iPad

I remember sony bringing out a "netMD" which was a minidisc player you could transfer stuff to disc via USB. You could only use their program(worse than itunes if you could believe it!) called Sonic Stage and you had to "check in/out" your music. Which meant you couldn't delete the disc manually with the minidisc walman itself. Stupid. Later sony mp3 players also had the same debilitating feature where you could only use Sonic Stage... Much like Ipods and Iphones till software such as mediamoney came around that allowed you to transfer stuff back off the ipod...

So locked are these devices that are capable of so much more. This is why Android will always be better than IOS. Not much freedom. Earlier IPODs such as 5th gen Video IPOD you could flash custom firmware such as rockbox. You could play 24bit audio(remember those superaudio CD's that never took off?) on a device not marketed to be capable of doing so. FLAC files... the lot! Oh, you could throw away crappy Itunes and just transfer directly to the hard drive the way EVERY device should.

starting to sound like a rant haha....

daveinmables said:
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Visual explanation just for you dave....

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If I was really into music on my Ipad then perhaps I would give that a go.......but I haven't found the transfer of files that tedious.
What is tedious about the Ipad is that you cannot(even with a card reader specific to the Ipad) transfer files from SD cards...that you cannot expand the capacity.
What would be wrong with the Ipad having an expansion slot?

That said, it hasn't made me convert to Android and Google....and if my Ipad packed up tomorrow I would be out there getting another one...and I think Apple rely on folk like me.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
If I was really into music on my Ipad then perhaps I would give that a go.......but I haven't found the transfer of files that tedious.
What is tedious about the Ipad is that you cannot(even with a card reader specific to the Ipad) transfer files from SD cards...that you cannot expand the capacity.
What would be wrong with the Ipad having an expansion slot?

That said, it hasn't made me convert to Android and Google....and if my Ipad packed up tomorrow I would be out there getting another one...and I think Apple rely on folk like me.
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I might be wrong but don't the larger iPads have expansion slots?
 
No....the cellular ones have a slot for a SIM card, but none of the iPads currently on the market have expansion slots.
Mine is just the wifi model.
 
This may be a bit of useless information but...

In the early days of owning my iPad, I tended to use up some of my monthly data allowance on updating various apps etc. However quite by accident I discovered that my local Barclays Bank provides a free WiFi service. I have six updates to do this week, so in the morning I will pop down to get them done. I don't even have to go inside the bank.
 
Ah, so yours is cellular.
There are quite a few places that have free wifi.....the only drawback is that it is not secure......so anyone can see what you are doing....so not a good place to update your internet banking:)
 
I'm careful about Internet banking. I either tether my mobile or use a wireless modem, both of which need a code. I am with the Three network and get 1gb with the modem and 2gb with the phone.
 
I recently purchased an ipod touch 5th gen and its custom keyboards come with a nice warning "the developers might see everything you type using a custom keyboard including sensitive data like credit cards" yeah we knew this with android, but rooted with a good blocking app, you can block all activity such as this.... not an option on iphone. Perhaps if jailbroken? ios8 isnt jailbroken yet....

Oh having said ipod. I just rediscovered just how crap itunes is. And.... right on schedule they changed it so much where it didn't need changing I don't recognise it. GRRR Crapper than ever!
 
Mine is only wifi.....so I can't connect unless I am near my broadband(or daughters).....or can link into a hotspot(though I do this with caution).
 
Those sneaky people at Apple:

Our IT geek at work tells me "Following the iOS7 update from Apple, chargers not specifically designed for the iPad will charge it at a max of 1 Amp, adding significantly to charging time"
 
I bought a generic charging cable as a standby(I am notorious for mislaying cables) and the Ipad doesn't recognise it at all.
 
DtheP47 said:
Those sneaky people at Apple:

Our IT geek at work tells me "Following the iOS7 update from Apple, chargers not specifically designed for the iPad will charge it at a max of 1 Amp, adding significantly to charging time"
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just downgrade it to the previous operating system

this may just be coincidence but when apple launch a new iphone or ipad the next update people put on their now old devices seems to slow down the operation of their devices and other problems occur.A cynic may suggest apple deliberatly cause old devices to slow down so people go and buy the newest ipad or iphone under the impression their device has run its course and that its normal for this to happen

iv backdated around 20 or so apple devices that developed problems after the update and they returned to the good working order or as close as apple can get to good working order that they were used to.

it may just be one big coincidence that many people all over teh world have had slow running devices after the update as a new device is launched but sadly after steve jobbs died his views on how to treat customers didnt
 
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