No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: nospam on 31 Mar 2010 10:20 In article <hovjoq$6c1$03$3(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > But even as that dumb peripheral it would be greatly enhanced by getting a > USB connector, to connect it to some "real" computer good thing that's *exactly* what it does.
From: Tim Murray on 31 Mar 2010 12:23 Peter Köhlmann wrote: > But even as that dumb peripheral it would be greatly enhanced by getting > a USB connector, to connect it to some "real" computer It comes in the box.
From: Peter Köhlmann on 31 Mar 2010 12:29 Tim Murray wrote: > Peter Köhlmann wrote: >> But even as that dumb peripheral it would be greatly enhanced by >> getting a USB connector, to connect it to some "real" computer > > It comes in the box. .... of the (extra) adapter -- You're not my type. For that matter, you're not even my species
From: nospam on 31 Mar 2010 12:39 In article <hovt8j$6lb$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter K�hlmann <peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: > > Peter Köhlmann wrote: > >> But even as that dumb peripheral it would be greatly enhanced by > >> getting a USB connector, to connect it to some "real" computer > > > > It comes in the box. > > ... of the (extra) adapter nope. it's in the ipad box itself.
From: Steve de Mena on 31 Mar 2010 13:00
On 3/31/10 6:36 AM, Eric wrote: > In article<goe1r5dn66kcamvhsm1a4tbhhap1dbri9r(a)4ax.com>, > chrisv<chrisv(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> >>> Someone has to be the first to start moving away from the old standard. >> >> Gods, you people are STUPID. >> >> USB is not an "old standard" that needs to be "moved away from". It's >> a standard in its *prime*, thus should be supported. > > USB is also a Master - Slave connection, in which the implicit > assumption is that the computer is the Master and the peripheral the > Slave. That is part of the USB standard. Since iPods, iPhones and iPads > sync with a computer, this makes them peripherals. They have no business > supporting other USB peripherals at all. Only pragmatism lets them run > even a camera connector. Was this statement supposed to actually make sense? Steve |