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QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Sep 28, 2011 -> 03:07 PM)
A cousin of mine that is a teacher in Florida says that he can see schools getting rid of books and going completely to Ipads within the next few years.

 

I had been saying this should be done for years, except with laptops before the tablets became big. It doesn't make sense to spend tons of money on textbooks anymore.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 28, 2011 -> 10:06 PM)
a lot of schools around here have ipad sets that teachers can check out for the classroom.

It's not fully there yet, but smartphone based polling/question responses (and presumably ipad based ones soon) are slowly getting integrated into higher ed courses. If I get to teach an intro course at a place that has them I'm just going to start off building courses with that in mind because its going to become more prevalent as time goes on.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 08:56 AM)
It's not fully there yet, but smartphone based polling/question responses (and presumably ipad based ones soon) are slowly getting integrated into higher ed courses. If I get to teach an intro course at a place that has them I'm just going to start off building courses with that in mind because its going to become more prevalent as time goes on.

 

My wife's doing that sort of thing but just with small whiteboards for now. It's a great tool to check class understanding during the lesson.

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 11:30 AM)
I dont know, I heard it on talk radio this morning. I am going to look into it because its such a good value.

The only thing I could think of is that it depends on internet connectivity for almost everything that people must be wary of only having Wifi on it.

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 11:30 AM)
I dont know, I heard it on talk radio this morning. I am going to look into it because its such a good value.

Any bad feedback thus far must be based purely on speculation, since not many outside Amazon have had their hands on it.

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QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 11:51 AM)
The only thing I could think of is that it depends on internet connectivity for almost everything that people must be wary of only having Wifi on it.

Maybe. I am going to wait and read amazon reviews and then maybe cnet. You never know how it will end up until people start really using it.

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My wife and I are looking to switch from Verizon to T-Mobile and looking for smartphone suggestions.

 

We arent looking to spend a lot of money, but I do like quality and something that wont drive my wife nuts.

 

For me, I was thinking of the T-Mobile® G2x (aka LG Optimus 2X), it loos like a solid phone with a clean google experience. or the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, or the HTC® Sensation 4G.

For my wife, I was thinking either the HTC Wildfire S or LG Optimus T.

 

Any thoughts?

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:13 PM)
I don't have experience with wireless systems, but here's a Bosch guide on selecting CCTV cameras that may help in picking out lenses, types etc. Bosch is going to be top-of-the-line, but I don't think they offer anything wireless (susceptible to jamming).

So outside of what I want to do for my condo building, I am also looking for this:

 

I am storing my motorcycle, my scooter and sea-doo all in the garage of my house in Michigan. I wanted to set up maybe 2 IP cams in the house, one by the bikes and one by the garage to catch anyone trying to steal my s***. Does anyone have any experience with setting up webcams like that to possibly record motion footage in the cloud?

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QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 03:40 PM)
Get the Galaxy and call it a day. Then again, I think they're also supposed to get the S2, so I might just wait for that. I could be wrong on that though.

No you're right. Wait for the GS2. I have Sprint's version and it's insane.

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