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Introducing......

The Ipad.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...reation-event/

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Looking great so far. No mention of phone capability, though. Or swapping out my sim card and using my 3G. If it misses that, it's pretty much a big ipod touch to me. It'd be a bummer. I'd be stuck to wifi. Gack.

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iMeh. :rolleyes:

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Hehe. Yeah. So far nothing that makes me want to go out and get one.

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Just made a new thread on it, then I saw this one. My bad.

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Wow. Starting at only $499. That's a surprise.

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Nope no phone service. However there is the google voice work around. Not sure if it will work on Iphone/pad, but the unit has blue tooth so you do have the ability to get a google voice account and use it as a phone that way.

I have never said this before but apple beyond droped the ball on this one. No flash are you focking joking? http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...om-your-couch/. A device centered around the multimedia experience with no focking browser flash support? Did Apple not look at the Stats at just how much flash content is on the web? At 499 if it had flash support I would have been all over this device. You could have tied it to google voice I bet and had one kick ass MIDI. Voice, movies, flash media. OOOO but wait its tied to ATT network and we know ATT doesnt want flash support on its network because of the strain it would place on the network if available.

It would appear no multi tasking for Ipod either as this unit did not have multi tasking. It amazes me that Palm WebOs has multitasking but apple fails. ? Maybe its comming.


However I believe Vic will possibly be able to use this as he thought about. Because Iwork will be available. So it would appear http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...work-for-ipad/

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I'm with ya, brother. It's pretty much the maxiPad.
Coupled with logmein, it'd kick ass and I think it'd still be great for Vic at work, but no phone. No multitasking.
I'm clueless. I guess they thought grab some of that Amazon Kindle money? Nice movies?
It's just a big iPod Touch.
I'm sure I'll order the 16gb when they're ready and feel it out and see what I can do with it. If it's as cool as I hope, I'll get the $829 3G version after that and give the 16gb wifi to my daughter.
I don't even have 3G where I live, but I do everywhere I go.
It was a huge letdown for me, too, but I can definately see it as an awesome reader and web tool, and I absolutely hate laptops (always did), so I'm probably in the 1% of people who actually care, even though I'm very let down by the shortcomings.
It'll definately need hacked. No doubt. :tu

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I fully expected to lay down $1000. The highest priced model is $829 and tax. I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic or not, but I thought that was fair. At least as far as Apple prices go. :)

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Not being phone capable doesn't really matter I don't think. You're not going to be lugging it around to use for that purpose in any event, my phone is always with me anyway.

I can't think of any reason using google voice on it wouldn't work in any event. Those calls go out as data over the 3g or wifi, and I don't know how anyone would even be able to know or care that you were using either google voice or ribbit (google voice lookalike) to make calls. People have been using Ipod Touches connected to a MiFi to do just this for awhile now without incident.

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You think you'll be able to use this thing, Vic?
Check on back up the thread a bit, too. I left a note for ya. :tu

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I think so. It seems like it'll do the work related things I need it to do, but I really want to get a hands on with the onscreen keyboard. If it even comes close to approximating peformance on a regular keyboard and I can draft documents, etc on this thing, it could be a go:tu

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It's got a badass keyboard dock, too, brother.
Here's an accessory link.

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I've got a bluetooth keyboard that I use with my PS3 on the man tv, i'll just use it with the ipad

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Ain't going to happen:

http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash

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Absolutely sincere bro, no sarcasm.

All of the "insiders" were saying $1000. $499 is a great move by Apple.

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Great article Vic. I guess flash wont be comming anytime soon. Or will it?......

I cant really agree with the authors point of view. To me it is written from a fanboys perspective. He seems to ignore the fact that apple is notorious for controling all aspects of its hardware and software and will only bend under extreme pressure. An example being when they finally had to switch to intel based processors because of powerPC issues. They held on as long as they could before giving in. I still wonder if deep down they knew when they switched over to X86 architecture there OS would end up being able to be hacked to work on PCs. I have a dual boot on my Acer netbook running OSX. I have gotten some odd looks from apple owners at Starbucks in the past and even a few questions on how I did that.

The article points out how apple doesnt like how adobe controls flash out one side of his mouth while ignoring that apple will let no one release any hardware product with its OS besides apple. They control all aspects of their OS and product. The app store controls what you can install on the Iphone and unless you jailbreak it you cant install other product(from what my buddies with them tell me). If you want the apple OS you buy apple product, and apple charges a good penny for that product. It is a high quality product though no argument there. That seems to be okay with the author.

Adobe controlling all aspects of flash development even though its open to all, thats just wrong. Although it appears as though apple is trying to develop its own apple based alternitive to flash. Why? so they can continue to control all aspects of the apple OS interface and hardware. http://www.neowin.net/news/adobe-cal...-flash-support

I had never even looked into the issue with apple before you posted this. I appreciate the link. In all honesty I dont support this. It smacks of an attempt to control all aspects of everything it touches. I really


If Palm delivers flash browser support as promised next month by adobe, then I think they will start to gain substantial market share. Adobe went out of its way to work with Palm in the development of flash support for its WebOs and would have done the same for Apple. The difference being Apple would not have owned and controlled it still and as they have shown they dont like that. Apple makes a lot of money controlling all aspects of everything with their products. Apple would never go to adobe for help. This will only change if demand becomes high enough and as the article you pointed out showed I guess enough dont care or are willing to accept this short comming

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Sweet:

http://gizmodo.com/5458498/apple-now...-calls-be-next

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If you need something for your car to hold your iPhone, this is an item I've been using for about a year and a half:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...eTravelKit.jpg

It can mount to your dashboard, windshield or A/C vents (I have mine mounted to the vents) and it will accomodate a plain iPhone or an iPhone using one of their Innocases (which I use with the belt mount). Look here at Seidio's website for details... :D

The travel kit sells for 49.95, charges your phone while you are using it (GPS is great here) and it has a extra USB charger adapter on the side to recharge items like cameras or mp3 players. :tu

:dance:

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I have a couple gooseneck mounts, Charlie. They're awesome.
I got a dual charger that works with the usb cables so Lisa and I (or my daughter and I) can charge our iPhones or Touches simutaneously.
I also installed an rf modulator setup in the Envoy so I can plug my ipod or phone or touch right into the stereo, because it doesn't have a 5mm jack for aux.
Works great and sounds awesome. :)

On the app front, I found it fun to run iseismometer while I'm playing tunes over my phone's speaker. Especialy if it's bass-heavy stuff. It's fun. :D
It's far more geeky than visualizations. Plus Bigfoot can't sneak up on you. That's just and added benefit. :tu

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I grabbed OrbMedia and Logmein Ignition.
I can now stream anything and work on my computer remotely all from my iPhone.
With logmein, I can work on anyone else's computer, too.
Thanks, Vic!!! :)

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cool new app.... Siri ....its a "personal ass't"....just downloaded it, FREE, and it made reservations for me for dinner tonite....WAY COOL!

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I used a generic pizza app awhile back. It ordered me three wrong pizzas instead of the two I put in.
I'm kind of afraid to let an app take care of stuff like that now, but I'm going to try it anyways. :)

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hooked into Open Table for dinner reservations...you can ask it all types of questions/tasks from "call me a cab", to where's the closest gas station....pretty neat

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Got both of these as well. Really like Orb, haven't had a chance to play with LogMeIn a lot yet. Only issue I have with Orb, is the need to add stuff over the computer. I was hoping it would do the updates easier, after something was added to the selected folders. Unless I'm missing something...:D (which is always possible).

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I haven't used Orb a lot because I've been at home. I used logmein to remotely add all my files to Orb while I was in Ohio a couple weeks ago.
I also used logmein to share pics on my home computer while I was out there at family day.
Since I got Orb and logmein, I gave my daughter my laptop and sold hers. I couldn't be more happy knowing I'll never have to lug a laptop around again. Now I'm just waiting on the iPads to roll out. I'm going to grab a wireless model until the 3G becomes available, then I may go that way. I'm not sure yet. I might just be happy with the wireless only model, but I want to get one for my daughter and my girlfriend, too. I need to check them out first, so I'll just play with the base model for a bit.
I upgraded my wireless router this week so I have the pipe to take care of all the wireless everything here, and to give me the range to work all over the property. Now I just have to get the shop cleaned out and get the heat on and I can get back to work. :tu

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For you Slingbox owners and fans:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/S...98?nocomment=1


Mobile tv over 3g with the Sling app now. Can only guess what kind of traffic this is going to cause once the IPad ships, but this is a good thing for iphone owners who also have slingboxes.

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USGA Rules of Golf. Not free, but worth the $3.99. Easy to search, etc.
Slacker (but I can't figure out how to create stations from my phone).
USA Today
WeatherBug
Pandora

I'm new at this (first Android phone), so I am still discovering what is out there.
But, so far, I am loving it!

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Doyle, opinions are like...so take this for what it's worth....But I tried weatherbug, and liked the Weather Channel app better. Not sure what is available on the Droid, opposed to the Iphone, but it may be worth a look.

Being new to the whole Iphone experience, I spent a ton of time looking at appshopper. com and just sorting through and looking for different things, plus reading through this thread. Again, not sure how well anything translates to the Droid, but seems a good place to start.

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For games I've been enjoying Flood It 2.

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I've been playing Angry Birds. It's a physics based game, it's totally addictive, and it's funny. It's the first iPhone game I can't put down.
I also picked up Project 72, and it looks like it'll be a lot of fun once I get past Angry Birds.

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I like Sleep Cycle. You lay it on your bed and it uses the accelerometer to measure how deeply you're sleeping. In the morning, it wakes you while you're sleeping lightly, rather than an exact time. Avoids that feeling that you were just blown up by your alarm clock.

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I was looking at that, and was curious if it worked. I was also concerned with the way I toss and turn all night that it would wake me 2 hours after I go to bed.

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A few of the ones I use have already been mentioned, Shazam, epocrates, eBay, FaceBook, and WSJ.

Some others I appreciate having are:

FlightAware - punch in the flight number or the tail number of a plane and you can track it on a live map.

Park 'n Find - uses the GPS to capture your current location. When you want to get back to that place, it will guide you to site on a map. Used it down at Tropicana Field in December to ind my rental car with no problem. Accurate to within about 10 feet of actual location.

TweetDeck - great little app that runs just like the full-blown version for your computer. Will follow feeds for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace (gag). Cool feature is that you can tap in a message once, including location and pictures, and choose one or multiple accounts to send the message to.

Keeper - password maintenance app that also lets you save info to your computer. Gotcha is the computer version is $29.00.

Barnes & Noble

Convert - great app to convert measurements. Includes topics such as Area, Computer, Currency, Energy, Force, Pressure, Speed.

Since I have photography as a hobby, I also find DOF (Depth of Field) Master and SmugShot to be useful. SmugShot lets you upload photos you've taken with the iPhone right to your SmugMug account.

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Ambiance, for those with trouble sleeping like me. Countless "white noise" type options to mix and match, plus fade out options for the sleep noise gnerator, and fade in options for your alarm sound. I currently use my own rainstorm, windstorm, train on the tracks noise to fall asleep to, and we wake to a Chinese gong that slowly increases in volume over 45 minutes so we don't get jarred awake. Well worth the 99 cents it costs

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Can't really make guarantees for you. I can tell you it works fine although I very often need to get out of bed for a little while :). It keeps a graph of your whole night and just shows it as being awake a while.

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I just got a word game called "Bookworm". It is made by Pop Cap, the makers of Bejeweled, Peggle, and other good games. If you like word games, check it out! Very fun.

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Anyone know of a way to bypass iTunes to load videos to the iPhone. I have some video files with quality settings that are not supported by iTunes but will play fine on the device. I just need a way around iTunes.

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Justin how do you know they'll play fine on the device if they aren't already on the device?

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The developer of the video compression software I use reported that the iPhone 3GS is capable of playing high profile video files that are not accepted by iTunes.

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I'd ask the developer if and how he got the videos
on the iPhone. Without knowing more
it sounds like they are saying the hardware is capable of handling those videos, which doesn't necessarily mean they will work on the phone. A while back it was reported that a developer had gotten the 3gs to run 720p video. Yes, the hardware can handle that, but the firmware on the phone doesn't allow it yet so it's really a moot point. From your post that may be the issue here

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There is a video on YouTube of a iPhone 3GS playing 1080p. :eek: Not that it is that useful on a smaller screen. I found a application called Air Sharing that looks to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'll try it and report back if anyone is interested. Obviously I know this isn't that useful because of the space and battery a HD movie would consume but I'm a geek and would love to see it work.

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Try googling for "iTunes alternatives sync."
I used SharePod once on my iPod to retrieve some music. Not on my iPhone though.

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YouMail, tons of funny ass messages for your callers to hear, check it out.

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I think it is fair to guess the developer may have a "broken" phone. Which without stirring up any controversy about whether braking is good or bad, if you have done the 3.0.3 update, this is truly a moot point.

Much like other things that can be done on the Iphone, it can't be done in the parameters of Apple.

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Not an Iphone owner, but justin.tv app for iphone released.

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Chess with friends is pretty cool.
Doodle jump
Facebook
Guitar toolkit

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May not be REALLY cool... but a **** ton of excellent reading and facts.

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I don't know if I've posted these, but I'm gonna anyways...
Angry Birds - Wicked fun physics based game. Use a slingshot that chucks birds at objects to get to the pigs. The graphics, sound and gameplay is beyond reproach for a cartoon-y game. Love it. :tu
Olive Tree NKJV Bible - They just added a bunch of features in the latest update that makes it very easy to search and a took tons of bugs out. It's very useful now.
MLB.com at Bat 2010 - Streaming ballgames. Have to have the mlb.tv subscription, but it's well worth the money if you love ball.
Speedtest - By speedtest.net. Good for checking jacked wifi to get a good connection speed.
5-0 Radio Pro - Scanner app with a zillion feeds. Good if you're hiding from the cops.
Sportacular - Quick scores and boxes. The best sports app I've found.
The Weather Channel - Nice, clean weather with radar.
DoodleJump - It's just fun. I've long since grown tired, but it was fun for waiting rooms.
VoicePlus - Voice changer. Fun for messing with the kids.
TFLN - Mindless drivel, lots of hilarity in there. It's Texts from Last Night. User submitted humorous texts. Very adult and very tacky.
UPS - Check your tracking numbers.
USA Today - Great news app. I have always loved USA Today, so it fits perfect. It's very well done, too.
Goby - The coolest "What's going on here where I'm stuck?" app I've seen yet. It pulls up tons of things to do in the area you're in. Even obscure stuff like live music at the winery. Kind of a "local entertainment" newspaper page for wherever you are. It's just plain cool.
MoonPhase - I always pay a lot of attention to the moon. It's a nice clean app for finding out everything I need or want to know.