The bitchin' gadgets thread... also sofa beds

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 17:04:32

So, in short, Apple is committed to making their products usable in the way they want you to use them. They trade off flexibility for reliability.

Since what I want to do doesn't appear to be among the things that apple designed their product for--what should I buy instead?

by **Grotewold** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:39:55

Any Apple TV users? I just ordered one and am worrying how well you can transfer things (especially Hulu) from your iPhone to your TV.

by **uncle milt** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 14:15:52

wait is the ipad 2 really coming out in february?

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 14:27:15

sucks to suck

by **Bucky** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 14:30:14

VoxOrion wrote:
Bucky wrote:Verizon is also pretty stingy with the bandwidth. Their "unlimited" data plan is for unlimited email and web browsing. Streaming and high bandwidth stuff like that is prohibited under the TOS. In reality, if you go over 2GB a month they assume you are doing unallowed things and cancel your contract.

From the standpoint that these are business phones, I'm fine with limiting bandwidth like that. I can see from our current reports on the bberries that only a couple of people use ridiculous bandwidth, and I know at least one of them is streaming Pandora or Sirius constantly (so all I'd have to do is ask them to stop and they would willingly). Having the contract dropped, however, would be a problem.

This was intended to illustrate that verizon's network may not suffer the same fate as AT&T....

by **The Dude** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:11:10

What's the easiest and/or best way to watch mlb.com on a TV?

by **TenuredVulture** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:13:00

So, none of you guys know anything about a tablet device that 1) has a USB port and 2)has a stylus based touch screen?

by **laf837** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:13:42

The Dude wrote:What's the easiest and/or best way to watch mlb.com on a TV?

Do you have a ps3? I think you can watch through that

by **The Dude** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:14:43

this is more for my friend, he doesn't even have a tv yet, so he's starting from scratch

by **Woody** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:16:38

TenuredVulture wrote:So, none of you guys know anything about a tablet device that 1) has a USB port and 2)has a stylus based touch screen?

Tablets from about 6 years ago had them. Now, not so much

by **joe table** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:18:16

I tried the Roku last year to get MLBTV on my TV monitor and it was just horrible. The streaming quality is on the very low end of what MLBTV allows, and it has to buffer at least once an inning which just increases the lag. Then about once every three innings it would "skip" and just buffer after the same play, and when you reset it the feed would take you back to that same play for 5 minutes before randomly skipping ahead to live (which was now like 1-2 innings later)

Maybe they have made improvements since I tried it but I would not recommend it at all

Have heard good things about the MLBTV on PS3 though

by **Bucky** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:19:50

IOMEGA TV with BOXEE is your answer!

Coming soon to a store near you....

AND, it's good for my stock options!!!! :-D

by **cshort** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:22:50

The Dude wrote:What's the easiest and/or best way to watch mlb.com on a TV?

PlayOn

Works with DLNA certified Blu-Ray players, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, WDTV, Roku to name a few. Also works with IPhone, Ipod Touch, and the IPad.

by **jamiethekiller** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 23:52:06

MEATBALL,

whats the deal with this new verizon contract biz

by **thephan** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:31:09

The Nightman Cometh wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:The USB is unlikely any time soon.

Why ever not?

I'm not sure. My theory is that they do not want to have the possibility of portable storage devices being used, since increased RAM is one of the biggest sellers for new generation devices like this. They might also be waiting for the IPad to stop selling so well, since pretty much anyone that bought it without the USB will probably upgrade when it becomes available.

This is all speculation though, I do not think Steve Jobs or anyone at Apple has actually justified the absence of a USB port yet.

The pet theory from my companies perspective is control. Google and, eventually, Apple will want you to conduct your needs in the could that they control. This provides infinite combination of of ways to mine and evaluate data. It also provides control over copy right and other proprietary data. We are all already participating in building digital fingerprints across "the cloud", the only change is that certain firms want to understand and control your "experience" (which means find the best way to deliver your experience the way you want and pay for it the way they want).

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:42:39

thephan wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:The USB is unlikely any time soon.

Why ever not?

I'm not sure. My theory is that they do not want to have the possibility of portable storage devices being used, since increased RAM is one of the biggest sellers for new generation devices like this. They might also be waiting for the IPad to stop selling so well, since pretty much anyone that bought it without the USB will probably upgrade when it becomes available.

This is all speculation though, I do not think Steve Jobs or anyone at Apple has actually justified the absence of a USB port yet.

The pet theory from my companies perspective is control. Google and, eventually, Apple will want you to conduct your needs in the could that they control. This provides infinite combination of of ways to mine and evaluate data. It also provides control over copy right and other proprietary data. We are all already participating in building digital fingerprints across "the cloud", the only change is that certain firms want to understand and control your "experience" (which means find the best way to deliver your experience the way you want and pay for it the way they want).

So, what you're saying the internet is over. It's back to AOL and Prodigy.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 16:02:13

The Nightman Cometh wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:The USB is unlikely any time soon.

Why ever not?

I'm not sure. My theory is that they do not want to have the possibility of portable storage devices being used, since increased RAM is one of the biggest sellers for new generation devices like this. They might also be waiting for the IPad to stop selling so well, since pretty much anyone that bought it without the USB will probably upgrade when it becomes available.

This is all speculation though, I do not think Steve Jobs or anyone at Apple has actually justified the absence of a USB port yet.

As soon as someone invents a USB connective interactive cybersex device, Apple will cave and give the iPad USB.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 16:05:42

Phan In Phlorida wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
The Nightman Cometh wrote:The USB is unlikely any time soon.

Why ever not?

I'm not sure. My theory is that they do not want to have the possibility of portable storage devices being used, since increased RAM is one of the biggest sellers for new generation devices like this. They might also be waiting for the IPad to stop selling so well, since pretty much anyone that bought it without the USB will probably upgrade when it becomes available.

This is all speculation though, I do not think Steve Jobs or anyone at Apple has actually justified the absence of a USB port yet.

As soon as someone invents a USB connective interactive cybersex device, Apple will cave and give the iPad USB.

Surprisingly safe for work

by **The Dude** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 20:05:49

TV, i was talking to the art dept today about this

http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_fun.php

we give one to our authors to mark changes in files

by **FTN** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 20:13:33

i think im just gonna skip the iPhone 4 and get an iPhone 5 this summer.

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