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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / February 2010NEWS: iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One
The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much? The study seems to confirm the iPad as Apple's least exciting announcement in years. And the company is feeling the backlash that comes from not delivering on the hype. Retrevo, an online marketplace for consumer electronics, surveyed 1,000 of its customers and found that the iPad's Jan. 27 announcement did more to snuff out customer interest than to spark it. MORE: <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188745/ipad_study_the_more_you_kno w_the_less_you_want_one.html>  SignatureBest regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it? > The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, > according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much? > > The study seems to confirm the iPad as Apple's least exciting > announcement in years. And the company is feeling the backlash that > comes from not delivering on the hype. nonsense. the article you cite even says it will be a winner, and the author plans on getting one. Am 07.02.2010 07:18, schrieb John Navas: > The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, > according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much? Like with every Apple product. ;) > The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, > according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > MORE: > <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188745/ipad_study_the_more_you_kno w_the_less_you_want_one.html> What Apple has done so well, yet again, is to legitimize the *desire* to own such a product. I can assure you that, after Apple's iPad announcement, the bicycle retail e-list was abuzz regarding the use of tablets as roaming point-of-sale terminals. Prior to this, it was a technology that was available, but risky. Once Apple jumps in, all of a sudden it represents a "safe" investment, something that you almost have to do to keep up. Presently, nearly every decent point-of-sale system runs on Windows, not Mac computers. That's not likely to change. But dealers across the country are figuring out ways to use the iPad as a remote terminal, easily done with one of several programs currently available for the iPhone (I use WinAdmin)... but the iPhone doesn't have the real estate required. The biggest drawback to the iPad is battery life. In retail, we need 8 solid hours of battery life, so either the unit's got to hold up that long or have a battery that can be changed out... neither of which the iPad currently has. So many of us are now looking at alternatives that would fit our needs.... something we wouldn't have done prior to Apple's announcement. Apple's role in legitimizing demand for technologies is dramatically underestimated. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > The biggest drawback to the iPad is battery life. In retail, we need 8 solid > hours of battery life, so either the unit's got to hold up that long or have > a battery that can be changed out... neither of which the iPad currently > has. then it's a good thing that it has 10 hours of battery life, and that's quoted as surfing the 'net. it can play music for 140 hours. i doubt you'll need it to be using it for the entire 8 hours, non-stop anyway, and it's not like you can't drop it into a dock at some point either. >> The biggest drawback to the iPad is battery life. In retail, we need 8 >> solid [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > you'll need it to be using it for the entire 8 hours, non-stop anyway, > and it's not like you can't drop it into a dock at some point either. "Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music" (from Apple's website). For the iPhone, Apple says "Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi" Up to. I've got a lot of experience with the iPhone 3G. I use it extensively. Marvelous tool, much more than a toy. And those "Up to" figures are about twice real life (for me). Do we have reason to believe it not safe to extrapolate similarly for the iPad? --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > "Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to > music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > twice real life (for me). Do we have reason to believe it not safe to > extrapolate similarly for the iPad? and if you notice, apple only gives *one* number for the ipad, whereas they give several different numbers for the iphone (talk time, video, audio, etc.). the ipad is not out yet. at least wait until it ships to find out whether it's suitable. >"Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to >music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or >listening to music" (from Apple's website). I've found that a new battery meets or exceeds Apple's published specifications. However, battery operating time deteriorates with Li-Ion batteries as the battery ages. A new Ipod Touch 2G battery will play music for about 10 hours if I let the display go blank, or 1.5 hrs with the wi-fi and display active. My 3 year old battery now plays music for maybe 3 hrs or 0.5 hrs with the wi-fi active. More: <http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=215227> I bought a case cracking tool and a replacement battery, but managed to cut myself on the metal back trying to open the case and gave up. Battery life also deteriorates more rapidly if you maintain a Li-Ion battery at maximum charge, and bake it inside a laptop or heat generating device. No clue yet how warm the iPad will run. More: <http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm> It might also be of interest to know the battery life for the latest Windoze 7 touch screen laptops is claimed at 3 to 5 hours: <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140385/Review_3_Windows_7_touch_screen_l aptops> (4 pages) SignatureJeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 > I've found that a new battery meets or exceeds Apple's published > specifications. However, battery operating time deteriorates with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I bought a case cracking tool and a replacement battery, but managed > to cut myself on the metal back trying to open the case and gave up. It's really too bad the batteries are so hard to change and so cheaply built shoved into the box like they are. I just bought this: http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-MOTOROLA-FOR-K1m-W220-W385-Z6m-Z6tv-BT50- BATTERY_W0QQitemZ320472286553QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPDA_Accessories? hash=item4a9da30559 Motorola BT50 OEM battery for my old MotoROKR Z6m I use on Pageplus for $2.19 from HongKong with FREE SHIPPING! I got 4 of them at this price. They were sealed in the OEM shipping bags their bulk, no bubblepacks, come in from China. Even the Motorola halogram label is on them, the date code was 2 weeks old! The new batteries were all much better than the one the phone came with, even though it's the same exact battery. They're all really fresh. The sale is closed, now, but I bet they still have them at this price. Delivery took 12 days because of the damned backup at the customs office. Signature"iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry >> I've found that a new battery meets or exceeds Apple's published >> specifications. However, battery operating time deteriorates with [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > sale is closed, now, but I bet they still have them at this price. > Delivery took 12 days because of the damned backup at the customs office. Hopefully better than the camera batteries I've purchased (for a Rebel 350XT). Worked great initially, slightly longer life, but after a couple months wouldn't hold more than about 1/4 of their earlier charge. These clearly weren't the "same exact battery" as the capacity claim was higher. On the other hand, I purchased a "Kodak" brand replacement battery for my Fuji EX200, cost a fair amount less than the Fuji battery, and has held up great through extended use. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > The new batteries were all much better than the one the phone came with, > even though it's the same exact battery. They're all really fresh. The > sale is closed, now, "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.23708" A very good source for stuff like that. One thing I've noticed is the batteries are much fresher than what I could buy in the U.S.. That store also has one of the best bicycle lights in the world at about 1/5 the price of what a comparable light costs from bicycle accessory companies. "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25149" SMS <scharf.steven@gmail.com> wrote in news:49a2c93d-0706-4057-a907- c1c2418bf480@o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com: >> The new batteries were all much better than the one the phone came with, >> even though it's the same exact battery. They're all really fresh. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25149" Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to inform us. Signature"iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry >>"Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to >>music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or >>listening to music" (from Apple's website). > >I've found that a new battery meets or exceeds Apple's published >specifications. I sure haven't -- I've found the iPhone numbers to be quite optimistic, on the order 2x actual performance with a brand new battery. >However, battery operating time deteriorates with >Li-Ion batteries as the battery ages. True, but not very rapidly -- life is on the order of 2-3 years before half capacity is reached, an average degradation of only about 2% per month. >Battery life also deteriorates more rapidly if you maintain a Li-Ion >battery at maximum charge, and bake it inside a laptop or heat >generating device. No clue yet how warm the iPad will run. More: ><http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm> That's not a terribly accurate source. >It might also be of interest to know the battery life for the latest >Windoze 7 touch screen laptops is claimed at 3 to 5 hours: ><http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140385/Review_3_Windows_7_touch_screen_l aptops> >(4 pages) Battery life varies widely between different machines and between different types of use -- the real world range is much wider than that. Case in point is my ThinkPad T61, which gets nearly double the battery life when I carefully configure the power management for maximum battery run time. SignatureBest regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it? >>>"Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to >>>music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I sure haven't -- I've found the iPhone numbers to be quite optimistic, >on the order 2x actual performance with a brand new battery. No clue on the iPhone. However a new iPod Touch battery was fairly close to Apples claims. There are huge variabilities in how people use these things. I know one sales personality that is yacking on his iPhone constantly. He complains that the battery won't make it through an 8 hr day (plus his commute). I'm not surprised. Others mention that they charge theirs every 2-3 days. There are various apps that can predict battery life based on past usage. I have one and it's fairly accurate. We also have a unique problem in my area. Coverage from all the providers in the San Lorenzo Valley is spotty. If you spend some time in places where there's no coverage, the stupid phone will "hunt" for a suitable cell site. This runs down the battery. I'm sure it happens with Verizon (because that's what I use), but apparently, it's also a GSM problem. Without a cell site to keep the phone inactive, my battery is dead in about 4 hours without ever having made a call. >>However, battery operating time deteriorates with >>Li-Ion batteries as the battery ages. > >True, but not very rapidly -- life is on the order of 2-3 years before >half capacity is reached, an average degradation of only about 2% per >month. Nope. It's way more complexicated than that. Deterioration is heavily dependent on temperature and state of charge: <http://drc.ohiolink.edu/handle/2374.OX/103486> <http://www.electrochem.org/dl/ma/202/pdfs/0033.PDF> Plenty of others available. Google for "Li-Ion battery capacity fade" or capacity loss, deterioration, etc. >>Battery life also deteriorates more rapidly if you maintain a Li-Ion >>battery at maximum charge, and bake it inside a laptop or heat >>generating device. No clue yet how warm the iPad will run. More: >><http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm> > >That's not a terribly accurate source. Ahem... Isidor Buchmann is the founder and prez of Cadex, a manuafacturer of battery chargers and analyzers. I have one of their chargers and it's excellent. He's the author of a book on the subject which is generally recognized as authoritative: <http://www.buchmann.ca> <http://www.buchmann.ca/aboutauthor.asp> Incidentally, I have a West Mountain Radio CBA-II battery analyzer: <http://www.westmountainradio.com/CBA.htm> I've found that battery capacity varies considerably from vendor to vendor. Some barely achieve the labelled specifications. Others exceed the specs by as much as 75%. Many vary dramatically in capacity depending on discharge rate. Never mind user variability, there's also large variations in capacity. One catch. I can't reliabily test the larger laptop batteries. The CBA-II is limited to about 100 watts discharge rate, which is about what one of the older wide screen "desktop replacement" laptops burn. >>It might also be of interest to know the battery life for the latest >>Windoze 7 touch screen laptops is claimed at 3 to 5 hours: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Battery life varies widely between different machines and between >different types of use -- the real world range is much wider than that. There are several commercial battery life test suits available. In all cases, the laptop initial conditions and test applications are carefully defined so that the comparisons are valid. For example: <http://reviews.cnet.com/Labs/4520-6603_7-5142378-1.html> There are others, but I'm late for lunch. Not everyone is happy with the defacto testing methodology: <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/why-cant-we-get-an-accurate-battery-lif e-test-for-laptops/> >Case in point is my ThinkPad T61, which gets nearly double the battery >life when I carefully configure the power management for maximum battery >run time. I run my laptops at maximum CPU, maximum brightness, and everything I can possibly disable. I want speed, brightness, ease of use, and convenience. I fry a laptop battery about every 3 years, which is about typical. What I *DON'T* do is leave the laptop on charge 24x7 cooking the battery inside the laptop. After about 3 years, the battery has become sufficiently common that the eBay prices are about $50 or 1/3 of the cost of an OEM battery. I also have a small collection of nearly dead batteries, which are good baking when used with the charger running. SignatureJeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 >>I sure haven't -- I've found the iPhone numbers to be quite optimistic, >>on the order 2x actual performance with a brand new battery. >We also have a unique problem in my area. Coverage from all the >providers in the San Lorenzo Valley is spotty. If you spend some time [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >also a GSM problem. Without a cell site to keep the phone inactive, >my battery is dead in about 4 hours without ever having made a call. It's much more a problem on older phones than on newer phones, which attempt to check in much less often. My GSM/UMTS Sony Ericsson TM506, for example, suffers very little extra battery drain when I'm out of coverage. >>True, but not very rapidly -- life is on the order of 2-3 years before >>half capacity is reached, an average degradation of only about 2% per [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Plenty of others available. Google for "Li-Ion battery capacity fade" >or capacity loss, deterioration, etc. Been there; done that; stand by what I wrote. Check out Apple's page on battery life. >>><http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm> >> >>That's not a terribly accurate source. > >Ahem... Isidor Buchmann is the founder and prez of Cadex, a >manuafacturer of battery chargers and analyzers. Who has an axe to grind, and isn't a battery engineer -- totally different science. Again, I stand by what I wrote -- he's at odds with real battery experts on some of his claims. >Incidentally, I have a West Mountain Radio CBA-II battery analyzer: ><http://www.westmountainradio.com/CBA.htm> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >CBA-II is limited to about 100 watts discharge rate, which is about >what one of the older wide screen "desktop replacement" laptops burn. I've measured literally dozens of notebook computer batteries, and all were close to their rated capacity. Relatively current ThinkPads report both design capacity and current capacity in Wh, which is easily tested. >>Battery life varies widely between different machines and between >>different types of use -- the real world range is much wider than that. > >There are several commercial battery life test suits available. In >all cases, the laptop initial conditions and test applications are >carefully defined so that the comparisons are valid. They try to, but I have intimate knowledge of the testing at two magazines, and it's anything but carefully controlled -- they don't have the budget or expertise. >>Case in point is my ThinkPad T61, which gets nearly double the battery >>life when I carefully configure the power management for maximum battery [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >convenience. I fry a laptop battery about every 3 years, which is >about typical. I usually run mine with the CPU on Adaptive, which works wonderfully well to provide maximum CPU power when needed but otherwise throttle it back to save power and heat, which is nice even when running on mains power, and even the slowest speed of the 64-bit dual core processor is more than snappy enough for most tasks. (The effect of Adaptive on CPU-intensive tasks like video rendering is immaterial.) I likewise dim the screen down a couple of notches because otherwise it's just too damn bright, and I put other parts of the system to sleep when ther're not being used. >What I *DON'T* do is leave the laptop on charge 24x7 cooking the >battery inside the laptop. I do, because of convenience, and because it has no effect on battery life -- ThinkPad power management is excellent. >After about 3 years, the battery has >become sufficiently common that the eBay prices are about $50 or 1/3 >of the cost of an OEM battery. ... Some are good, but others are crap, and figuring out which is which is non-trivial, so I now usually stick with OEM batteries. SignatureBest regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it? >I can assure you that, after Apple's iPad announcement, the >bicycle retail e-list was abuzz regarding the use of tablets as roaming >point-of-sale terminals. Umm... what are you going to do for printing receipts? In the state of Calif, you're required to give a receipt if you charge sales tax. If the iPad is anything like the iPod Touch, printing is handled by 3rd party applications, usually in some bizarre manner. Others will only do photos, not ASCII text. For example: <http://www.hp.com/global/us/en/consumer/digital_photography/free/software/iprint -photo.html> Epson and Canon have similar apps. There's a free test applications for Print Magic which does apparently does ASCII text that's worth trying: <http://wellala.com/printer_test_app> SignatureJeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 > >I can assure you that, after Apple's iPad announcement, the > >bicycle retail e-list was abuzz regarding the use of tablets as roaming [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > does ASCII text that's worth trying: > <http://wellala.com/printer_test_app> At the Apple Stores, they give you the option to have your receipt emailed. With WiFi, it shouldn't be hard to have a printer hanging off a wireless print server. Yes, the software will need to cooperate. One would hope that would be part of any good POS system. Steve Signaturesteve <at> w0x0f <dot> com "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, chip shot in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" >> There's a free test applications for Print Magic which does apparently >> does ASCII text that's worth trying: >> <http://wellala.com/printer_test_app> I fire up this application at home, and it sees my HP2200dtn printer, with internal Jetdirect card using both IPP and some other protocol. I then drive to the office, try the same test application on the same Ipod Touch, and it doesn't find my office printer, which is exactly the same HP2200dtn and roughly the same Jetdirect card. Yes, the wi-fi is working. Welcome to life in printer hell. I'll figure it out when I have more time. >At the Apple Stores, they give you the option to have your receipt >emailed. Non-compliant with FACT laws. Here's a human readable summary: <http://www.klgates.com/files/Publication/dfc6105b-d751-4209-8fbc-3323770c8485/Pr esentation/PublicationAttachment/4627035f-6be9-4e74-b138-362004d87f12/Towle_merc hant_receipts.pdf> Bottom line is a printed receipt is required and that the credit card and ID numbers must be obfuscated. >With WiFi, it shouldn't be hard to have a printer hanging off a >wireless print server. Assumption, the mother of all screwups. >Yes, the software will need to cooperate. One would hope that would be >part of any good POS system. Ummm... I've always assumed that printing was the responsibility of the operating system. It's been that way since Windoze 1.0. Are we now to go back to the bad old daze of MSDOS applications with built in printer drivers? Yech. If the iPad is to be something more than an oversized iPod Touch, then some OS/X features need to included. Signature# Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS > >At the Apple Stores, they give you the option to have your receipt > >emailed. > > Non-compliant with FACT laws. maybe so but nobody seems to care. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in news:080220102219396881% nospam@nospam.invalid: > but nobody seems to care. There's the really scary part. Noone seems to care what Apple does to them. They're all in a kind of trance like zombies in an old movie....standing at the front door all night looking into the store with that blank look on their faces...... Signature"iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry > >At the Apple Stores, they give you the option to have your receipt > >emailed. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Bottom line is a printed receipt is required and that the credit card > and ID numbers must be obfuscated. I don't see where it requires a printed-on-paper receipt. The article does discuss what needs to be done with card numbers on receipts. It also specifically discusses card numbers on electronic-only receipts: > In essence, the claims are that confirmation pages, ³thank you for > your order² pages, and > ³order status² pages etc. are receipts that may not show the full > credit or debit card number or expiration date. > >With WiFi, it shouldn't be hard to have a printer hanging off a > >wireless print server. > > Assumption, the mother of all screwups. Works great with Mac OS X on Apple Macs and Apple WiFi gear. > >Yes, the software will need to cooperate. One would hope that would be > >part of any good POS system. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > printer drivers? Yech. If the iPad is to be something more than an > oversized iPod Touch, then some OS/X features need to included. Your comment was: > If the iPad is anything like the iPod Touch, printing is handled by > 3rd party applications, usually in some bizarre manner. Given that context, one would expect the POS software (hopefully) not to do something bizarre. Steve Signaturesteve <at> w0x0f <dot> com "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, chip shot in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" >> >At the Apple Stores, they give you the option to have your receipt >> >emailed. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> Bottom line is a printed receipt is required and that the credit card >> and ID numbers must be obfuscated. >I don't see where it requires a printed-on-paper receipt. The article >does discuss what needs to be done with card numbers on receipts. It >also specifically discusses card numbers on electronic-only receipts: Hmmm... You're correct. I had always assumed that a merchant was required to give a receipt when asked by the customer. I'd also assumed that printed receipts were required for tax purposes. However, a Google search didn't find anything of the sort. Obviously online vendors are not required to provide printed receipts. I'll check with an accountant. However, I did excavate one interesting item: <http://www.consumeradvertisinglawblog.com/2009/12/facta-e-mail-receipt-not-elect ronically-printed.html> Apparently the Feds do not consider an emailed receipt to be a "printed" receipt, and are therefore not covered by various privacy and identity theft protection laws. Very strange. >> >With WiFi, it shouldn't be hard to have a printer hanging off a >> >wireless print server. >> >> Assumption, the mother of all screwups. > >Works great with Mac OS X on Apple Macs and Apple WiFi gear. Sure. Everything works great if you subscribe to an all Apple solution. However, my customers (and I) tend to use a mix of technologies and vendors, which are often not so cooperative. My current mystery with why printing from my iPod Touch to two allegedly identical printers only works with one is a fair example. I also have some experience dealing with IPP (internet printing protocol), which I can only describe and complex, messy, and difficult to troubleshoot. >> >Yes, the software will need to cooperate. One would hope that would be >> >part of any good POS system. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Given that context, one would expect the POS software (hopefully) not to >do something bizarre. Sure, but the POS software should not need to include an application which enables printing. The POS software might include recommended 3rd party iPad or iPod Touch applications for printing, which they have tested. It might also include sample setups for wireless printing. However, in my never humble opinion, all that is really the responsibility of the operating system, and not the applications vendor. Besides, it would be rather difficult in an iPod Touch like operating environment, which doesn't allow user application multitasking or background processes. The printing application would thus need to be a seperate program, to be run after the POS application is closed. It will work, but is really clumsy. Now, if Apple included a printing application with the iPad, it could become a background process, which will be much better. However, I've seen no evidence of such an application on the iPad or iPod Touch yet. SignatureJeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, Jeff Liebermann chose the tried and tested strategy of: > Now, if Apple included a printing application with the iPad, it could > become a background process, which will be much better. However, I've > seen no evidence of such an application on the iPad or iPod Touch yet. They bought the developer of a Unix printing framework called CUPS, so that sounds like the obvious choice. Signature<http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm@ale.cx) 21:37:16 up 6 days, 2:17, 6 users, load average: 0.06, 0.03, 0.00 DIMENSION-CONTROLLING FORT DOH HAS NOW BEEN DEMOLISHED, AND TIME STARTED FLOWING REVERSELY >>I can assure you that, after Apple's iPad announcement, the >>bicycle retail e-list was abuzz regarding the use of tablets as roaming [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > does ASCII text that's worth trying: > <http://wellala.com/printer_test_app> I remember being very surprised that the Apple store could get away with not printing receipts when I purchased something, saying they'd email it. Without any way of knowing if they'd entered my email correctly (they did). Doesn't matter for how we'd use an iPad anyway. I thought I'd mentioned that we'd be using them as nothing more than remote terminals. Printing would be handled by the host computer. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > If the iPhone is really so impressive, > why do iFans keep making excuses for it? John, you seem to have brought your preconceived notions to bear on the matter at hand. Now, go find some info on how some other folks are chomping at the bit to get one. Don't be one handed, if you can help it. berk |
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