Besides being the most obvious e-Reader, iPad has the potential to shake up quite a few markets. One being the Apple’s strongest market; Education.
Imagine digitizing all the text books for the children. Now, children do not have to carry thick school books. All their books will be linked to a central source. No need to get new editions as updates will be done once centrally and all their official school books will be updated instantly.
Need to have assessment? Touch and Gestures will make it fun for them. No more just multiple questions about certain topics. Exercises will be interactive! Children will use touch and gestures to explore ways of learning.
Finally able to download the big beta image from Apple. Installing it and will be trying out the new features of iPad. This will be fun!
When you receive an estimated bill, you should check the service provider’s estimates with your meter reading. The new export feature allows you export the readings as a spreadsheet to google docs.
If the two readings vary greatly then you may wish to submit your readings to the service provider for clarification.
It enables billing you to a reading based on your actual usage as opposed to an estimate. This may have the effect of reducing fluctuations between actual and estimated bills.
Monitoring your own meter readings allows you to view usage pattern and identify if any sudden increases occur, rather than having to wait until the next actual reading from your provider.
THE PROBLEM
• Meter readings are taken once every two to three months by your provider. For other months, estimated readings are used to compute your bills.
• Billing from your provider does not include current charges to date or projected monthly charges.
• Billing cycles usually overlap the calendar month and this makes budgeting for utilities difficult.
THE SOLUTION
• Regular self meter reading complements and validates the billing from your provider. You can submit these readings to be rectified so that you are charged according to actual usage.
• Current and projected monthly charges calculated by this application allows you to forecast monthly utility expenses and budget accordingly.
• Constant reading also helps you track consumption habits and monitor the energy efficiency of electrical appliances. By modifying consumption habits and using green appliances, you can reduce resource usage and save money at the same time.
The electricity meter measures the amount of electricity you have used in kilowatt-hours (or units). For SmartMeter, you should read the black numbers and the single red number on your meters.
Reading : 5083.5
If you subscribe to gas, you would have a gas meter outside your home. It registers your gas consumption in units equivalent to a heat value of one kilowatt hour. For SmartMeter, you read the black numbers and the first red number on the meter.
Reading : 16991.0
The water meter measures the amount of water in cubic meters. Read only the first five numbers from the left. You will notice that these are the first four numbers in black and the fifth number in red on your meter.
Reading : 3402.6
Google Docs API is more than just Apps. It’s Google’s massive APIs for docs, videos, maps and others for people to share stuff over the internet. Lots of well known products are based on Google Docs APIs.
The basic setup for Google Docs and Xcode | iPhone coding is shown in this link
SmartMeter 1.1 for sale at new reduced price of US$0.99. New feature is exporting readings, tariffs, consumption & billing as a spreadsheet to goggle docs.
