No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:26 [snips] -hh wrote: > While I'm on the road, the only things that I see plugged into laptops > are: > > a) 3G cards ... while in mobility mode(s) Plugged in via USB. > b) USB thumb drives ... Plugged in via USB. So nice to know that these devices simply won't work with the MaxiPad unless you buy a completely pointless extra piece of junk hardware.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:32 nospam wrote: > In article <qndfq5lk9tb6fj5c9eug2ndnb5ohnfref8(a)4ax.com>, chrisv > <chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> USB ports would be "good to have" on the iPad. > > why? > > it's not an issue for the ipod touch, and after all, isn't the ipad > just a big ipod touch? If it is, then there's no point to it _at all_, as the iPod touch does a perfectly good job of being an iPod touch, in what, about a tenth the size? Reminds me of the old joke about how "[Ethnic] engineers have just announce the world's largest microcomputer!" Making a small, compact, easily-ported device ten times the size is not a benefit unless there's a concomitant increase in functionality. If, as you assert, it's just a bigger version of the existing product, then it's worthless by design. Very good, you've just been deprogrammed from the cult of Apple.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:38 nospam wrote: > In article <hoa23k$ems$02$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann > <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > >> USB2 is plenty fast enough for toys like the iPad > > good thing it has usb 2 then. Really? Good. I have a USB cable. Where do I plug it in? There seems to be no USB connector to actually _use_ that supposed USB support with, making the supposed USB support kinda pointless. >> What the fanboiz don't want to admit is that apple deliberately chose to >> screw their customers by closing that thingy as much as possible. > > quite the opposite, actually. Really? They *didn't* close it? You mean it offers all those standard interfaces one would expect on such a device, like SD and USB? Funny, there's no slots on the case to insert an SD card, no connector to plug the USB cable into. >> After all, their cargo cult members will defend every move of apple, no >> matter how much it will cost them down the road > > no, they just correct idiotic bullshit. Which means you're obviously not one of the cult members, as you've corrected precisely jack.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:36 Robert Haar wrote: > On 3/22/10 2:30 PM, "chrisv" <chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> USB ports would be "good to have" on the iPad. Stop apologizing for >> Apple's customer-hostile designs. >> > > I agree but that doesn't make the tradeoffs good. It is not just the small > amount of additional circuitry needed to be a USB master. The biggest factor > is likely to be power. Many of the USB devices people would like to connect > are bus-powered, like USB hard drives. Cameras are generally self-powered so > the camera interface works. I am not willing to trade off battery life or > larger batteries to connect a USB hard drive. Excuse me? *You* don't want to drain your batteries by running a USB-powered HD - which makes sense - so this justifies not including USB ports? Well, good; I don't want my eyes to be strained by staring at a screen all day, so let's do away with the screen, too. After all, the fact _I_ might have some bizarre theoretical issue with it is sufficient justification from including it, right? Yeesh. You *can't* have actually said that. No, really. I'm going to pretend your post was just a hiccup from the depths of the 'net.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:41
[snips] nospam wrote: > those say it lacks usb *ports*, not that it lacks usb (along with a lot > of not particularly accurate criticisms). > > the kindle doesn't have usb ports either. why aren't you slamming that? The Model T doesn't have USB ports, either, and we're not slamming it. Maybe because the discussion isn't *about* the Model T. See if your little pea brain can figure that out. |