iPad Basics Mike Hender U3A 3 Dec 2012
Tablets are primarily about 'Lean-back' Consumption
Topics 1 Newspapers, Blogs – Magazines – Books – BBC iPlayer – Watching videos – 45% 25% 15% 5%
Topics 2 Emailing – Web browsing – Camera and showing photos – Listening to music – Listening to podcasts – 2% 3% 2% 1% 2%
Topics 3 Social: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Etc.
Xmas is coming! Help! What tablet should I get? iPad4 (Retina) 10in £399 iPad2 10in £329 Google Nexus 10(in) £319 Samsung 10in £292 iPad Mini 8in £269 Samsung 7in £179 Google Nexus 7(in) £159 Amazon Fire 7in £129 Much more later!
Basic tour
Demonstration HDMI Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Xmas is coming! What tablet should I get? iPad4 (Retina) 10in £399 iPad2 10in £329 Google Nexus 10(in) £319 Samsung 10in £292 iPad Mini 8in £269 Samsung 7in £179 Google Nexus 7(in) £159 Amazon Fire 7in £129
Should I pay extra for 3G? If you travel heavily – possibly If mostly at home – no Consider ‘tethering’ or a ‘MiFi’ tethering MiFi
Remember! You’re buying into an ‘ecosystem’ not just a tablet Apps and Media Compatible Accessories ‘Interoperability’ Upgrade path Customer service Bottom line: you get what you pay for
Rival Ecosystems What is an ‘Eco-system?’ Windows 8 IOS 6 OSX Look for the best Venn Diagram overlap I now sit in the Apple circle but use: Win7 and 8, Office, Adobe etc Google Mail, Browser, Plus, Maps, Diary Amazon Kindle On all devices Android 4.2 Android ‘Forked’
The Apple Ecosystem iTunes ‘App’ Store Photo Stream Sharing Backups Music, DVDs, etc. Customer Support A whole suite of hardware and software that works seamlessly and effortlessly together
The Apple Ecosystem Anytime, Anywhere Photos, Videos, Documents
The Apple Ecosystem Ecosystem example from the Hender home
Accessories – Media e.g. Sky+
Accessories – Health e.g. Weight and Body Fat Monitoring Withings Scales
Accessories – Home e.g. Remote control of heating and lighting
Accessories - Sound e.g. Docks, Airplay etc.
Apple Competitor Yes it is more expensive than the competition but, quality for quality, not that much. e.g. Last Sony Laptop cost me £2100
Customer Support 5 iPhones 4 iPods 3 iPads 2 MacBooks Over 10 years No failures!
Demonstration HDMI Wi-Fi Wi-Fi