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Tiny little computers with tiny little computer sweaters [smartphones/tablets]

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Cross posting for some help.

    Blake T wrote: »
    Hey guys what is messages on the iPad for? I tried sending messages to people with iPhones but it didnt do anything.

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    You set it up with your email and you can send messages to other people like texting.

    I mostly use it to bother Orik while I'm in class.

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  • zen-zen- Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    it will text people with iPhones too, as long as they have IOS5 and an internet connection I guess

    zen- on
  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Well I sent a message to viv, and it didn't work.

    Then I sent a message to a friend. That didnt work, so I messaged him and because viv and I share my iTunes account it sent a message to all three of our devices.

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    So if any of you early adopters want to sell me their iPad 2 on the cheap...

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    Blake T wrote: »
    Cross posting for some help.

    Blake T wrote: »
    Hey guys what is messages on the iPad for? I tried sending messages to people with iPhones but it didnt do anything.

    It an be a little finicky, I know Sheri had issues getting it set up with her iPad/iPhone. Basically, the people you're contacting need to have iMessage turned on on their phone, and have the email address(es) your iMessage account is tied to, otherwise Apple's magic background voodoo on their phone can't recognize your iPad as an iMessage device.

    At least, I think that's how it works.

    This might help?

    http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/19/sync-imessage-across-all-ios-devices-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch/

    Abracadaniel on
  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    So if any of you early adopters want to sell me their iPad 2 on the cheap...

    HMMMM

    I don't know for sure if the guy here at work is still planning to pick it up, but if not, I'll let you know.

    $350 and I'm throwing in the black leather SmartCover for free. 16GB Wifi-only black, near-pristine condition. A small scuff on the back.

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    We have different definitions of the word "cheap", but that's ok. I know you need to fund your applecrack habit somehow.

    And really...how long did you have it? Is there really that big of a difference between the two?

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    Retina display, significantly faster GPU are enough to sell me on it. I'm out about $100 provided I sell the iPad 2 for that price point.

    I'll probably skip the 4th gen, though.

    Abracadaniel on
  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Thanks Dan, but the issue is that the message is technically being sent to Vivienne also, which is the main the I'd like to stop.

  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    That's gonna be tricky, since it's doing what it's supposed to (send the message to all the devices tied to your Apple ID)

    I understand why folks share an Apple ID, but it does lead to some weird issues with sync.

    I secretly wish Apple had been able to buy Dropbox, but at the same time, it would have killed off all of the non-Apple neat stuff that plugs into Dropbox. Apple still can't do sync well.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Have her turn off iMessages on her device?

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Yes that would work, but she messages her mum on it with iMessages but we've never had this problem before.

  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    The issue seems to be since my phone has a phone number and an apple id (as does hers) so it can differentiate between the two.

    Since the iPad doesnt have a phone number it goes a bit nuts.

  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Is it possible to have two apple ids on one device?

    One for Downloads and one for messaging?

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    IPAD POST

    This screen is amazing.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Vivienne did some voodoo magic and it seems to be working.

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    whatd she do

    poo
  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    whatd she do

    she stuck pins into a tiny doll made to look like her iPad

  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Something like that ask her!

  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    Blake T wrote: »
    The side pull menus are just so fucking easy to use.

    It infuriates me to no end that I can't have just the left side-pull menu. The right one for add-ons is useless for me, and I always accidentally pull it open.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Really? I've never had that problem.

    Your are right though in that the right menu doesn't do that much for the iPad, it's useful on the iPhone though.

  • BogeyBogey I'm back, baby! Santa Monica, CAModerator mod
    Still waiting for mine to get delivered, so excited!

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  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    Jealous of all you iPad dudes. I made the executive decision to save for an Air, which is far less exciting :/

  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    Mine says it's going to be delivered today, but still isn't showing as 'Out for delivery' :(

  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    I'm going to try and leave work early today in the hopes of not missing my delivery

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    So

    in other interesting Apple news

    It appears several portions of the story that aired on This American Life, which in some ways, kicked off several investigations and protests of Apple regarding Foxconn, were fabricated

  • LockoutLockout I am still searching Registered User regular
    the New York Times articles weren't fabricated though. they alone should be enough to warrant investigating and protesting Apple and Foxconn

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited March 2012
    the only meaningful protest is to not buy it


    buying it and then complaining about how it was made is pretty dumb


    and since almost everyones everyday life touches electronics from a sweatshop in factory asia, good luck with that!


    also stop wearing clothes

    Jasconius on
  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »


    also stop wearing clothes

    done



  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    i appreciate that This American Life takes fucking up a story very seriously

    journalistic integrity feels like a rarity these days

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Rolo wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »


    also stop wearing clothes

    done



    me 2

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    http://www.techspot.com/news/47806-buy-back-programs-offer-upwards-of-300-for-used-ipad-2s.html

    $320 if your 64GB is in perfect condition or $460 in Amazon Credit

  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    ahhhhh

    FedEx just drove by further in to our office park

  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    Does that seem low, for Apple's offer? They would sell that same unit refurbished for $679.

    And then the Amazon deal seems almost too good, only $50 under an apple refurbished model.

    I'm really grappling with the decision to buy an iPad 2. Is there any good online source that is not a brick-and-mortar extension? I'd like to see if I could avoid sales tax, and I think that cancels out Amazon(though they're not price matching yet), Best Buy, Target, Walmart etc.

    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    Lockout wrote: »
    the New York Times articles weren't fabricated though. they alone should be enough to warrant investigating and protesting Apple and Foxconn

    didn't say they were!

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    almost all technology, we should burn it

    poo
  • CormacCormac Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    Mine is out of delivery but the delivery time changed from 3pm to 5pm, and I have a pre-signed delivery sheet in case no one is home or whoever is doesn't hear the door.

    Never mind, I just got an email confirming delivery. Hurray!

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  • LockoutLockout I am still searching Registered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »
    the only meaningful protest is to not buy it


    buying it and then complaining about how it was made is pretty dumb


    and since almost everyones everyday life touches electronics from a sweatshop in factory asia, good luck with that!


    also stop wearing clothes

    so there's this thing called compromise

    clothes, a computer, and a cell phone are all pretty necessary these days. if you can go without a cell phone and/or a pc, good for you

    but when people have a closet full of shoes or are buying every iteration of the latest Apple product, that's over-consumption

    it supports exploitation like this and causes pollution when all of these consumer electronics inevitably break and are thrown away

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    You know what's bad?

    Letting an entire Africa's worth of impoverished Chinese go malnurished on the interior of the country because they don't have any jobs *at all* rather than just crappy ones

    It's a sad fact of life. Threats to Foxconn with financial reprisal and pushes to get stuff like iPads made in America for an extra 20 bucks per unit takes those people whose lives currently just suck, and puts them into a whole new brand of hell.

    It will get better over time, nobody can just snap their finger and give Chinese people cush wage jobs en masse. China knows that. They're working on it. Foxconn jobs are crappy because China is crappy. Not because Apple is crappy. And China knows it and they have the kind of government that can and does work on the problem. Just takes time when you have 800 million mouths to feed.

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