Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 3rd Jul 2011 22:04 UTC
Even though I was extremely sceptical of this whole tablet thing, I bought an iPad 2 a few weeks ago. Obviously, this occasion couldn't pass by without a proper review of the thing on OSNews, so here we are. Inside, my view on the iPad 2, and more importantly, how my perception of tablets has been turned around completely.
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RE[2]: Waiting for iPad 3
by Carewolf on Mon 4th Jul 2011 12:00
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All it would take is for Apple to create an app that supports USB mounting with the "Open in" functionality described above and you would have most of what you are wishing for. That would also fall in line with the post PC remove tethering mantra.
All Apple have to do?? It is not something they have to "do", it is something they have to stop doing, Apple are actively putting resources into making file-transfers as difficult as possible, enabling it would be a cost-saver.
Strategy tax, you know?
RE[3]: Waiting for iPad 3
by henderson101 on Mon 4th Jul 2011 14:20
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"All it would take is for Apple to create an app that supports USB mounting with the "Open in" functionality .....
All Apple have to do?? "
Yes Apple. Because it should be a first class citizen of the iOS, free and fully sanctioned. iTunes sharing is "okay" and works fine, but if you are not tethered, and iTunes free, how is that going to work again?
It is not something they have to "do", it is something they have to stop doing, Apple are actively putting resources into making file-transfers as difficult as possible, enabling it would be a cost-saver.
Ah, no.. this would actually make file transfer *simpler* without breaking the sandbox ethos of iOS. It's basically using your own storage to play the role of iCloud.
Strategy tax, you know?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:06 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 7:37 UTC
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Linked by fran on 05/18/13 1:38 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 23:35 UTC, submitted by kragil
Ars nails it: "The answer is that Google did announce what amounts to a fairly substantial Android update yesterday. They simply did it without adding to the update fragmentation problems that continue to plague the platform. By focusing on these changes and not the apparently-waiting-in-the-wings update to the core software, Google is showing us one of the ways in which it's trying to fix the update problem."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 22:15 UTC, submitted by Tom
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 21:41 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 17:04 UTC
"But Beck and Merrill decided that simply banning toxic players wasn't an acceptable solution for their game. Riot Games began experimenting with more constructive modes of player management through a formal player behavior initiative that actually conducts controlled experiments on its player base to see what helps reduce bad behavior. The results of that initiative have been shared at a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on panels at the Penny Arcade Expo East and the Game Developers Conference." Absolutely fascinating stuff. I'm a League of Legends player, and to be honest, the community isn't nearly as bad as some make it out to be. I'm happy Riot games has the guts to employ science to address the issue.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 13:17 UTC
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That would make it unwieldy. The iPad as it is is probably as large as it needs to be for the intended use. It's not a replacement for a laptop.
Though it's likely to be in the next model, it's a web cam after all ;-)
Pay the ~$30 and get the connection kit. I transfered over 8GB of video this way direct from a couple of 8GB SDHC cards on Friday. It works flawlessly,
No you don't. You just need to install any app that universally accepts "open in" requests (most download managers do this, drop box does this and a bunch of others) and then your editor needs to be able to "open" the file in another app. That's it. I read a lot of online PDF's and some Manga (that generally comes in ZIP/RAR files, otherwise ready to view) and I open the PDF's in Safari and "open in" iBooks - job done. For the Manga, it's slightly more convoluted, but basically: I bought iCab, this has a download manager. I download the file. I rename it to ".cbz" or ".cbr" depending on the original extension, then click "open in" and it transfers to ComicBookLover, ready to read. I haven't manually synced a file for either of those apps for about 2 or so months now.
A more perfect solution would be something like http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usb-disk-pro/id412588865 but with "open in" for the files it contains and also a reciprocal universal file open in ability as with many of the downloaders or Dropbox.
All it would take is for Apple to create an app that supports USB mounting with the "Open in" functionality described above and you would have most of what you are wishing for. That would also fall in line with the post PC remove tethering mantra.
I don't see an iPad 3 this year - likely January announcement.