No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 14:01 In article <slrnhqhsp6.mm4.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> You have no idea how the typical user may want to use USB ports. > > > > neither do you. > > ...sure he does. He probably sees how people use other devices. when i see people using laptops, they rarely, if ever, have something plugged into a usb port. the few times they do, it's usually a 3g data card, which is built into the ipad (and has substantially cheaper usage fees). > The fact that Apple chooses to make/sell a keyboard for the device clearly > demonstrates it should have a USB port to support HID devices if nothing > else. what other hid device were you planning on connecting? a mouse? > Apple's current keyboards suck. most people are satisfied with them, but keyboard preferences vary. > Being forced to use theirs will suck. nobody is forcing anyone to use an apple keyboard. any bluetooth keyboard will work with the ipad, and any usb or bluetooth keyboard will work with macs.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 14:01 In article <slrnhqht5l.mm4.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > > the kindle doesn't have usb ports either. why aren't you slamming that? > > The kindle isn't being portrayed as anything more than a book reader. one of the main features of the ipad is ebooks, which is why there's apple's ibookstore, along with amazon and barnes&noble. > The Kindle also doesn't have an office suite planned for it. so amazon is constraining what you do with the kindle, but somehow it's perfectly acceptable. hypocrisy at its finest.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 14:01 In article <kiehq5hskdftph79hpq0odta61cd4uvt1l(a)4ax.com>, chrisv <chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> Yet the sell an overpriced keyboard accessory. > > > >it's only overpriced if nobody buys it. > > That is *not* the definition of "overpriced" you fscking *idiot". take an economics class sometime. > You *seriously* think that if a product sells unit one, that it's not > "overpriced"? the ipad is not a single unit sale. > You don't think people ever cough-up the money for > "overpriced" products, especially when the available products that > meet their needs are artificially restricted? learn what supply and demand is, and that different people have different needs. > God damn,you are stupid. "Every single user will want to use this" is > *not* the criteria for including a feature. Face it, USB devices are > useful and ubiquitous. that must be why the kindle has usb ports. oh wait, it doesn't.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 14:01 In article <hoau8n$9a1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Ezekiel <zeke(a)nosuchmail.com> wrote: > That's what Apple is betting on - many people don't want a "proper machine" > whatever that means. People want to read email, visit some web sites, play a > few games, etc. They are not necessarily looking for a computer or a "proper > machine." Somehow people like seem to think that everyone wants/needs a > "proper machine" which in every other failed 'tablet computer' meant > building a *computer* with a full computer OS. exactly. > This isn't intended to be a full computer so try and catch up and understand > what it's intended purpose is. don't expect much.
From: chrisv on 23 Mar 2010 14:15
nospam wrote: >In article <slrnhqht2v.mm4.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH ><jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> You mean the "problem" of adding a little extra storage transparently >> to the device. This is Apple, they've been doing this stuff for nearly 30 >> years. > >it's only a problem if people actually fill the storage they already >have, which most don't. the best selling ipods have been the nanos >which are currently 8-16 gig, not the ipod classic with 120-160 gig. Idiot. The point is, obviously, "removable" storage. |