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 ." <>
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 <> 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 <> 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 <
>> >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 <> 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 <>
>> >>> 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
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