New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

star trek was filmed in the past smdh

so he traveled to the past to steal a non-functional prop?

who says it was... non-functional http://www.wanderingheretic.com/wp-images/icons/spock.gif

star trek was a documentary beamed back to the 60s to ensure creation of the ipad

finally somebody is making sense in this thread

see that is what I was saying

i don't think it's a bullshit thing at all

i'm just saying that i don't think of a computer, a tablet and a smartphone as different ways to accomplish the same core functions ... i think a laptop computer and a desktop computer share the same core functions, but a phone and a tablet are fundamentally different from the first two

i think a lot of the "mobile" functions of a laptop (ie surfing the web at the coffee shop or checking your email in the airport) are pretty well handled by a smartphone or tablet at this point

ya i agree with that for sure, i just dont think the line is between 'creating' and 'consuming' necc

popping in with a couple of qs...

i am trying to decide between buying an ipad 2 16gb refurb model (i'm guessing ex-display) and a new ipad. the refurb is €349, price for the new one hasn't been released yet (i'm in Ireland) but i'm guessing will be around €500. i'm poorish but in the mood to splash out (just got made full-time at my job for the next year, having spent the last year working half-time). i'm leaning towards the refurb, what do you folks reckon?

second q is re those combined keyb/covers that Edward mentioned upthread, any specific recommendations?

thanks folks

I got a refurbished ipad 2 16gb fairly recently and I dig it, I dunno if I have any advice w/r/t the difference between the two.

after a lot of price/spec research I got this to go with it:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Trent-IMP39B-Bluetooth-adjustable/dp/B0050M92CU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332354181&sr=8-1 and think it does the job quite well for the price.

second q is re those combined keyb/covers that Edward mentioned upthread, any specific recommendations?

having tried a number of these, my favorite is the targus versavu, but it doesn't look like the keyboard model is available in the UK based on a cursory search of amazon.co.uk.

second best is the zaggmate, tho there may be a preferable local alternative.

I think I've made a thing of this before but I use my iPad loads at work, to whit:

- planning work with a mindmapping thingo
- screen mockups with my client sitting next to me
- taking notes when collecting information from chatterbox clients (wireless kb => no need for full laptop)
- draggy flowcharts
- annotating other people's work and emailing it back to them (had to do this urgently a few weeks ago; it was a Friday night on the tram, paper would not have cut it)

Also Chinese study (writing characters on a tablet >>>>>>> scrawling with a mouse or digitiser wotsit).

ymmv but fuck me if this isn't the most useful, portable and productive laptop I've ever owned.

mindmaps / flowcharts - omnigraffle or what?

iThoughts HD

oh and flowcharts = TouchDraw

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What the F - iTunes insists my credit card's security code is wrong, but it is NOT WRONG! It has been working fine until today. Anyone know anything about this?

yes, your credit card's security code is wrong

that shouldn't have made me laugh as hard as it did

if you're using itunes from an ipad/iphone account updates can act wonky sometimes, best to make those kind of changes from yr mac/pc

Credit card processing is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

Well DANDY. You know what that means? It means that DRAW SOMETHING is also unavailable and I here I am on my day off, NOT PLAYING IT.

I HATE APPLE

in other news, apparently the ipad 2 lops off the ends of widescreen images

I loaded an mp4 of the prometheus trailer to both the ipad 2 and 3 to compare, and looky here

ipad 2

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/prometheus_ipad_2.png

ipad 3

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/prometheus_ipad_3.png

laptop

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/prometheus_laptop.png

cue ppl complaining "movies look smaller on my new ipad blecch"

I mean I knew the ipad 2 aspect ratio was 4:3 but really didn't think about it all that much

haha wait I'm an idiot

my ipad 2 somehow had the widescreen toggle off

NEVER MIND

sheesh

facepalm :)

WE ARE VERY BUSY PPL WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR GAMES EDWARD

sorry dudes

ok here's what that still really looks like on an ipad 2

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/prometheus_ipad_2_REALLY.png

thanks for ruining my day EDWARD

I just smashed my ipad 2 with a hammer based on your 'insights', Edward.

NOW WHAT.

cut back on the coffee?

Billing issue solved. BBL, I have a lot of drawing to catch up on.

xpost *throws hammer*

now that you're all thoroughly discounting whatever I say, I'll note that I'm not seeing too much quality difference between the ipad 2 and ipad 3 screenshots

however

ipad 2 = 968 KB
ipad 3 = 3.20 MB

this is the type of stuff that has the potential to affect 16GB users, unless you're sir cloud or something

flagging all of your posts from now on, fyi

:)

Not seeing a diff in the iPads, or in the screenshots viewed on another device? You also have to realize you are scaling up the video on iPad 3 and scaling it down on iPad 2.

That is, assuming you downloaded a 1080p one. If it's off YouTube, you are probbably viewing a lower res.

Edward III is not to be trusted

lol

in the screenshots on a different device (to eliminate the display diff between the ipads)

the trailer was the same 1080 mp4 file loaded to both ipads, not youtube

I respect your testing methodology

btw if you're viewing them on a diff device then it completely negates the fact we're talking about whether the iPad screen looks good, not whether it can render things to static files better than iPad 2, sheesh

because I am insane I loaded the screenshots to both ipads, I can see a slight diff between the two (minor pixelation) if I zoom in on details (like on the thing that looks like an old pushmower on the left hand side of the capture)

and I'm not so much interested in the quality difference as in the potential for organic file bloat, just something to take into consideration if folks are trying to make the 16/32/64 decision

yeah I'm sort of terrified to see the file size of the first retina new yorker

yeah... I appreciate that file sizes relative to terrible -> good -> great -> excellent quality pix is not an equal distribution, high quality chews up disk space disproportionately... I'm not sure if apple does tho. too early to tell really, but the next iteration of ipad might need to support 32/64/128 if something like a native screenshot is going to increase 3x going from ipad 2 -> ipad 3... and what that means for app developers....

but that's kinda why I got the 16GB... I'll be yr guinea pig thx

thanks for the help ilxers, just ordered the refurb. woo hoo!

pdf rendering/drawing can be painfully slow, omfg

my annotation app is completely up the shithole

what were you using? been kinda wanting an annotation app, tho I guess if it's up the shithole the point is moot.

really pleased w/ battery life. not exactly nonstop use but have brought it to several hour+ meetings and done the odd netflixing (and screen capturing obv ha), still at 57% after two days.