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Laptops have never really worked all that well for me on any surface other than a table due to air flow/cooling issues so in comparison my iPad is a thousand times more portable and much more comfortable to use for casual reading. Can't say I like spending extended periods of time hunched over a desktop/laptop when I can hold my iPad at any angle I need without lighting my lap on fire, and do pretty much all the same stuff short of heavy duty processor work.
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I am a fat goon and if someone leans their seat back on an airplane I can't fully open my MBA so an iPad is an alternative to weight loss.
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Jun 28, 2014 04:42
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tuyop posted:Get on the Evernote train. Never keep class notes in word or whatever again. One of the reasons I was eyeing the SP3 was the ability to handwrite notes with its stylus. Is there any way to replicate this on the iPad?
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Donald Kimball posted:One of the reasons I was eyeing the SP3 was the ability to handwrite notes with its stylus. Is there any way to replicate this on the iPad? This is possible with every tablet. Get a note writing app and a capacitive stylus. They make fancy ones that cancel your hand better. I use a relatively cheap Wacom bamboo stylus and penultimate, my notes are readable enough to be searchable through Evernote's auto handwriting detection thing.
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Jun 28, 2014 04:58
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tuyop posted:This is possible with every tablet. Get a note writing app and a capacitive stylus. They make fancy ones that cancel your hand better. I use a relatively cheap Wacom bamboo stylus and penultimate, my notes are readable enough to be searchable through Evernote's auto handwriting detection thing. But don't expect much out of any capacitive stylus imo. There's a reason the surface uses different tech, its just way better for a stylus. Notes it can handle, but I'd vastly prefer to just type then on a Bluetooth keyboard. For anything involving drawing, I'd not bother.
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Jun 28, 2014 08:10
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Cozmosis posted:Yeah, you're right it is ridiculous. I guess I was just seeing if anyone else fought with the "do I really need a tablet" dilemma. Just get the Awful app and see how much better having a tablet is.
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Jun 28, 2014 13:21
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What about that pencil stylus? All the media I see for it looks pretty impressive, just haven't actually read the articles about it yet.
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Jun 28, 2014 13:33
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The Dave posted:What about that pencil stylus? All the media I see for it looks pretty impressive, just haven't actually read the articles about it yet. It's another fat stylus except it has a sensor to assist in palm rejection and a fat rear end tip that acts as an eraser. It's also getting some pseudo pressure sensitivity in software by way of the fat head (figures it out by surface contact area) when iOS 8 comes out. The new Adonit/Adobe ones seem to be getting favorable reviews, albeit with the usual caveats. Without a hovering cursor (like on Wacoms when you hover above the surface) you still can't be sure where the contact point is going to be, and the iPad screen being below the surface (rather than bonded to the glass and projecting closer like on iPhones) causes another little visual disconnect. Their software implementation has some options to try to compensate for that, kind of a predetermined offset depending on how you hold the pen and taking into account a usual viewpoint. Like the other "smart" pens it has palm rejection, but that always seems slightly iffy in practice. Oh there's also the ruler thingy, apparently you can fake it with a bolt and capacitive foam, or just use your fingers since they have a plain ol touch interface for the virtual ruler too. iOS 8 could potentially make things a lot better with this API, if the screen hardware is sensitive enough to recognize smaller contact points (and if the OS doesn't filter those out completely at a lower level). All this fancy crap people are coming up with might not even be needed. Anyways uh, I use Notability cause it has a zoomed view that makes writing doable enough. It also has audio recording and can show note playback while playing the audio, although I haven't tested this out much yet, no clue if it records all writing and erasing actions or just enough writing for the end result. I used to use Note Taker HD for a long time, it worked fine functionally in terms of writing and features for the most part, but I was pretty much using it in spite of the UI. For the core writing elements it was fine (and I prefer the way it does some things actually), but the other features felt kind of unwieldy in how they were implemented interface wise. I haven't tried it in a while though so maybe there's some decent improvement now. tl;dr on styluses: ehhh, I'd wait on fancy styluses to see what can be done with iOS 8's API without fancy hardware. Otherwise I'd suggest using some software that compensates for the current state of things.
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Jun 28, 2014 18:58
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Santas Ainol Elf posted:Just get the Awful app and see how much better having a tablet is. I use it - hell I'm using it right now on the Mini. It looks great as it does on my phone but doesn't do anything for me that the web version on my laptop can't. I'm just going to keep playing with it for a few days and see where the usage falls into place.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:42
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On my Android phone, I'm able to have folders of shortcuts to Google Drive and Evernote documents on my home screen. Is there any way I'm able to do this on my iPad? If there is I can't seem to figure it out.
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Jun 28, 2014 23:31
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FordPRefectLL posted:On my Android phone, I'm able to have folders of shortcuts to Google Drive and Evernote documents on my home screen. Is there any way I'm able to do this on my iPad? If there is I can't seem to figure it out.
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Jun 28, 2014 23:35
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Unless he wants to load them in safari, in which case he could make short cuts to all the urls and keep them in a folder. Edit: Which would be sort of a dirty work around. The Dave fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 23:48
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I used the Safari route. A little disappointing but the only disappointment so far. I really love that I can leave this thing off the charger all day and it won't be dead when I try to use it.
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Cozmosis posted:I guess I was just seeing if anyone else fought with the "do I really need a tablet" dilemma. Nobody "needs" a tablet, it's a luxury, and even Apple advocates admit there's not a particular thing that an iPad is REALLY GREAT at: https://brooksreview.net/2014/06/my-favorite-device/ However they are pretty awesome at a lot of things and that's why it's super nice to have one. For me, it's my favorite device for Reeder, reading comics, tumblr porn and social justice, looking for music on Spotify at night to help me sleep, a "serious" casual gaming device(Hearthstone), a great work aid with poo poo like Pages, Dropbox, Lightroom and Photoshop, browsing the SA forums with the Awful app, listening to podcasts on Pocket Casts or Radio with TuneIn, browsing the net, reading some books (not all, for some I prefer a Kindle) and poo poo on Pocket, and general dicking around with random apps. And email. Nothing of what I do on an iPad is so special that I *need* one, but it's loving nice to have.
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Jun 29, 2014 06:24
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Don Tacorleone posted:For me, it's my favorite device for Reeder If the whole split screen thing actually comes out that'll make it much more useful too, at least if you've ever been annoyed about the complete lack of it.
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I'm bummed my Pogo Connect does not work on iPad Airs. I wonder if those have a decent resale value. :/
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Jun 29, 2014 22:10
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iOS 7.1.2 is out with some security updates and such.
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So I've got a first gen iPad an am on the verge of just throwing it in the trash because I can't install any of the apps I want to use. If I jailbreak it, can I upgrade to iOS 6 without the device exploding?
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Jul 2, 2014 05:16
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No, jailbreaking doesn't let you install newer versions of iOS. They just simply don't support the older hardware.
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DarkJC posted:No, jailbreaking doesn't let you install newer versions of iOS. They just simply don't support the older hardware.
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Jul 2, 2014 05:34
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Just use it to read on the toilet
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Jeeze, give it to a school or kid or something.
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Jul 2, 2014 11:35
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I've got an aging iPad 2 with a cracked screen and want to get a refurbed 4 (wifi, 32 gig, $379 from the Apple store). How hard will it be to transfer everything across to the new pad? Or should I just reinstall everything I want?
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sebmojo posted:I've got an aging iPad 2 with a cracked screen and want to get a refurbed 4 (wifi, 32 gig, $379 from the Apple store). How hard will it be to transfer everything across to the new pad? Or should I just reinstall everything I want? Do an iCloud back up on the old one, then restore it on the new one.
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What's the best way to transfer photos from Mac to ipad (into some sort of folder) without plugging in a cable?
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Jul 2, 2014 13:48
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Xabi posted:What's the best way to transfer photos from Mac to ipad, into some sort of folder, without plugging in a cable? With Mac OS 10.10 and iOS 8 you can Airdrop poo poo from Mac to iOS devices. Also with the new Photos app for Mac 10.0 and iOS8, apparently ALL your photos will be in the cloud and the desktop and iOS app will basically see one big library.
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Thanks, but I don't have iOS8 yet. Also, regarding the new Photos app for Mac. How does that work? I'm mainly thinking about edited photos from Photoshop and Lightroom. Whenever I edit a batch, I'd like to move them into a folder on the ipad so I can show them to friends/family etc.
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Xabi posted:Thanks, but I don't have iOS8 yet. The easiest way I can think of is something like Dropbox. Put whatever you want to show off in a folder there, then display it in the iPad app. If you do end up using a cable, you can put all the photos you want into one Album and then sync only that Album to the iPad. It's a bit more work than creating a folder but once the album is setup you simply need to plug it in and it'll sync whatever is in there. edit: I guess this could also be done using iTunes Wifi sync, but YMMV there.
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Yeah, I've used Dropbox thus far, but the uploads are painfully slow unfortunately. It works though. Glad to see that this is something's that's gonna get a solution in iOS8, and I find it strange that there hasn't been a proper option by now. I can't imagine my workflow is that strange...
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Jul 2, 2014 14:14
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You could also use the current iPhoto app, publish a library (batch of pics) to iCloud and it will show up in the current iOS photos app.
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So I dropped my 5 day old iPad on the sidewalk and smashed the screen. Heartbreaking. $500 device is going to become an $800 device after I get Apple to replace the screen, I guess. Can't wait for the genius to be like FIVE DAYS? Couldn't even get Applecare+ right away since I bought it from a third-party vendor. Suuuuuuucks.
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Jul 2, 2014 15:55
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Xabi posted:What's the best way to transfer photos from Mac to ipad (into some sort of folder) without plugging in a cable? There is an app called "photo transfer" which makes this really easy.
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mango sentinel posted:Welp. In the trash then. Uh, I'll give you a few bucks and cost of shipping for it if you're just going to throw it out (assuming it works correctly). I donate to an elementary school english class that I'm sure could find a use for it.
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rio posted:There is an app called "photo transfer" which makes this really easy.
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AlternateAccount posted:So I dropped my 5 day old iPad on the sidewalk and smashed the screen. Heartbreaking. $500 device is going to become an $800 device after I get Apple to replace the screen, I guess. Can't wait for the genius to be like FIVE DAYS? Couldn't even get Applecare+ right away since I bought it from a third-party vendor. Suuuuuuucks. Could be worse. People who have non-Apple tend to have to ship it out, wait 1-2 weeks, and then hopefully have no issues. It's a bummer Apple is starting to charge (arguably appropriate) higher rates to repair their devices, but they def have overall great support and turn around time. My Nexus 7 kicked he bucket and it took two weeks to fully process everything with Asus. I helped a customer with Samsung a bit ago and they're beyond awful.
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Duckman2008 posted:Could be worse. People who have non-Apple tend to have to ship it out, wait 1-2 weeks, and then hopefully have no issues. Apple devices have become much less serviceable and more prone to major damage than they were a few years ago. Any damage = replacement now with iOS devices.
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Xabi posted:Thank you, that's exactly the kind of functionality I was looking for and it worked beautifully! Oh, check out pushbullet as well. It does photos to and from desktop, between devices, and browsers and a bunch of clipboard maps and link support as well.
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wooger posted:Apple devices have become much less serviceable and more prone to major damage than they were a few years ago. Any damage = replacement now with iOS devices. I'm pretty sure it's just the opposite now. They're trying to do MORE repairs. I know they are doing things like replacing cameras, headphone and lightning ports.
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Jose Oquendo posted:I'm pretty sure it's just the opposite now. They're trying to do MORE repairs. I know they are doing things like replacing cameras, headphone and lightning ports. Maybe that's true, but I'd say a huge volume of repairs are screen smashes, and they're now guaranteed to need the whole display assembly replacing, and thus dramatically more expensive. In the 4 & 4S the steel body was basically indestructible, and the glass in both sides was user replaceable for cheap. I've seen 2 separate iPhone 5s bent to failure in pockets, and the screen is a single expensive part. Outside of iOS devices this is even more true, Macs are almost all sealed units, and the iMac in particular seems to have been designed to make it a bitch for user servicing or upgrading. Laptops are all sealed units with soldered parts now too.
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wooger posted:In the 4 & 4S the steel body was basically indestructible, and the glass in both sides was user replaceable for cheap. The back glass of the 4/4S was cheap. The front was not, the display was fused to the glass. Sure, it's cheap now, but not when they were the newest phone. If anything, the 5/5S is sturdier due to the back not needing replacement if the phone is dropped, and they have definitely been increasing the number of in store repairs they can do.
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