<--- official iPad user :)

[Cloud9Gal]

I played with the newest "Apple Baby" and was quite smitten by it. The iPad is certainly one heck of a nice gadget.
I probably will never buy one, as I am quite satisfied with my current laptop and my iTouch.

Congrats on your purchase Lionheart! Keep us posted on well it performs.

 

[n4gix]

...or maybe something like that ?

BTW Bill, does the Ipad allow to buy books and movies elsewhere than on iTunes ?

I can't believe no one else has commented on this incredible breakthrough! What's even more amazing is that he's going to make all of the software "open source!"

One might easily imagine that in a just few years, we might be able to wear a small device on a neckchain, and project a "watch" on our wrist, a cellphone "keypad" on our hand, or simply use a piece of paper to watch a movie, or display a virtual "keyboard and screen" on a tabletop!

Maybe it's just that no one else noticed the embedded "link" you placed:

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

By the way, it's a long talk, but the most interesting bits of the live-demo are about half-way through the presentation...

 

[Kiwikat]

nobody dislikes Apple computers or Steve Jobs more than me!

Hmmm...

 

[boxcar]

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...Maybe it's just that no one else noticed the embedded "link" you placed:

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

By the way, it's a long talk, but the most interesting bits of the live-demo are about half-way through the presentation...

..... ~Fascinating~.

...& you are correct here: I'd missed that link before. Thanks for making it apparent, Bill.
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[Lionheart]

I can't believe no one else has commented on this incredible breakthrough! What's even more amazing is that he's going to make all of the software "open source!"

One might easily imagine that in a just few years, we might be able to wear a small device on a neckchain, and project a "watch" on our wrist, a cellphone "keypad" on our hand, or simply use a piece of paper to watch a movie, or display a virtual "keyboard and screen" on a tabletop!

Maybe it's just that no one else noticed the embedded "link" you placed:

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

By the way, it's a long talk, but the most interesting bits of the live-demo are about half-way through the presentation...

That is amazing....! And all open source. He started all of that through two computer mice taken apart, and from there, his mind exploded into possibilities. I like how he holds up four fingers into a square and there is a camera 'click' sound, screenshot taken outdoors.. Amazing technology.

I hope though that he makes something for himself somehow. I dont know if giving away all of your hard work is the actual way to go. Is Windows or Apple free? All their work. How would the afford to pay their bills, etc.. Its like a farmer that grows crops and gives them away, or a engineer that studies for years how to make a jet fly 100 knots faster with less fuel and gives that away. That is hard work... and pioneering 'new' amazing idea's type of hard work..

So... I hope he at least makes a living doing something that he loves. May his work come back to him in rewards.


Bill

 

[djscoo]

That is amazing....! And all open source. He started all of that through two computer mice taken apart, and from there, his mind exploded into possibilities. I like how he holds up four fingers into a square and there is a camera 'click' sound, screenshot taken outdoors.. Amazing technology.

I hope though that he makes something for himself somehow. I dont know if giving away all of your hard work is the actual way to go. Is Windows or Apple free? All their work. How would the afford to pay their bills, etc.. Its like a farmer that grows crops and gives them away, or a engineer that studies for years how to make a jet fly 100 knots faster with less fuel and gives that away. That is hard work... and pioneering 'new' amazing idea's type of hard work..

So... I hope he at least makes a living doing something that he loves. May his work come back to him in rewards.


Bill

Even though it's open source, I don't think money will be an issue (ask Linus Torvalds).

 

[Lionheart]

Just a heads up for Mac people that use iWork.

I loaded it up on this and I cant believe it, lol... Somehow, it has most of all the things of regular iWork 'in' this softwear suite, lol... You purchase the suite in 3 sections, so if you only need Pages, or Keynote, or Numbers, you can buy 'only' that. Its $9.99 for each one, so about $30.00 for all three. The regular iWork is $79.00 for Mac.

Its also 'artistically' done. Keynote for instance looks like a mix between leather and a very old Map, sort of a artist like App looking environment for the Keynote desk background. Same with Pages. I havent dug into Numbers yet. If you have a Mac and have Numbers but never tried it, check the tutorial videos at Apple.com. They have auto-building CAD like bars and other graph objects that almost animate with sales figures. (They animate into the shape you need when you plug in the numbers, change shape... not a animated presentation).

 

[Lionheart]

Now, since I can link a keyboard into this, and a USB adapter into the main slot for my Saitek X-52, if only I could get someone to code in FS2004 to run on iPhone / iPad 0S4, I would be good to go, lol....



Bill

 

[txnetcop]

X-Plane runs fine on it Bill...I'm not nutty over X-Plane but at least it gives you something to fly
Ted
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[hey_moe]

Well da first thang da wife said was " DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT" lol...you guys know how well I listen...grins

 

[AckAck]

Jeez, Moe - who was it who couldn't hide money?

Brian :d

 

[Lionheart]

Well da first thang da wife said was " DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT" lol...you guys know how well I listen...grins

Well, at least its small and super thin. Should be easy to hide. Maybe see if they'll rent you one. :d

 

[dominique]

Concerning the question buying from other sources, they call that jail break and people can download anything from anywhere. It does go against the EULA though. At least for now. Most kids can upload anything unto their iPhones.
Bill

There's a Kindle app that I use which doesn't need to jailbreak the iPhone/iPod Touch. There're other eReaders for others sources. All legit. The movies I don't know as Apple has just begun to sell them out of the US. I wonder whether they work with the pad...

Why can't use it as phone as you've access to the 3G networks? No voice communication app ?

 

[tigisfat]

There's a Kindle app that I use which doesn't need to jailbreak the iPhone/iPod Touch. There're other eReaders for others sources. All legit. The movies I don't know as Apple has just begun to sell them out of the US. I wonder whether they work with the pad...

Why can't use it as phone as you've access to the 3G networks? No voice communication app ?

I'd pay money to see users hold Ipads up to their ears.

 

[dominique]

I can't believe no one else has commented on this incredible breakthrough! What's even more amazing is that he's going to make all of the software "open source!"

One might easily imagine that in a just few years, we might be able to wear a small device on a neckchain, and project a "watch" on our wrist, a cellphone "keypad" on our hand, or simply use a piece of paper to watch a movie, or display a virtual "keyboard and screen" on a tabletop!

Maybe it's just that no one else noticed the embedded "link" you placed:

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

By the way, it's a long talk, but the most interesting bits of the live-demo are about half-way through the presentation...

My bad, I should've put it in bold...

Isn't it amazing (rhetorical question) ? And this is just a prototype. Imagine what it will be when it reaches the market... That kind of interface + OLED screen ! Could the iPad type of tablets just be an interim technology ?

 

[djscoo]

I'd pay money to see users hold Ipads up to their ears.

You could always use the Iphone headphones with the speaker on them.

 

[dominique]

I'd pay money to see users hold Ipads up to their ears.

lot of people already use their cell phone with an earplug or the integrated speaker, Tig... And you dont always use your phone walking...

 

[Lionheart]

There's a Kindle app that I use which doesn't need to jailbreak the iPhone/iPod Touch. There're other eReaders for others sources. All legit. The movies I don't know as Apple has just begun to sell them out of the US. I wonder whether they work with the pad...

Why can't use it as phone as you've access to the 3G networks? No voice communication app ?

I keep wondering that myself. I am positive that is the next step and its probably already arranged. The prototype had a cam in the top like on the new iPhone 4G that Gizmodo had. The iPad would have then been equipped for teleconferencing. There is a mic in the top. With the early 3G iPhone, they could create video via a simple App after they came out with iPhone OS 3.2 or 3.3 (I cant remember which one, recent though when the 3Gs came out).

So, perhaps about the time that the 'multi-tasking' update comes out, we will have a speaker phone capability activated in the things. Purely speculative, but thats been my thoughts. I cant see why the platform of the iPhone designed into a tablet device would not have it 'with' having a 3G ATT unit built into it...

I didnt know the iPhone headphones could be used in phone conversations until about a month ago, lolol.. I decided to read about them one night out of shear bordom. They can do multi functions on the small 3 click link in the cable, (newer headphones with volume clicker inline by left earbud). They things have mute, and double clicking the top/bottom will jump your song you are listening to. Picking up or hanging up on a call is either double click on mute, or single click on mute, mute being center click. (I didnt know the center clicked).

Now... How in the world do they fit all of this technology into a dang earphone set, earbuds no less, and be able to control about 12 commands or so, plus a mic, 2 speakers that have some nice sound that are extremely small, all through a dual line single pole earphone socket???????



Bill

 

[Lionheart]

I noticed just now on iTunes that it now has 'Books' instead of 'Audiobooks' in the top left corner.

I was wondering how they would do that. Yesterday I had nothing there but Audiobooks. I guess they realised they needed the gap filled on their new market of electronic books.

Now in iTunes there are two sections when you click on 'Books'. Its Books to the top, Audiobooks to the bottom.

I highly recommend Sir Richard Bransons new Audiobook. Great read. Talks about how he started his Train and then Airline businesses. Very inspiring.




Bill

 

[Lionheart]

My $29.00 iPad dock wouldnt let me sit the iPad on horizontally as the connector is on the bottom. So I went to thinking, how I could make a basic stand. It occured to me we have a picture frame easle in the front room, so I ran and got it and it was like the perfect size for this thing. So now I can have the iPad on the easle, and can type when I want.

I then remembered it has a screensaver thing built in. So I tried it and man, its one of those little electronic picture frame things, lololol...

I know, big deal. Sure looks cool though.

<--- addict.. arrgh..

Edit; in Horizontal mode, the font is larger, the screen fills the webpages bigger when its wider. Easier on my old eyes...

Bill