No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: Peter Köhlmann on 23 Mar 2010 20:55 nospam wrote: > In article <hobn7t$938$02$2(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter Köhlmann > <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> > BTW, everything mentioned above: Storage, keyboard, camera, etc. can >> > be connected to an iPad. >> >> Just not directly. You need just another totally useless gadget, to get >> functionality anyone outside of the apple cargo cult would take for >> granted > > all of those can be connected without any adapter at all. it's this new > technology called wireless. Thats fine. Please list the makes of cameras which will connect to the iPad via WiFi While you are at it: Please provide a comprehensive list of storage devices which will hook to the iPad via WiFi. They should naturally be small enough to be portable. Around the size of SD-cards will do just fine -- You're not my type. For that matter, you're not even my species
From: Peter Köhlmann on 23 Mar 2010 20:59 D.F. Manno wrote: > In article <hobgg2$l1v$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, > Peter K�hlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> They had *lots* of problems with apple simply pulling their >> apps nilly willy for no good reason. > > Apple is not required to run ads, so pulling them is entirely within its > rights as long as they honor existing contracts. > Oh, and newspapers telling apple to take a hike is absolutely fine also And that is what is actually happening right now -- I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 21:07 In article <hobnu6$4if$00$2(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > Thats fine. Please list the makes of cameras which will connect to the > iPad via WiFi any camera with an eye-fi card, any nikon or canon dslr with a wifi attachment, and there are some compact digicams with wifi too, with more coming in the future. > While you are at it: Please provide a comprehensive list of storage > devices which will hook to the iPad via WiFi. any network attached storage on a wifi network. heck, the entire internet is a storage device. there's even a dropbox app as well. there are also dozens of apps that can turn an ipad into a wireless hard drive. ipads can also do peer to peer over bluetooth or wifi. > They should naturally be small enough to be portable. Around the size of > SD-cards will do just fine try <http://www.airstash.com/>
From: Peter Köhlmann on 23 Mar 2010 21:20 nospam wrote: > In article <hobnu6$4if$00$2(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter Köhlmann > <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> Thats fine. Please list the makes of cameras which will connect to the >> iPad via WiFi > > any camera with an eye-fi card, any nikon or canon dslr with a wifi > attachment, and there are some compact digicams with wifi too, with > more coming in the future. > >> While you are at it: Please provide a comprehensive list of storage >> devices which will hook to the iPad via WiFi. > > any network attached storage on a wifi network. heck, the entire > internet is a storage device. there's even a dropbox app as well. there > are also dozens of apps that can turn an ipad into a wireless hard > drive. ipads can also do peer to peer over bluetooth or wifi. > >> They should naturally be small enough to be portable. Around the size >> of SD-cards will do just fine > > try <http://www.airstash.com/> Translation: Nothing exists which you can simply carry around. Why exactly would you need an iPad then? -- You're not my type. For that matter, you're not even my species
From: Mocassin joe on 23 Mar 2010 21:30
"Peter K�hlmann" <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote in message news:hobn7t$938$02$2(a)news.t-online.com... > Fa-groon wrote: > >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:42:44 -0700, hh wrote >> (in article >> <460c2323-dbc9-4ac9-b8d5-abde7308fa39(a)l25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>): >> >>> chrisv <chr...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >>>> nospam wrote: >>>>> chrisv wrote: >>>> >>>>>> USB ports would be a nice added feature, at extremely low cost. >>>> >>>>> a lot of things would be nice to have, but they don't come for free. >>>> >>>> Some things make sense to have, because they are quite useful and >>>> afforable. >>>> >>>>> and what exactly were you wanting to connect to it, anyway? >>>> >>>> Storage, keyboard, camera, other possibilities. >>> >>> >>> USB is an implimentation, not a capability. >>> >>> Try making the distinction between having the *capability*, and how a >>> capability is *implimented*. Then look again at the problem >>> statement...you very well might not have a capability gap. >>> >>> >>> -hh >> >> BTW, everything mentioned above: Storage, keyboard, camera, etc. can be >> connected to an iPad. > > Just not directly. You need just another totally useless gadget, to get > functionality anyone outside of the apple cargo cult would take for > granted Yes. You can carry your iPad around in a little case with all the peripherals. Or buy trousers with very big pockets to keep all the junk you need to carry around. |