Pizzey & Knight

Is there anything preventing synching your PC with your hand-held and uploading the PC version into something like iTunes and then into your iPhone? Then open it with iBooks on the iPhone? On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:44:54 +1000, “cgregory123 .” <cgregory123@gmail.com> wrote: >David > >I too have the PC (beta) version which is on my laptop – beta, by the way, >refers to a pre launch test version . It is certainly useful for research >and compiling lists but not as a “Field Guide” as such. Not unless I want >to lug my laptop around with me, which I don’t. Whereas my wife’s Apple >(beta) app. has all the functionality of the PC version but also is a >superb “Field Guide”. The beauty of the Apple app on my wife’s iPad as >”Field Guide” was brought home last year when we were looking for the >Eungella Honeyeater. Before walking the forest trails we sat in the car >with the iPad, which weighs no more than the Pizzey book. We checked the >same excellent drawings and descriptions you can find in the book but also >at the tap of a finger looked at great photos and heard recordings of its >call. In a couple of minutes walking the trail in the forest we identified >and tracked the bird by its call. We could have easily carried the iPad >with us and sometimes do. We now find it convenient having everything on >one platform but it’s horses for courses. Some people like having different >references (ipods, books etc) to hand in the field. >To answer your last your last question. The PC version and the apps (Google >and Android) are not interchangeable. You pays your money and you takes >your choice. >Cheers >Chris Gregory > > >On 26 April 2014 16:01, David Richardson <albatrossvaldez@gmail.com > wrote: > >> I don’t understand what the differeces are in the computer version being >> discussed. I thought the electronic version would work on iphones and those >> pads etc that people have now. Is the “PC ‘disc different to that? I >> don’t yet have an iphone of any kind. No mobile at all. >> >> I have BOCA calls on ipod. And I carry Simpson and Day in my bag. >> >> David Richardson. >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Dave Torr <davidtorr@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Yes, would not be very good on a PC – mine is on a tablet which is >> smaller >> > and lighter than the book! >> > >> > >> > On 26 April 2014 12:31, David Richardson <albatrossvaldez@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Hello, >> >> I was surprised to have won a competition to win the Pizzey & Knight >> >> Digital Edition. >> >> >> >> I have just received it and managed to load the CD onto my computer. >> >> >> >> I’m really not sure what use it is better than having the book.I’m >> >> grateful to have won the competition but looking at the field guide on >> my >> >> computer, I think I may as well stick to using the book. people say the >> >> book is heavy but its not as heavy as the computer. >> >> >> >> David Richardson >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Dave Torr <davidtorr@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> One of the things I noticed in an early download when testing was that >> >>> the >> >>> app seems to be limited to two devices, which is unusual for an Android >> >>> app >> >>> – all the others I own can be downloaded to all Android devices that >> use >> >>> the same Google account. I am not sure if that applies to the released >> >>> version or whether it was just in the test versions – has anyone who >> has >> >>> downloaded the release version noticed this limit? >> >>> Not of course that many of us will have more than 2 Androids I >> guess….. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 25 April 2014 16:44, Arthur & Denise Carew <art.den@bigpond.com > >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > I have downloaded to both a HTC EVO phone and Galaxy S2 7” >> tablet >> >>> > with no problems on either. Remember that once you download it, it >> has >> >>> to >> >>> > unpack and load to your system. >> >>> > >> >>> > Arthur Carew >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>> > Birding-Aus mailing list >> >>> > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >> >>> > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >> >>> > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org >> >>> > >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Birding-Aus mailing list >> >>> Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >> >>> To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >> >>> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Birding-Aus mailing list >> Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >> To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org >> >_______________________________________________ >Birding-Aus mailing list >Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org — Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA “It turns out we’re very good at not seeing things” – Jack Hitt _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org