Odious Tea
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That's exactly what I want to do with any device. :lolTobor said:
It's weird. I have no real use for it, but ever since it got jailbroken, I've wanted one real bad.
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It's weird. I have no real use for it, but ever since it got jailbroken, I've wanted one real bad.
Ice Monkey
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Gary Whitta said:
ninja'd
I can't actually see why i would want an external drive right now, but consider the random obscure geeky things that are likely possible with an ipad in the future, I could see an external drive being useful in some possible scenarios.krypt0nian
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Tobor said:
Seriously. That crap makes me want to puke in my mouth.
Ice Monkey
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Odious Tea said:
iDevices without a jailbreak have so many less fun things to dick around with than their jailbroken brothers!
I've successfully tethered my ipad to my external bluetooth gps dongle for example. No 3g=gps argument for me, thanks!
Ice Monkey
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krypt0nian said:
wait, command line stuff in general or command line stuff on ipad when theres nothing really to do with it yet? I launch cmd.exe and terminals multiple times a day! Fastest way to encode videos too, screw GUIs give me excel, notepad, cmd.exe and ffmpeg.exe any day and I'll ninja videos to h264 in half the time as most GUI-driven crap.
Tobor said:
:lol I was expecting that. Yeah, It does look like too much work. There should be a nice GUI over it eventually, Apple geeks are also design & UI geeks too.Gary Whitta said:
I don't need an external hard drive either, I was just testing it out as a proof of concept so to speak. The thought of getting full file access to an SD card has me salivating though...Ice Monkey said:ninja'd
GodfatherX
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just jailbroke my ipad...wow @not even having to put it in dfu
what are the must have jb apps? sbs settings, winterboard, ect?
what are the must have jb apps? sbs settings, winterboard, ect?
Softbank has announced their data plan pricing for the iPad in Japan.
http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/ipad/price_plan/
There are two versions:
1. ¥2910 per month unlimited data (plus a few misc. fees that bring it to ¥3600) with a 2 year contract. [$40] :lol :lol :lol
2. ¥4410 for 1GB of data each month, but no contract [$50]. :lol :lol :lol
Conclusion: :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Stupid fucking Softbank. Their service sucks enough already. Japan-GAF should just put up with the lack of GPS in the WiFi model and invest in an Emobile Pocket WiFi modem. That way they can stop using the 3G service on their iPhones and actually save money in the process.
http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/ipad/price_plan/
There are two versions:
1. ¥2910 per month unlimited data (plus a few misc. fees that bring it to ¥3600) with a 2 year contract. [$40] :lol :lol :lol
2. ¥4410 for 1GB of data each month, but no contract [$50]. :lol :lol :lol
Conclusion: :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Stupid fucking Softbank. Their service sucks enough already. Japan-GAF should just put up with the lack of GPS in the WiFi model and invest in an Emobile Pocket WiFi modem. That way they can stop using the 3G service on their iPhones and actually save money in the process.
345triangle
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2 year contract, what the hell? the first price would be okay if not for that, the second is bizarre. i actually have no problem with softbank's service otherwise - i never have dropped calls or slow 3G access or any of the stuff that AT&T-GAF talks about.
any hardware prices up yet? i'm going wi-fi only, i guess...
any hardware prices up yet? i'm going wi-fi only, i guess...
345triangle
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what hotspots would those be?
Softbank has prices up on their site for both models, but I don't know if standalone prices have been announced.345triangle said:
Softbank isn't as bad as AT&T, that much is true. Even China's mobile companies provide better cellular service than AT&T.
The hotspots should be wherever Yahoo BB hotspots are. McDonald's, Beck's Coffee, etc.
Dreams-Visions
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it has been revoked.Tobor said:
really? you've never used Terminal on a Mac before? or Linux? It's not bad at all. It just showed a bunch of folders/files and a command line.Gary Whitta said:
you guys are funny.
StopMakingSense
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Trouble said:
I did with my 3g. Got it swapped out the next day. Took all of 5 minutes at the apple store.
I think it's the BB hotspots, more details here http://bbmp.softbanktelecom.co.jp/business/wlan/area_list/index.html345triangle said:
standalone prices are on this page : http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/ipad/price_plan/chart/
it's the first white line
Buckethead
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I hope the lock button on the new iPhone feels like the one on the iPad.
So good.
So good.
harriet the spy
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Shit.. there is an ipad jailbreak??
Mrmm. Any pictures of scummVM on ipad?
Mrmm. Any pictures of scummVM on ipad?
345triangle
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awesome, thanks - 59,000 for 32gb wi-fi sounds good to me.mehdi_san said:
thechristoph
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dyls said:
Just don't install Winterboard. It seems to me that jailbreak seems to fuck with battery life, but not speed so long as Winterboard isn't installed.
345triangle
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cvxfreak said:
wait, am i reading this right?
it looks like the ipad itself is actually subsidised by the contract. i don't know all the kanji but as far as i can tell the first pink row says monthly payment, the second says number of payments, the third says total payment and then the first white row gives a basic up-front figure.
but i don't know how any of this relates to the wi-fi only version, or why that would even have anything to do with softbank at all :/
are they just monthly payments for the hardware itself, like buying on credit?
It's not a question of having done it before. I've built my own PCs, and putzed around with all this type of shit, I'm just not interested in it anymore. All I want now is a leisure device that works as advertised.Dreams-Visions said:it has been revoked.
really? you've never used Terminal on a Mac before? or Linux? It's not bad at all. It just showed a bunch of folders/files and a command line.
you guys are funny.
Look at it this way, what seems like fun to you seems like work to me.
brotkasten
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brotkasten said:
Anyone?
Flek said:
Steve Jobs:
Dreams-Visions
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doesn't look like fun to me either. It just doesn't bother me.Tobor said:
No, not now, but it's a feature that the developer can choose to offer. The developer of File Browser would have to add the "Open In..." functionality and then each of the comic readers would also be required to register for the particular file types (zip, cbr etc). At the moment, none of my Comic book reader apps are registered for any file formats, not even zip. So you should send a couple of emails, requesting the feature, to the developers of FileBrowser and your favorite comic book appbrotkasten said:
Actually, I'm not sure in if it's possible to register an app for a non native file format, has anyone found something unique? 'm using Folder to quickly test and sort
Besides the fact that some people would like to use their iPad as a sysadmin tool and what not, many people also only interested in the iPad as a "leisure device" spend time setting up AirVideo servers, VNC clients etc. Sometimes you have to put in a little work to have even more fun.Tobor said:
VGChampion
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Ice Monkey said:
I'll take the default programs any day of the week. I used to like playing around with that stuff as a teenager but as I got older and realized I just want quick, easy solutions that require very little learning with programs. :lol
Mailenstein
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Your calculation is wrong actually.Flek said:
The $499 for the iPad 16GB WiFi is net., while the 514 is gross. So you need to subtract the tax first before you compare, which would be 416,34 = $530.23. As you see, thats a extra 30 bucks in Germany, which isn't a huge deal.
brotkasten
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Charred Greyface said:
That's pretty meh but thanks for sharing.
Bboy AJ said:
Most people don't have experience with IPS or PVA panels, that's why they're blown away by the iPad screen.
Pristine_Condition
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Not iPad-related per-say, but I I thought this was interesting, as it kinda refutes a common troll meme RE: Apple:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/05/08/what-apple-spends-for-sizzle/
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/05/08/what-apple-spends-for-sizzle/
What Apple spends for sizzle
Posted by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
As a percent of revenue, Steve Jobs' ad budget is relatively modest
Silicon Alley Insider's chart of the day Friday makes a terrific point, but it took some time for me to see it.
The chart, assembled by Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova from data provided by Kantar Media, shows the total 2009 ad spend across print, online, radio, tv, and outdoor of selected tech companies, both in dollar terms and as a percent of revenue.
The takeaway message for me is that Apple (AAPL), which has a reputation in tech circles of selling more sizzle than steak, actually spends relatively little on advertising for a company its size. The $249 million it shelled out last year is less than half of what Microsoft (MSFT) spent for ads I find nowhere near as effective. And as a percentage of revenue, it's less than half of the expenditures of eBay (EBAY), whose ads I don't remember ever seeing.
Yeah, they are in different markets. Microsft is a software company while Apple is a hardware company. If you're going to compare the two then break it down, compare Zune ad spending to the iPod then Microsoft Office spending to iWorks (although some of the useful ads for iWorks, specifically prominent placement in the AppStore, is not easily monetized). Likewise it's hard to say just how valuable Amazon's homepage placement for the Kindle has been and monetize it in advertising dollars. Does Google even advertise for any of the Android phones? Google put a Superbowl ad for their homepage while Apple used their ad for the iPad. Completely different advertising strategies as I see it.
Gary Whitta
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Yeah, it is.Bboy AJ said:
Yeah, you can delete them from the system and they'll never run. I've seen guides to do so for the iPhone but I've never tried it. I honestly wouldn't recommend it. The really cool iPad tweaks havent been made yet, you'll probably have a had time running even Winterboard at this rate :lolY2Kev said:
Ice Monkey
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what type of processes wouldnt be necessary? does apple run a whole lot of stuff that isnt important? Reminds me of Windows.
Robobandit
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Gary Whitta said:
I think the most accurate statement would be to say that the ipad's screen is amazing when compared to other mobile devices.
Some folks don't know or care about TN vs IPS, but for those of us that do, it is excellent.
I'd like it to be higher resolution, but that's my only complaint.
Ice Monkey said:
theres not a lot of stuff running in the background. the problem is trying to view multiple modern webpages on 256 MB of RAM. nothing stays in memory for long. once you leave a page, its out of memory and has to reload.
If you run an A/V heavy app like MLB at bat, itll use up almost all the RAM and good luck trying to do that AND do something else in the background (if youve jailbroken).
Apples only got a few things running in the back but its much else than what runs on Mac OS X or Windows.
It's not that limiting. I was watching TV with Slingplayer and managed to keep the video running while checking the scores in MLB.TV with Safari open. But, for whatever reason, if you open iPod eighty years ago and played a podcast, both iPod and the video player stay in memory. You can't kill them without the system freaking out.LCfiner said:
Steve made a comment about "once you include a task manager, you've lost" or something comment in the OS 4 presentation, but he's basically backed his users into a corner by sticking 256mb of RAM into a computing device like the iPad. If I don't manage my own memory, the system will start closing programs as it sees fit. This means you could be logged out of AIM by the system. I am much happier just managing my memory.
Well killing daemons is not the only way to get more RAM to work with. You should try the swapfile method...
I hope the comicbook apps follow Omni's lead and register cbz/cbr as their formats.
Sycing is taking too long these days. Both iPad and laptop has been locked up for the past hour and I'm not even halfway done. All for a few measely fonts :/
I hope the comicbook apps follow Omni's lead and register cbz/cbr as their formats.
Sycing is taking too long these days. Both iPad and laptop has been locked up for the past hour and I'm not even halfway done. All for a few measely fonts :/
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