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iPad Camera Connection Kit Shipping in Late April
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I find the following info from the Apple website very interesting:
"The Camera Connector features a USB interface. Just plug it into the dock connector port on your iPad, then attach your digital camera or iPhone using a USB cable (not included)."
So, you should be able to transfer pics from your iphone to the ipad without a computer, and technically, this should facilitate a simple connection for future tethering (but would probably require a new application or jailbreak to accomplish any data transfer besides the supported Jpeg and Raw files)
I find the following info from the Apple website very interesting:
"The Camera Connector features a USB interface. Just plug it into the dock connector port on your iPad, then attach your digital camera or iPhone using a USB cable (not included)."
So, you should be able to transfer pics from your iphone to the ipad without a computer, and technically, this should facilitate a simple connection for future tethering (but would probably require a new application or jailbreak to accomplish any data transfer besides the supported Jpeg and Raw files)
They may eventually add an SD card slot but the USB port would be too thick for a device that is as thin as an iPhone (Plus the iPad is more tapered so the edges are probably the same size as a usb port, maybe a little thicker.)
You beat me too it, it also says that once the connection is made the Photo app open automatically, I wonder if it does this by default, due to a chip in the adaptor that apple has been using now in most adaptors, or is the Ipad finding image files and opening the Photo app based on the File type.
I'm hoping for the later.
And the iPad cover isn't shipping until the middle/end of April!
What's up with that... I would have thought that Apple would have planned better than this... Having all of the goodies out at the same time makes sense, doesn't it?
What's up with that... I would have thought that Apple would have planned better than this... Having all of the goodies out at the same time makes sense, doesn't it?
By the time you have a dock, a USB/SD adaptor, a keyboard and a case, you have to pay $865 for the 64GB version. Even that would not be enough for my music collection, so I suppose I would put some films, some apps and some music on. Plenty of places sell the white MacBook for less than that with 250 GB HDD. Oh, and the MacBook is a computer, while the iPad is a large iPod Touch. Would that be trolling for you?
will you be able to get iPad accessories in the apple retail store, not online?
Do you think apple will have a select bunch of iPad accessories ready in their retail stores on the 3rd? Will best buy?
this points to it
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/27/leaked-image-says-ipad-lands-at-best-buy-on-launch-day/
Do you think apple will have a select bunch of iPad accessories ready in their retail stores on the 3rd? Will best buy?
this points to it
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/27/leaked-image-says-ipad-lands-at-best-buy-on-launch-day/
I don't know. I don't need that device, so if they put it separately to keep the weight, size and cost down on the device I am fine for it. I suspect lots of people will have no need for that.
Actually my order status says my case ships "by April 3" even though the item listing says "ships mid April".
Guess I'll have to wait and see what actually happens.
And most pro-level cameras use Compact Flash, not SD. I'm disappointed they didn't offer a CF option if they were going to have a card adapter. With an CF-to-SD adapter, a camera connector with a CF slot would've covered the vast majority of cameras out there.
Of course that's the same thing I said about the SD slots in the newer MBPs. I keep forgetting that "Pro" is now being used as a marketing term by our favorite company rather than an indicator of the target audience.
However I expect it's all academic - as others have noted, the third-party manufacturers will likely fill in this gap.
built-in SD slot = expandable storage.
would lose money by integrating this feature & thus selling less higher-capacity models, imo.
would lose money by integrating this feature & thus selling less higher-capacity models, imo.You make several inferences at my bias towards Apple, which is incorrect, and "well done, if that's the best you can come up with" carries as much rhetoric as my post.
But I'll take the bait. The poster said:
"By the time you add all these clunky accessories, it will cost as much as a real computer."
A "real computer"? It's not trying to be a "real computer", it's a new platform, effectively an appliance. Apple is pitching it that way -- see the keynote attempting positioning it in a new third segment between the phone and laptop -- and people are receiving it that way -- see new use cases for it from the obvious new ways of consuming mass media to complete new areas such as teleprompters. Another example of its diversion from the laptop arms race is that the tech specs have been mostly glossed over by Apple. And, as long as it's fast 'enough', people won't care either.
The implicit comparison from the poster makes it sound like (a) cost is everything, and (b) it's some form of inferior product if it doesn't have all the functionality and expandability of a laptop at a somehow magically lower price.
If you want multiple USB ports, card readers, a keyboard, greater connectivity, greater storage, whatever, you buy a MacBook or a MacBook Pro. Those devices aren't going anywhere.
If you consider the accessories 'clunky', well, welcome to Apple's design philosophy for the last several years. Simplicity, streamlining, and yes, some assumptions that they think they know what people want (for better or worse), and that's the way they'll make the products, and the iPad is no exception. There are plenty of laptops, phones and so forth which include the kitchen sink if you choose that route.
And so yes, I think to come in with a one-liner that dismisses the iPad compared a 'real computer' based on a laptop cost comparison is trolling at best, and completely missing the point.
I'm curious, the information on the apple site says that when you plug in your camera or SD card it automatically opens the photo app on the iPad. If this is the case then it would appear that the adapter does not allow free transfer of information between the source and the iPad, and is instead limited to image files.
It would be awesome if the ability existed to import other files from SD cards or USB mass storage devices... it would be even better if files could be played from those sources (pick up a few extra 16gb SD cards with movies on them, have a lot more material in a lot less space).
I agree with the post earlier about there being little use for a traditional camera, but I'm still very surprised they didn't incorporate a front facing one. I think that would have sold a lot of people (especially an older generation) on the iPad. Open up skype or something similar and get to see your family members... the commercial practically writes itself! Definitely a feature we'll see in the next generation. Don't think we'll ever see a USB port or Card reader built in, bluetooth and wireless transfer of information in future devices would largely limit the need, but in the mean time, $30 for functionality if you need it isn't bad.
It would be awesome if the ability existed to import other files from SD cards or USB mass storage devices... it would be even better if files could be played from those sources (pick up a few extra 16gb SD cards with movies on them, have a lot more material in a lot less space).
I agree with the post earlier about there being little use for a traditional camera, but I'm still very surprised they didn't incorporate a front facing one. I think that would have sold a lot of people (especially an older generation) on the iPad. Open up skype or something similar and get to see your family members... the commercial practically writes itself! Definitely a feature we'll see in the next generation. Don't think we'll ever see a USB port or Card reader built in, bluetooth and wireless transfer of information in future devices would largely limit the need, but in the mean time, $30 for functionality if you need it isn't bad.
Or put another way....
Disagree with me or Apple and you are a Troll.
This is an opinion site.........the guy can have one can't he without being called names.
I read back the stuff I wrote, the replies... yeah, fair point. It wasn't trolling. However, it *is* a throw-away line without any seeming desire to debate it further, and I find it frustrating when people just bring it up that way without looking at the bigger picture.
So yeah, apologies from me.
Neat!
This is really neat, or at least how they make it look. I hope it is better than the iPod version, though.
Perhaps Apple would even go as far to provide an API for it, so applications could use the accessory to import photos. But that's probably daydreaming.
This is really neat, or at least how they make it look. I hope it is better than the iPod version, though.
Perhaps Apple would even go as far to provide an API for it, so applications could use the accessory to import photos. But that's probably daydreaming.
For someone who has nothing but negative things to say about the iPad, you sure seem awfully interested in it.
Whoopee
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Do you get a $1.00 discount on your next Mac? Or does it only apply to Mac Pros?