What was he thinking? It's not like Jobs suddenly had a personality transplant.
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§ ita § - Jan 28, 2010 7:53:44 am PST #12668 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
megan walker - Jan 28, 2010 7:56:02 am PST #12669 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What was he thinking?
Having met this man, I can tell you he probably wasn't.
There is a reason hereditary monarchy is not always a good idea.
meara - Jan 28, 2010 8:31:10 am PST #12670 of 25501
Randomly, looking at the iPad, I wish there were a Usb connector rather than just the hook to your computer thing. Dunno why. Possibly not an issue in use, but it seems like it might be handy. (er, duh, cause then I could hook up any keyboard I wanted instead of just theirs...)
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2010 8:33:26 am PST #12671 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, it'd be nice to be able to hook up external drives, USB keyboards, etc.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2010 8:36:47 am PST #12672 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wish there were a Usb connector rather than just the hook to your computer thing.
Yeah - on first glance I thought the connector thingy *was* a USB port, but apparently not. It would be really nice to be able to plug a flash drive into it (especially on the 16GB version).
Zenkitty - Jan 28, 2010 8:41:18 am PST #12673 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Can you connect a USB port to the connector thingy? I''m not buying anything that doesn't have USB connectivity.
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2010 8:44:19 am PST #12674 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I could google, but I wanna see if anyone knows this off the top of their heads. Last night I connected my MacBook Pro to my TV via a VGA cable. But I couldn't play a HD TV show from iTunes because the DRM couldn't validate my TV over the VGA cable. So what kinds of cables can do this validation.
Stupid DRM won't let me play my legally-obtained TV show....
Jessica - Jan 28, 2010 8:47:25 am PST #12675 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think only HDMI, and sometimes that doesn't work if you split the audio and video (i.e., video to the TV, audio to a reciever).
Tom Scola - Jan 28, 2010 8:47:36 am PST #12676 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Can you connect a USB port to the connector thingy? I''m not buying anything that doesn't have USB connectivity.
Apple will be selling such a thing, (look here and scroll down), but it looks like its functionality will be *very* limited.
NoiseDesign - Jan 28, 2010 8:58:13 am PST #12677 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
The 30 Pin iPod connector includes USB functionality so my guess is that there will be some options available in that department.
Also you aren't limited to the keyboard dock, it will also work with bluetooth keyboards. While that doesn't open up everything, it does broaden the field a little. I also suspect that some companies will come out with a way to connect USB keyboards to the dock connector.