Apple iPad and related items

[stupid dogbot]

I can understand that argument, but is there actually something about reading from a screen that's not good for your eyes?

Not that I'm aware of, although Bees' CRT suggestion seems to make sense.

Fwiw, I really like iBooks, I just can't see me sitting at home reading from it. For out and about, it's excellent.

 

[Crispy]

Yes, that's correct on the CRT thing.

 

[magneze]

I can understand that argument, but is there actually something about reading from a screen that's not good for your eyes?

My optician said that staring at a monitor means not blinking as much as normal, which is bad.

 

[Gromit]

I think it stems from when most monitors were CRTs, something to do with their flicker compared to the flicker from shit office lighting.

Yes, that's correct on the CRT thing.

Correct. It was to do with screen refresh rates on CRTs. Anything below 85hz could cause eyestrain in some people. The higher the better for people. This isn't a factor with LCDs for some reason.

My optician said that staring at a monitor means not blinking as much as normal, which is bad.

The dry eyes factor of not blinking as much can also be a health concern for those who wear contact lenses. Not so much a concern for anyone else.

/former DSE Assessment expert

 

[ChrisFilter]

Gonna get one tomorrow I think.

 

[Crispy]

you won't regret it

 

[ChrisFilter]

Well, if nothing else the PSX emulator will keep me busy!

(I will be jailbreaking)

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Gonna get one tomorrow I think.

Which model?

 

[Gromit]

Summo wrestlers given iPads as their fingers are too fat for phones

WWW.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11082125

 

[Crispy]

Although Chris - there will very likely be a spec bump soon. If they get the RAM up to 512MB, you'll see much better multitasking when iOS4 comes out for it. Just saying

 

[ChrisFilter]

Well, if nothing else the PSX emulator will keep me busy!

(I will be jailbreaking)

 

[ChrisFilter]

How far off is the spec bump do you think? Surely they won't fuck the early adopters after less than 6 months?

 

[Crispy]

How far off is the spec bump do you think? Surely they won't fuck the early adopters after less than 6 months?

Well the original iphone had a storage bump 6 months after release...

But yeah, maybe it is too soon for a RAM boost. Sod it, get one anyway = it'll work just fine

 

[elbows]

We might expect new models in time for the Christmas market but Im not altogether sure.

 

[skyscraper101]

Surely everyone will be clamouring for facetime enabled ipads before long if the ipod range gets to have them by next week.

 

[paolo]

Loving: AirVideo.

Use the dusty laptop as a server

Play / convert at will from the pad. Super.

 

[ChrisFilter]

It's very nice

 

[ChrisFilter]

Wow, I love the Comics app. Never read comics and superhero stuff is, to me, lame, but there's loads of free graphic novels on there. Very impressive.

And oh my fucking wow to the Korg iElectribe app. I'm gonna lose days to this thing

I'm very impressed. I get where it fits in the product set now. One of those things that only really starts to make full sense when you start using it.

 

[Crispy]

Play Osmos

 

[ChrisFilter]

Have they announced when iOS4 is out for iPad yet? I can't jailbreak my 3.2.2 device and they aren't going to bother trying to hack it - moving straight onto 4... VERY frustrating.

 

[Crispy]

November

 

[elbows]

November Im afraid.

edit - oops I didnt see the last page of this thread.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Yeah, I thought so.

My own fucking fault, I upgraded to 3.2.2 without doing proper research. I mean, I googled it and everything, but it wasn't until I dug deeper that I realised I'd backed myself into a corner.

Grrr. I want Snes/n64/psx games.

 

[paolo]

Play Osmos

Thanks for that. Very nice.

 

[Lazy Llama]

VLC coming to the iPad, which will/would be nice.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/09/vlc-coming-to-the-ipad/

 

[elbows]

I hope VLC actually gets approved, I have some doubts about that but we will see.

I will then be very interested to see how battery life when playing non-h.264 movies via VLC compares with playing the standard ipad h.264 format videos in the existing movie player, as Im assuming the built in stuff makes efficient use of the processing hardware and VLC will be lucky if it can match it. Other performance issues such as framerate of great interest too.

 

[Structaural]

Once you get past the corporate marketing crap - this is quite impressive - light painting with an iPad:

 

[editor]

Our very own hendo has written a fantastic piece detailing the best news apps on the iPad:
http://www.wirefresh.com/apple-ipad-and-the-news-the-killer-apps-listed/

 

[editor]

The iPad is now available in China.

http://gizmodo.com/5640644/an-apple-superfans-rudy-moment

 

[elbows]

He made his own t-shirt. Aww, somehow this one is so over the top that it amuses me rather than annoys me like they usually do.