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Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by potatolicious »

10char wrote: post #8

HDMI video mirroring is going to be big. My sister-in-law is a high school teacher and has been wishing she could hook her iPad up to the projector since the day she got it. Think of all the possibilities...makes so much more sense for a school to spend $500 on an ultralight, ultraportable iPad than spend more on bulky desktops you have to cart around just to play a video or show a web article (citation: my old high…

Here's hoping the same support comes to the iPhone 5. As an app developer one persistently annoying thing is my inability to demo an app to an audience in anything but the Simulator.

I've been working on apps related to camera functionality, and the inability to show these apps on a projector is shitty. If I can mirror the display I'd be exceedingly happy.

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by olivercameron »

code_duck wrote: post #69
hop wrote: post #23

Love how Apple up-sells storage in hundred dollar increments. I just bought a 32GB SD card (class 10) for my camera for $50 and I'm not buying millions of them at a time.

The rip off level pricing on storage and the obvious, purposeful omission of a card slot is one thing that really turns me off from buying an iPad or iPhone.

Yet they still manage to make the iPad cheaper than every other tablet out there. Weird, huh?

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by daeken »

joneath wrote: post #62

FYI: If you are thinking about trading up from the iPad 1, gazelle.com is offering $320 for the 16GB WiFi version. This price won't stay for long since the iPad 1 16GB WiFi is going for $399 on apple.com. Also you can use the code "TWiT" for 10% more.

Just got $350 for my 32GB WiFi iPad 1. Thanks!

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by trotsky »

teyc wrote: post #61

Looking at the sales page, there has been de-emphasis of iBooks, apps, games, and additional emphasis on ease of hands-off use for watching videos, AppleTV. For instance, the angled cover, using the iPad as a projector. Either this is turning out to be what people are actually using the iPads for, or Apple is actively steering people towards using iPads. Maybe they don't want to cannibalize the sale of Macs.

looking at the keynote live blog that engadget did, it seemed like most of the focus was on how iBooks was doing (the lead), and creation software - iMovie and some sort of garage band / rock band hybrid.

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by sciurus »

olivercameron wrote: post #72
code_duck wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rip off level pricing on storage and the obvious, purposeful omission of a card slot is one thing that really turns me off from buying an iPad or iPhone.

Yet they still manage to make the iPad cheaper than every other tablet out there. Weird, huh?

Really? There are some decent Android options in the $300 range, e.g.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/24/archos-70-and-101-interne...

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by illumin8 »

potatolicious wrote: post #71
10char wrote: post #8

HDMI video mirroring is going to be big. My sister-in-law is a high school teacher and has been wishing she could hook her iPad up to the projector since the day she got it. Think of all the possibilities...makes so much more sense for a school to spend $500 on an ultralight, ultraportable iPad than spend more on bulky desktops you have to cart around just to play a video or show a web article (citation: my old high…

Here's hoping the same support comes to the iPhone 5. As an app developer one persistently annoying thing is my inability to demo an app to an audience in anything but the Simulator. I've been working on apps related to camera functionality, and the inability to show these apps on a projector is shitty. If I can mirror the display I'd be exceedingly happy.

You're in luck: http://macdailynews.com/2011/03/02/apples-hdmi-cable-works-w...

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by illumin8 »

pmjordan wrote: post #19
wvenable wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many school projects have HDMI inputs? (Edit: Didn't realize the original did VGA -- I don't see how HDMI is such a big deal for presentations then)

I assume the iPad 2 hasn't lost the original's capability of outputting VGA. Edit: the reason it's a big deal is that the original iPad had to have the app specifically coded to deal with the external screen/projector (and few are). The new version just lets you mirror the content, whatever app you're in. It'd be nice if the new iOS retroactively made this possible on the original (at least at same resolution?) but I…

It looks like HDMI output is available to all current gen iOS products, as well as iPad 2:

http://macdailynews.com/2011/03/02/apples-hdmi-cable-works-w...

Re: IPad 2 Official Specs

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Post by crocowhile »

10char wrote: post #8

HDMI video mirroring is going to be big. My sister-in-law is a high school teacher and has been wishing she could hook her iPad up to the projector since the day she got it. Think of all the possibilities...makes so much more sense for a school to spend $500 on an ultralight, ultraportable iPad than spend more on bulky desktops you have to cart around just to play a video or show a web article (citation: my old high…

you can get a zotac miniPC for $200 shipped http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173...
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