iPad Can I just say.... - Page 2

drofgnal · 11-18-2010, 02:14 PM

I love my ipad as well. No its not a multifunction computer but could be. With a usb port the world would open up to possibilities. If it had a usb port that would allow hd storage (outside of itunes), cd/dvd burner for ripping/burning cds and DVDs, and printer connection (one port to a hub) then you could have a keyboard doc and a full function computer to take on the run. I'd install pages and numbers and forget microsoft existed!! But they left out just enough capabilities such that a full computer is required to take advantage of it.

murraypaul · 11-18-2010, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by drofgnal

I love my ipad as well. No its not a multifunction computer but could be. With a usb port the world would open up to possibilities. If it had a usb port that would allow hd storage (outside of itunes), cd/dvd burner for ripping/burning cds and DVDs, and printer connection (one port to a hub) then you could have a keyboard doc and a full function computer to take on the run. I'd install pages and numbers and forget microsoft existed!! But they left out just enough capabilities such that a full computer is required to take advantage of it.

A USB port would not enable any of these.
Get a camera connection kit and plug it in, hey presto you have a USB port.
Without drivers to support the devices you want to connect to it, it doesn't do anything.

Dylrob · 11-18-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by murraypaul

A USB port would not enable any of these.
Get a camera connection kit and plug it in, hey presto you have a USB port.
Without drivers to support the devices you want to connect to it, it doesn't do anything.

The following message is in fact being typed out on a USB keyboard attached to my iPad via the camera connection kit. This is possible because most keyboards are plug-and-play... meaning their basic functionality is standardized, needing only basic drivers built into the system to work. The same is true of many USB devices. Like certain types of external media, including cameras/card readers (which is how the kit can work in the first place), jump drives, and hard disks. Unfortunately printers are not plug-and-play. Still, the iPad would have no trouble supporting a great number of USB peripherals if Apple so desired it to.

PS I've heard that the iPad (via the connection kit) also supports USB headsets and microphones, though I don't have any way to test this personally.

murraypaul · 11-19-2010, 04:12 AM

And they work now, which is what I said about plugging in the camera connection kit.
The reason other things don't work isn't because the iPad doesn't have a USB port, it is because Apple don't want them to work, that is the real constraint.

Dylrob · 11-19-2010, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by murraypaul

And they work now, which is what I said about plugging in the camera connection kit.
The reason other things don't work isn't because the iPad doesn't have a USB port, it is because Apple don't want them to work, that is the real constraint.

It would seem you and I are saying the same thing then.

MerLock · 11-19-2010, 09:58 AM

Now that vlc has released an app for it, iPad 4 the win! I just wish I could grab files off my computer wirelessly.

Dylrob · 11-19-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MerLock

Now that vlc has released an app for it, iPad 4 the win! I just wish I could grab files off my computer wirelessly.

You can do that for ebooks, using Stanza + calibre file server.

MerLock · 11-19-2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

You can do that for ebooks, using Stanza + calibre file server.

I wish I could do it for all types of files. Like video files for use on vlc.

Tess89 · 11-20-2010, 12:29 AM

You can easily access any kind of file wirelessly depending on which app you use. I use air video and zumocast to access videos stored on my desktop. I use filebrowser to access ebooks and other types of documents.

murraypaul · 11-20-2010, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MerLock

I wish I could do it for all types of files. Like video files for use on vlc.

I use OPlayerHD rather than VLC, and it has a builtin FTP/samba browser.
Does VLC support Open In... From other apps? If so you could download the file with GoodReader and then transfer it to VLC.

11-18-2010, 02:14 PM	#16
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 10519918 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	I love my ipad as well. No its not a multifunction computer but could be. With a usb port the world would open up to possibilities. If it had a usb port that would allow hd storage (outside of itunes), cd/dvd burner for ripping/burning cds and DVDs, and printer connection (one port to a hub) then you could have a keyboard doc and a full function computer to take on the run. I'd install pages and numbers and forget microsoft existed!! But they left out just enough capabilities such that a full computer is required to take advantage of it.

11-19-2010, 04:12 AM	#19
murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,726 Karma: 19728152 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Note 4, Kobo One	And they work now, which is what I said about plugging in the camera connection kit. The reason other things don't work isn't because the iPad doesn't have a USB port, it is because Apple don't want them to work, that is the real constraint.

11-19-2010, 09:58 AM	#21
MerLock Evangelist Posts: 411 Karma: 1034889 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Now that vlc has released an app for it, iPad 4 the win! I just wish I could grab files off my computer wirelessly.

11-20-2010, 12:29 AM	#24
Tess89 Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 498288 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	You can easily access any kind of file wirelessly depending on which app you use. I use air video and zumocast to access videos stored on my desktop. I use filebrowser to access ebooks and other types of documents.

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