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Why are IPad Posts like Black and White Old Time Photos?

Why are IPad Posts like Black and White Old Time Photos? Because there are no photo icons above when you are creating a post on the iPAD. Because it is just FUN to be able to do a Blog post on the run on the iPAD so technocolor can wait by the gate. You can always go back later and add the photos, clips and concepts in full color. Or maybe these very first BW Active Rain posts will have a NOSTALGIC quality of their own someday. You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern MD Real Estate Services. Imagine gorgeous golden retriever puppy pictures swimming in the Chesapeake Bay right here right now WOW! Join my NEW iPAD Ghetty Group http://activerain.com/groups/ipadghetty. Visit www.GoldenResults.com for more Southern Maryland Real Estate information.

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iPad review

I agree with most of these points. I like the bright light when you read at night.  It is good for a light travel device that has books, music, photos plus email and internet capability. Would not trade it! Nope!

Via Pat O'Brien (RE/MAX ACCESS):

Being much happier with my iPad than I ever imagined, I thought I would write a review so others would know what a great tool that it was.

I take out my iPad and log into activerain and guess what, I could not get it to work.  I reset everything, tried a different browser and again, can't get the iPad to write in this very space.  I go to my friend, google, and find out that apple has not found a way or has chosen not to allow the iPad to use form spaces that are "contenteditable"!  So therefore I am using my much less expensive Asus NetBook to wrote this.

Is the iPad the perfect replacement for cluncky notebooks or even netbooks?  Not even close.  Is it a great tool for an agent?  I think it is for these reasons.

Great web access even though you need to download another browser to get some sites to not redirect to the mobile version of the site.  I bought the basic ipad w/o 3g and use the tethering from my htc Evo for internet.

Great email app.  Once set up the only real downside to the email app is that while your are writing an email you can't go back and look at other email, or even the email that you are replying to.   That said it is quick and easy to use.

I have wanted a kindle since they came out.  I read at least a book a week and really thought that would be cool.  I have used one a few times and the iPad seems as good or better than some of the other readers.  What a great and LIGHT way to keep your books with you while you are on the go.  I always have a book incase I have to wait in line or wait for a client.  Now, I have my book and email all in one light package.

Battery life seems good so far.  The iPad will not charge well in the car through a regular usb charger nor while plugged into a computer, unless you have usb 3.0.  I have yet to have issues with it not lasting at least a day.  Sheila and I brought them to the RE/MAX of Texas Broker/Owner Retreat and both of ours lasted all day, with lots of juice to spare on a single charge.  My EVO however, when through 3 batteries supplying our internet connection.

I got the bluetooth keyboard and for the mos t part have been happy typing on the screen.  I can type over 100 words/min, and although slower on the iPad, I am getting faster.  I am not sure I would get the keyboard next time.

It is a great way stay connected and bring information with you.  Email is much easier than on a phone and much faster.  Honestly it is a great fun toy also!

The other pros and cons are well documented and many of them will be fixed next month with the 4.0 upgrade.    Who knows if Apple and Flash will ever meet.  I don't know why i???? users still complain that there is not flash support.  There never has been Flash and if you bought and iProdoct looking for it, that seems silly.  Buy a driod or even a palm pre if you have to have Flash.

In short, great tool that will get better with time.

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The Skinny on the IPAD in Southern Maryland...how it works with MLS and other neat stuff...

The Skinny on the IPAD in Southern Maryland...how it works with MLS and other neat stuff...Okay, I have been on a mission to learn about the IPAD. I read a few blogs on Active Rain about how agents are using it while showing houses to pull up MLS. Then they are pulling up Google maps. Then they are using it to carry around their Kindle Books not to mention their iTunes collection. It is one stop shopping in that you can toss it in your purse and go but this one device provides many services while this yours truly Southern Maryland Realtor is in a perpetual Realtor movement in Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties in Southern Maryland. You can have a compass or financial calculator, too. Even GotoMeeting.com works with the FREE application!

The Skinny on the IPAD in Southern Maryland...how it works with MLS and other neat stuff...I heard thru Rich Iarossi at Rain Camp that another agent seated next to him used one all day in D.C. I have called MRIS , our MLS system in the D.C. area , to see if they knew if it worked. I went twice to Best Buy to figure it out. Then I made it simple and called the Active Rain Blogger, Josette Skilling out of Bethesda, MD , to get the direct scoop and poop. You betcha, the IPAD works great with no glitches on her IPAD. She LOVES it and now I really cannot wait. I was going to switch to an iphone when Verizon brought it aboard but that will not work with Agent Office Contact Management Software. Hopefully the iphone or IPAD will work if and when Top Producer releases an iphone app. So, go IPAD, go. I am waiting for more gigs because of my itunes collection. Christmas is a good, good goal to have an Apple under the tree. And I say that despite the years of HP & PC  in me!

The Skinny on the IPAD in Southern Maryland...how it works with MLS and other neat stuff... You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. Visit www.GoldenResults.com for more Southern Maryland Real Estate information.

Golden Results

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

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The NEW RE/MAX Channel: The Roku versus the XBox & Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player

The NEW RE/MAX Channel: The Roku versus the XBox and Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player. I had to figure out ,when RE/MAX announced Monday that there is now a RE/MAX Channel that works in conjunction with the Netflix Player by Roku, if that meant would the Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player also host the RE/MAX Agent Educational Channel and no it does not. Each vendor has license agreements so the XBox does not offer the  NEW RE/MAX Educational Channel nor does the Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player offer the NEW RE/MAX Educational Channel. Only Roku has the license agreement to air the on demand RE/MAX thousand plus educational sessions for RE/MAX Agents for RE/MAX Univeristy.

The NEW RE/MAX Channel: The Roku versus the XBox and Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player research project also meant I had to call www.Crutchfield.com ( 1-800-388-2911 ext. 3278 ...ask for Gary) to find out what you do if you already have one of these devices and need to add the Roku to get the RE/MAX Educational Designation Classes and Convention Classes on RE/MAX University . The choices are that you can purchase a unit for roughly $150.00 plus cord that is basically like a HDMI switch. Removing the cords frequently is not advised but the switch concept will work. The other options were to use the analog cords in the cord package offered for $19.99 so both units would work at the same location when there is only one HDMI slot. The reception would not be as good but this is a workaround if you want to utilize both units at the same spot. The Samsung has the BlueRay DVD feature which the Roku does not. The other option could have been to connect your laptop to a cord to the TV. Or lastly, watch the NEW RE/MAX Channel on your iphone. We need Verizon to get the iphone in Southern Maryland for this option.

The NEW RE/MAX Channel: The Roku versus the XBox and the Samsung BlueRay Wireless Netflix DVD Player was a mystery at the beginning of the day. The RE/MAX Educational Channel  on RE/MAX University is so awesome that the Roku route was my choice versus no iphone yet with Verizon and no access on the Samsung. The cord option with a laptop to the TV seems awkward and cumbersome. The switch is not a necessity so the analog route with voice and plugs seemed to be the easiest solution for now. I like the fact the Amazon on Demand is available on the Roku so thousands more show options become available than the Samsung offers. They both have Pandora. I noticed YouTube on the Samsung but Flickr on the Roku. Netflix has their own free shows offered in addition to the movie mail selections but I have not noticed the Amazon on Demand feature that Roku offers. So Amazon has me on the Kindle for books and the Roku for movies. The only thing missing is a cup of Starbucks when I flick on the Roku and they will probably figure that out, too.

RE/MAX Agents! To learn more about the Roku and the NEW RE/MAX University, visit and log in to Mainstreet and then click the link or insert this in your browser  https://www.remax.net/News/Pages/NewRUGettingStarted.aspx to get up and running on obtaining a new designation or getting information about the RE/MAX Interanational 2010 Convention events that are being held in Orlando Florida this week.

P.S. On Twitter ,use the hashtag #rmxcnu this week or on Facebook, visit facebook.com/remax for more 2010 RE/MAX Convention Orlando Florida interactive information!

You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. Visit www.GoldenResults.com for more information.

Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults