Their design decisions are just that,decisions,and as such may not "click"for everybody.It's really this simple:they could have done a lot of things.What they have produced is the result of a number of choices for which I'm sure they have good reasons.They may not make sense to everybody,but that's life.
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Their design decisions are just that,decisions,and as such may not "click"for everybody.It's really this simple:they could have done a lot of things.What they have produced is the result of a number of choices for which I'm sure they have good reasons.They may not make sense to everybody,but that's life.
How did he put 6 icons in the bottomis that something that the ipad can do?
Yes, that is doable on the iPad. If I'm not mistaken, just tap and hold an icon like you would for rearranging icons, then drag it down to the bottom row. Other icons already on the row will move aside to make room.
The row will hold up to 6. I don't know whether you can remove any of the original 4; nevertheless, having any two go-to apps instantly available without searching through screen after screen is very nifty.
I completely agree. A USB port would simply have triggered numerous complaints that it was not functionally identical to a USB port on a desktop or laptop.
Amen to that....
My Wacom Bamboo is a little bit smaller than an ipad (and a lot lighter too). I held it up and make believe I was taking a picture. Awkward with such a large device. Now add in the larger size and weight of an ipad.. I agree. I use my iphone around the house or if I see something while I am out, and I use my good Nikon Pre-DSLR when I am on vacation. Both are pretty good.
I think the only good a camera on an ipad would be, is for video chatting. Having said that, I only video chat maybe once a month. Nope, I think Apple got it right.
The only thing the iphone lacks for me is good zoom (even if only 3x digital). But other than that, and with the enhance feature in iphoto, my pictures from my phone are still pretty good. like i said, if I am on vacation in the mountains, the coast, a cruise or some city I never been too..... that is what my pre-DSLR with 18x optical zoom is for. I have 7,000 photos, and even the iphone can take good enough pictures for printing and posting on the web.
There is no need to a camera in the ipad, other than front facing for skype / video chatting. but then again - with it being a lap device, you would have to put the ipad on a stand or dock to have it facing you. otherwise good luck with trying to keep it in position for video chatting. the ipad was meant for mobile computing (like a portfolio PDA - but better), a media consumption (although there are good apps for media creation), and for reading digital print.
I like the ipad the way it is, and it will replace my macbook on trips. And for those whining about lack of USB and SD port (and having to use a connector). Oh well. if they added USB, many people would try plugging in something that the ipad was not meant to do, and therefore Apple would get all the calls.
My Wacom Bamboo is a little bit smaller than an ipad (and a lot lighter too). I held it up and make believe I was taking a picture. Awkward with such a large device. Now add in the larger size and weight of an ipad.. I agree. I use my iphone around the house or if I see something while I am out, and I use my good Nikon Pre-DSLR when I am on vacation. Both are pretty good.
I think the only good a camera on an ipad would be, is for video chatting. Having said that, I only video chat maybe once a month. Nope, I think Apple got it right.
The only thing the iphone lacks for me is good zoom (even if only 3x digital). But other than that, and with the enhance feature in iphoto, my pictures from my phone are still pretty good. like i said, if I am on vacation in the mountains, the coast, a cruise or some city I never been too..... that is what my pre-DSLR with 18x optical zoom is for. I have 7,000 photos, and even the iphone can take good enough pictures for printing and posting on the web.
There is no need to a camera in the ipad, other than front facing for skype / video chatting. but then again - with it being a lap device, you would have to put the ipad on a stand or dock to have it facing you. otherwise good luck with trying to keep it in position for video chatting. the ipad was meant for mobile computing (like a portfolio PDA - but better), a media consumption (although there are good apps for media creation), and for reading digital print.
I like the ipad the way it is, and it will replace my macbook on trips. And for those whining about lack of USB and SD port (and having to use a connector). Oh well. if they added USB, many people would try plugging in something that the ipad was not meant to do, and therefore Apple would get all the calls.
Oh wow. Thanks for that neat trick. I do not use the ipod that much on my iphone, so I was able to drag the ipod to the regular screen and move my facebook app to the dock. Sad note is that the iphone will only hold 4 on the row. it does not scale down to allow more like your mac does.
I wonder with iphone OS 4 (since it allows folders for apps), I can have a folder on the dock. there are like 7 apps I use heavily on my phone and it would be nice to have them on the dock. but this trick is neat as well.
It is my understanding that support to read any kind of USB drive (thumb or other) isn't in the OS.
Which I will go on record as saying is a mistake. I think that limited access would be highly useful. For backing up. If I'm traveling and I take my ipad with me and something happens I could lose a ton of stuff.
And I would be okay if that backup was some capsule form like when I use Time Machine or the typically annoying itunes backup mode. Just so long as I could plug in my restored ipad and get my stuff back. Say using a thumb drive.
I've even sent this feedback to Apple so perhaps in a future version of the OS
don't be so quick to think that it's just cutting a whole and dropping it in. there could be various behind the curtain issues that have made it a bad choice at this time. If they see quick and high sales on the camera kit, that could prove to them that whatever the issues are, dealing with them is most definitely worth it.
Looks because they probably have a patent on that look and feel that they don't have to redo. But internally is likely not the same
I'm sure there's Mobile Me in there somehow. It might be via that free idisk app they do but they wuv wuv wuv their me.com. they will do everything to push it over facebook etc
The way Jobs talked they removed anything that would allow the ipad to tether to the iphone from the software.
That makes sense. Why is it so hard for people to understand why Apple is selling a "camera connection kit" instead of a generic USB adapter or a built-in USB port?
Would you people quit complaining. The dongle works. The iPad import to aperture works. It does exactly what they say.
Do you go the Chiquita Banana forum and complain that it's not a Pineapple? Why not, pineapples are better.
PtP works from a D300. The D300 supports mass storage. When you import into Aperture it gives you a choice to import the RAW or the JPEG as the master. You can email out multiple pictures from the iPad. The SD dongle and the USB dongle work fine. I don't see what the problem is other than people just love to pile on.
The only thing I wish this could do, and only a software limitation, is allow metadata to be attached to the photos for import into Aperture. I would love to tag and flag photos from the iPad.
Do you go the Chiquita Banana forum and complain that it's not a Pineapple? Why not, pineapples are better.
PtP works from a D300. The D300 supports mass storage. When you import into Aperture it gives you a choice to import the RAW or the JPEG as the master. You can email out multiple pictures from the iPad. The SD dongle and the USB dongle work fine. I don't see what the problem is other than people just love to pile on.
The only thing I wish this could do, and only a software limitation, is allow metadata to be attached to the photos for import into Aperture. I would love to tag and flag photos from the iPad.
but is everyone, or even 60% of everyone definitely going to use that functionality. Are they going to connect their camera to the ipad directly. Are they going to put it on a dock, use the keyboard dock, put it in a case etc.
Possibly not. But if they had put all those 'optional' accessories in the box, the prices would go up another $300 and how many units would they sell. Not likely as many as fast as they have.
a front facing camera for chatting that could take still shots would be awesome. a backup mode even via the adapter awesome. I think most folks would find a use for those (perhaps encouraging the inclusion of the USB adapter with the unit and a drop in price on the SD separate one)
the rest I think a lot of folks could do without. why force that price and clutter on them.
Oh Grasshopper you think too small.
Why does Apple want the ipad/iphone linked to a computer?? Because the ipad is the pot to the Apple's iMac/Macbook crack. No joke. You have this cool mobile thing and you need a computer for it. Your computer is getting slow and cranky. Before you would have gone to the local Best Buy and grabbed another Dell. But now you've been in the Apple Zone, you see what cool they can make. You start thinking "maybe I should go check out their computers, since I need to buy a new one anyway" Zing. Another one changes teams.
True, although not as high as folks think. those $200-250 quotes are raw parts. It doesn't include the labor to put them together, the shipping to get them to stores, the licensing fees and so on. The actual profit is potentially as low as $50-75 a unit. Which is fine cause they have the apps store, the accessories, the 'gateway effect'. Those are the real profit makers for the ipad.
time for a logic check
everyone complaining about having to plug something in, carry something else around, have it dangling off your ipad.
stop and think for a second.
You aren't going to carry your ipad in your hand for a long period of time. Especially not with your camera in the other hand.
You'll have a bag. You know you will. they will be in a backpack, a messenger, a nice over the chest hipster murse or for the super geek the ipad carrying vest with pockets for everything you need
So, what's the big deal about also having, in that whatever, your camera adapter along with the power adapter, your pogo/dagi etc.
everyone complaining about having to plug something in, carry something else around, have it dangling off your ipad.
stop and think for a second.
You aren't going to carry your ipad in your hand for a long period of time. Especially not with your camera in the other hand.
You'll have a bag. You know you will. they will be in a backpack, a messenger, a nice over the chest hipster murse or for the super geek the ipad carrying vest with pockets for everything you need
So, what's the big deal about also having, in that whatever, your camera adapter along with the power adapter, your pogo/dagi etc.
nope. cause that would be blowing their whole wad at once.
Apple teases out features. Look at the iphone.
V1, no apps, no copy/paste, no video, no multitasking.
it took them 3 more versions to add all of those, a little at a time.
ipad 2.0 will include whichever they feel is the most wanted. so probably the webcam.
3.0 will add the built in slots (if they are ever added)
major nightmare. does Apple license the driver tech and add everything into the ipad software (and bloat the OS) or make users have to download it. and how do you convince the companies to even make ipad drivers.
Personally there is, other than the USB backup thing, only one device at the moment I want to work with my ipad. and that's the old UBS notebook webcam I have. give me support for that and some software that works with AIM logins and I'm set. But I'm not screaming like the Red Queen for them to do it. if it happens it happens.
It works with RAW images in a limited way. The RAW file stays on your SD card, and the JPEG preview file is imported into the iPad. Thus you cannot off load your RAW files and reuse the SD card. Apple seems to feel that most people will use the Photo app as a way to display images, or to e-mail them. Since there is no App that can work with the RAW images on the iPad, we have to accept this limitation and keep our laptops for serious photo editing
Aperture wouldn't be very useful since the RAW files are never moved to the iPad (only JPEG preview files), and thus not back your main computer. Aperture will need to import from the SD card.
Excited about the ability to move photos to the device after a shoot, but not excited about the possibility of wrecking the reader if I'm not paying attention.
I'm looking to buy a 30-pin dock extension like this one, but hopefully I can find one that has a much slimmer profile (like the new Apple connectors).
I'm looking to buy a 30-pin dock extension like this one, but hopefully I can find one that has a much slimmer profile (like the new Apple connectors).
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your so right. I was looking at putting the ipad in my camera case on trips, but my camera case is 1/2-inch too small. But hey, check out this ipad case. this is what I was looking for - no more bulky laptop bag, and fully functional......
the clutch (for a woman) and the wallet deluxe (for the man) are the exact same, just the colors and look are different. Both offer the same pockets and functionality.....
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Now this will slide into my laptop backpack and because it is smaller than a laptop - will still leave room for my camera case and some essentials for the weekend trip.
I must have missed a speech cause the ones I heard, everyone including Jobs was real careful not to use the two terms in connection just to emphasize how not a netbook the ipad is.
how about you refresh my memory and tell me when and where he made that statement. Cause there might be other details I haven't heard that I should know about.
they didn't forget. they put 720p video on the ipad to encourage video playback. and we have itunes, the ABC app, CBS going HTML5, the Netflix App, the upcoming Hulu app etc