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From: Steve Hix on 4 Apr 2010 14:17 In article <hp8sbd$uks$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > On 04/03/2010 09:34 PM, Steve Hix wrote: > > In article<hp8p1u$pni$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > MaxS<maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > >> > >> 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? Those "inch wide borders eating up all the screen" somehow managed to leave one with about 7.75" x 5.75" of screen real estate. Said borders making it possible to hold the gadget without constantly touching active controls on-screen and making using it annoying. > I checked at Apple and though the picture is pretty slick, in reality, > it must be awful! See, that's the difference between listening to the voices in your head, and actual experience with reality.
From: Steve Hix on 4 Apr 2010 14:20 In article <hp8srt$1bh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, MaxS <maxs(a)ljhjkjkhkh.com> wrote: > On 04/03/2010 09:15 PM, nospam wrote: > > In article<hp8oui$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! See, there you go listening to the voices in your head, versus getting up and actually finding something out. Youtube has offered non-Flash video for iPhone/iPod touch and personal computers for a long time. They're H.264, work at least as well as the Flash versions, and just fine on the iPad. > >> 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. You just might want to stop displaying your ignorance so agressively, you know. Or not, if that's what floats your boat.
From: Ian Gregory on 4 Apr 2010 14:29 On 2010-04-04, Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > Youtube has offered non-Flash video for iPhone/iPod touch and personal > computers for a long time. They're H.264, work at least as well as the > Flash versions, and just fine on the iPad. Not only that, but if you go to the following URL and click on "Join the HTML5 beta" then YouTube gives you a cookie which results in it serving stuff to you as HTML5/H.264 in Safari on a Mac: http://www.youtube.com/html5 Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: Phillip Jones on 4 Apr 2010 14:46 MaxS 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? If you go to apple.com website and toproducts then iPad. you'll see what it really looks like. Basically it is the same look as an iTouch or iPhone except its about 3 to 4 times as large. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: MaxS on 4 Apr 2010 15:13
On 04/03/2010 10:20 PM, nospam wrote: > 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. h.264 is only a subset of what's available in Flash. For now. |