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The Aesthetics of the iPadby Virginia Heffernan in The New York Times Magazine for July 4, 2010.
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Despite only 256 MB of RAM, and no camera (or HDMI, USB, etc., etc), I'm really digging my iPad. Apparently i'm not alone... Is it November yet???????
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Despite only 256 MB of RAM, and no camera (or HDMI, USB, etc., etc), I'm really digging my iPad. Huh? 128MB of RAM? Doesn't the model with the least amount of RAM hold 16GB?
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I refer to "RAM" as in what the OS and apps run on... not the storage space. ( 9to5mac)
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Ah! You had me worry for a moment
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Some still worry about that small memory size. And true enough... if i have say more than 2 tabs open in Safari, and one sits in the background while i browse around in the others... then, returning to the neglected third tab may necessitate a refresh (page sometimes needs to be loaded again). it's not a frequent situation for me (as i typically use the iPad to look at one or two pages at most).
i suspect the next rev will get 512 MB anyway.
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if i have say more than 2 tabs open in Safari, and one sits in the background while i browse around in the others... then, returning to the neglected third tab may necessitate a refresh (page sometimes needs to be loaded again). With regard to that anemic caching behavior mentioned there: i have been seeing comments in various forums where iOS 4.2 beta testers opine that it's probably not a RAM issue after all. Some of those testers claim that iOS 4.2 (and the Safari which comes along for the ride) are performing admirably... and that the need to frequently reload when browsing with multiple open tabs (i believe 9 is the max on iPad) is gone. If true, that is great news. -- Meanwhile, CNBC continues its iPad adulation: iPad Adoption Rate Fastest Ever, Passing DVD Player
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What if the iPad were a PC? “If you throw tablets in the mix, Apple just became the U.S.'s No. 1 computer makerâ€
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Yeah, but then you can't count iPads in the iOS tally, Why not?... must we always be fair and/or consistent for some reason? [point taken] EDIT: but let's not forget... the iPad is also magical. If you haven't checked out Horace Dediu's work at asymco Wow, that's a pretty serious site! I need to peruse it for a while. [thanks]
Last edited by Hal Itosis; 10/19/10 05:57 AM.
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Might be worth noting that today's two monumental product announcements came complete with these [ insert appropriate adjective] slogans: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion — “The power of Mac OS X.  The magic of iPad.†MacBook Air — “Advanced technology from iPad.  Taken to the air.â€
[having said that... the 11-inch MBA does look delicious.]
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Have you seen the French answer to the iPad? Here comes L'Ardoise Tactile!
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Hahahah. It too appears to have shunned Flash Player as well. Good move! Speaking of which, we can manually transform YouTube links to point directly to the HTML5 player version, by appending &html5=True to the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGpNCF1_ZtE&html5=True
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Cute! (Is it only me, or does the HTML5 version load waaay faster than the regular one?)
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In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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if i have say more than 2 tabs open in Safari, and one sits in the background while i browse around in the others... then, returning to the neglected third tab may necessitate a refresh (page sometimes needs to be loaded again). With regard to that anemic caching behavior mentioned there: i have been seeing comments in various forums where iOS 4.2 beta testers opine that it's probably not a RAM issue after all. Some of those testers claim that iOS 4.2 (and the Safari which comes along for the ride) are performing admirably... and that the need to frequently reload when browsing with multiple open tabs (i believe 9 is the max on iPad) is gone. If true, that is great news. not true Well, if it was true for some 4.2 beta... it's certainly not true with Safari (mobile) in 4.2.1
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This thing was just released apparently... Infinity Blade ($6) Here are some HTML5 YouTube links that should actually play on iOS (sans Flash):
Last edited by Hal Itosis; 12/09/10 04:12 AM.
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Predictable perhaps, but Merry Christmas anyway (no offense to anyone):
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Mashable: Tech's Biggest Win, Flop and Surprise of 2010 It’s not just the fact that Apple single handedly created a new multi-billion-dollar revenue stream, but that it’s redefining all of computing. Â
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Marathon for iPad - Classic Mac game coming to the tablet [?]
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I will absolutely get that. I so thoroughly enjoyed that game. Oh but it requires an ipad... bet it doesn't work on my iphone. I wonder how the controls will work though? Back then nobody had joysticks or controllers, and only about 50% of us used the mouse. I used just keyboard, and I needed a lot of keys to control the game.
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I used just keyboard, and I needed a lot of keys to control the game. Agreed. I wonder how well it will play. Perhaps they could provide some decent custom controls (on-screen).
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