[cctalk] Re: NewtonOS

On Sep 8, 2023, at 12:15, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Re: PDF I use a free app Pdfreader to view and usually just email the pdfs i want to read and save them that way. Sent from my iPhone >> On Sep 8, 2023, at 11:48, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 19:23, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have an ipad 3 and it was absolutely great. Everything worked well on it until apple 🍎 made IOS 10 which doesn’t run on it. Then, gradually, some apps, like Amazon Prime TV, were upgraded to use 10 and above and simply stopped working. > > It is funny you should say that: I have one too, and just today, I dug > it out of its pouch for the first time since July. > > I had left it on! But it was in airplane mode, and so still had 15% > battery. Amazing. > > I am trying to work out how to put my assortment of PDFs onto it so I > can use it as an ebook reader. This is... not trivial. > > It was my mother's. When it was no longer able to run Skype, I bought > her an iPad 5th Gen instead. This is the first model with the iPad Air > form-factor. > > Her eyesight is very bad now -- retinal haemorrhage plus macular > degeneration -- so then I got her a first-model iPad Pro. But, to my > surprise, she prefers the smaller one, as it's much lighter to hold. > > I asked for and was given the cast-off iPad 3. > >> I probably won’t buy another Ipad just because of that. > > Well, I see your point. The device is badly crippled now, yes. > Especially as I preferred iOS 9 -- the newer ones have a lot of bloat, > like window tiling and pop-up floating windows, that just confuse her. > > I can see being aggrieved by the discontinuation of support. > Personally I don't like the things much but I am trying to find a use > for this old one. But if I _liked_ it, that's different. > > FWIW I always buy them used, from these guys: https://webuy.com/ The > company was founded by a friend of mine, sadly long dead now. > >> Liem, sorry about your forearm. Get well and keep writing ✍️ > > Thank you! > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lproven(a)cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lproven(a)gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053