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From: Steve Hix on 3 Apr 2010 21:34 In article <hp8p1u$pni$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > On 04/03/2010 04:47 PM, sbt wrote: > > In article<hp8367$7q2$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS > > <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > > > >> <http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/images/bizphotos/569x379/201004/03/160203. > >> jpg> > > > > Ours arrived today. > > Is it really as ugly as portrayed on the picture? Yes. Unless you know the secret handshake and whistle, which lets you open the box to see the actual device. Which apparently leaves you out in the cold. Again.
From: MaxS on 3 Apr 2010 22:09 On 04/03/2010 09:34 PM, Steve Hix wrote: > In article<hp8p1u$pni$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > MaxS<maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > >> On 04/03/2010 04:47 PM, sbt wrote: >>> In article<hp8367$7q2$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS >>> <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: >>> >>>> <http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/images/bizphotos/569x379/201004/03/160203. >>>> jpg> >>> >>> Ours arrived today. >> >> Is it really as ugly as portrayed on the picture? > > Yes. > > Unless you know the secret handshake and whistle, which lets you open > the box to see the actual device. And then, all you see is those inch wide borders eating up all the screen? I checked at Apple and though the picture is pretty slick, in reality, it must be awful!
From: MaxS on 3 Apr 2010 22:17 On 04/03/2010 09:15 PM, nospam wrote: > In article<hp8oui$pni$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS > <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > >> True, but the real reason is that, since Flash is all over the net, >> anytime you'll want to have "moving pictures" on the Pad, iTune will be >> the "natural" choice. > > there's a youtube, netflix, slingbox apps ane even a hulu app coming > sometime, as well as others. Coming sometime? An app that will "translate" youtube's Flash? And this won't send up the lame CPU up in smoke? Really, this is going to be great! >> There was no way Apple was to provide a tablet, even stripped down to >> bare bones, for $500, unless it was to bring in additional revenue. > > except they did exactly that. there's no requirement to buy/rent video > from apple None whatsoever! You can always send emails... well, until the wonderful Flash bridging applications arrive.
From: nospam on 3 Apr 2010 22:20 In article <hp8srt$1bh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > >> True, but the real reason is that, since Flash is all over the net, > >> anytime you'll want to have "moving pictures" on the Pad, iTune will be > >> the "natural" choice. > > > > there's a youtube, netflix, slingbox apps ane even a hulu app coming > > sometime, as well as others. > > Coming sometime? when it's done > An app that will "translate" youtube's Flash? youtube has supported h.264 since 2007. it doesn't translate flash. > And this > won't send up the lame CPU up in smoke? Really, this is going to be great! no smoke. > >> There was no way Apple was to provide a tablet, even stripped down to > >> bare bones, for $500, unless it was to bring in additional revenue. > > > > except they did exactly that. there's no requirement to buy/rent video > > from apple > > None whatsoever! none. provide your own movies if you want. > You can always send emails... well, until the wonderful > Flash bridging applications arrive. there are no 'bridging' apps.
From: Davoud on 3 Apr 2010 23:09
MaxS: > >> Is it really as ugly as portrayed on the picture? Steve Hix: > > Yes. > > > > Unless you know the secret handshake and whistle, which lets you open > > the box to see the actual device. Don't be revealing that stuff on the Internet! MaxS: > And then, all you see is those inch wide borders eating up all the screen? The borders "eat up all the screen" in the same way that your fork eats up all of your food. The borders are how you hold the iPad! They are as discernible to the user as the taste of your fork is when you eat. > I checked at Apple and though the picture is pretty slick, in reality, > it must be awful! Sorry, I missed the smiley. Was that tongue-in-cheek? Because what kind of a fool has an opinion on something he has never seen!? My wife's new iPad is technological beauty raised to a new level. And that's before you turn it on. After a few minutes of use, even after using iPhones and iPod touches since day 1, the word that seems to come to peoples' minds--the half-dozen or so owners I have talked to in my circle of friends today--is "sublime." Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |