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From: Conor on 14 Mar 2010 09:24 On 13/03/2010 23:04, Richard Tobin wrote: > When your iPad needs a new battery, you will send it to Apple and they > will send you a replacement (presumably second-hand) iPad, minus data. > Obviously they won't do this if your iPad is damaged, so it appears > that a scratched screen will mean throwing it out when the battery > expires (or more likely, getting an "unauthorised" replacement > battery). > As with the unibody aluminium Macbooks, iPods and pretty much everything else with a non-user replacable battery, someone will produce a battery and someone else a guide on how to do it. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Peter Ceresole on 14 Mar 2010 09:32 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >And by v.2 they may have ditched the ultimate lunacy, and found some way > >to play Flash streams on it. > > With luck, Flash will be obsolete first. That'll be a long wait for v.2 then, and in the mean time you're shafted. -- Peter
From: Gwynne Harper on 14 Mar 2010 09:37 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >a year for things like UK book store to finalise (qv Sony Reader). > > A pedant writes: you mean "cf", not "qv". Indeed, but given the plethora of generals in the same post it was clearly not my finest moment. General ignorance, perhaps? Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line.
From: Chris Ridd on 14 Mar 2010 10:33 On 2010-03-14 11:19:37 +0000, Peter Ceresole said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >>> And by v.2 they may have ditched the ultimate lunacy, and found some way >>> to play Flash streams on it. >> >> I want iPad v2 to come out though before hell freezes over. > > Tricky. How long did it take for the iPod to get replaceable batteries? iPods still don't have officially replaceable batteries. -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 14 Mar 2010 11:36
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Tricky. How long did it take for the iPod to get replaceable batteries? > > iPods still don't have officially replaceable batteries. That's a gloomy thought. -- Peter |