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Nothing you can say will justify that. Are you saying that in order to use an apple product the way that one might want to, if it doesn't agree with how Apple wants you to, then one should Jailbreak it. I fail to see how that is a good thing. And for the record, you agree and confirmed that apple has always been like that. Limited choice, use it the way they want you to. |
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02-10-2010, 06:58 PM | #332 | |
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I get that you want to defend the product and Apple, but this, you have to admit is stupid. |
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02-10-2010, 07:38 PM | #333 |
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I think what irishjayhawk is trying to get at is that the OS that they put on the iPad essentially negates the ability to use any USB or SD input. Since it's running the iPhone OS instead of OS X. Nothing in the iPhone OS or any of it's current apps supports USB or SD input. If it's not part of the OS, that means no api controls for app developers to use to take advantage of it with 3rd party apps. So crippling it with the iPhone OS had the added benefit of making USB impossible to use with anything.
Which comes back to the bigger mistake of not putting OS X on the damn thing.
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As for limited choice, it's really only limited by their App store approval or in the case of desktops and laptops, hardware upgrades. Of course, it's a trade off: better OS with tightly integrated hardware that lasts a long time versus lesser OS with loosely integrated hardware that can be upgraded and therefore last a long time. Less choice isn't always bad. Quote:
Transfer 3.6 gigs of photos from a flash drive? That's an unnecessary middle step. Forget to transfer pics to your device? A) that's your fault B) if it had an SD card which I've said all along it would do well to have, you'd be fine and C) you have a myrid of options other than a flash drive to get your pictures there. Not to mention the possibility of VNC over 3g (if possible) or Wifi, where you could access your home computer. I just don't see many instances where having a USB port built in would justify it. Not to mention the thickness skyrockets and the aesthetics would be shit. (Not that how it looks is the end all be all.) Quote:
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Think about it this way. Cut and Paste was absent from iPhone 1.0-2.9. They waited for a long, long time before adding it. Guess what? It beats any copy and paste experience on any phone. It just works. Making things just work takes more than just throwing every feature into something and shipping it.
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02-10-2010, 08:49 PM | #336 | |
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It seems to me they want you to buy extra accessories to make more money. |
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That's just too low a blow.
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Or maybe they didn't include it because not everyone wants that feature and it would have made the iPad more expensive to get into.
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The device is super thin. USB is, by default, not as thin. So, one has to redesign the whole thing. I really don't think it's an accessory thing. I also think you'll see other manufacturers building such accessories.
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The iPad is .5 inches thick.
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On sale now. Available April 3rd. You can order it online and have it shipped to your house on the 3rd, or you can reserve a copy and pick it up in a nearby Apple store between 9am and 3pm on that day.
I went ahead and reserved one. No obligation, don't even have to provide any form of payment. If you aren't there by 3pm to pick it up, they just give it to someone else instead. Now, I have 3 weeks to decide if I want to go ahead and buy it or not... |
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