The Monkey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Has anyone tried usb video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Unfortunately, my ScanSnap scanner does not appear to work with the camera kit. That would have been neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Mohan's Custom Tailors : Custom Clothing At Retail Prices! dew eet laywers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 That's pretty funny. I bet they have stuff for guns as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 I'll need a bigger murse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Apple tries to be more open. Sends navy to Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 In case anyone missed it you can use the new mobile chat with the iPad if you tell the browser to emulate Mobile Safari. Seems to work pretty well and much easier than iTeleport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Digging the Japanese comments the last two days. "Now the time has come for us to hold an iPhone in the right (hand) and iPad in the left -- just like the samurai with two swords!" Softbank president Masayoshi Son said at an in-store presentation. iPad-mania as thousands queue for global roll-out | Raw Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 In case anyone missed it you can use the new mobile chat with the iPad if you tell the browser to emulate Mobile Safari. Seems to work pretty well and much easier than iTeleport. Thanks Jeff. Used it last night. Pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Definitely an improvement over iteleport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 In case anyone missed it you can use the new mobile chat with the iPad if you tell the browser to emulate Mobile Safari. Seems to work pretty well and much easier than iTeleport. What's this "mobile chat"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Head-Case Chat for the iPhone and iPad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Pfff...chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episiarch Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 iPad went on sale outside the USA today. My wife was at London's Regent Street store all day and says the lines continued all day long. Amazing. I will be surprised if they haven't passed two million by the time Jobs gives his WWDC speech. She's irritated she managed somehow to miss seeing Stephen Fry, who showed up to stand in line and buy another one even though he'd already gotten one or two on USA launch day. But she did see The World's Tallest Married Couple, there to promote the Guinness Book of Records app. Which I thought was a strange thing for them to do, but it made all the papers so clearly Guinness understands publicity better than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Big shake-up in the only seriously proposed iPad alternative so far IMO... Lenovo kills Skylight OS in favor of Android, U1 Hybrid and Skylight smartbook being shelved -- Engadget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I got to try an iPad today at the Apple-authorized retailer inside my university. I was very surprised they already had some in stock, I thought you would only be able to buy them at the Apple store on release date. There were only 3-4 other people interested to try it, so I got sufficient time to play with the different apps. It's a very nice gadget, I was impressed by its build quality and the superb screen, but at the same time it doesn't thrill me like many Apple products did in the past. I can't help but feel it's just an oversized iPod Touch, a toy basically. Maybe after owning one for some time I'd change my mind, but I have a hard time figuring out where an iPad fits between a laptop and a smartphone in terms of real-life use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I can't help but feel it's just an oversized iPod Touch, a toy basically. Maybe after owning one for some time I'd change my mind, but I have a hard time figuring out where an iPad fits between a laptop and a smartphone in terms of real-life use. I feel the same way - trying to see where/why it would replace my laptop for any reason other than convenience and novelty. But I do have to plead ignorance until I have properly tried one, which I would very much like to do...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yikes Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I picked up a 16 gb Wi-Fi iPad yesterday. I got it basically to use as the remote for my PS Audio PWD/Bridge music system. Since the Bridge won't be out for a month or two I decided to use it as a remote for my Exemplar Music Server (that currently uses a Nokia N810 running VNC Viewer), so I paid $10 for the VNC app and of course it doesn't work. Why do I get the feeling that this thing is going to be a money pit? otherwise it's a cool toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yikes Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I picked up a 16 gb Wi-Fi iPad yesterday. I got it basically to use as the remote for my PS Audio PWD/Bridge music system. Since the Bridge won't be out for a month or two I decided to use it as a remote for my Exemplar Music Server (that currently uses a Nokia N810 running VNC Viewer), so I paid $10 for the VNC app and of course it doesn't work. Why do I get the feeling that this thing is going to be a money pit? otherwise it's a cool toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 I got to try an iPad today at the Apple-authorized retailer inside my university. I was very surprised they already had some in stock, I thought you would only be able to buy them at the Apple store on release date. There were only 3-4 other people interested to try it, so I got sufficient time to play with the different apps. It's a very nice gadget, I was impressed by its build quality and the superb screen, but at the same time it doesn't thrill me like many Apple products did in the past. I can't help but feel it's just an oversized iPod Touch, a toy basically. Maybe after owning one for some time I'd change my mind, but I have a hard time figuring out where an iPad fits between a laptop and a smartphone in terms of real-life use. I feel the same way - trying to see where/why it would replace my laptop for any reason other than convenience and novelty. But I do have to plead ignorance until I have properly tried one, which I would very much like to do...... Doubt it's for everyone, but as the risk of sounding like a cheerleader, coincidently today - I've Changed My Mind About The iPad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Doubt it's for everyone, but as the risk of sounding like a cheerleader, coincidently today - I've Changed My Mind About The iPad Yeah, Anandtech's review said very similar things with respect to email and casual tasks being so enjoyable, which is why I'm still so keen to try it - and I'm sure I would absolutely love it. I guess I just don't think I could ever justify the expense for that convenience. The money could buy at least two levels of CPU upgrade and a fair chunk of RAM in a new laptop, which translates to a lot time saving for Matlab and other intensive work tasks. Priorities suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episiarch Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Another recent iPad review, from writer Charles Stross: Gadget Patrol: iPad - Charlie's Diary I bought my iPad with the idea of using it for a variety of tasks. It's a convergence device, for one thing: I want to use it as an ebook reader. I want to use it for the obvious cloud-computing tasks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Wait, whut? Email and web browsing are "cloud-computing tasks"? Since when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episiarch Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 I think he just means they rely on remote, Internet-accessed data rather than local-inside-the-iPad data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Okay, but that's not 'cloud computing', as I know it. I'm pretty sure that means flight simulator. Or a game based on Sky Crawlers/Kildren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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