No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: Peter Köhlmann on 22 Mar 2010 04:12 nospam wrote: > In article <slrnhqdo6o.48s.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH > <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> Standard networking would also be good. >> >> There are a number of well developed and robust protocols that a >> device >> of this kind could use in order to tie itself into the rest of the >> content that someone might have. A nifty tablet that's closed is like >> being all dolled up with no place to go. > > good thing that it has standard networking then. > >> The cult must perpetuate the idea that anything but a closed device >> where your best option is to pay Steve for everything is the only thing >> that "normal" people will ever be able to handle. > > there's no requirement to pay steve anything (other than the initial > purchase) to use it. Naturally not. The (apple controlled) apps are all free. And the DRM content also will cost nothing You are a worthy member of your cargo cult -- Support your local Search and Rescue unit -- get lost.
From: Mocassin joe on 22 Mar 2010 10:50 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:210320102124351389%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <slrnhqdofm.48s.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH > <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> > USB is a master slave system (unlike peer to peer Firewire). Since a >> > Mac >> > or a Windows box is (via iTunes) the master to an iPad as a slave, why >> > should an iPad also be a USB master? That is against the original USB >> > spec. The iPad would also be required to supply either 100mA (or by >> >> So the thing has different hardware that allows it to be one or the >> other. > > which is additional cost. loading it up with all possible features is a > recipe for disaster. Additional cost? How much additionl cost on existing ten cent components and mature technology? > >> It's hardly rocket science. Of course the reason to have a proper >> USB port would be so that you don't have to have it tethered to a "real >> computer" and can get content on and off of it without the need to go >> through your iTunes account. > > you don't have to have it tethered and can easily get content onto and > off of it. So a deficiency is considered to be good to you?
From: JEDIDIAH on 22 Mar 2010 12:07 On 2010-03-22, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > > In article <slrnhqdofm.48s.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH ><jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> > USB is a master slave system (unlike peer to peer Firewire). Since a Mac >> > or a Windows box is (via iTunes) the master to an iPad as a slave, why >> > should an iPad also be a USB master? That is against the original USB >> > spec. The iPad would also be required to supply either 100mA (or by >> >> So the thing has different hardware that allows it to be one or the >> other. > > which is additional cost. loading it up with all possible features is a > recipe for disaster. Another nice example of "the cult has announced a new messiah therefore will will all shout down the old messiah and claim that he could never have been our messiah in the first place" (macintosh). The cult will make any excuse for the abuse (and being trapped). > >> It's hardly rocket science. Of course the reason to have a proper >> USB port would be so that you don't have to have it tethered to a "real >> computer" and can get content on and off of it without the need to go >> through your iTunes account. > > you don't have to have it tethered and can easily get content onto and > off of it. Obvious lie. -- ...of course if you are forced against your will to use Windows in ||| the day time your bound to have a lot to vent about in the evening. / | \
From: chrisv on 22 Mar 2010 12:10 Mocassin joe wrote: > "nospam" wrote: >> >> which is additional cost. loading it up with all possible features is a >> recipe for disaster. > > Additional cost? How much additionl cost on existing ten cent components > and mature technology? "Additional cost" is an extremely lame, dare I say "asinine", excuse for not having USB ports in a premium-priced product like the iPad.
From: nospam on 22 Mar 2010 13:39
In article <pan.2010.03.22.16.10.10.772538(a)nospam.invalid>, chrisv <chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > "Additional cost" is an extremely lame, dare I say "asinine", excuse for > not having USB ports in a premium-priced product like the iPad. if the typical user isn't going to use the usb ports, it's a waste of money, regardless of cost. the ipad is also not premium priced. in fact, people were surprised that it didn't cost *more*. |