61861 Very good - easily enough juice to get through a day without even thinking of recharging, with how I was using the iPad. In this respect it was very different to using my laptop, where battery drain always seems to be an issue. Very good – easily enough juice to get through a day without even thinking of recharging, with how I was using the iPad. In this respect it was very different to using my laptop, where battery drain always seems to be an issue.

]]> By: Hilary Sutcliffe http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61838 Hilary Sutcliffe Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:37:52 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61838 I was beginning to waver with the wait we are having in the UK and thinking maybe see what happens in the next six months. But after this I think I will succumb. Roll on May 24th! I was beginning to waver with the wait we are having in the UK and thinking maybe see what happens in the next six months. But after this I think I will succumb. Roll on May 24th!

]]> By: William http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61771 William Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:27:39 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61771 Quite an interesting article and a good summarization of the iPad's features. How was the battery life throughout your trip? Quite an interesting article and a good summarization of the iPad’s features. How was the battery life throughout your trip?

]]> By: Andrew Maynard http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61674 Andrew Maynard Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:02:27 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61674 Hi Abbie, Sorry, I should have included the costs. Here they are: Keynote: $9.99 Pages: $9.99 PDF Reader Pro: $3.99 Papers: $14.99 EverNote: Free Things:$19.99 (I used an evaluation version for this review) Wolfram Alpha: $1.99 The email, calendar and address book apps come with the iPad. Cheers, Andrew Hi Abbie,

Sorry, I should have included the costs. Here they are:

Keynote: $9.99
Pages: $9.99
PDF Reader Pro: $3.99
Papers: $14.99
EverNote: Free
Things:$19.99 (I used an evaluation version for this review)
Wolfram Alpha: $1.99

The email, calendar and address book apps come with the iPad.

Cheers, Andrew

]]> By: Abbie http://2020science.org/2010/04/17/have-ipad-will-travel/#comment-61670 Abbie Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:39:45 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=3075#comment-61670 This was interesting to read as most articles I've seen on the iPad have been about watching movies and playing games, and I'm most interested in how it might replace a laptop. These apps that you mention, particularly Pages and Keynote - how many of them were free or did you pay for them all? This was interesting to read as most articles I’ve seen on the iPad have been about watching movies and playing games, and I’m most interested in how it might replace a laptop.
These apps that you mention, particularly Pages and Keynote – how many of them were free or did you pay for them all?

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