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Apple Tablet Media Event Today: 'Come See Our Latest Creation'
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REALLY? that's why it has an external keyboard dock? haha
i don't see silicon cases for the macbook pro's.
No multitasking...isn't that what AT&T advertises as their ADVANTAGE over Verizon?
Nope. AT&T advertises that you can make calls and use data on their network at the same time. The tablet cannot make voice calls.
It's OK for the tiny iPhone screen which is only for lightweight surfing anyway. It's a different story with a large screen like this where you can surf more normally, the absence of Flash shuts you out from a lot of content on the web. Hopefully Adobe are on the case... they have 60 days.
Either that, or they're waiting to put it on the iPad 3GS. It's not an apple product unless they leave out key crucial features.
Sorry dude you are way off here.
AGPS is assisted GPS. it is a real GPS receiver and it is assisted by GSM Data traffic. it requests info from a server.
hold on let me find this on wiki or something. to much to type.
Quote from wiki:
Conventional or "Standalone GPS" operation uses radio signals from satellites. In very poor signal conditions, for example in a city, these signals may suffer multipath where signals bounce confusingly off buildings, or be weakened by passing through walls or tree cover. When first turned on in these conditions, some non-assisted GPS navigation device may not be able to work out a position due to the fragmentary signal, rendering them unable to function until a clear signal can be received continuously for up to 40 seconds (the time needed to download the GPS ephemeris.) Some newer receivers are better at handling these situations.
An A-GPS system can address these problems in several ways, using an assistance server or other data from a network.
Assistance falls into two categories:
Using information known to the assistance server but not the phone.
It can supply orbital data and/or almanac for the GPS satellites to the cell phone, enabling the cell phone to lock to the satellites more rapidly in some cases.
The network can provide atomic time (Accurate Time Assistance)
The device capturing a snapshot of the GPS signal, with approximate time, for the server to later process into a position.[2]
Accurate, surveyed coordinates for the cell site towers allow better knowledge of local ionospheric conditions and other errors affecting the GPS signal than the cell phone alone, enabling more precise calculation of position. (See also Wide Area Augmentation System and Cellhunter)
Calculation of position by the server using information from the phone.
The assistance server has a good satellite signal, and plentiful computation power, so it can compare fragmentary signals relayed to it by cell phones, with the satellite signal it receives directly, and then inform the cell phone or emergency services of the cell phone's position.
As an additional benefit, in certain types of A-GPS, the amount of CPU and programming required for a GPS phone is reduced by offloading most of the work onto the assistance server. For modern hardware this is not a major consideration but many 20th century GPS navigation devices used Intel 80386-class 16 MHz CPUs or similar hardware.
A typical A-GPS-enabled cell phone will use a data connection (Internet or other) to contact the assistance server for A-GPS information. If it also has functioning autonomous or standalone GPS, it may use standard GPS, which is sometimes slower on Time To First Fix, but does not depend on the network, and therefore can work beyond network range and need not pay fees for data traffic.[3] Some A-GPS devices do not have the option of falling back to standalone or autonomous GPS.
High Sensitivity GPS is an allied technology that addresses some of these issues in a way that does not require additional infrastructure. However, unlike some forms of A-GPS, high sensitivity GPS cannot provide instant fixes when the phone has been off for some time.
Lack of multiple user profiles could still be the dealbreaker. I can get over the camera pretty easily. However, my wife would love something she can use as an eBook reader when holding a sleeping daughter. But I want to be able to check my mail, and not worry about her mail (because I know the workaround will initially be - 'just create two Mail accounts'). And there are my paid Apps, and her paid Apps. Maybe if we could combine the two sets of Apps it would be OK, but I'd be happier with each of us continuing to managing our own stuff.
My impression of typing with the iPad is that people will adapt and end up using one hand just like people have adapted to text messaging with their thumbs.
Not saying I like the iPad though. I've already said my piece earlier. Definitely one of the most hyped up and end-all disappointing Apple media events in a while imo...
Not saying I like the iPad though. I've already said my piece earlier. Definitely one of the most hyped up and end-all disappointing Apple media events in a while imo...
It uses IPS LCD (glossy). Until we see one in person or get a good review hard to say. I imagine it will be similar to a laptop as far as outdoor readability. The Kindle might excel in that aspect.
Interesting. With the camera connection kit it does have a USB port . I'm curious is this can be (mis)used for other stuff . http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
That kit also has an SD card reader.
. I'm curious is this can be (mis)used for other stuff . http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/That kit also has an SD card reader.
Lol...
Erm, so aside from iPad, ebooks and whatnot, did they talk about anything else?? New iPhone, iLife 10, .... ??
OR we can finally ditch that ****** standard in the past where it belongs (why is everyone so against propriety apple stuff but for some reason love adobe's?). HTML5 is the future.
So don't buy an iPad for the next 3 years? Is this what you're saying?
I think he's saying, "Buy an iPad and complain about it for 3 years while everyone else just enjoys having one."
Thank you .
Although its sad other people on here dont read the links ive posted 10 times by now.
. Although its sad other people on here dont read the links ive posted 10 times by now
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Correct and apple has used Skyhook in their Location services for years. iPod Touches know where they are because of this, why wouldn't the iPad?
"Keyboard
Typing in portrait is better than anticipated but still quite a stretch for our average-sized hands, which means that letters like F G and H will take a moderate conditioning for some. What about in landscape mode, sitting flat on the table? Well this is problematic too, as the iPad sort of wobbles. The back is not perfectly flat, meaning your typing surface is never perfectly flat, so the virtual keyboard becomes that much more difficult to use."
(Gizmodo)
Typing in portrait is better than anticipated but still quite a stretch for our average-sized hands, which means that letters like F G and H will take a moderate conditioning for some. What about in landscape mode, sitting flat on the table? Well this is problematic too, as the iPad sort of wobbles. The back is not perfectly flat, meaning your typing surface is never perfectly flat, so the virtual keyboard becomes that much more difficult to use."
(Gizmodo)
According to TWIT, Laporte says the text looks better on the iPad than the Kindle. It's amazing you'd justify the $500 price on a Kindle that barely does a 1/10th of the features of the iPad. Kindle has no gaming, no music player, no office suite capabilities, can only read PDF, can't read MS docs , doesn't have thousands of applications that can be ran on it. Yet it cost the same as an iPad. GO GET YOUR KINDLE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S WORTH THE MONEY TO YOU.
Well I am one and I have zero use for an iPad, I need to be productive and yet space and weight conscious while on location. The iPad is too much of a one trick pony for me.
And I will never read books on an electronic device, I really try to stay off of them as much as possible so I can have a real life.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/
On another note....while I have little use for it as is, this thing would be delicious mounted in a car dashboard. GPS, internet, music. Drool.
On another note....while I have little use for it as is, this thing would be delicious mounted in a car dashboard. GPS, internet, music. Drool.
Why oh why does it use micro SIM cards?? Seriously. As if a normal SIM card isn't small enough. Not a single carrier in the world uses micro SIMs.
I get the email issue, but why can't you combine your apps? If you've got two separate App Store accounts, just authorize one computer for both accounts, download all of your apps and then sync it. All of your apps will show up.
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