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From: Bruce Horrocks on 29 Jan 2010 13:49 On 28/01/2010 11:05, James Jolley wrote: > I've used video chat when giving technical support. It's not great but > better than nothing. Are you sure your colleagues weren't just saying that? ;-) -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Bruce Horrocks on 29 Jan 2010 13:52 On 29/01/2010 01:44, Woody wrote: > zoara<me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> zoara<me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> Bella Jones<me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> And why doesn't it have any ports? >>>>> >>>>> I must admit that it would be a hell of a lot more useful as a >>>>> photographers toy if it had some way of getting pictures off a camera, >>>>> such as a single USB port. >>>> >>>> There's an accessory that allows you to connect an SD card, and another >>>> (in the same box?) that allows you to connect a camera. The latter is >>>> basically a dock to USB-A adapter; so it would be physically possible to >>>> connect other USB devices to an iPad. Whether they'd be supported >>>> (third-party software?) is a different question... >>> >>> Well, that is good that you can, but one USB port on the device itself >>> wouldn't have been too much of a technical challenge would it? >> >> I think it's a philosophical decision. >> >>> I feel that will be corrected in later hardware. >> >> Tenner on the table says it never gets an internal USB port. > > ok. > > Of course, a tenner at some point in the iPads life cycle may be worth > less than it is now! > I won't take that bet. I'd have to keep taking the case apart to see if an internal one had suddenly appeared after a set of system updates. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Richard Tobin on 29 Jan 2010 14:08 In article <7sgopjF4n3U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: >The new iPod Nanos have a completely pointless camera in them. Why not >in the iPad (unless, shock horror, Apple do actually listen to customer >feedback)? It's not cheap enough for such a rubbishy camera? -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: Richard Tobin on 29 Jan 2010 14:07 In article <1jd0p71.23ynjw901o9aN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> Ah, but do you have the Sinclair thermal printer to go with them? I do >> :-) ><fx: deep, deep envy> I had to use thermal printers. The passage of several decades has not made them any more desirable. And never leave a thermal print-out in your trouser pocket if there's a risk someone might iron them. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: James Jolley on 29 Jan 2010 14:19
On 2010-01-29 18:49:36 +0000, Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> said: > On 28/01/2010 11:05, James Jolley wrote: >> I've used video chat when giving technical support. It's not great but >> better than nothing. > > Are you sure your colleagues weren't just saying that? > ;-) LOL. Mind you, they were able to see the mouse and VO's interaction and they figured out what they needed to do. Must have worked somehow I suppose. |