iPad For all those who hate the iPad:

[Over]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I wouldn't pay much heed to those battery life estimates. In real life you'll probably be lucky to average half that.

Or even less, with continuous use of WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth.

[Over]

No USB? I don't need to hear anything more. The iPad isn't for me.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Over

Or even less, with continuous use of WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth.

Apple's battery life estimates have always been accurate, in my experience. I get a better battery life on my iPod "classic", for example, than Apple quote.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by nwhitfield

The thing that is annoying me about the iPad is this statement - and I would presume Adobe know if they've licensed their DRM to Apple:



Full text at http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaleditio..._interope.html

To me, that looks like there's a risk of fracturing the ePub world, rather than expanding it.

Great! Adobe saying: "Our DRM is the good one"

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by nwhitfield

The thing that is annoying me about the iPad is this statement - and I would presume Adobe know if they've licensed their DRM to Apple:



Full text at http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaleditio..._interope.html

To me, that looks like there's a risk of fracturing the ePub world, rather than expanding it.

But isn't that exactly what everyone expected. Just like with iTunes....

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by kennyc

But isn't that exactly what everyone expected. Just like with iTunes....

I raised this concern a year ago, here.

[nwhitfield]

I don't think Adobe are saying that their DRM is specifically better than Apple's; that's not how I read that blog at all.

But it's certainly a concern that a proliferation of different DRMs could harm consumer acceptance of the ePub format. I see Harry's point regarding not mandating a specific DRM - but perhaps the reason for going down that route could be seen as a reaction to other schemes were a single DRM has been specified, and then broken, such as CSS in the DVD world.

No DRM at all would be lovely; but that will be a long time coming and we can't just wish it away in the meantime.

I wonder what the licensing rules for ePub are, and if they'd be able to enforce something or create some sort of label like 'secure ePub' which could mandate multiple DRM schemes, or insist on at least one common one (which would, given its deployment, likely be Adobe's) in addition to whatever else may be on offer.

In the world of digital video, certainly as deployed in Europe, there's the Common Scrambling Algorithm (CSA), which allows multiple encryption systems on a single broadcast. Something like that would be an interesting approach in an eBook standard - it would effectively allow you to download an identical file from different places, and unlock it with different keys, from Apple, B&N, Sony and other stores.

[nikkie]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Sorry, I think this is a big assumption, don't you believe? And it's the same (at the other side) that people say a lot in my country: "El iPhone es para pijos" (iPhone is only for posh).

It is a pretty big assumption. And it's certainly not relevant to everyone. I mostly mention it because I have a lot of friends who were ardent Apple pundits during their college days, and as soon as they entered the work place and started having disposable income, they started buying (and loving) Apple products.

The other reason is because it seems like this device is priced differently than all the other devices where I do believe that you pay an apple tax. This device has a screen 4-6 times the size of the iPhone, and it costs less than an unsubsidized version.

[nikkie]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Oh man, that IS hilarious. Obviously I don't sympathize, but that is just awesome. I may have to watch it three more times. In a row.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by nikkie

It is a pretty big assumption. And it's certainly not relevant to everyone. I mostly mention it because I have a lot of friends who were ardent Apple pundits during their college days, and as soon as they entered the work place and started having disposable income, they started buying (and loving) Apple products.

Well, I've listened the other one too And, as you can see I have an Apple product, but not loving it, sorry.

[nikkie]

I've been watching the various "Hitler Responds to..." videos on youtube all day long. I don't know why I get such a kick out of re-subtitled videos of a crazy man shouting.

[jomaweb]

People is confused by apple's marketing.

iPad is not an e-reader the same way a netbook is not an e-reader.

_that's all

[nikkie]

Originally Posted by jomaweb

People is confused by apple's marketing.

iPad is not an e-reader the same way a netbook is not an e-reader.

_that's all

In some ways that is true, in others not so much. I suspect a lot of people will find the *reading* experience physically more comfortable on the iPad than on a netbook, due to the lack of keyboard and lighter weight.

[HansTWN]

Originally Posted by nikkie

Oh man, that IS hilarious. Obviously I don't sympathize, but that is just awesome. I may have to watch it three more times. In a row.

It is funny, but I had to turn the sound off, since the spoken German dialogue is still regular Nazi gibberish and has nothing to do with the ipad.