Pizzey & Knight

Thank-you everybody. If I hadn’t won the free cd of it I think I would carry on with my books and my calls on ipod. Infact, I can read my field guides in bed which I cant do with the computer. And a book has lots of birds on each page and following pages so I find it easier to look for a bird Im trying to identify.I guess Im not used to how computers work and am more comfortable with a familiar field guide. I thought I was going high tech when I bought an ipod 7 years ago and my neice put my BOCA calls on it. Thanks’ David On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 5:46 PM, storm <storm.stanford@gmail.com> wrote: > It depends on what kind of phone you buy. > > If you buy an iphone, no (assuming you do not have a apple mac at home). > If you have a PC and buy an android then maybe. > > On the computer you have at the moment you can have the internet, the > email and maybe an excel spreadsheet or word document all open. You can > move between the programs with the mouse. > > On a phone you pretty much need to close one program before you open > another. > > That you can hear bird calls when you doing other things means you have > the Pizzey guide open. If you close the program, then the sounds should > stop. You might need to eject the cd from the computer. > > good luck > > storm > > > > > > > > On 26 April 2014 17:27, David Richardson <albatrossvaldez@gmail.com >wrote: > >> I don’t understand a lot of that. I can only do one thing at a time on my >> computer. I turn it on and click on the e and it goes to google. From >> there >> I use gmail and can get to birdline and facebook and google things. That’s >> as far as my computer knowledge goes. I put the cd for pizzey and knight >> into the slot on the computer and I now have a picture of a rosella next >> to >> the e that I can click on and it shows the pizzey and knight electronic >> version. I had to turn the speakers off because I keep hearing bird >> calls.Will the “PC “pizzey and knight I have work on an iphone or >> whatever >> they are if I get one? Or is it only for the big computer at home and I >> will have to buy another one to use on a phone? >> >> Thanks, >> david Richardson >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 5:03 PM, David Adams <dpadams@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > PS I don’t know what “Android “is apart from in sci-fi movies. Im not >> > > being silly, I genuinely don’t understand the differences. >> > >> > Fair enough. There’s now to summarize a big subject like this one >> without >> > skipping something important or saying things that while approximately >> true >> > aren’t complete. Even still, I can offer you a sketch that might help. >> > >> > Android and iOS are the two dominant operating systems out there for >> smart >> > phones and tablets. For an end user, they’re more the same than >> different. >> > Which one is better? Yes 😉 They have fans and detractors on both >> sides, >> > such is how it goes. Both are geared towards small screens, >> conservation of >> > battery life, and nearly instantaneous startup. If you know how to use >> one, >> > you could easily figure out the other. Apps on Android and iOS often >> look >> > and behave very nearly identically. They are both very different from >> > desktop computers of whatever sort you might be using now. Instead of a >> > mouse and keyboard and apps in different windows, you generally use one >> app >> > at a time on a small screen using your fingers. >> > >> > Android is developed by Google and then more-or-less given away to phone >> > makers to include on their handsets. The dominant Android smartphone >> maker >> > is Samsung…but there are dozens of others. >> > >> > iOS is developed by Apple and used exclusively on their hardware: >> iPhone, >> > iPod Touch (iPhone without a phone), and iPad. >> > >> > Apple and Samsung have been in a court battle for years that you may >> have >> > seen in the headlines. It’s pretty much about Apple suing Google by >> proxy >> > for cloning the iPhone. None of that matters much to us as users. >> > >> > You can buy a cheap Android phone at Woolies or Coles for $40-80 on sale >> > but it probably won’t have the memory to run the Pizzey app…or most >> any >> > serious birding app. Apple doesn’t make low-end devices but, in many >> > markets, completely owns the high-end. (High end laptops? They own it. >> High >> > end phones? They share it.) If you’re in the price range of Apple’s >> > products, their kit is competitively priced with comparable gear. If you >> > want something cheaper, they just don’t do that. I’ve got a couple of >> > Android phones (love them), an old iPod Touch (works great, even years >> > later), and the new iPad Mini. I have to say, the Mini is the greatest >> > gadget in the history of gadgets, so far as I can tell. With a sturdy >> case, >> > it can go in my bag and I’ve got thousands of pages of birding info, >> sounds >> > and pictures from around the world. Magic. Oh, none of these devices are >> > easy to read in bright light. So, books and pads of paper still have >> their >> > place, to be sure. (I prefer paper guides for areas I don’t know as I >> flip >> > through the pages a lot.) >> > >> > To buy apps for either platform, you go through a store. In the case of >> > iOS, it’s Apple’s iTunes App Store. For Android, you’ve got choices. The >> > biggest and most trusted is Google’s Play store. Many apps are free. >> When >> > you buy an app, it’s usually licensed for one account on multiple >> devices. >> > So, if you have a tablet and a phone you can often buy one copy of the >> app >> > and legally use it on your two devices. With Apple, the license is >> always >> > for 5 devices, so far as I know. For Android, it depends a bit. If you >> buy >> > an Android version you don’t get a license for iOS or the other way >> around. >> > Just like buying Office for Windows doesn’t let you run Office for Mac. >> > Different OS, different license. And, yes, Microsoft does make a phone >> > operating system and just finished buying Nokia something like >> yesterday. >> > Windows Phone isn’t Windows, is getting increasingly positive >> reviews…and >> > has a trivial market share for now. So, you don’t see so many apps for >> > that. >> > >> > Colin R asked: “why is it cheaper for androids?” >> > >> > Probably because Android users are, as a market, far, far, far less >> > inclined to spend money on apps. I assume that Guy Gibbons is >> attempting to >> > get the best price he can for his efforts, and fair enough. Also, if the >> > Android version is licensed for two devices and the iOS one for >> five…some >> > people will find it cheaper on iOS. Birding apps as a category are some >> of >> > the more expensive apps I’ve seen on either platform. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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