No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: nospam on 25 Mar 2010 17:41 In article <slrnhqnlh1.vo.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: > What about a directory of mp3's? what about them? drag/drop to itunes. or listen in another player.
From: -hh on 25 Mar 2010 20:51 On Mar 25, 8:56 am, chrisv <chr...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > nospam wrote: > > -hh wrote: > > >> In general, its pretty silly to suggest that its critical to have a > >> USB port and then claim that you're never going to have any "dangly" > >> problems because you're not going to ever plug anything into it. > > Idiot. Is a USB stick "dangly"? As soon as it sticks out far enough to represent a risk of something being broken. With your common USB Stick being 2" long, it is an issue. > Also, is it a "dangly problem" if, > for example, at the end of the day you connect a cable from a camera > to the iPad, to dump some photos, a process that might take a minute? > > No, it isn't, is it. Its a dangly ... just not one that is as permanent. FYI, power cords are "danglies" too. Personally, I would have liked to have seen inductive charging as an option. > Sheesh. Afraid of adding a port, because occasionally something will > be attached to it, thus damaging the "Apple aesthetic". God forbid we > have that flexibility. Apple should just deny us the choice. Its not merely an "Apple aesthetic", because if you haven't noticed it yet, IT technology is increasingly going wireless. Try looking around for a phone booth, for example. -hh
From: D.F. Manno on 25 Mar 2010 21:09 In article <hoe40n$296$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > nospam wrote: > > Peter Köhlmann wrote: > > > >> And its going to cost you reams of dough if you are overseas > > > > get a local sim and it won't be, but you can't see through your hatred > > to think of these things. > > Yes, always "just buy another one". You guys apologize for apples screwing > its customers with just that: Spend more money > > Do you realize how utterly ridiculous you cargo cult members really are? On this point, you're the fool. Any half-competent travel agent or travel writer will tell people with GSM phones to buy a SIM card in-country to avoid paying the exorbitant overseas roaming charges. -- D.F. Manno dfmanno(a)mail.com "Quid lucrum istic mihi est?"
From: Peter Köhlmann on 26 Mar 2010 03:47 D.F. Manno wrote: > In article <hoe40n$296$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, > Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> nospam wrote: >> > Peter Köhlmann wrote: >> > >> >> And its going to cost you reams of dough if you are overseas >> > >> > get a local sim and it won't be, but you can't see through your >> > hatred to think of these things. >> >> Yes, always "just buy another one". You guys apologize for apples >> screwing its customers with just that: Spend more money >> >> Do you realize how utterly ridiculous you cargo cult members really >> are? > > On this point, you're the fool. Any half-competent travel agent or > travel writer will tell people with GSM phones to buy a SIM card > in-country to avoid paying the exorbitant overseas roaming charges. > Yes, just as i said. "Buy *another* one". And another. And yet another -- Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer
From: -hh on 26 Mar 2010 07:44
Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlm...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > D.F. Manno wrote: > > In article <hoe40n$296$0...(a)news.t-online.com>, > > Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlm...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > > >> nospam wrote: > >> > Peter Köhlmann wrote: > > >> >> And its going to cost you reams of dough if you are overseas > > >> > get a local sim and it won't be, but you can't see through your > >> > hatred to think of these things. > > >> Yes, always "just buy another one". You guys apologize for apples > >> screwing its customers with just that: Spend more money > > >> Do you realize how utterly ridiculous you cargo cult members really > >> are? > > > On this point, you're the fool. Any half-competent travel agent or > > travel writer will tell people with GSM phones to buy a SIM card > > in-country to avoid paying the exorbitant overseas roaming charges. > > Yes, just as i said. "Buy *another* one". And another. And yet another Here's the question: how much of an effort is it worth to lower your expenses? For example, a USA smartphone "roaming" in EU can easily incur an additional $300/week in expenses. Do you think saving $300 per occasion worth the effort buying a local SIM? Not to be too insulting, but for the "Linux cheapskate" stereotype, I don't see how they could possibly say No. Get a clue, Peter: you're going to pay for Service one way or the other. -hh |