iPad 2

[the_leander]

In other words you did a jailbreak. Which means you practically lost some of the fabled benefits of apples walled garden.

Cracking phones so as to allow tethering is hardly new  or exclusive to Apple. It should also be noted that it is the phone networks who demand this, so that they can then charge for a higher tier of service from customers to allow it. I imagine that Apple would probably otherwise have left the facility in place.

[the_leander]

There is a problem with music being made easy in that it becomes harder and harder to seperate the talent from the talentless.

No, it really doesn't. Whilst you can in fact polish a turd (mythbusters proved that beyond doubt) you're still left with shiny shit at the end of the day.

Genuinely talented artists will stand out. These days however you have to look outside of the mainstream to find much of that talent, which requires effort on the part of the listener. Seems not many people or at least too few are prepared to go to that effort.

[the_leander]

One of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/7-inch-CRAIG-Wireless-Touch-Screen-Tablet-Andriod-2-/390296430598?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item5adf7ae806

I imagine they're flying out of the local stores like hotcakes at $99.

And coming back in at a similar rate when they find the battery life is measured in minutes and the install of Android broken to the point that you can't access the app market.

A lot of the el cheapo Android tablets suffer similar issues, apparently.

[the_leander]

Battery life isn't terrible, 3-4 hours with WiFi on I'd guess.  There seems to be enough room inside the case for slightly larger batteries, though!

That's good to know, I wonder if the borked install some of these pads come with is the cause of such poor performance.

Also, I suspect you've got your next hardware hacking project staring at you with that space

[the_leander]

Oh gawd... the numpties are out in force again... :rolleyes:

iPAD 2 sales New Customers (or as I call em, Guillible Fools...

Having played with an iPad the other day, I have to say it is a very swish piece of kit. Not something I need or particularly want, but I can see the appeal as well as the potential.

[the_leander]

During the night I saw a clip about it on one of the 24 hour news channels, the reporter asked one guy "why did you queue to buy it" the guy replied with "not sure but I'm the first amongst my friends to own one... cool eh..."... :lol:

Just because my particular lifestyle and technology needs aren't met by a given device doesn't mean that others won't be.

My friend uses hers as a portable movie player, gaming and streaming device to help get through longer shifts, especially night shifts.

[the_leander]

Do Apple ever get things right first time when they release something...

Light Leakage on iPAD2

I've had any number of backlit lcd devices that have had such problems over the years, by far the worst was the Sega Game Gear in my experience. If you read the article the first poster actually points out that it's a glue issue - it takes a while for it to cure. Once done the issue goes away. Obviously even with the best will in the world there will be slight differences even on a fully automated production line when dealing with things like glue.

It should also be pointed out that another poster in that thread states his Motorola zoom suffers the same trouble.