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[Electric Brain]

Okay, the iPad 2 is supposed to be "PC-free", right?

I know someone who uses their iPad to store photos. I would say that's a silly idea, and potentially dangerous, running the risk of losing them.

Anyway, I assume they have been downloading images off a camera (or taken with the iPad) and keeping them in the photos album.

How do you back those up?

Let's assume they don't regularly sync, or don't sync at all.

Do photos transferred and stored on the iPad show up as a photo roll so you can import them? Obviously the ones taken on the iPad do, but what about ones transferred?
Even if they did, how do you transfer them if the iPad doesn't just mount as a disk? (again, assuming they don't have a Mac and use iPhoto/image transfer)

 

[Medalion]

Okay, the iPad 2 is supposed to be "PC-free", right?

I know someone who uses their iPad to store photos. I would say that's a silly idea, and potentially dangerous, running the risk of losing them.

Anyway, I assume they have been downloading images off a camera (or taken with the iPad) and keeping them in the photos album.

How do you back those up?

Let's assume they don't regularly sync, or don't sync at all.

Do photos transferred and stored on the iPad show up as a photo roll so you can import them? Obviously the ones taken on the iPad do, but what about ones transferred?
Even if they did, how do you transfer them if the iPad doesn't just mount as a disk? (again, assuming they don't have a Mac and use iPhoto/image transfer)

the I devices became PC-Free because of the recent iOS 5.0, so if you got an iPad 2 that was preloaded with iOS5 then sure

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Backup to iCloud.

 

[Electric Brain]

the I devices became PC-Free because of the recent iOS 5.0, so if you got an iPad 2 that was preloaded with iOS5 then sure

I'm not sure what you're saying, but I researched some more and it appears the iPad does mount as a camera on Windows machines (7/Vista), so I guess that's one way to transfer, assuming the non iPad photos are accessible there as well.

I know iOS5 is PC-free, but I was just wondering about transferring photos from an iPad.

 

[Number45]

Backup to iCloud.

You don't technically do that with photos though, do you? It places them in your photostream (for 30 days or up to 1000 photos I think?) and the idea is that all of your devices can get them from there. You'd then use the iCloud Control Panel (on Windows, not sure what the Mac equivalent is) to get them onto the PC.

I think that's right anyway.

For backing those up properly you could always use something like Flickr or Dropbox.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

You can back up your Camera Roll.

 

[Number45]

I've just noticed that.

 

[Tron 2.0]

For people that own an Apple Smartcover, has your experience been positive?

I'm planning on purchasing one, but some of the reviews on Amazon mention the magnets scratching the screen and stuff like that.

 

[Ivan A Nguyen]

For people that own an Apple Smartcover, has your experience been positive?

I'm planning on purchasing one, but some of the reviews on Amazon mention the magnets scratching the screen and stuff like that.

I've had one sense day one and it's been great. It provides grip and lift.

 

[alphaNoid]

Was able to get my wife a 16GB WiFi for $199 brand new.

Undisclosed hookup.

 

[Gila]

Was able to get my wife a 16GB WiFi for $199 brand new.

Undisclosed hookup.

Don't tell me you basically traded a Kindle Fire too

 

[giga]

Magical Weather 99c for limited time: http://sophiestication.com/magicalweather/

 

[alphaNoid]

Don't tell me you basically traded a Kindle Fire too

No no, I got my iPad2 straight up brand new.

 

[hyp]

Magical Weather 99c for limited time: http://sophiestication.com/magicalweather/

wow that looks awesome.

 

[Bollocks]

For the pictures, do you mean just hooking up a digital camera and copying pictures off of it? If so the camera connection kit has a USB adapter for that along with the SD card one. (I'm not sure what you mean by "get lucky with camera adapter")

For the Excel files, which office suite does the Galaxy Tab have? Cause it might be available for iPad, $10-20 if it's one of the ones I'm thinking of. If the app has Dropbox support that'll take care of the syncing issue for the most part. It's the compatibility I'd be worried about, and that goes for the Tab as well...pretty much anything that isn't MS Office itself really. There's some story going around today that MS is working on a version for iPad, although who knows when that may actually turn up.

And one note about malware, even if he may not get any with the iPad, you still have to watch out for phishing, like entering whatever password into a legitimate looking but fake form.

Well I meant that not all thumb drives will work with the camera connection kit, but if he can just copy photos off the digital camera that's even better. I hope it doesn't need to be a special camera.

As for the office suite I don't know but it seems like I'll be buying him the iPad anyhow.
It just feels a lot nicer, he also said that. Normally I'm all Android but the user experience is really polished, unparalleled even on tablets. We looked at some today and he is favoring the iPad.
Apparently he is fine with emailing his xls files so that is out of the way.
The camera connection kit also looks fine, so that is covered as well.
The only thing he didn't like was that flash videos won't work but at that point I just hope that YouTube pulls the switch fast.
Even with all the typical Apple restrictions in place I think the iPad is the better choice for him, for someone like him it's better to have things locked down.
Another plus is that when he wants something on the app store, he can just buy itunes cards, no need for him to mess around with a credit card.

 

[LCfiner]

Magical Weather 99c for limited time: http://sophiestication.com/magicalweather/

I love it.

looks wonderful, has plenty of useful info and it’s fast at updating.

 

[giga]

Hey they finally removed the app store arrows to just page indicators which you navigate with swipes.

 

[Betta Lines]

It's baffling how it took them so long to address such an obviously awkward part of the interface...

 

[Pachimari]

They changed that some weeks ago, but it's a nice change.

 

[Stinkles]

Would you guys buy an iPad for someone who don't have WiFi in their house?
I mean, they can't check out the web, mail, use iCloud or the App Store.

But they could still get apps and games onto it, movies, songs and content. A child would be able to draw on it, watch videos in the car and have it along on trips. In my sisters case, they have a 3G dongle which they plug into their laptop, but it can't be used for iPad, but I would guess the iPad could connect to that network, they just have to have the laptop turned on.

What say you?

Yes, you could connect your iPad to 3G via the laptop, effectively making the laptop a hotspot. If they have a wired connection, you could also add a wifi dongle, but you might as well buy a used wifi router for next to nothing and do it properly.

 

[Shurs]

Edit: Never mind. I found it was cheaper to order The New Yorker over the phone.

 

[Jasoco]

It's baffling how it took them so long to address such an obviously awkward part of the interface...

Agreed. I mean it's like it was quickly ported over from the iTunes interface.

 

[Clott]

I was thinking of giving myself an Ipad 2 for Christmas, but maybe I should wait for the third rendition and get this one when it comes out?

 

[Mike Works]

I was thinking of giving myself an Ipad 2 for Christmas, but maybe I should wait for the third rendition and get this one when it comes out?

Okay.

 

[Clott]

Okay.

yup.

 

[jax (old)]

any quick easy way to sync contacts/reminders btw iphone/ipad? It doesn't seem to sync even when I plug them both into itunes.

 

[Dog Problems]

I was thinking of giving myself an Ipad 2 for Christmas, but maybe I should wait for the third rendition and get this one when it comes out?

Well, it's about four months away. It all depends on if you want to wait.

 

[Clott]

Well, it's about four months away. It all depends on if you want to wait.

Yeah, I may just get the 2 and when the new one comes out give the old one to a friend.

 

[Dog Problems]

I got the second one a couple of months ago and what I'll probably do is pass on the third one but get the fourth. Unless the third is drastically upgraded.

 

[japtor]

any quick easy way to sync contacts/reminders btw iphone/ipad? It doesn't seem to sync even when I plug them both into itunes.

iCloud?

 

[Pachimari]

I got the second one a couple of months ago and what I'll probably do is pass on the third one but get the fourth. Unless the third is drastically upgraded.

I think the third one will be drastically upgraded, as iPad 2 were a minor update. But I can't wait to get a thinner and lighter iPad than the iPad 1 I got. ^_^

 

[jax (old)]

ipad 2 was far from a minor upgrade.

 

[Pachimari]

Depends how you see it, but to me personally, it wasn't enough to upgrade.

 

[deim0s]

Depends how you see it, but to me personally, it wasn't enough to upgrade.

Same here.

I just want a retina screen on the iPad - bring it 3rd gen.

 

[renitou]

No no, I got my iPad2 straight up brand new.

Sales out the back of that dude's trunk are great. You should've seen what he had on Cyber Monday. Ho-ho-holy shit.

 

[Epix]

Hey they finally removed the app store arrows to just page indicators which you navigate with swipes.

When are they going to fix the App Store from closing every time you download an app?

 

[Tobor]

When are they going to fix the App Store from closing every time you download an app?

Who says that's broken? I would assume most people want to be taken to the app they just purchased.

 

[brotkasten]

Who says that's broken? I would assume most people want to be taken to the app they just purchased.

I absolutely hate that, because the app store is already such a shitty and slow app. I annoys me that I have to navigate back, every time I update an app. So yeah, when will Apple fix the app store?

 

[Tobor]

I absolutely hate that, because the app store is already such a shitty and slow app. I annoys me that I have to navigate back, every time I update an app. So yeah, when will Apple fix the app store?

What are you doing, buy 5 games at a time? You realize most people don't do this, right?

As for updating, that's what the "update all" button is for.

 

[brotkasten]

What are you doing, buy 5 games at a time? You realize most people don't do this, right?

As for updating, that's what the "update all" button is for.

I'm updating my apps and there are some updates I don't want. Mostly updates for games that change the mechanics for the worse. It's weird, I know, but that wouldn't be such a problem, if the app store wasn't so bad in the first place.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

me and the wife almost picked up one today. I thought I would ask you guys before I make the jump.

what is the word on the ipad3 is it worth getting in now?

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

I think the third one will be drastically upgraded, as iPad 2 were a minor update. But I can't wait to get a thinner and lighter iPad than the iPad 1 I got. ^_^

I skipped the second one because I don't need the speed, but saying it is a minor upgrade is lols.

In what world is a computer getting a 2x CPU boost and 7x GPU boost while getting 1/3rd thinner and lighter a minor upgrade?

 

[brotkasten]

I skipped the second one because I don't need the speed, but saying it is a minor upgrade is lols.

In what world is a computer getting a 2x CPU boost and 7x GPU boost while getting 1/3rd thinner and lighter a minor upgrade?

I agree. Fixing the hardware of the first version isn't really a minor thing.

 

[Tralfamadore64]

Same here.

I just want a retina screen on the iPad - bring it 3rd gen.

This. Now that I have the 4S, my iPad 1 screen is looking like Gameboy tech.

Not really. But it's noticeable how fuzzy it looks at times.

 

[Pachimari]

It wasn't a minor upgrade, it just wasn't enough for me to update from an iPad 1.

 

[FerranMG]

I'm updating my apps and there are some updates I don't want. Mostly updates for games that change the mechanics for the worse. It's weird, I know, but that wouldn't be such a problem, if the app store wasn't so bad in the first place.

The app store update system is absolutely broken, and I fucking despise it.
I hate that it takes me back to the springboard each time I press "update".
I hate that when you get back to the app store in order to update another app, it will remember the scroll position in which you where just for a seconds, and then take you back to the top.
I don't think it would be that difficult to implement some kind of check box, so I could update just the apps I want. I don't think it's that weird wanting to do so. In my case, for example, I have a slow connection at home, and sometimes I want to update just a few apps, so if I update them all it will take more time than I have atm.

On the other hand: today I wanted to update all the apps in my iPad (~65, yeah, I know). Guess what? The update all button did not work. Press it, nothing happens.

It baffles me that we are at v5 of iOS and the app store is still so flawed in so many critical aspects. I just wanna kill somebody.

 

[vesp]

The thing about waiting for the 3 is that apple products have great resale. Get one now and enjoy it, sell it for a 15% loss if you decide you need a 3 and consider the ~100 bucks you lost a rental fee.

 

[brotkasten]

The app store update system is absolutely broken, and I fucking despise it.
I hate that it takes me back to the springboard each time I press "update".
I hate that when you get back to the app store in order to update another app, it will remember the scroll position in which you where just for a seconds, and then take you back to the top.
I don't think it would be that difficult to implement some kind of check box, so I could update just the apps I want. I don't think it's that weird wanting to do so. In my case, for example, I have a slow connection at home, and sometimes I want to update just a few apps, so if I update them all it will take more time than I have atm.

On the other hand: today I wanted to update all the apps in my iPad (~65, yeah, I know). Guess what? The update all button did not work. Press it, nothing happens.

It baffles me that we are at v5 of iOS and the app store is still so flawed in so many critical aspects. I just wanna kill somebody.

The worst part for me is the performance. Why the hell is the App Store so incredibly slow. Sometimes I have to close my other apps in order to get an acceptable performance. Is it the shitty OG iPad hardware?

 

[FerranMG]

The worst part for me is the performance. Why the hell is the App Store so incredibly slow. Sometimes I have to close my other apps in order to get an acceptable performance. Is it the shitty OG iPad hardware?

Well, I don't know how sluggish it's in an OG iPad, but I hate it so much that I can't really tell if it's because it's slow in my iPad 2 or iPhone 4, or beacause a myriad of other things.

 

[japtor]

On the other hand: today I wanted to update all the apps in my iPad (~65, yeah, I know). Guess what? The update all button did not work. Press it, nothing happens.

This is some bug in iOS 5 I think, I ran into it too right after updating. Like it did nothing for a while and I tried again some other time and after a while it finally popped up the "you don't have enough space" error message.

That'd be fine and all, but updating the big ones first one at a time then hitting Update All worked fine. In iOS 4 it would've worked fine without me getting the big ones out of the way too. It's like it wants all the space needed for everything at once rather than one at a time...which ties into another change (at least when it first came out), where it downloads multiple apps at once. Pretty annoying that it doesn't just do an app at a time when there isn't enough space.

The worst part for me is the performance. Why the hell is the App Store so incredibly slow. Sometimes I have to close my other apps in order to get an acceptable performance. Is it the shitty OG iPad hardware?

It's something with the store, hell the store in iTunes on the desktop isn't much better, and the Mac App Store feels clunky as well. I think it uses XML and a modified WebKit to render everything rather than standard widgets, which is why they can mess with it without updating iOS itself.