Steve Jobs, the iPad, and cultural sugar water
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From: Jon Ribbens on 7 Jul 2010 14:13 On 2010-07-06, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <jHKYn.16858$f_3.12033(a)newsfe17.iad>, > "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >> > Actually, she uses the iPod function, email, and apps a lot. I don't >> > know how much web browsing she does, though. >> >> How does she get music on it? Buy it all through iTunes? Or does she >> have a friend rip her CDs and load them? > > So far as I know, she buys them through iTunes. Ouch, she's gonna be unhappy if it ever breaks or she loses it or it gets stolen, and she loses all her music.
From: nospam on 7 Jul 2010 18:35 In article <michelle-1267D6.15302607072010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > Ouch, she's gonna be unhappy if it ever breaks or she loses it or it > > gets stolen, and she loses all her music. > > If I'm not mistaken, you can redownload without additional fees. I know > that's true for apps, and think it's true for music. apps can be downloaded repeatedly. they might let you redownload the music once if your computer was stolen or lost in a fire, but they won't do it regularly.
From: Jon Ribbens on 7 Jul 2010 19:51 On 2010-07-07, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <slrni39gud.voh.jon+usenet(a)snowy.squish.net>, > Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet(a)unequivocal.co.uk> wrote: >> Ouch, she's gonna be unhappy if it ever breaks or she loses it or it >> gets stolen, and she loses all her music. > > If I'm not mistaken, you can redownload without additional fees. I know > that's true for apps, and think it's true for music. As I understand it: apps yes, music no. I am happy to be corrected however if that is not the case ;-)
From: Mike Hofman on 11 Jul 2010 12:21 AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Rather, it is designed first and foremost, to preserve Apple's control > over _how_ these gadgets are used, and as much as possible over what > content flows through them, and thereby to preserve Apple's ability to > make equally large profits from that aspect of their use. This guy is clearly uniformed, you can drag and drop any normal content over to iTunes and "sync" it to your iPad, so there is no goal of making a profit beyond the initial sale of the iPad. Geez!
From: Oxford on 11 Jul 2010 12:55
Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > Which is it? To add any cotent I want, it becomes a slave to an iTunes- > enabled computer. If I don't sync it to a computer, I'm essentially > limited to purchasing content from Apple/iTunes. no todd, you can add anything to an iPad without purchasing it from the iTunes Store. you are confusing the iTunes "sync feature" and the iTunes "Store". just drag and drop movies, pdfs, audiobooks, books, text, music, podcasts, photos then "sync"... nothing ever has to be "purchased" to move it to the iPad, it's just as open as any apple product. |