[Offtopic] RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking

[Cameron Bell]

Cross post chaos....  :-(

James Poulos wrote:
>
> I was anti iPod. That is, until I was given one as a gift. I admit I 
> was not keen about having to use iTunes to get my music on it, but the 
> quality of the device is far superior to any other mp3 players I have 
> owned or seen. I think that maybe because of the limited flexibility, 
> they have managed to make a product that works very, very well. 
> Restricting it to iTunes may be a pain, but it does keep to thing very 
> well organised because of it.
>
> So, although I have never owned a mac, I am an iPod convert!
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
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> James Poulos
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> Casey Grammar School
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Howard, David
> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 June 2008 3:44 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking
>
> My iPod Touch can surf the web at home, at school and in the city, 
> when I go traveling I can book hotels on it instead of going to 
> internet café and plugging my credit card details into their 
> computers. It will play videos, play games, browse photos, display 
> artwork, collect my email, store my contacts and calendar items, check 
> the weather, maps, calculator the list goes on and on and on and on 
> especially when hacked and running installer.
>
> My iPod nano can track the speed and distance of my running and then 
> map and store it online for me.
>
> I do agree with some complaints regarding radio and removal batteries 
> but the pros outweigh the cons for me. How many file formats do you 
> seriously have that you can’t easily convert to suit???
>
> Disclaimer: I am an Apple fan along with my Macbook…
>
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Anderson, Stuart L
> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 June 2008 3:18 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking
>
> I will NEVER own an ipod. Why would you pay nearly double the price to 
> get an mp3 player that attempts to restrict the file format you can use?
>
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