The iPad Is Here
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From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 07:04 Paul Sture wrote: > Going back to 1992 I had a Psion Series 3. Still have mine on my desk believe it or not ! > The other big thing about the Psion was its battery life. I managed about 70-80 hours of use on 2 lithium AA batteries for the 3c.
From: Lloyd Parsons on 28 Jan 2010 08:00 In article <000ce271$0$2251$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Someone mentioned "no flash". Yet, there is a Youtube application. Does > youtube supply ipads with different video formats ? > YouTube also works on the AppleTV and iTouch/iPhone and neither have flash. I think, but do not know, that there are some videos on YouTube that won't play at all on these devices, but supposedly the majority do. > > I could see myself using this during a bike/backpacking trip. I could > see myself using it on a bus/train for commuting. It wasn't that long > ago that such a form factor was considered science fiction and you only > saw those on star trek etc. > > This will cannabalise some laptop sales. > It sure will. For instance, I don't actually have a need for a laptop that will do everything. I just need something that I can use on a trip for the quick email, usenet and other internet things. The Touch and iPhone's screen is too damn small to do web (imo), and is of limited use for email and usenet. Enter the iPad. Screen big enough to make those things pleasant, portable as hell, and I can use it for my ebook reading as well. > In terms of the keyboard, hopefully there will be an option for the full > sized mechanical keyboard "dock" instead of just the small one. Or you can use a bluetooth keyboard...
From: John McWilliams on 28 Jan 2010 11:39 Jim Gibson wrote: > The iPad is here. Live blog from San Francisco available here: > <http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100126/apple-special-event-live-blog/> > For whatever reason, the link was truncated in the op.
From: Fred Moore on 28 Jan 2010 12:04 In article <sehix-0954A7.18180027012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > When you're serious, you can use a Bluetooth or a docked keyboard. ^^^^^^^^^ Steve, Michelle mentioned bluetooth keyboards too. Do either of you know _for_sure_ if this is possible. For instance, can you do this with the existing Touch. The reason I ask is that many of us have wireless keyboards and Magic Mice which could be used with the iPad *IF* the OS has a driver to support a wireless keyboard/mouse. Bluetooth isn't enough, you need the driver too. I wouldn't think this would be difficult for Apple to implement, but have they?
From: Tom Harrington on 28 Jan 2010 13:03
In article <fmoore-E65D27.12043128012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > In article <sehix-0954A7.18180027012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > > > When you're serious, you can use a Bluetooth or a docked keyboard. > ^^^^^^^^^ > Steve, Michelle mentioned bluetooth keyboards too. Do either of you know > _for_sure_ if this is possible. For instance, can you do this with the > existing Touch. The reason I ask is that many of us have wireless > keyboards and Magic Mice which could be used with the iPad *IF* the OS > has a driver to support a wireless keyboard/mouse. Bluetooth isn't > enough, you need the driver too. I wouldn't think this would be > difficult for Apple to implement, but have they? The iPad supports BT keyboards-- see <http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/>. "iPad also comes with Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, letting you connect to devices like wireless headphones or the Apple�Wireless�Keyboard." The iPod touch can't do this, at least not now. It's possible that when a future OS comes out (3.2 or 4.0 or whatever) Apple could include this for iPods. Mice are not mentioned for the iPad. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/ |