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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?= on 27 Jan 2010 18:14 D Finnigan <dog_cow(a)macgui.com> wrote: > nospam wrote: > > In article <dog_cow-1264624330(a)macgui.com>, D Finnigan > > <dog_cow(a)macgui.com> wrote: > > > >> I don't think that iPods have had FireWire since the Mac-only days. > > > > the 2nd gen ipod was the first to officially be supported on windows > > and it required a firewire card. the 3rd gen added the dock connector > > and usb. the 5th generation ipod was the first to drop firewire syncing > > (but could still charge on firewire) and the 3rd or 4th gen nano > > (forget which) was the first to drop firewire charging. > > Thanks for clarifying that. My first iPod was a 2nd gen nano in Dec 2006, so > I got started a bit late. :-) I never purchased an iPod, had no use in it. But the iPhone 3G I could use - much better than my old Palm Treo 650. -- Per Erik R�nne http://www.RQNNE.dk Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe
From: JF Mezei on 27 Jan 2010 18:35 Out of curiosity, where did you guys hear that the iPad 3G would be unlocked ?
From: Michael Siemon on 27 Jan 2010 18:38 In article <00dc9af9$0$17126$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Out of curiosity, where did you guys hear that the iPad 3G would be > unlocked ? It was in the slides presented at the event. Gotchas: * it uses a non-standard GSM "mini"chip * the only vendor supporting it currently is AT&T) upside: * pre-purchase ($15/month, $30/month unlimited), no contract
From: thepixelfreak on 27 Jan 2010 18:39 On 2010-01-27 14:00:28 -0800, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> said: > In article <1jd018q.1978e019yab1vN%per(a)RQNNE.invalid>, Per R�nne > <per(a)RQNNE.invalid> wrote: > >> No USB-port ;-(. > > it supports usb and there's a usb camera adapter, which probably will > support more devices than just cameras and card readers. What makes you think this? iPhones don't support external storage yet it clearly supports USB. Don't get me wrong. I'd like it to do what you suggest, I just don't think it will based on the current paradigm. -- thepixelfreak
From: Tom Harrington on 27 Jan 2010 18:51
In article <270120101700285732%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <1jd018q.1978e019yab1vN%per(a)RQNNE.invalid>, Per R�nne > <per(a)RQNNE.invalid> wrote: > > > No USB-port ;-(. > > it supports usb and there's a usb camera adapter, which probably will > support more devices than just cameras and card readers. If Apple wants it to, anyway. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/ |