First off, let me give you a short intro from ProvoCraft just in case you're not familiar with this new toy.
Life shouldn't slow down when you get inspired with a good design. Now it doesn't have to with Gypsy, the hand held design studio for Cricut®. Whether you're on the road or just in the backyard, you can escape, be creative, and have fun. Gypsy stores all your Cricut cartridges, making it easy to search and find just the right shapes. Gypsy works easily with any Cricut machine just connect and cut! Design anywhere with Gypsy from Provo Craft.
Now just so you know, I LOVE MY DESIGN STUDIO!! Design Studio absolutely rocks! I love it so much that I teach DS classes locally so I can share that love with others. So when I found out that a hand held version of Design Studio was being released, I knew right off that I wanted one.
Now fast forward to last week when I received my G in the mail. When I saw who the box was from I swear my heart started pounding! I sat down on the floor and opened it, pulling out each item and admiring its beauty. My mind was whirling with thoughts of creating on the go!
I turned on my G and went through the set up process. Because of my experience with my Palm Pilot, set up was easy but I'm thinking that those without that experience might have a little trouble figuring it out. Now to design something. I quickly found out that there is somewhat of a learning curve to the Gypsy. It was not as easy for me as in the videos and to be honest with you, I'm still having a little trouble maneuvering around in there.
Another issue I have with the G is the tiny screen. I'm um, over, um, we'll let's put it this way, I'm probably old enough to be your mother and my eyesight just isn't what it used to be so the items on the screen are somewhat difficult to see. On the flip side, it's a hand held device so it's not like they can make it any bigger. =\
A positive is that I won't have to tote a zillion cartridges to crops anymore. So you see, there is good and bad and I'm thinking that for some it going to be a love match and for some not.
So what do you think about your Gypsy?
**ADDED NOTE
After struggling with my G and talking to some friends I found out that my box was short the usb that you update the Gypsy with. It's being mailed to me so I'm hoping that once I do the updates some of the issues that I'm having will be resolved. Wonder if they'll send me a users manual? LOL
