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From: nospam on 11 Apr 2010 20:37 In article <sptwn.544988$FK3.219806(a)en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com>, GMAN <Winniethepooh(a)100acrewoods.org> wrote: > The only reason the iPad lacks a USB port is so that Apple can controll every > bit that passes from one location to the next. They can charge for the > bandwidth. absolute nonsense. where do people come up with this stuff?
From: Doug McDonald on 11 Apr 2010 21:01 As said at beginning of thread: best advice about iPad: if you want one, BUY ONE if you don't, don't This device is one of those love or hate "by feeling" thingies I hate Apple as a company, but, once I finally figured out (not easy) how to make my iPod do what I want it to, I love it. (It's permanently on Shuffle, and I change all the tracks when it finishes playing all of them, taking a month or two. Problem is, I have to redo every album to make a single piece of music an "album" as it calls it.) Doug McDonald
From: Robert Coe on 11 Apr 2010 21:51 On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:53:18 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: : On 08/04/10 7:54 PM, C J Campbell wrote: : : <snip> : : > Obviously you missed today's presentation on iPhone OS 4.0. Jobs : > Also, 4.0 will have true multitasking, so you are wrong about that, too. : : Nope, unfortunately 4.0 doesn't have true multi-tasking. They made a : little progress, but they are not there yet. You must have missed the : presentation on 4.0. : : > USB is so 20th century anyway, as is Firewire. You might as well demand : > a serial or parallel port or a floppy disk drive. You want a buggy whip : > holder with that? Everything is supposed to connect to the iPad : > wirelessly. : : Nope, no iPad support for most Bluetooth profiles. 802.11 would be a : possibility. : : What you need to understand is that nearly all the peripherals now being : used with tablets and thin clients in vertical applications are : connected via USB. In many instances there are even older interfaces : being used. These devices aren't going to be redesigned, and replaced, : to work with a device that lacks the most popular and most basic of I/O. : It was a conscious decision of Apple to not include connectivity that : would allow the iPad to be used in ways that did not generate revenue : from content. : : Apple is certainly free to put, or not put, whatever hardware and : software features into their products that they believe will generate : the most revenue. And if they've guessed wrong, they may have shot themselves in the foot bigtime. I won't care, but some in this newsgroup obviously will. Bob
From: whisky-dave on 12 Apr 2010 08:32 "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:8e18bd2a-2c76-4afe-839f-c0ea08c6c01e(a)g10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... > Wait for HP to release its version. Nah, the apps store is what'll make the iPad a best buy option.
From: Mr. Strat on 12 Apr 2010 09:27
In article <sptwn.544988$FK3.219806(a)en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com>, GMAN <Winniethepooh(a)100acrewoods.org> wrote: > In article <110420101639447786%rag(a)nospam.techline.com>, "Mr. Strat" > <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote: > >In article <829nu8F2hjU3(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> > >wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:17:38 -0700, Mr. Strat wrote: > >> > >> > In article <827ijtF2hkU52(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:09:40 -0700, RichA wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Wait for HP to release its version. No USB port Apple? Are you THAT > >> >> > paranoid about content control?? > >> >> > >> >> Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point? > >> > > >> > The iPad will outperform a netbook easily. > >> > >> That I've got to see! What about all the lacking capability? > > > >Lacking what...a camera? USB is so 20th century...get with it, man. > The only reason the iPad lacks a USB port is so that Apple can controll every > bit that passes from one location to the next. They can charge for the > bandwidth. They have the ability to charge money for things transferring through Bluetooth? |