No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: JEDIDIAH on 22 Mar 2010 16:14 On 2010-03-22, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > > 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 Yet the sell an overpriced keyboard accessory. Clearly they think that there is some value in allowing their users to have access to USB type devices to a very limited degree. Of course they derive some benefit from directing you through their own proprietary interface. > money, regardless of cost. the ipad is also not premium priced. in > fact, people were surprised that it didn't cost *more*. -- ...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: Mocassin joe on 22 Mar 2010 17:16 "chrisv" <chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:pan.2010.03.22.16.10.10.772538(a)nospam.invalid... > 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. > In fact, it doesn't even have Firewire.
From: JF Mezei on 22 Mar 2010 17:19 nospam wrote: > 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*. I suspect Apple has had internal debates about this. Since just about every device has its own proprietary cable between itself and a standard "master" USB port, the proprietary USB cable between the ipad and a computer is no different. At least, it is supposed to be compatible with the proprietary cables used between ipods/iphones and computers. A ipad user wanting to download camera/GPS data to an ipad would need a proprietary cable between his device and any computer anyways. So the fact that you need a little dongle/adaptor to create standard master USB port via the proprietary ipod connector on the ipad doesn't really add much since you can simply have that dongle left attached to the camera's cable. So when you need to connect camera to iapd duringa trip, you pull out that cable and plug it between your camera and ipad. Yeah, having a "real" master USB port on the ipad would be nice. But the availability of an adaptor doing the same does fulfill the functionality that is needed, albeit costlier and a bit less convenient.
From: nospam on 22 Mar 2010 17:36 In article <slrnhqfjto.mgc.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > Yet the sell an overpriced keyboard accessory. it's only overpriced if nobody buys it. > Clearly they think that there is some value in allowing their users > to have access to USB type devices to a very limited degree. some might want it, but not all will. that's why it's an accessory and not built in. > Of course they derive some benefit from directing you through their > own proprietary interface. you mean the standard ipod dock connector that's been around for 7 years and for which there are zillions of third party devices available?
From: Hadron on 22 Mar 2010 17:51
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> writes: > In article <slrnhqfjto.mgc.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH > <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> Yet the sell an overpriced keyboard accessory. > > it's only overpriced if nobody buys it. > >> Clearly they think that there is some value in allowing their users >> to have access to USB type devices to a very limited degree. > > some might want it, but not all will. that's why it's an accessory and > not built in. > >> Of course they derive some benefit from directing you through their >> own proprietary interface. > > you mean the standard ipod dock connector that's been around for 7 > years and for which there are zillions of third party devices > available? jed doesnt understand that a single HW target and single OS makes for better applications and more return for the developers which results in more and better QA and more redevelopment and more ... Oh. You get it. Jed doesn't. Jed thinks Doom II is cutting edge and it takes 2 guys a week or two to make a modern game for the PC. In short, Jed is an idiots idiot. |