All About Ipad

[Village Girl]

I wanted to read a book but it is in words or PDF. I can’t read in iPad. Anyone can help?

[sandunes]

Village Girl:

I wanted to read a book but it is in words or PDF. I can't read in iPad. Anyone can help?

I make use of the paid app GoodReader to download pdf files.

[tankee]

Village Girl:

I wanted to read a book but it is in words or PDF. I can't read in iPad. Anyone can help?

there are free apps like stanza that reads pdf and I believe \"documents\" by SavySoda supports doc.

[ChiefKiasu]

sandunes:

Village Girl:

I wanted to read a book but it is in words or PDF. I can't read in iPad. Anyone can help?

I make use of the paid app GoodReader to download pdf files.

What can I say... GoodReader is simply the bestest and the cheapest available file browser... couple that with Dropbox, and then we are talking.

I'm a heavy Dropbox user... it's amazing how I no longer have to fiddle with thumbdrives and worry about viruses. All my computers, iPhone, iPad, Android devices... etc. are synced with the same files everywhere I go. Only need an Internet connection to get the local files synchronized.

All you need to do is to sign up to http://www.dropbox.com and get free 2GB. You can then upload your PDF documents to your web account and you can then download them to your iPhone or iPads because most of the PDF readers support DropBox. Even better - install Dropbox on your Windows PC or Mac and you get a local folder on your machine that is automatically synched to your dropbox account! So all you need is to copy your files to this local folder and it will be mirrored to your dropbox account (and also your iPad/iPhones)!

If anyone wants to try out dropbox, PM me your email address and let me sign you up. It will give me an extra 250Mb for each recommendation and you get the same too!

[krazy]

Alrighty! I am going back to try this out! hee


Chief, it is something like mediafire?

ChiefKiasu:

What can I say... GoodReader is simply the bestest and the cheapest available file browser... couple that with Dropbox, and then we are talking.

I'm a heavy Dropbox user... it's amazing how I no longer have to fiddle with thumbdrives and worry about viruses. All my computers, iPhone, iPad, Android devices... etc. are synced with the same files everywhere I go. Only need an Internet connection to get the local files synchronized.

All you need to do is to sign up to http://www.dropbox.com and get free 2GB. You can then upload your PDF documents to your web account and you can then download them to your iPhone or iPads because most of the PDF readers support DropBox. Even better - install Dropbox on your Windows PC or Mac and you get a local folder on your machine that is automatically synched to your dropbox account! So all you need is to copy your files to this local folder and it will be mirrored to your dropbox account (and also your iPad/iPhones)!

If anyone wants to try out dropbox, PM me your email address and let me sign you up. It will give me an extra 250Mb for each recommendation and you get the same too!

[sand]

HI!!


I’m very tempted to buy an iPad after seeing how my friends engage their kids with the cute aps on their iPhones.

Yet some of my friends say they don’t find the iPad useful and sold their away.

Is the iPad really good? Do the kids really learn using the iPad?

[krazy]

Hey Sand

... tough question to answer. I would say, my girl loves it because

1) she loves to draw and colour and there are apps that we have downloaded that do that. In the past, I would bring a carrier of color pencils and paper and she would draw and doodle after her meals but now, the iPad does the job.

2) she loves to read story books.
I used to buy the Leapfrog books and the reading pen... there is an app that does exactly the same thing... story is read out loud with words being highlighted karaoke style. So no need to buy Leapfrog stuff anymore! Woohoo

3) she watches movies and videos and plays games. Interactive lor. So its a good time filler in between meals.

Other than that, the iPad is really for myself and hub to use.

but I have a friend whose child doesn't enjoy the colouring and drawing. And told me her boy isn't keen in Leapfrog stuff so she feels the iPad wasn't useful so it really depends on the user(s).

sand:

HI!!

I'm very tempted to buy an iPad after seeing how my friends engage their kids with the cute aps on their iPhones.

Yet some of my friends say they don't find the iPad useful and sold their away.

Is the iPad really good? Do the kids really learn using the iPad?

[sand]

Thanks for sharing! I was amazed how my sis in law’s iPhone app cld sing children’s song and chinese poems which my hubby and I was trying so hard to introduce to my son. With the iPhone, my son was automatically glued to it. It certainly was more attractive than the flash cards we tried. My did we buy all the good reading resources for the kids but the books did not seem as interesting as the iPhone my sis in law had…


That’s why even though I’m not an Apple fan, I’m quite tempted to buy an iPad. Don’t wana spoil the phone functions if my son were to mishandle an iPhone…

But still considering and weighing our options now cos we’re afraid the iPad would be too addiction.

Ask u arr…if buy iPad mainly for children’s app, will I need more than 16Gb? Thanks for any opinions.

[Village Girl]

Thanks all. I will try it out. Glad that I am able to read d book soon.


My kids love the games too but may I know how to look at videos besides YouTube? They wanted to watch movies but I not sure how to do it.

Sorry coz I just had this iPad n it is my 1st apple. :love:

[krazy]

sands: oh, it is addictive..but iPhone too. Haha. The iPad is enticing cuz of the many apps and some very child friendly ones too. And of course a bigger screen helps, compared to e iPhone.


Like all gadgets, need to set ground rules for kids else, they will be on it like they are glued to tv. be careful of the app store.. Cuz the kids may end up downloading themselves... And u may end up with a monster of a bill.

sand:

Thanks for sharing! I was amazed how my sis in law's iPhone app cld sing children's song and chinese poems which my hubby and I was trying so hard to introduce to my son. With the iPhone, my son was automatically glued to it. It certainly was more attractive than the flash cards we tried. My did we buy all the good reading resources for the kids but the books did not seem as interesting as the iPhone my sis in law had...

That's why even though I'm not an Apple fan, I'm quite tempted to buy an iPad. Don't wana spoil the phone functions if my son were to mishandle an iPhone...

But still considering and weighing our options now cos we're afraid the iPad would be too addiction.

Ask u arr...if buy iPad mainly for children's app, will I need more than 16Gb? Thanks for any opinions.