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01 August 2010, 08:48 PM
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BBC news now have an app so videos work. Only news at the moment though.
To scroll up and down in text windows, put two fingers together (side by side) and move up and down to scroll within the box, if that's what you mean
BBC news now have an app so videos work. Only news at the moment though.
To scroll up and down in text windows, put two fingers together (side by side) and move up and down to scroll within the box, if that's what you mean
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01 August 2010, 09:25 PM
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After three months of all sorts of issues, whilst EVERYTHING ELSE worked fine, it did turn out it was the router not the Mac. Once that was fixed the Mac was super stable as before.
This may be nothing to do with your issues - however you are reporting a lot of issues that are just within my experience and do not seem to be that common. For example even though I prefer to use my Mac, when I use a PC I simply have not had problems with iTunes.
01 August 2010, 09:28 PM
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I shall try the other though for sure, and let ya know.
Like I say its all just small stuff really, but irritating all the same. There were a couple of other bit and bobs that evade me at the moment.
While I'm typing this I have tried the 2 finger thing, and thank you muchly it works, yay.
Any other tips ?lol
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The PC that iTunes is now on is on a wired network, and the picture store is on the local hard drives, what makes this one go dodgy is a big bulk change to the photos with other changes. If you change everything except the photos on one sync and then do the photos it seems to work OK. It makes a meal out of photo conversion (for a machine that does Super Pi 1MB is 10 seconds flat and has 1 TB SATA RAID array) and now I have a music collection that has the original wmas and whatever format iTunes has put the ones I've bought and the CDs I've started feeding it as well.
01 August 2010, 09:36 PM
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Yeah I got the app, more for when there is an link posted in say a forum like this one. Clicking the link to find the story, then to open the app and search it for just to watch the vid is too long winded for me lol.
I shall try the other though for sure, and let ya know.
Like I say its all just small stuff really, but irritating all the same. There were a couple of other bit and bobs that evade me at the moment.
While I'm typing this I have tried the 2 finger thing, and thank you muchly it works, yay.
Any other tips ?lol
I shall try the other though for sure, and let ya know.
Like I say its all just small stuff really, but irritating all the same. There were a couple of other bit and bobs that evade me at the moment.
While I'm typing this I have tried the 2 finger thing, and thank you muchly it works, yay.
Any other tips ?lol
I was pleased when I discovered it too 
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So conclusion for now for me to my thread is that I'm quite impressed except iTunes. I wondered if the iPad was a bit of a waste as well as an iPhone, but it is a completely different experience and a fun way to browse media compared to a netbook, laptop or phone. The instant on, battery life, GPS, 3G all make it nice. Need to sort out something in which to carry it safely when out and about and some docking/bluetooth arrangements for house and car for both devices. And not scratch the iPhone before the case arrives in 3 weeks!
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Lol glad I'm not the only one that noticed it lol.
Agreed mine has been fun on the plane, and it handy to have on the bedside for lazy browsing.
Not really tried the gps function on the go, but stationary it's pretty good lol.
My summary, great fun, has a good list of tricks, but is not a laptop or a replacement for one.
Expensive gadget, but credit where it's due a good one.
So conclusion for now for me to my thread is that I'm quite impressed except iTunes. I wondered if the iPad was a bit of a waste as well as an iPhone, but it is a completely different experience and a fun way to browse media compared to a netbook, laptop or phone. The instant on, battery life, GPS, 3G all make it nice. Need to sort out something in which to carry it safely when out and about and some docking/bluetooth arrangements for house and car for both devices. And not scratch the iPhone before the case arrives in 3 weeks!
Not really tried the gps function on the go, but stationary it's pretty good lol.
My summary, great fun, has a good list of tricks, but is not a laptop or a replacement for one.
Expensive gadget, but credit where it's due a good one.
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Away from wifi, I really notice the signal dropping on the iPhone 4 when I hold it naturally in my left hand for browsing, it can lose 4 bars and sometimes this means a downgrade to Edge or GPRS, and sometimes losing signal entirely. Remember these are the new 4.01 recalibrated bars too.
I must just avoid holding it "the wrong way" until I get the case. Love it otherwise, but this is quite a design flaw, much worse than I thought it would be.
I must just avoid holding it "the wrong way" until I get the case. Love it otherwise, but this is quite a design flaw, much worse than I thought it would be.
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I read this this morning, which made quite interesting reading, talking about how iPad is going to chaage things for Apple fans generally.....
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Within four years, iPad users will vastly outnumber Macs. And to the elitist Macintosh faithful, that news is too difficult to bear.
Today my long-time colleague and friend Mary-Jo Foley, probably the most seasoned Microsoft reporter in the entire industry made a revelation: She bought an iPad. And she loves it.
I think we can all agree that the summer is slow on tech news, and that even the best of us run short of material. God knows, this happens to me probably every week, and it forces me to get creative.
But Mary-Jo declaring that she’s joining the Apple iPad ranks is important for its non-eventness alone, because this is evidence that the canary in the coal mine is dropping dead. And that canary is the Age of Elitism for Apple users.
In all truthfulness, I debated whether or not I was going to write a blog entry on Mary Jo buying her iPad. I didn’t think it was that important.
After all, I bought one, and I wouldn’t call myself the biggest Apple fan in the world. The device serves its purpose for me and it does what it needs to do. I ascribe absolutely zero religious or ideological motivation in the purchase whatsoever. It’s just a friggin’ tablet.
But then I read this response on MacDailyNews and it got me thinking. Mac fans sound like they are seriously threatened by the Average Mary-Jo buying iPads, aren’t they?
How did they react? Not “Welcome to the club” or “Cool, she likes it” but instead in their first sentence they go as far to call her a “Luddite Soccer Mom”, albeit in jest.
The very idea that Mary-Jo is a Luddite or even a Soccer Mom is totally ridiculous, as she’s one of the most feminist and technologically progressive career women I’ve ever met.
But wait, there’s more. They also want to “Vomit” if they read any more of Mary Jo’s piece and that as she’s “lived her life denying herself the best” for not having owned Apple product before, she therefore has “no credibility” with her opinions about the device and is also “cheap”.
What does this sound like to me? It sounds like elitism. It sounds like the typical Mac fanboi crap that most of us regular people have been enduring from these twits for more than two decades.
This is not how you welcome people into your community, Mactards. This is how you alienate them.
The funny thing is about all of this is that while Mary Jo is certainly no Soccer Mom, or even a technological neophyte or a Luddite, that’s exactly the sort of person the iPad is targeted at. And that’s primarily who’ll be buying them. In the many tens of millions over the next few years. Most of which have never owned an Apple computer of any kind before. Many will have never even purchased an iPod either.
Tens of millions of iPad owners and Apple neophytes is a Mac elitist’s worst nightmare. Suddenly, the price of entry to become an Apple computer owner is no longer the equivalent to a major down payment on a luxury automobile. It’s no longer exclusive. For just $500.00 anybody can own an Apple computer.
And that scares the living crap out of Mac fanatics.
At the 2009 Apple World Wide Developer’s conference (WWDC) acting Apple CEO Phil Schiller stated there were 75 million Mac users worldwide. All indications are that the current rate of growth for Mac use is that it is relatively flat — the Macs which are being bought (and in reported record numbers) are for the most part replacing the ones in the current population in North America. The recently reported growth numbers in Asia are certainly encouraging for Apple, but then again PC sales in Asia are extremely commodity and extremely high volume anyway.
[Note: I'm well aware of latest Apple sales reports that they sold more Macs last quarter than any quarter previous. That's a very good sign for replacement or expansion, but there is still very little market data other than Apple's own Chief Financial Officer's opinion to suggest that Macs are displacing or outselling Windows PCs in large quantities globally.]
Of those 75 million users, approximately 60-70 percent of them are probably in North America. That would amount to about 52.5 million if you estimate on the high end.
The early iPad purchasing trend indicates that within three years, we’ll see anywhere between 50 and 80 million iPad users worldwide, as an extremely conservative estimate. And virtually all of them are going to be in the US, as the rest of the world is likely to latch onto Android instead.
Now, let’s be perfectly clear. Macs aren’t going away anytime soon. It’s an important platform for digital content creation and obviously, it’s the required and only platform for programming iOS apps, at least for the time being.
However, there can be little denying that most of the emphasis on application development for Apple products is for iOS, not for the Mac. The 2010 Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference was almost entirely dedicated to the iOS platform. It was by its own admission “The Center of the App Universe.” And when Apple says App, it means App Store.
I do believe that eventually, the Mac OS will be completely eclipsed by iOS. That day may not come for four or five years. Perhaps even six. But when it does happen, “normal” people will outnumber Mac users by a significant margin.
These aren’t power users, they aren’t digital content creation professionals, these are people that just want to get things done with devices — their web browsing, their email, their multimedia content consumption, their document viewing and editing, their social networking and their games.
They’ll have zero interest in OS wars, and will have no institutional history with the Macintosh or fanboyism or Mac Culture at all. The only thing they will care about is can their appliance computer work to do what they need it to do, and when will their latest Apps come out. Beyond that, they won’t care a whit about being part of an exclusive club.
And why is that? Because Apple now knows that their market is average people, and that they need to sell as many devices as possible in order to make money on their App Store. That means huge volumes of shipped consumer electronics and the elimination of platform elitism. To succeed, Apple knows it has to throw their existing fan base under the bus.
Good riddance. Sayonara, Jackasses.
Will the Culture of Mac Fanboyism come to an end with the popularity of the iPad?
Today my long-time colleague and friend Mary-Jo Foley, probably the most seasoned Microsoft reporter in the entire industry made a revelation: She bought an iPad. And she loves it.
I think we can all agree that the summer is slow on tech news, and that even the best of us run short of material. God knows, this happens to me probably every week, and it forces me to get creative.
But Mary-Jo declaring that she’s joining the Apple iPad ranks is important for its non-eventness alone, because this is evidence that the canary in the coal mine is dropping dead. And that canary is the Age of Elitism for Apple users.
In all truthfulness, I debated whether or not I was going to write a blog entry on Mary Jo buying her iPad. I didn’t think it was that important.
After all, I bought one, and I wouldn’t call myself the biggest Apple fan in the world. The device serves its purpose for me and it does what it needs to do. I ascribe absolutely zero religious or ideological motivation in the purchase whatsoever. It’s just a friggin’ tablet.
But then I read this response on MacDailyNews and it got me thinking. Mac fans sound like they are seriously threatened by the Average Mary-Jo buying iPads, aren’t they?
How did they react? Not “Welcome to the club” or “Cool, she likes it” but instead in their first sentence they go as far to call her a “Luddite Soccer Mom”, albeit in jest.
The very idea that Mary-Jo is a Luddite or even a Soccer Mom is totally ridiculous, as she’s one of the most feminist and technologically progressive career women I’ve ever met.
But wait, there’s more. They also want to “Vomit” if they read any more of Mary Jo’s piece and that as she’s “lived her life denying herself the best” for not having owned Apple product before, she therefore has “no credibility” with her opinions about the device and is also “cheap”.
What does this sound like to me? It sounds like elitism. It sounds like the typical Mac fanboi crap that most of us regular people have been enduring from these twits for more than two decades.
This is not how you welcome people into your community, Mactards. This is how you alienate them.
The funny thing is about all of this is that while Mary Jo is certainly no Soccer Mom, or even a technological neophyte or a Luddite, that’s exactly the sort of person the iPad is targeted at. And that’s primarily who’ll be buying them. In the many tens of millions over the next few years. Most of which have never owned an Apple computer of any kind before. Many will have never even purchased an iPod either.
Tens of millions of iPad owners and Apple neophytes is a Mac elitist’s worst nightmare. Suddenly, the price of entry to become an Apple computer owner is no longer the equivalent to a major down payment on a luxury automobile. It’s no longer exclusive. For just $500.00 anybody can own an Apple computer.
And that scares the living crap out of Mac fanatics.
At the 2009 Apple World Wide Developer’s conference (WWDC) acting Apple CEO Phil Schiller stated there were 75 million Mac users worldwide. All indications are that the current rate of growth for Mac use is that it is relatively flat — the Macs which are being bought (and in reported record numbers) are for the most part replacing the ones in the current population in North America. The recently reported growth numbers in Asia are certainly encouraging for Apple, but then again PC sales in Asia are extremely commodity and extremely high volume anyway.
[Note: I'm well aware of latest Apple sales reports that they sold more Macs last quarter than any quarter previous. That's a very good sign for replacement or expansion, but there is still very little market data other than Apple's own Chief Financial Officer's opinion to suggest that Macs are displacing or outselling Windows PCs in large quantities globally.]
Of those 75 million users, approximately 60-70 percent of them are probably in North America. That would amount to about 52.5 million if you estimate on the high end.
The early iPad purchasing trend indicates that within three years, we’ll see anywhere between 50 and 80 million iPad users worldwide, as an extremely conservative estimate. And virtually all of them are going to be in the US, as the rest of the world is likely to latch onto Android instead.
Now, let’s be perfectly clear. Macs aren’t going away anytime soon. It’s an important platform for digital content creation and obviously, it’s the required and only platform for programming iOS apps, at least for the time being.
However, there can be little denying that most of the emphasis on application development for Apple products is for iOS, not for the Mac. The 2010 Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference was almost entirely dedicated to the iOS platform. It was by its own admission “The Center of the App Universe.” And when Apple says App, it means App Store.
I do believe that eventually, the Mac OS will be completely eclipsed by iOS. That day may not come for four or five years. Perhaps even six. But when it does happen, “normal” people will outnumber Mac users by a significant margin.
These aren’t power users, they aren’t digital content creation professionals, these are people that just want to get things done with devices — their web browsing, their email, their multimedia content consumption, their document viewing and editing, their social networking and their games.
They’ll have zero interest in OS wars, and will have no institutional history with the Macintosh or fanboyism or Mac Culture at all. The only thing they will care about is can their appliance computer work to do what they need it to do, and when will their latest Apps come out. Beyond that, they won’t care a whit about being part of an exclusive club.
And why is that? Because Apple now knows that their market is average people, and that they need to sell as many devices as possible in order to make money on their App Store. That means huge volumes of shipped consumer electronics and the elimination of platform elitism. To succeed, Apple knows it has to throw their existing fan base under the bus.
Good riddance. Sayonara, Jackasses.
Will the Culture of Mac Fanboyism come to an end with the popularity of the iPad?
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yeah tapping the top of the browser in general takes you back to the top. Now if only you could tap the bottom of the frame to take you to the end of the page lol. Accidental find for me that was lol.
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So conclusion for now for me to my thread is that I'm quite impressed except iTunes. I wondered if the iPad was a bit of a waste as well as an iPhone, but it is a completely different experience and a fun way to browse media compared to a netbook, laptop or phone. The instant on, battery life, GPS, 3G all make it nice. Need to sort out something in which to carry it safely when out and about and some docking/bluetooth arrangements for house and car for both devices. And not scratch the iPhone before the case arrives in 3 weeks!
It's no secret that Itunes on OSX/whatever is simply better than on Windows.
For you iphone, you can get a silicone case from o2 shops/carphone warehouse and others fro between £12 and £20 if you are concerned about damage/signal strength in the meantime.
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Yes there is a tether option, not tried it though, was going to buy the wifi iPad but they only had the 3G one.
Thanks Devildog.
I'm really enjoying the phone, it is uber slick and responsive, loaded with about 50 apps and loads of media and flies along. When held properly the 3G signal is strong and it is actually useful for playing video away from Wifi unlike my cheapie Android phone which had more consistent but usually poorer signal. Push email is great, very responsive.
Just one webpage needed flash to play a video, it was BBC and a link to it was from another medical news app, and one of the BBS I use won't let me select the keyboard in the reply box to allow a reply to a PM without changing to the mobile version of the site.
However, with some fairly heavy use, it is behaving great, and is a real treat to use. Delighted with it and won't be returning it.
Thanks Devildog.
I'm really enjoying the phone, it is uber slick and responsive, loaded with about 50 apps and loads of media and flies along. When held properly the 3G signal is strong and it is actually useful for playing video away from Wifi unlike my cheapie Android phone which had more consistent but usually poorer signal. Push email is great, very responsive.
Just one webpage needed flash to play a video, it was BBC and a link to it was from another medical news app, and one of the BBS I use won't let me select the keyboard in the reply box to allow a reply to a PM without changing to the mobile version of the site.
However, with some fairly heavy use, it is behaving great, and is a real treat to use. Delighted with it and won't be returning it.
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In the interests of honesty and balance, I will admit that there was something on my shiny Windows 7 laptop that was stopping iTunes syncing.
It was a BIOS upgrade. And a rather scary one since although it did actually work it froze the computer with an error message as it completed and then required removal of the battery and power before it would restart
Which it did, then iTunes synced fine. The BIOS reports the upgraded version and the system is stable.
How many PC users will do a BIOS upgrade on a 3 month old laptop? Dell's fault or Apple's fault? All I know if that if you read forums there are other examples of people struggling for sync on brand new PCs with a fresh install of iTunes, particularly a Windows 7 64 bit issue it seems.
It was a BIOS upgrade. And a rather scary one since although it did actually work it froze the computer with an error message as it completed and then required removal of the battery and power before it would restart
Which it did, then iTunes synced fine. The BIOS reports the upgraded version and the system is stable.How many PC users will do a BIOS upgrade on a 3 month old laptop? Dell's fault or Apple's fault? All I know if that if you read forums there are other examples of people struggling for sync on brand new PCs with a fresh install of iTunes, particularly a Windows 7 64 bit issue it seems.
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