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On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:59:42 -0800, JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>
>> It's very rare when a new product niche is actually used in the manner
>> the manufacturer intended.  
>
>A photographer friend thinks the iPad will be used as a portable 
>portfolio display device for photographers.  We won't need to make 
>portfolio books anymore, just load photos into a slideshow application 
>on the iPad and click play.  It will be easy (perhaps too easy) to carry 
>multiple portfolios, each with a different type of image (e.g. 
>landscapes, weddings, sports).

Good idea.  Too bad Apple didn't include an SD card slot or USB jack
to install one externally.  (Drivel:  This kinda reminds me of the
NeXT Cube, which in 1989 didn't have a floppy disk drive.)  I'm not
sure what is the politically correct method of loading photos on the
iPad, but if it's like the iPod Touch, your friend is going to have to
do it with iTunes or one of an assortment of utilities.  I use Pod To
PC:
<http://www.podtopc.com>  ($20)
<http://www.podtomac.com>  (???)
An SD card slot would have been soooooo much easier.  However, you can
store an awfully large number of photos in 16, 32, or 64GBytes of
flash RAM in the iPad.

The iPad is scheduled for release April 3.  Let's see if Apple pulls
off another iPhone style release and gouges the early adopters.


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