PC version will not run on an Apple (or Android) device whatever you do. Whether you can use your license to get a version for a different system is up to the developers On 28 April 2014 00:28, Joseph Morlan <jmorlan@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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