How's that? There was the one case where the original 3G was messed up migrating to iOS4 whcih was fixed as much as possible (but still nowhere near iOS3 performance) with later point updates.
As far as the other iOS devices that have migrated platforms go (iPhone 3GS, 4, iPad 1) they have been just fine. I was not expecting the 3GS to work well on iOS5 at all given the history of the 3G and iOS4 (when iOS 5 was targeted at the iPhone 4+ really, so things with the A4 CPU) but it's been great.
So there's no "tending" to break your old device - they "tend" to update just fine, with the one major exception for an upgrade that should never have been pushed to the 3G in the first place.
The "apple-only CUPS" thing was about removing Linux-specific features out of the main distribution on OS X. Those features are still there and you can roll them back into CUPS if you need them, for example, on a Linux machine.
You offered and opinion (that the Playbook is better than the new iPad [which you've never seen], and the original iPad and iPad 2 by extension).
I (or anyone else) can't disprove that, because it's an opinion that you hold. I can provide various objective measures that can attempt to quantify such things, such as system specs, app ecosystem, sales figures, user experience polls etc, but in the end it comes down to an opinion that you have. Such things are often used but aren't everything - as you say, often the most popular thing isn't the best thing, or the most powerful spec device might not be the best etc. It's never that simple.
If you think the Playbook is better then good for you - go and buy one. The existence or not of the iPad doesn't change that.
With this post though, you've let it slip, since you're definitely trolling. If you're not... well... I really hope you're trolling.
You can leave the "apple zombie" stuff at the door. It adds nothing to your argument and simply weakens whatever you have to say.
You seem to be inventing reasons that make it difficult - why research what phone to get. If it's stolen, the insurance company gets you a new one of the same type, and you're equating "an evening" at the mall to buy a new phone as more hassle than waiting for a new card or phone to arrive by mail?
The phone doesn't have to be the sole method of account access - in the same way that you could have spare cards for your account right now, and break out the spare in the event of losing the primary one. The NFC and digital wallet stuff just makes it easier to associate and un-associate payment methods with the thing you carry around with you. No more requirement to actually carry your credit card with you - it can stay at home for emergencies.
*loses wallet* "Hello [$Bank]? Yes, I lost my wallet, can you cancel my card and send me a new one? A few days and it will arrive in the mail? Excellent!"
*loses phone* *logs into Apple ID from any computer* *cancels card link to lost/stolen phone* *connects card to new phone* *continues life as normal, with minimum disruption to card access*
This doesn't even need to be about Apple - NFC payments and "electronic wallets" are the future
When has that happened? I guess when the 3G got dropped at iOS5 I suppose.
I'm still getting iOS updates on my 3GS, and that's 2 generations back. The iPad 1 is still also getting iOS updates. Perhaps it will happen with iOS 6.0?
It has the "new" qualifier because they released it today. They're changing the naming scheme to match their other products (iMac, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air etc) that don't use numbers to differentiate between model generations in their "official" names (the expanded names add in date detail, like "early 2011 Macbook Air").
Yeah, only the top two out of the top three best selling smartphones of all of 2011 (iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S) had retina displays - no one wants them, clearly!
There are also plenty of Android devices with similar high dpi displays.
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You can take it out of the cover if you don't need the keyboard.
Not saying that an iPad is the 100% all time, every time, total replacement for a laptop such that we should just stop making laptops, just that it does have some benefits that laptops don't have - mainly in the form factor and battery life.
This doesn't mean that suddenly all laptops are useless, or that the iPad is suddenly meant to replace laptops for all the tasks and use cases.
And having used a netbook? Goodness the screen is shocking. Or more accurately, the OS really doesn't work well on a screen that small. Also note that I do not own an iPad; this is not confirmation bias - I actually have no need for an iPad either, but I can see why they are becoming very popular for tasks that were formerly the exclusive domain of the fully-fledged computer.
Well, this was found long after the funding was gone and the Tevatron was being taken apart for other experiments, but you go on insinuating that they're simply lying.
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Never been a shill, never been anyone else, never been paid to post, never given my login details to anyone else.
Jesus, I wish I was paid to post on /. then maybe my undergraduate debts would be more manageable.
You forgot to log in, kid.
How's that? There was the one case where the original 3G was messed up migrating to iOS4 whcih was fixed as much as possible (but still nowhere near iOS3 performance) with later point updates.
As far as the other iOS devices that have migrated platforms go (iPhone 3GS, 4, iPad 1) they have been just fine. I was not expecting the 3GS to work well on iOS5 at all given the history of the 3G and iOS4 (when iOS 5 was targeted at the iPhone 4+ really, so things with the A4 CPU) but it's been great.
So there's no "tending" to break your old device - they "tend" to update just fine, with the one major exception for an upgrade that should never have been pushed to the 3G in the first place.
You forgot to log in.
Except, if this story were about Apple doing this then they'd have been tried, convicted and executed based on the /. headline alone.
The "apple-only CUPS" thing was about removing Linux-specific features out of the main distribution on OS X. Those features are still there and you can roll them back into CUPS if you need them, for example, on a Linux machine.
Time and convenience.
The bank needs to have a card made up and sent to them (or you), then the PIN for it has to be sent to you separately.
With a new phone (iPhone, Droid, whatever) you just go down to the store and pick one up, or have one delivered in the post.
What changes is that you don't lose your actual card that links to your account, merely an electronic copy of it that is easy to move between devices.
Did you read the patent?
No, of course not! You took the summary's hyperbole as accurate.
Well, a new iPad battery is $50 on iFixit, plus labour cost if you don't want to swap it yourself.
You offered and opinion (that the Playbook is better than the new iPad [which you've never seen], and the original iPad and iPad 2 by extension).
I (or anyone else) can't disprove that, because it's an opinion that you hold. I can provide various objective measures that can attempt to quantify such things, such as system specs, app ecosystem, sales figures, user experience polls etc, but in the end it comes down to an opinion that you have. Such things are often used but aren't everything - as you say, often the most popular thing isn't the best thing, or the most powerful spec device might not be the best etc. It's never that simple.
If you think the Playbook is better then good for you - go and buy one. The existence or not of the iPad doesn't change that.
With this post though, you've let it slip, since you're definitely trolling. If you're not... well... I really hope you're trolling.
You can leave the "apple zombie" stuff at the door. It adds nothing to your argument and simply weakens whatever you have to say.
You seem to be inventing reasons that make it difficult - why research what phone to get. If it's stolen, the insurance company gets you a new one of the same type, and you're equating "an evening" at the mall to buy a new phone as more hassle than waiting for a new card or phone to arrive by mail?
The phone doesn't have to be the sole method of account access - in the same way that you could have spare cards for your account right now, and break out the spare in the event of losing the primary one. The NFC and digital wallet stuff just makes it easier to associate and un-associate payment methods with the thing you carry around with you. No more requirement to actually carry your credit card with you - it can stay at home for emergencies.
*loses wallet*
"Hello [$Bank]? Yes, I lost my wallet, can you cancel my card and send me a new one? A few days and it will arrive in the mail? Excellent!"
*loses phone*
*logs into Apple ID from any computer*
*cancels card link to lost/stolen phone*
*connects card to new phone*
*continues life as normal, with minimum disruption to card access*
This doesn't even need to be about Apple - NFC payments and "electronic wallets" are the future
It's just you.
Well, you and a large proportion of /.
It has the same battery life, according to Apple, as the iPad 2 - 10 hours (9 on 4G).
When has that happened? I guess when the 3G got dropped at iOS5 I suppose.
I'm still getting iOS updates on my 3GS, and that's 2 generations back. The iPad 1 is still also getting iOS updates. Perhaps it will happen with iOS 6.0?
I really can't tell if you're trolling, serious or genuinely developmentally challenged.
Well played. Well fucking played.
Well, it is just "iPad".
It has the "new" qualifier because they released it today. They're changing the naming scheme to match their other products (iMac, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air etc) that don't use numbers to differentiate between model generations in their "official" names (the expanded names add in date detail, like "early 2011 Macbook Air").
It's called the iPad.
They dropped the numbering scheme, so it now matches many of the other products they sell (eg, Macbook Pro, not Macbook Pro 5 and so on).
Just buy it in the UK on Orange then.
http://www.orange.co.uk/
Yeah, only the top two out of the top three best selling smartphones of all of 2011 (iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S) had retina displays - no one wants them, clearly!
There are also plenty of Android devices with similar high dpi displays.
Great, do they deliver to the UK?
The playbook has a 250+ dpi screen?
Cool!
I suspect an ID.10.T problem. Safari 4 works on machines as old as Tiger.
You should be just fine on 10.5.
Maybe you broke it? Try a nuke and pave and just restore from time machine.
You can take it out of the cover if you don't need the keyboard.
Not saying that an iPad is the 100% all time, every time, total replacement for a laptop such that we should just stop making laptops, just that it does have some benefits that laptops don't have - mainly in the form factor and battery life.
This doesn't mean that suddenly all laptops are useless, or that the iPad is suddenly meant to replace laptops for all the tasks and use cases.
And having used a netbook? Goodness the screen is shocking. Or more accurately, the OS really doesn't work well on a screen that small. Also note that I do not own an iPad; this is not confirmation bias - I actually have no need for an iPad either, but I can see why they are becoming very popular for tasks that were formerly the exclusive domain of the fully-fledged computer.
Well, this was found long after the funding was gone and the Tevatron was being taken apart for other experiments, but you go on insinuating that they're simply lying.
Y so srs?