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ipad for reading (not just golden-age) comics
Poztron:
This topic hasn't gotten a post in the last seven months, so I thought I'd share some of my conclusions after living with my iPad since last July (2013).
Regarding loading comic book scans onto the iPad, I eventually realized (in a real 'duh' moment) that it was way easier to just access the Preview feature at DCM for any comic in the archive and read it that way. No need to load scan files into my iPad's flash drive via Dropbox, iTunes, or any other route. Now, that does mean that I have to have wifi access, so if I am on a plane flight and they don't have wifi or do have it but charge $ for it which I don't care to shell out, I'm stuck with just what I have on my iPad. But I take maybe two or three flights a year, and I can always read the free ebooks/pdfs I have loaded on it (Complete Sherlock Holmes is a good one).
So, for me the whole uploading scans thing has become a non-issue.
I will say as a footnote, that I've been fairly underwhelmed by my iPad. I don't play video games or watch movies or update Facebook or most of that stuff, so I keep asking myself "exactly, why did I need this?" It is good for checking out sports stats and facts while watching a game on TV, I will grant you that. But once this iPad has crept into obsolescence, I don't really see myself replacing it with a newer one, unless they totally revolutionize it in some manner.
Geo (RIP):
I'm sorry you feel that way Poz. I'll try to make it easier to use it for loading comics on the iPad (what ever model you have). I'm working on a "How-to".
Geo
Yoc:
Hi Poz,
Thanks for the post. But when you do read comics would you say you are happy with the iPad? More so than say reading on your computer?
-Yoc
Poztron:
--- Quote from: Yoc on March 26, 2014, 10:15:51 PM ---Hi Poz,
Thanks for the post. But when you do read comics would you say you are happy with the iPad? More so than say reading on your computer?
-Yoc
--- End quote ---
Comic scans do look great on the iPad, I will certainly give it that. I don't mean to denigrate the iPad, really, I just haven't found it to be a great fit for how I prefer to go online or read. I download most DCM scans onto a big hard drive archive, and it is actually easiest (to me) to use FFView to flip through a book on my Mac's monitor (which is actually a Samsung monitor) in order to ID the artists. So, go figure.
Yoc:
Thanks Poz.
I've been thinking of getting a tablet for years... but there are things I just don't like about it - mainly the lack of a USB or SD card slot. If they were there I'd have bought the first one when it came out.
-Yoc
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