The iPad 1 • Hacker News Board

Re: The iPad 1

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Post by podperson » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:37 PM UTC

axx wrote: post #47

podperson wrote: post #42

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I bought a Nexus 7 a little while back and my initial reaction was similar to yours. Now, I'd rather use my old iPad gen 1 than the brand new dual core Nexus 7, which -- among other things -- can seize up so badly when doing something as simple as typing a URL that it misses touch events altogether.

Didn't notice this by now, but i can say that i'm pretty happy with it (for now). As i said in my initial comment, Android has problems, but if you think back to the first iOS versions, there were a lot of problems. Many people dont remember that, but before iOS 4 there were a lot of pretty nasty bugs. The other thing is, if android improves more over time, it's doesn't hurt so much when they drop support for device…

The nexus 7 is scarcely a 1.0 device (and I had an iPad on release day and it worked fine on iOS 3.x). My kindle fire, with its many flaws has never seized up this way.

Re: The iPad 1

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Post by pflats » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 3:45 AM UTC

pmjordan wrote: post #95

axx wrote: post #32

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Not so sure about that. What happens if you need to restore your iPad 1 and redownload all the Apps? Do you get the latest version, or the latest compatible version of the App, even if the developer dropped support for your iOS version?

The latest version (if it works) - iTunes on your Mac/PC should store the latest compatible one though. Yes, it's a mess. Apple really need some kind of plan for discontinued devices. What happens when a critical flaw is discovered in Mobile Safari 5 and suddenly the 15 million iPad users are vulnerable to drive-by downloads?

They push an update to iOS 5? Which has OTA self-updates.

Lion and Snow Leopard and Vista and countless other old OSes get updates. XP still won't get EOS-ed for another 2 years.

Re: The iPad 1

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Post by pmjordan » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 3:59 PM UTC

pflats wrote: post #102

pmjordan wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The latest version (if it works) - iTunes on your Mac/PC should store the latest compatible one though. Yes, it's a mess. Apple really need some kind of plan for discontinued devices. What happens when a critical flaw is discovered in Mobile Safari 5 and suddenly the 15 million iPad users are vulnerable to drive-by downloads?

They push an update to iOS 5? Which has OTA self-updates. Lion and Snow Leopard and Vista and countless other old OSes get updates. XP still won't get EOS-ed for another 2 years.

They haven't done this for vulnerabilities in either 3.1.3 or 4.2.1, the other two EOL versions. I guess there probably aren't enough users of these to make them attractive to exploits, but the number of users stuck on iOS5 will likely stay in the 8 digits for a while. Whereas many people have been conditioned to buy a new phone every 24 months, I doubt this applies to iPads and iPod Touches as well. I don't know if that kind of number makes them a sufficiently attractive target for criminals.