Technology Get the latest on technology, electronics and software…

Apple: iPad News and Discussion Thread

Thread Tools
 
Old 05-20-2010, 06:32 PM
  #1881  
Administrator Alumnus
 
Scrib's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northwest IN
Posts: 26,326
Received 131 Likes on 82 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
....

So now that story that Gizmodo posted about Bill Gates talking about the iPad in 2007 is currently the #1 story on Digg! That's kinda cool....
you are such an attention whore!
Old 05-21-2010, 08:24 AM
  #1882  
Senior Moderator
iTrader: (5)
 
KaMLuNg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Age: 41
Posts: 15,510
Received 1,090 Likes on 767 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Well I just got Mywi working on my iPhone and I can wifi tether now so I pretty much have a 3G iPad sans GPS with no bullshit extra data charge.
i searched for mywi on itune store? can you point me to where i can get this app? i'm trying to get this to work too...
Old 05-21-2010, 08:38 AM
  #1883  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
Originally Posted by KaMLuNg
i searched for mywi on itune store? can you point me to where i can get this app? i'm trying to get this to work too...
You need to jailbreak....Are you ready to take the red pill?

Old 05-21-2010, 09:34 AM
  #1884  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
THeproblem I'm having with mywi is that when I turn off wifi tethering in the app it doesn't turn off and even if I turn off wifi in iPhone settings it's still sending out the wifi signal. The only way to turn it off is to completely restart the phone. Other than that the app is great! But if I don't turn it off completely my battery goes down real fast
Old 05-21-2010, 09:37 AM
  #1885  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Originally Posted by Scrib
you are such an attention whore!
uhhh.....no. I just thought i was cool.
Old 05-21-2010, 10:14 AM
  #1886  
Safety Car
 
pimpin-tl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Abilene, TX
Age: 50
Posts: 3,992
Received 148 Likes on 99 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
THeproblem I'm having with mywi is that when I turn off wifi tethering in the app it doesn't turn off and even if I turn off wifi in iPhone settings it's still sending out the wifi signal. The only way to turn it off is to completely restart the phone. Other than that the app is great! But if I don't turn it off completely my battery goes down real fast
I have MYWI and don't have this issue on my 3Gs. When it turns off it turns off.
Old 05-21-2010, 10:37 AM
  #1887  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
I have a 3G
Old 05-21-2010, 12:25 PM
  #1888  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
Yeah, I don't have the issue either....They just put out an update. The only issue is sometimes after turning it off, it doesn't revert back to the wifi network it was on automatically..
Old 06-03-2010, 07:20 PM
  #1889  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/i...e-japanese-or/

Tablet PCs
iPad used to assist surgery in Flash-free Japanese OR
By Joseph L. Flatley posted Jun 3rd 2010 4:01PM
At least one surgeon in Japan is using an iPad in the operating theater (a term we learned from M*A*S*H). It's unclear to us whether it's attached to an endoscope, he's looking at reference photos, or even if the device is serving any use at all other than attracting TV coverage, but it sure looks like the real thing -- he's pinching to zoom through latex gloves and everything! The next obvious question is, of course: is there an app for that operation? Video after the break.
<object width="480" height="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xditk7_kobe-surgery-japanprobe_webcam"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xditk7_kobe-surgery-japanprobe_webcam" width="480" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>


Old 06-03-2010, 07:34 PM
  #1890  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Originally Posted by Mizouse
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/i...e-japanese-or/



<object width="480" height="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xditk7_kobe-surgery-japanprobe_webcam"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xditk7_kobe-surgery-japanprobe_webcam" width="480" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>


Funny...I believe yet another thing I was slammed for in this thread was mentioning the use of the device in the medical field

This thread should be renamed to the "iPad/Sarlacc's I told you so" thread
Old 06-03-2010, 07:35 PM
  #1891  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
iirc, i heard the ipad is actually selling well in Japan, unlike the iphone.
Old 06-03-2010, 07:37 PM
  #1892  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Originally Posted by Mizouse
iirc, i heard the ipad is actually selling well in Japan, unlike the iphone.
Old 06-03-2010, 07:42 PM
  #1893  
Needs more Lemon Pledge
 
stogie1020's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Age: 52
Posts: 52,768
Received 2,000 Likes on 1,173 Posts
Man, I hope the wifi doesn't cut out in the middle of my surgery...
Old 06-03-2010, 07:44 PM
  #1894  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
I see what you did there.
Old 06-03-2010, 08:30 PM
  #1895  
Outnumbered at home
 
95gt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: MD
Age: 46
Posts: 5,334
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Well, overall loving the iPad, a lot of fun and big fan of the netflix app and using it as a photo display. Never saw that update on the wifi issue, though it seems much better. Weird.

This is the wife's. I will wait for the update with all the magic to get mine
Old 06-03-2010, 08:48 PM
  #1896  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Funny...I believe yet another thing I was slammed for in this thread was mentioning the use of the device in the medical field

This thread should be renamed to the "iPad/Sarlacc's I told you so" thread
Should I bow to you now or later?
Old 06-03-2010, 08:51 PM
  #1897  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Funny...I believe yet another thing I was slammed for in this thread was mentioning the use of the device in the medical field

This thread should be renamed to the "iPad/Sarlacc's I told you so" thread
Woah Woah Woah! I wouldn't declare one lone doctor in Japan using it as a monitor a success in the medical field. Shit I'm sure there's a doctor somewhere who has brought a ZuneHD into the office and used it at work, ZOMG teh ZuneHD is a tool in teh medical field.:zomg:

We're talking widescale adoption and one dude isn't it
Old 06-03-2010, 08:52 PM
  #1898  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Originally Posted by stogie1020
Man, I hope the wifi doesn't cut out in the middle of my surgery...
no need for red text. You can put the router right next to the iPad, it doesn't matter cause it's gonna happen and when it does

It recently went two days without being able to join my wifi network. That's with trying turning wifi on and off, doing forced restarts and normal restarts, it didn't matter.

FUCKIN BULLSHIT!

Last edited by #1 STUNNA; 06-03-2010 at 08:55 PM.
Old 06-03-2010, 08:53 PM
  #1899  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Woah Woah Woah! I wouldn't declare one lone doctor in Japan using it as a monitor a success in the medical field. Shit I'm sure there's a doctor somewhere who has brought a ZuneHD into the office and used it at work, ZOMG teh ZuneHD is a tool in teh medical field.:zomg:

We're talking widescale adoption and one dude isn't it
My Proctologist shoved a Sony Walkman up my ass once....
Old 06-03-2010, 08:56 PM
  #1900  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Originally Posted by Whiskers
My Proctologist shoved a Sony Walkman up my ass once....
That counts too apparently....
Old 06-03-2010, 11:32 PM
  #1901  
Safety Car
 
Shadzilla's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 3,598
Received 14 Likes on 13 Posts
Originally Posted by Whiskers
My Proctologist shoved a Sony Walkman up my ass once....
I fapped...
Old 06-04-2010, 11:10 AM
  #1902  
Arriving Somewhere...
 
Mockenrue's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh
Age: 53
Posts: 1,061
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Woah Woah Woah! I wouldn't declare one lone doctor in Japan using it as a monitor a success in the medical field.
And premature victory declarations are new for Apple fans? I believe Mr. Sarlaac also posted about a few companies offering HTML 5 video as the beginning of the end of the flash problem. But I still can't check my Google finance charts, I still can't see my WordPress stats, I still can't watch Hulu, or even load the HBO page.

The iPad is a great device... don't get me wrong. What frustrates me is how much better it could be with so little effort. Just do the following, and I'll be happy:

1. Enable flash in Safari.
2. Put friggen arrow keys on the keyboard.
3. Let me control my own files. It drives me nuts that I have a DropBox sync folder on the iPad but I can't put anything in it!
4. Enable multitasking (yeah, I know it's coming)
Old 06-04-2010, 11:33 AM
  #1903  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Originally Posted by Mockenrue
And premature victory declarations are new for Apple fans? I believe Mr. Sarlaac also posted about a few companies offering HTML 5 video as the beginning of the end of the flash problem. But I still can't check my Google finance charts, I still can't see my WordPress stats, I still can't watch Hulu, or even load the HBO page.

The iPad is a great device... don't get me wrong. What frustrates me is how much better it could be with so little effort. Just do the following, and I'll be happy:

1. Enable flash in Safari.
2. Put friggen arrow keys on the keyboard.
3. Let me control my own files. It drives me nuts that I have a DropBox sync folder on the iPad but I can't put anything in it!
4. Enable multitasking (yeah, I know it's coming)
Nothing happens overnight.

I was bashed saying html5 was too nothing and it would not supercede flash...well, look at whats happening. Things are moving towards html5.

One guy is noted using his ipad in the medical field...more will follow. Drs have been noted using their iphones as well in the last years or so.

Give it time. Everything that I said that was initially poo poo'ed is coming to light.
Old 06-04-2010, 11:37 AM
  #1904  
Banned
 
CocheseUGA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Age: 45
Posts: 18,761
Received 960 Likes on 593 Posts
Docs love to show off new toys?

You know, Corvettes and shit.
Old 06-04-2010, 11:47 AM
  #1905  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Old 06-04-2010, 11:49 AM
  #1906  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Nothing happens overnight.

I was bashed saying html5 was too nothing and it would not supercede flash...well, look at whats happening. Things are moving towards html5.

One guy is noted using his ipad in the medical field...more will follow. Drs have been noted using their iphones as well in the last years or so.

Give it time. Everything that I said that was initially poo poo'ed is coming to light.
Old 06-04-2010, 12:19 PM
  #1907  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Actually hulu came out and said they're sticking with flash because html5 doesn't do everything flash does. There's no drm in html5 or analytics so July isn't going to be streaming their videos unprotected
Old 06-04-2010, 07:06 PM
  #1908  
The Third Ball
 
Sarlacc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Age: 45
Posts: 49,437
Received 5,105 Likes on 2,708 Posts
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Actually hulu came out and said they're sticking with flash because html5 doesn't do everything flash does. There's no drm in html5 or analytics so July isn't going to be streaming their videos unprotected
hulu is also going to go paid subscription and will disappear unless they figure out something cool and different to make people want to pay for something that was free.
Old 06-04-2010, 08:12 PM
  #1909  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
I heard that the pay service will be to get older episodes after they expire.

I miiiight pay for that.
Old 06-04-2010, 09:51 PM
  #1910  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Originally Posted by Sarlacc
hulu is also going to go paid subscription and will disappear unless they figure out something cool and different to make people want to pay for something that was free.
it's going freemium not just paid service. They'll be adding more episodes if for subscribers like a VoD service.
Old 06-10-2010, 12:54 AM
  #1911  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Oh noes!!

Originally Posted by Valleywag
Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.

The breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's information was compromised.

It doesn't stop there. According to the data we were given by the web security group that exploited vulnerabilities on the AT&T network, we believe 114,000 user accounts have been compromised, although it's possible that confidential information about every iPad 3G owner in the U.S. has been exposed.
We contacted Apple for comment but have yet to hear back. We also reached out to AT&T for comment. [Update: AT&T has confirmed the breach; an update appears below.] A call to Rahm Emanuel's office at the White House has not been returned.

The subscriber data was obtained by a group calling itself Goatse Security. Though the group is steeped in off-the-wall, 4chan-style internet culture—its name is a reference to a famous gross-out Web picture—it has previously highlighted real security vulnerabilities in the Firefox and Safari Web browsers, and attracted media attention for finding what it said were flaws in Amazon's community ratings system.

Goatse Security obtained its data through a script on AT&T's website, accessible to anyone on the internet. When provided with an ICC-ID as part of an HTTP request, the script would return the associated email address, in what was apparently intended to be an AJAX-style response within a Web application.

The group wrote a PHP script to automate the harvesting of data. Since a member of the group tells us the script was shared with third-parties prior to AT&T closing the security hole, it's not known exactly whose hands the exploit fell into and what those people did with the names they obtained. A member tells us it's likely many accounts beyond the 114,000 have been compromised.

Goatse Security notified AT&T of the breach and the security hole was closed.

We were able to establish the authenticity of Goatse Security's data through two people who were listed among the 114,000 names. We sent these people the ICC ID contained in the document—and associated with the person's iPad 3G account—and asked them to verify in an iPad control panel that this was the correct ICC ID. It was.

Victims: Some big names
Then we began poring through the 114,067 entries and were stunned at the names we found. The iPad 3G, released less than two months ago, has clearly been snapped up by an elite array of early adopters.

Within the military, we saw several devices registered to the domain of DARPA, the advanced research division of the Department of Defense, along with the major service branches. To wit: One affected individual was William Eldredge, who "commands the largest operational B-1 [strategic bomber] group in the U.S. Air Force."



In the media and entertainment industries, affected accounts belonged to top executives at the New York Times Company, Dow Jones, Condé Nast, Viacom, Time Warner, News Corporation, HBO and Hearst.



Within the tech industry, accounts were compromised at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and AOL, among others. In finance, accounts belonged to companies from Goldman Sachs to JP Morgan to Citigroup to Morgan Stanley, along with dozens of venture capital and private equity firms.

In government, affected accounts included a GMail user who appears to be Rahm Emanuel and staffers in the Senate, House of Representatives, Department of Justice, NASA, Department of Homeland Security, FAA, FCC, and National Institute of Health, among others. Dozens of employees of the federal court system also appeared on the list.
fuckin Goatse...

http://gawker.com/5559346/apples-wor...owners-exposed

Last edited by #1 STUNNA; 06-10-2010 at 12:57 AM.
Old 06-10-2010, 02:12 AM
  #1912  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
Yea I read about this.. Oops
Old 06-10-2010, 09:22 AM
  #1913  
Team Owner
 
doopstr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jersey
Age: 53
Posts: 25,457
Received 2,214 Likes on 1,211 Posts
Don't worry, this is a minor spill.
Old 06-10-2010, 07:48 PM
  #1914  
Three Wheelin'
 
achenator's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Orleans LA area
Age: 51
Posts: 1,935
Received 198 Likes on 68 Posts
I drank the Kool Aid and bought the 64gig 3g. What cases is everyone using?
Old 06-11-2010, 07:21 AM
  #1915  
Administrator Alumnus
 
Scrib's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northwest IN
Posts: 26,326
Received 131 Likes on 82 Posts
Uh, yea the breach was certainly apple's fault.

Gawker really needs to get their head out of their e-ass.
Old 06-12-2010, 02:44 AM
  #1916  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
interesting... i was kind of thinking of something like what these people thought up to get flash running on the ipad.

Artefact puts Flash on your iPad 'In A Pinch' (video)
By Joseph L. Flatley posted Jun 11th 2010 6:46PM
Despite Steve Jobs's ethical reservations, it's clear that people want Flash on their iPads (or at the very least, developers want to find ways put it there). Recently we saw Smokescreen, a browser plug-in that pulls apart SWF binaries and reassembles them into something Apple-friendly. Taking a slightly different tack, the kids at the Artefact Group have been working on a service called Flash In A Pinch. Right now, it's but a proof-of-concept, but it's a pretty sweet concept at that: Flash is rendered on Artefact's servers, which streams the images to the user's Safari browser. By placing a Javascript layer on top of the content, the user's touch interactions can be sent back to the server, making the whole megillah fully interactive. At present, the whole affair is a little too slow to use, and as of yet there is no sound, but all in all it's a great start. Video after the break. Hit the source link for more technical details (and yet more videos).
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/a...a-pinch-video/

<object width="1280" height="745"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwtQefApuHQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwtQefApuHQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="1280" height="745"></embed></object>
Old 06-12-2010, 11:30 AM
  #1917  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,308
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
hmm... with the iphone 4 using micro-sim cards.

i wonder what'll happen if you put your iphone 4 simcard into the ipad...
Old 06-12-2010, 11:46 AM
  #1918  
Sanest Florida Man
Thread Starter
 
#1 STUNNA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 44,549
Received 10,840 Likes on 6,588 Posts
Old 06-13-2010, 12:08 PM
  #1919  
Administrator Alumnus
 
Scrib's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northwest IN
Posts: 26,326
Received 131 Likes on 82 Posts
So, uh anyone recommend a good iPad case?

Old 06-13-2010, 03:18 PM
  #1920  
Race Director
 
Beelzebub's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
Age: 55
Posts: 10,679
Received 966 Likes on 582 Posts
My boss has this case


http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC361ZM/A

and loves it, when they ok it for me buy iPads for the rest of the team, I will probably order these cases for as well for everyone.


Quick Reply: Apple: iPad News and Discussion Thread



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:53 PM.