After reading a lot about things like iRealbook for Apple stuff and similar apps for Android I decided to jump into the pool. But I need a large display and don't like the idea of these new tablets like Ipads or the Android ones because they're not full computers. They do some cool stuff but for me too much money for limited functionality. I just bought for $190 a used Fujitsu Lifebook convertable tablet PC. It's got Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit, 2 gigs ram and is a full blown computer with a 12" display. It looks like a regular laptop but the screen rotates to lay flat against the keyboard and the screen is touch activated using a digital graphics pen plus it has physical functions buttons along the side when it's in tablet mode. Pretty cool.

I started by loading in my PDF realbooks that are already indexed. When I rotate the display I can read the charts perfectly but a regular PDF reader like Adobe doesn't have proper song list, page turning and search functions that software designed for musicians has.

My questions are who is doing this, what aoftware do you like, what's your favorite stand mount etc. Remember I'm asking about regular PC software, not apps for phones or tablets. I've been on the Music Reader website and that looks nice, any others to recommend?

I would love to have wireless access to something like iRealbook but that's an app only accessable through cell networks (I think) but if someone knows about something like that through a regular Windows laptop great, let me know because even though I have pretty much all the charts I need and can create new ones in Biab the one thing I'm missing is the almost instant ability of iRealbook to transpose. Just last week we had a lady vocalist sit in and she did Green Dolphin in Ab. The bass player pulled it up on his iPhone but I was stuck with the C chart. Yes Mac I know I should be able to do that just fine off the C chart but even though I got though it it wasn't graceful or fluid and I didn't solo. I've been doing that tune in mostly C and sometimes in Eb for like, forever if not longer.

Bob

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