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From: Jim on 31 Mar 2010 06:06 On 2010-03-31, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> But we should start to hear about all that next week - it's out in the >> States on Saturday. >> >> Jim > > Any reviews yet that cover this type of thing? Not that I know of, no. I think the reviewers are gagged until Saturday. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: David Kennedy on 31 Mar 2010 06:05 Graeme wrote: > In message<1jg7rhe.yazdi91jdy3xtN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately it is hard to answer that one at the moment as the iPad >>> isn't out. There is a risk that you won't be able to update it without >>> plugging it in, but until someone actually has one, there isn't a way to >>> say for sure, everything is just speculation >> >> Okay, thanks Woody. I was wondering about updates if she didn't have >> another machine, but I presume that Apple will have sorted that out, as >> the iPad is much more of a 'computer' than an iPhone, and people are >> much more likely to have it as their sole device. > > The description claims it needs a computer running a minimum of Snow Leopard! > Rules it out for me as I have a PPC :-( And [see my other posting] if so, this rules it out for any Windoze/Linux user or anyone not interested in owning a computer. iSteve is so caught up in his own RDF/control freakery that he's missing the obvious. Well done Apple - own goal [again]. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Richard Tobin on 31 Mar 2010 06:05 In article <1jg7mqv.pwouoiody9ygN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >She's not interested in computers at all, just wants to have email and >be able to shop and buy railway and airline tickets on line. I think you'll definitely want a keyboard for that. -- Richard
From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Mar 2010 06:19 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > With internet access it could - if iSteve > allowed it - manage things solo. If it can't then it's dead. -- Peter
From: Jochem Huhmann on 31 Mar 2010 06:24
David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> writes: > That would be a BIG own goal for Apple. I'm sure that, as in Peter's > case, many non computer users will be attracted to the device; either as > a type of net book and organiser or in lieu of a Kindle etc. or, most > probably, as a combination of these things. If Apple require a computer > to keep things up to date then this will [IMHO] reduce sales > considerably. There are already people who see that side of it as a > drawback with the iPhone as there is really no reason for the device to > be tethered to a computer. With internet access it could - if iSteve > allowed it - manage things solo. But to *really* support solo use it would also need some way for doing backups without a computer and this requires more than just some software changes in the OS. And it would need some way to get your own content (music, books, movies, ...) onto it without iTunes. If you don't need all of this, you can use it without a computer anyway. But there is a huge gap between "you don't really need a computer" and "usage without a computer is fully supported". As with many other things I think that Apple will add these sooner or later, but I'm pretty sure that this will not be the case in the next days. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |