Confused about iPads in Education

There are good styluses for iPad on the market. http://myonext.com/catalogue/styluses/capacitive_pan/

And now look at http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/428598_294519... This is a link to the drawing created on iPad with this stylus.

I am anti-fan of Apple products, but nevertheless I think you need to make a proper research before submitting a post claiming some product in inability to do something. And don't push your way of doing things as the only correct. Being it usage of tablet/netbook, or operating system, or review of OS. Be tolerant.

I think this will come with age...

Quoting:Be tolerant.

Wise words.

Those styluses's tips tear in about a month's worth of use... It's just capacitive material around a rubber tip... They're junk. They're only marginally better than your finger tip.

Unless your skeleton is made of adamantium.

I don't know about those particular styluses, but shouldn't it be easy enough to make some with replaceable tips?

> Unless your skeleton is made of adamantium.

Is that you, Logan?

@ Khamul:

Invent it. Patent it. Get funding. Mass produce it. Get rich...

@JaseP --

You sure he could patent it? I'd think that silicone boobies would be prior art.

@Khamul: http://www.motorsportsartist.com/carart/tips-and-tricks/diy-...

I agree with Jeff that anything you can do on a iPad, you can do on something else. But, the iPad is in many cases more simple hardware/software wise. This is what many people want (although not me), and they pay the price for it. My grandparents have an iPad, and I don't think they would have been able to use as good any android tablet (from half a year ago). There are quite some nice stuff to the iOS that you don't find in Android (but opposite too).

@Dino:

Sure,... of course,... All he'd have to do is add "on a capacitive stylus," just like all the prior art patents that add "on the Internet." Simple. Done. After all, those "on the Internet" patents get approved, right?!?!

Hey Darkduck -

Have you tried that capacitive stylus type? Because I have. In fact that exact one you linked to I've tried.

I tried it on the Dell Duo, I tried it on a WebOS tablet, I tried in on an ArchOS tablet, iPad, and about half a dozen other misc Android tablets I could get my hands on. You know what? Every device I used it on could not come close to quality of using simply a pen with a cap on it with the T101mt's resistive screen.

Have you used both devices first hand? Or are you simply posting something with very little background research/first hand experience like you always do?

Finally, how was I being intolerant? I never bashed the iPad, I never said it was a bad product, I simply made some realistic comparisons between it and a similar product. After making these comparisons I came to the conclusion that there are better devices out there for the same jobs on the iPad.

Would you care to link to where I said I was the only correct one?

~Jeff

Capacitive is better for fingers, resistive is better for inking/drawing/productivity. Hands down. Jeff's right about that. Devices that have capacitive/resistive hybrid capability, or capacitive with Wacom stylus capability are better. But you pay for better. Big time.

Resistive touchscreens are crap if you want a screen that doesn't look like a piece of plastic film with creases and scratches all over it in a few months. Capacitive screens are made of glass, which doesn't scratch easily.

I guess resistive might be OK if you could replace the top layer of film every month.

No, capacitive is not as accurate as resistive, but resistive screens will never come close to capacitive ones in longevity. They're only good for devices you're going to throw in the trash within a month.

@Khamul Are you speaking from personal experience about resistive screens in that statement? I've been using the same T101MT for over 2 years now and it works fine still and the screen looks fine.

~Jeff

I gotta side with Jeff on this one. There are good and bad resistive screens. I have a Gigabyte M912m, similar to Jeff's T101MT in design and quality. I never used a screen protector on it because I didn't have to. "Scratches" on the screen were just residue from the softer stylus (stylus softer than the screen material), and with a moist finger or lint free cloth those are buffed out easily. Are the blacks or colors as intense on a resistive screen as a capacitive screen??? Depends on the screen. My Nokia N900 is resistive and clear as a bell (transflective, and readable in intense sunlight). The M912m is a little duller (colors and blacks) than my Dell Duo or my Acer Iconia A500. But add a few fingerprints, and it's a wash...

All touch screens reduce clarity of the display, somewhat. The capacitive displays tend to be better, but in the right light, you can see the distortion the touch sensing layer causes. The only problems I ever had with a resistive digitizer was on a Palm TX (notorious for that), making me have to replace the screen with that from a dead Palm Life drive I had lying around. But that was just Palm being cheap... You get what you pay for.

I'd forgotten about my n900 being a resistive screen! My first n900 still has a fantastic screen after 2 years of usage. I'd still be using it today if the USB port hadn't fallen off the main board xD

~Jeff

Jeff91 wrote:Would you care to link to where I said I was the only correct one?

Do you actually need this? Don't you see that whole your article (and all the others, at least those I had wasted time reading) is full of sense of superiority? Like "I'm right, you're wrong". Just an example from this particular piece of fud:

Jeff91 wrote:I'm just not "hip" enough to see the need for them

.... left the discussion.

Ahh, well if an air of superiority is the worst thing you can find about my articles that is great. I never make any claims that anything I write is anything more than my own opinions - it is my personal blog after all.

At least the things I write are researched or describe first hand experiences, unlike the trash you post week in and week out.

"Do you really need this?"

Because yet again you make a claim with nothing to back it up. Simply speculation with no research or experience behind it.

~Jeff

Ah darkduck does the good old drive-by flaming!

Quoting:I think you need to make a proper research before submitting a post...

Oh, the irony. Anyway, there is always getting a bluetooth keyboard for the iPad for extensive typing. I'm planning on getting an iPad soon, and from what I've seen and from the applications, I think that is a good choice for me. I love my iPhone and the apps, and I know what apps that I will use on the iPad.

I'm chooisng the iPad mainly becuase my customers are looking into them and most likely will be buying them soon. I still may be swayed to get an Android tablet, but probably not. I had a netbook for a while, but it didn't fit my needs and ended up with a full notebook.

I won't buy eithe Android or iOS based tablets.

TA: Know you're not a big fan of Aaron nor KDE, but nonetheless I really think you should look into the "Spark Plasma Active" tablet, as it will be one of the only tablets being sold without Android / iOS, and aimed at hackers who want to be able to change about everything including the kitchen sink.