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From: Chris Ridd on 14 Mar 2010 11:40 On 2010-03-14 15:36:23 +0000, Peter Ceresole said: > 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. Except that there are third parties that will sell new batteries to you, with fitting instructions. I'm not sure this is possible on all iPod models, but a look around ifixit.com may illuminate. -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 14 Mar 2010 11:50 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> iPods still don't have officially replaceable batteries. > > > > That's a gloomy thought. > > Except that there are third parties that will sell new batteries to > you, with fitting instructions. I'm not sure this is possible on all > iPod models, but a look around ifixit.com may illuminate. Yes, I read about the 3rd party battery services; I'd just hoped that Apple would have seen sense. Of course it may simply not be worth their while, but that's still not the most reassuring thing to hear with respect to the iPad. -- Peter
From: Rob on 14 Mar 2010 13:13 On 14/03/2010 16:21, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:32:00 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter > Ceresole) wrote: > >> 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. > > I came across a site that had flash on it on my iPhone today, first > time that's happened that I can remember at all. > > Didn't get in the way though, it was only for inessential pictures it > turns out. > > Cheers - Jaimie I think I might get an Adobe suite with educational pricing, then came across the CS5 imminent warning, than came across this: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/
From: Chris Ridd on 14 Mar 2010 14:07 On 2010-03-14 17:13:22 +0000, Rob said: > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/ It is a good trick but I wonder how well those apps sell? They'll suffer from having non-standard UI, and they probably use quite a lot of memory in comparison to a native app. -- Chris
From: Ian Piper on 14 Mar 2010 14:11
On 2010-03-14 15:40:32 +0000, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > a look around ifixit.com may illuminate. Another excellent resource that had passed me by. Thanks for the pointer. I feel better about ultimately changing an iPad battery myself now - and I can practice using my iTouch and iPhone I suppose. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --� |