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From: Flavio Matani on 28 Jan 2010 04:52 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 feel that will be corrected in later hardware. I'm more surprised they didn't put an SD slot in the machine, since one of its obvious and intended uses is to put photos into it. Well, perhaps 'surprised' is not the appropriate word. -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Ian McCall on 28 Jan 2010 04:59 On 2010-01-28 09:44:13 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > 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 feel that will be corrected in later hardware. Another facility that seems to be missing - front-facing camera and mic. Would be great for iChat, but missing on this revision at least. Cheers, Ian
From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 05:06 On 2010-01-28, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 09:44:13 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > >> 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 feel that will be corrected in later hardware. > > Another facility that seems to be missing - front-facing camera and > mic. Would be great for iChat, but missing on this revision at least. It's got a mic and speakers. I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a _very_ precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become tiresome, I think. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 05:12 On 2010-01-28 10:06:23 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: >> On 2010-01-28 09:44:13 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: >> >>> 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 feel that will be corrected in later hardware. >> >> Another facility that seems to be missing - front-facing camera and >> mic. Would be great for iChat, but missing on this revision at least. > > It's got a mic and speakers. > > I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be > right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a _very_ > precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become tiresome, I think. > > Jim I think they may do a camera dock thing. PErhaps the iSee as they've already had iSight? IT'll just be a camera in a case.
From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 05:17
On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be >> right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a _very_ >> precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become tiresome, I think. > > I think they may do a camera dock thing. PErhaps the iSee as they've > already had iSight? IT'll just be a camera in a case. Maybe. This is one area where I'm really on the fence about how useful it would actually be. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |