Hmm, I thought I'd be able to transfer the videos I've already got on my mac (not itunes-sourced) on to my ipad... Although when I try to add videos to my itunes library nothing happens.
Does this mean the giga-wads of highly legitimate content I have on my laptop won't be viewable on my ipad?
Format?
Uh... 'Various'. Should I be looking for a program to convert my stuff to something iPad compatible? Any suggestions?
You want Handbrake. Throw pretty much any video at it and it'll spit out something iPad-compatible.
Alternatively, Air Video's an incredibly awesome app. You run the server on your mac, and it'll stream pretty much any video you have to your iPad, converting it on-the-fly.
We did a lot of research over the weekend on other apps that utilize compass functionality and tie it into their user interface. Many, all but one of the apps, mostly astronomy related apps, are getting negative reviews on the iPad for the exact symptoms I am describing. Heavily delayed compass updates, dramatically worse than the iPhone.
So I wrote a letter to the only shop with a compass app that didn't suck and he told me that the CoreLocation heading calculation for the iPad is indeed very poor, however the raw magnetic coordinate data is up to date. What's happening is that CoreLocation is very liberal in keeping up to date with the status of the magnetometer, so even though the magnetometer itself is doing the job, CoreLocation is taking its time on getting the updates ready in another process altogether.
So what do you do? You have to add all the trigonometry for calculating a heading with raw magnetometer inputs into your app to get realtime results.
I guess for whatever reason, Apple saw fit relax the speed with which headings are kept up to date (which makes sense, as a shitton of float/matrix math 60 times per second is overkill for most apps). I'm curious to see if they've propagated that change to the iPhone in iOS4.
I'm thinking of using my iPad without a case. I'm pretty sure I won't drop it as much as I will my tiny iPhone, and even my iPhone I only dropped like once a month on its back. I don't see any case that looks good and I think it would just be a nuisance.
The smoke TPU case is rad. It only covers the back and tremendously increases my confidence about putting the iPad down wherever. The back is round and made of soft metal and scratchy plastic.
The smoke TPU case is rad. It only covers the back and tremendously increases my confidence about putting the iPad down wherever. The back is round and made of soft metal and scratchy plastic.
That looks pretty cool, I like how you can still see the Apple logo on the back. Also, my iPad is now apparently "Prepared for Shipment", and I don't think you can prepare something for shipment if it is not in stock, so I'm guessing it'll ship soon, about two weeks early.
The smoke TPU case is rad. It only covers the back and tremendously increases my confidence about putting the iPad down wherever. The back is round and made of soft metal and scratchy plastic.
That looks pretty cool, I like how you can still see the Apple logo on the back. Also, my iPad is now apparently "Prepared for Shipment", and I don't think you can prepare something for shipment if it is not in stock, so I'm guessing it'll ship soon, about two weeks early.
I have the same smoke TPU case. It's awesome. I won't be getting the MacAlly Bookstand after all.
Geometry wars for iPad is pretty neat! I need to get AirVideo working over 3G, because over my home network it's fucking cool. Dropbox also makes things stupid-easy and makes my iPad feel more like a functional device than a cool gadget.
I'm not seeing a whole lot of premium goodness in the Australian iPad app store though... Again, might just be not knowing how to navigate beyond the small selection they present in each category (other than looking at endless icons with names like JiggleHD and whatnot...)
Also, definitely afraid to show the thing in public. Don't fancy my chances of hanging on to a thin wedge of aluminium if someone really wants it.
Geometry wars for iPad is pretty neat! I need to get AirVideo working over 3G, because over my home network it's fucking cool. Dropbox also makes things stupid-easy and makes my iPad feel more like a functional device than a cool gadget.
I'm not seeing a whole lot of premium goodness in the Australian iPad app store though... Again, might just be not knowing how to navigate beyond the small selection they present in each category (other than looking at endless icons with names like JiggleHD and whatnot...)
Also, definitely afraid to show the thing in public. Don't fancy my chances of hanging on to a thin wedge of aluminium if someone really wants it.
I definitely agree. Just used Dropbox for the first time last night (after having it on my iPad since the app was actually released), and using it to store various books so I can pull and delete them as needed is a great thing to have, especially for gaming and the like. It's nice to see little stuff like this and Airvideo helping to extend the usefulness of the device while helping to keep the space usage down. I've had the 16 gb since release, and with over 40 apps, I've still managed to keep my free space above 10gb.
Out of curiosity, does Airvideo stream music too and I'm just missing something? Or is there a comparable application for audio out there too.
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Dropbox really is excellent. The only thing that would make it perfect would be file uploading besides pictures and video. I'd love to be able to grab a word document off of Dropbox, edit it, then upload it right back into my Dropbox folder. Right now, once I'm done editing, I have to email it to myself and then sync the updated file back to Dropbox once I get back to my desktop, which isn't very convenient.
Dropbox really is excellent. The only thing that would make it perfect would be file uploading besides pictures and video. I'd love to be able to grab a word document off of Dropbox, edit it, then upload it right back into my Dropbox folder. Right now, once I'm done editing, I have to email it to myself and then sync the updated file back to Dropbox once I get back to my desktop, which isn't very convenient.
I think this is going to come as more applications start to use/support the "Open In..." functionality. If you could Dropbox -> Open In...Pages -> Edit your document -> Open In...Dropbox, it would theoretically be able to ask you if you'd like to overwrite the existing file and then sync up the new version.
I don't really know how quick to adopt this people will be, or widespread it will get, but I can't think of a better solution until Apple starts letting applications save files to a common folder or open files owned by applications, which we're not going to see any time soon.
Dropbox really is excellent. The only thing that would make it perfect would be file uploading besides pictures and video. I'd love to be able to grab a word document off of Dropbox, edit it, then upload it right back into my Dropbox folder. Right now, once I'm done editing, I have to email it to myself and then sync the updated file back to Dropbox once I get back to my desktop, which isn't very convenient.
I think this is going to come as more applications start to use/support the "Open In..." functionality. If you could Dropbox -> Open In...Pages -> Edit your document -> Open In...Dropbox, it would theoretically be able to ask you if you'd like to overwrite the existing file and then sync up the new version.
I don't really know how quick to adopt this people will be, or widespread it will get, but I can't think of a better solution until Apple starts letting applications save files to a common folder or open files owned by applications, which we're not going to see any time soon.
Really, all the current system needs is the ability to register a callback app when you make an "Open In" call. When Dropbox sends a doc to Pages, it should be able to say "hey, I'm Dropbox, and I want that file back when you're done". When you finish editing the doc in Pages, it knows to fire off a copy of the edited file back to Dropbox. If this happened, you could basically start using Dropbox/MobileMe/Box.net as your de facto common document folder / file system.
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Big DookieSmells great!Houston, TXRegistered Userregular
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You guys should work for Apple. Or Dropbox. Or I don't care, whoever, as long as all that stuff you both just said happens.
I'm thinking of using my iPad without a case. I'm pretty sure I won't drop it as much as I will my tiny iPhone, and even my iPhone I only dropped like once a month on its back. I don't see any case that looks good and I think it would just be a nuisance.
I carried my iPad in the indiana jones case on vacation to the colorado mounains, on the plane, etc., and it greatly increased my confidence and the on-the-go usability of the device for me.
Granted, it's quite a bit larger than the device itself, and also I'm a dude carrying around what looks like a small leather map case, but I'm really pretty happy with it.
I'm thinking of using my iPad without a case. I'm pretty sure I won't drop it as much as I will my tiny iPhone, and even my iPhone I only dropped like once a month on its back. I don't see any case that looks good and I think it would just be a nuisance.
I have the MacAlly Bookstand, but I don't really use it at home unless I need a stand for something. It's great for taking it out though, since you can just snap it onto the iPad and go.
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syndalisGetting ClassyOn the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Productsregular
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I use the official apple thing (not too happy with it, really, but it is very functional and I like the landscape angle mode).
I also tote my case around in a token mini messenger, which happens to fit it PERFECTLY.
I love this bag more than a person should.
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edited June 2010
synd, that bag looks just slightly larger than my indy i-satchel and about the same form factor.
so i can just pop back the "flap" and start padding. it's p. cool.
otoh, it can't carry anything besides the ipad, so there is that.
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synd, that bag looks just slightly larger than my indy i-satchel and about the same form factor.
so i can just pop back the "flap" and start padding. it's p. cool.
otoh, it can't carry anything besides the ipad, so there is that.
Quite wrong!
Two front zippered pockets that are full width, a phone pocket, two pen/pencil pockets, and an open back pocket.
In my bag I carry my iPad, my phone, my keys, gum, a super-small umbrella for when NY decides to surprise me with shitty weather, chargers, and various other shit.
It's quite functional.
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So my dodocase arrived a few days ago, I love this thing. It works great as a "kick stand" but not so great if you lay it flay and try and type on it like the Apple Case. Construction is really nice and it holds it nice and tight. Pics to come
So... hulu for iPad is out. What's with the mandatory subscription?
It's been suspected for a while that any form of Hulu that came to iPhone/360/PS3 would be the first rollout of their subscription.
Oh man, it's out? I would hope this bodes well for the console release for Hulu soon too. I would hope the subscription would set you up across all platforms... So close to just getting rid of cable completely now.
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You subscribe via your Hulu account, so yeah it's cross-platform.
So... hulu for iPad is out. What's with the mandatory subscription?
It's been suspected for a while that any form of Hulu that came to iPhone/360/PS3 would be the first rollout of their subscription.
Oh man, it's out? I would hope this bodes well for the console release for Hulu soon too. I would hope the subscription would set you up across all platforms... So close to just getting rid of cable completely now.
Hulu Plus is in invite-only private beta. I wouldn't say it's "out", but it's at least official.
I'm hoping they favor longtime users, since I've had an account since Hulu itself was invite-only beta, but I'm sure that doesn't really make me that special considering how easy it was to get an account back then
I brought the iPad and the MacBook on vacation last week (I still had scheduled conference calls and a little bit of work to do on the trip). Only had to pull out the MacBook a few times (when I needed to do video conferencing in the mornings and when I needed to view the source of some webpages, make edits, etc.). Otherwise, the entire trip was run from the iPad. Having 3G on it made it so beyond a lifesaver. I had my iPhone on me the whole time but having to type over 100 emails on my trip would have taken forever on my iPhone.
Amazing how incredibly fast one can type on this thing, but come to a crippling halt when you need to type a number or insert quotation marks, math symbols, brackets, etc. They need to make the keyboard customizable or something.
It also kept both boys (age 7 and 2) entertained during the entire duration of the flights -- I loaded it up with games and activities beforehand.
I forgot to take the bomb icon insert that I made out from between the case and the iPad and I was paranoid that airport security might say something when through the security checkpoints -- I'm guessing it didn't show up on xrays...
I just got my Marware Eco-Vue, and I love it! I'd been rocking my ipad for 2 weeks without a case, and I dreaded every moment of it.
Now I know the stylus discussion has been had but I couldn't find it in the last few pages. I'm looking for a recommendation for a stylus with the intention of drawing with it. The finer the nub is, the better. I'm doin' ok in SBP with my finger, but it can be infuriating sometimes.
I just got my Marware Eco-Vue, and I love it! I'd been rocking my ipad for 2 weeks without a case, and I dreaded every moment of it.
Now I know the stylus discussion has been had but I couldn't find it in the last few pages. I'm looking for a recommendation for a stylus with the intention of drawing with it. The finer the nub is, the better. I'm doin' ok in SBP with my finger, but it can be infuriating sometimes.
I think the only one out at the moment is the Pogo Stylus. If that's too thick for you, you can make one yourself pretty easily.
The company behind the Pogo styluses demoed a pressure sensitive sketching app they're working on, but it uses undocumented APIs and isn't likely to be accepted to the appstore. I hope they at least release it on Cydia, but I think they're set on trying to convince Apple to open up the rest of the data collected by the screen for general use.
There is a sweet music app called DopplerPad that can somehow detect how hard you are hitting the screen. The harder you tap, the louder the note.
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Sorry to bump this for just this... but I have been doing some web work for a client as of late who wanted a 100% iPad/iPhone compatible site, with image rotators, inline videos, etc...
People who say HTML5 isn't up to the task or is overly complex haven't seen some of the great tools out there at the moment. It took me all of 10 minutes (not counting encoding) to set up a video player in a lightbox, with a carousel style selector under it that could scroll to accommodate more videos, and it looks fantastic not only on all desktop browsers (where it "downgrades" to flash to play the videos in firefox/opera/ie), but it absolutely screams on the mobile devices (iPad/iPhone/Android).
Shit is downright refined for everything but HTML5 games at this point; the tools are easy. Flash really isn't needed for most websites.
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Sorry to bump this for just this... but I have been doing some web work for a client as of late who wanted a 100% iPad/iPhone compatible site, with image rotators, inline videos, etc...
People who say HTML5 isn't up to the task or is overly complex haven't seen some of the great tools out there at the moment. It took me all of 10 minutes (not counting encoding) to set up a video player in a lightbox, with a carousel style selector under it that could scroll to accommodate more videos, and it looks fantastic not only on all desktop browsers (where it "downgrades" to flash to play the videos in firefox/opera/ie), but it absolutely screams on the mobile devices (iPad/iPhone/Android).
Shit is downright refined for everything but HTML5 games at this point; the tools are easy. Flash really isn't needed for most websites.
The problem with HTML5 is the content creation tools aren't there for non-developers. Graphic designers and the like fucking LOVE Flash because they can create that sort of stuff without having to touch a line of code.
As a dev, though, I agree with your assessment. JS frameworks + CSS3 make me so happy.
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Sorry to bump this for just this... but I have been doing some web work for a client as of late who wanted a 100% iPad/iPhone compatible site, with image rotators, inline videos, etc...
People who say HTML5 isn't up to the task or is overly complex haven't seen some of the great tools out there at the moment. It took me all of 10 minutes (not counting encoding) to set up a video player in a lightbox, with a carousel style selector under it that could scroll to accommodate more videos, and it looks fantastic not only on all desktop browsers (where it "downgrades" to flash to play the videos in firefox/opera/ie), but it absolutely screams on the mobile devices (iPad/iPhone/Android).
Shit is downright refined for everything but HTML5 games at this point; the tools are easy. Flash really isn't needed for most websites.
The problem with HTML5 is the content creation tools aren't there for non-developers. Graphic designers and the like fucking LOVE Flash because they can create that sort of stuff without having to touch a line of code.
As a dev, though, I agree with your assessment. JS frameworks + CSS3 make me so happy.
but the tools ARE getting there.
SymfonIP is making a wealth of cookie-cutter easy html5 video, audio and picture tools that auto-downgrade to flash... and if you are happy with their templates you need not do a thing beyond it.
Other folks are stepping up to the plate as well. We are at a point right now where we could divorce the web from flash entirely (save for compatibility layers for older browsers and games), and nobody would notice.
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You want Handbrake. Throw pretty much any video at it and it'll spit out something iPad-compatible.
Alternatively, Air Video's an incredibly awesome app. You run the server on your mac, and it'll stream pretty much any video you have to your iPad, converting it on-the-fly.
We did a lot of research over the weekend on other apps that utilize compass functionality and tie it into their user interface. Many, all but one of the apps, mostly astronomy related apps, are getting negative reviews on the iPad for the exact symptoms I am describing. Heavily delayed compass updates, dramatically worse than the iPhone.
So I wrote a letter to the only shop with a compass app that didn't suck and he told me that the CoreLocation heading calculation for the iPad is indeed very poor, however the raw magnetic coordinate data is up to date. What's happening is that CoreLocation is very liberal in keeping up to date with the status of the magnetometer, so even though the magnetometer itself is doing the job, CoreLocation is taking its time on getting the updates ready in another process altogether.
So what do you do? You have to add all the trigonometry for calculating a heading with raw magnetometer inputs into your app to get realtime results.
I guess for whatever reason, Apple saw fit relax the speed with which headings are kept up to date (which makes sense, as a shitton of float/matrix math 60 times per second is overkill for most apps). I'm curious to see if they've propagated that change to the iPhone in iOS4.
What was the one good app you found? Star Walk?
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That looks pretty cool, I like how you can still see the Apple logo on the back. Also, my iPad is now apparently "Prepared for Shipment", and I don't think you can prepare something for shipment if it is not in stock, so I'm guessing it'll ship soon, about two weeks early.
I have the same smoke TPU case. It's awesome. I won't be getting the MacAlly Bookstand after all.
Watch my music videos
I'm not seeing a whole lot of premium goodness in the Australian iPad app store though... Again, might just be not knowing how to navigate beyond the small selection they present in each category (other than looking at endless icons with names like JiggleHD and whatnot...)
Also, definitely afraid to show the thing in public. Don't fancy my chances of hanging on to a thin wedge of aluminium if someone really wants it.
Meteor Blitz HD is cool, too, but I hate when a company doesn't update ALL elements of a game for the larger iPad screen.
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I definitely agree. Just used Dropbox for the first time last night (after having it on my iPad since the app was actually released), and using it to store various books so I can pull and delete them as needed is a great thing to have, especially for gaming and the like. It's nice to see little stuff like this and Airvideo helping to extend the usefulness of the device while helping to keep the space usage down. I've had the 16 gb since release, and with over 40 apps, I've still managed to keep my free space above 10gb.
Out of curiosity, does Airvideo stream music too and I'm just missing something? Or is there a comparable application for audio out there too.
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I think this is going to come as more applications start to use/support the "Open In..." functionality. If you could Dropbox -> Open In...Pages -> Edit your document -> Open In...Dropbox, it would theoretically be able to ask you if you'd like to overwrite the existing file and then sync up the new version.
I don't really know how quick to adopt this people will be, or widespread it will get, but I can't think of a better solution until Apple starts letting applications save files to a common folder or open files owned by applications, which we're not going to see any time soon.
Really, all the current system needs is the ability to register a callback app when you make an "Open In" call. When Dropbox sends a doc to Pages, it should be able to say "hey, I'm Dropbox, and I want that file back when you're done". When you finish editing the doc in Pages, it knows to fire off a copy of the edited file back to Dropbox. If this happened, you could basically start using Dropbox/MobileMe/Box.net as your de facto common document folder / file system.
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I carried my iPad in the indiana jones case on vacation to the colorado mounains, on the plane, etc., and it greatly increased my confidence and the on-the-go usability of the device for me.
Granted, it's quite a bit larger than the device itself, and also I'm a dude carrying around what looks like a small leather map case, but I'm really pretty happy with it.
I have the MacAlly Bookstand, but I don't really use it at home unless I need a stand for something. It's great for taking it out though, since you can just snap it onto the iPad and go.
I also tote my case around in a token mini messenger, which happens to fit it PERFECTLY.
I love this bag more than a person should.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
so i can just pop back the "flap" and start padding. it's p. cool.
otoh, it can't carry anything besides the ipad, so there is that.
Quite wrong!
Two front zippered pockets that are full width, a phone pocket, two pen/pencil pockets, and an open back pocket.
In my bag I carry my iPad, my phone, my keys, gum, a super-small umbrella for when NY decides to surprise me with shitty weather, chargers, and various other shit.
It's quite functional.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Watch my music videos
It's been suspected for a while that any form of Hulu that came to iPhone/360/PS3 would be the first rollout of their subscription.
Oh man, it's out? I would hope this bodes well for the console release for Hulu soon too. I would hope the subscription would set you up across all platforms... So close to just getting rid of cable completely now.
Hulu Plus is in invite-only private beta. I wouldn't say it's "out", but it's at least official.
http://www.hulu.com/plus
I'm hoping they favor longtime users, since I've had an account since Hulu itself was invite-only beta, but I'm sure that doesn't really make me that special considering how easy it was to get an account back then
Also, commercials?
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They haven't said what content free users will or will not be able to access, other than that it's a smaller subset of the paid user content.
Amazing how incredibly fast one can type on this thing, but come to a crippling halt when you need to type a number or insert quotation marks, math symbols, brackets, etc. They need to make the keyboard customizable or something.
It also kept both boys (age 7 and 2) entertained during the entire duration of the flights -- I loaded it up with games and activities beforehand.
I forgot to take the bomb icon insert that I made out from between the case and the iPad and I was paranoid that airport security might say something when through the security checkpoints -- I'm guessing it didn't show up on xrays...
Watch my music videos
Now I know the stylus discussion has been had but I couldn't find it in the last few pages. I'm looking for a recommendation for a stylus with the intention of drawing with it. The finer the nub is, the better. I'm doin' ok in SBP with my finger, but it can be infuriating sometimes.
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I think the only one out at the moment is the Pogo Stylus. If that's too thick for you, you can make one yourself pretty easily.
The company behind the Pogo styluses demoed a pressure sensitive sketching app they're working on, but it uses undocumented APIs and isn't likely to be accepted to the appstore. I hope they at least release it on Cydia, but I think they're set on trying to convince Apple to open up the rest of the data collected by the screen for general use.
People who say HTML5 isn't up to the task or is overly complex haven't seen some of the great tools out there at the moment. It took me all of 10 minutes (not counting encoding) to set up a video player in a lightbox, with a carousel style selector under it that could scroll to accommodate more videos, and it looks fantastic not only on all desktop browsers (where it "downgrades" to flash to play the videos in firefox/opera/ie), but it absolutely screams on the mobile devices (iPad/iPhone/Android).
Shit is downright refined for everything but HTML5 games at this point; the tools are easy. Flash really isn't needed for most websites.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
The problem with HTML5 is the content creation tools aren't there for non-developers. Graphic designers and the like fucking LOVE Flash because they can create that sort of stuff without having to touch a line of code.
As a dev, though, I agree with your assessment. JS frameworks + CSS3 make me so happy.
SymfonIP is making a wealth of cookie-cutter easy html5 video, audio and picture tools that auto-downgrade to flash... and if you are happy with their templates you need not do a thing beyond it.
Other folks are stepping up to the plate as well. We are at a point right now where we could divorce the web from flash entirely (save for compatibility layers for older browsers and games), and nobody would notice.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
They just got snapped up by some parent company with a decent investment.