08-26-2013, 12:29 AM | #61 | |
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But actually, I am very much looking forward to the new release of Marvin which I heard will finally support the smaller iOS devices. Hopefully it will be compatible with iOS 5, which my iPod Touch is stuck on. It will be nice to finally have something better than iBooks and Stanza to use on my Touch. I also hear there is a brand new plug-in that connects Calibre with Marvin. It’s good to see iOS is finally catching up with Android in terms of integration with Calibre! --Pat |
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08-26-2013, 12:47 AM | #62 | ||
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Apple does protect you from potential risks and you won't have to think for yourself, which you may experience as comfortable (the tablet/computer as a toaster-like device that "just works"), but it also censors the software that you're allowed to use on the hardware that you bought. For example, there were various very useful apps that were removed from the store because they supported a scripting language. This is like the government removing knives from my kitchen because I might mishandle them and hurt myself. I don't disagree that Apple's screening process has benefits, especially for people who aren't really interested in learning about computers, but that doesn't make this level of control equally desirable for everyone. Personally, I'm willing to put in extra effort (thinking about what I download and where from, monitoring what stuff on my devices does, etc) as a price for the freedom to put on my device what I want, and not only what Apple believes is safe for me to use. But it's good that this option exists. Choice is a good thing. |
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08-26-2013, 01:29 AM | #64 | |
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Library management: the options are bigger (and better for my likings), only one app, and an easy way (for me) to send the books. |
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08-26-2013, 10:51 AM | #66 | |
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I actually post some things because I find the anti-Apple brigade to amusing, irritating and biased as h**l, often with an inability to understand facts and incapable of comparing numeriacal information on a like-for-like basis - essentially I dislike fanatical rambling and it is amusing sometimes to wind the Apple-haters up - it's so easy... If it actually mattered much then I'd have stopped reading MR a long time ago due to the anti-anybody activity - if you think that I'm such an Apple lover then why would I have a Samsung smartphone (it's because I don't like iPhones) and a Nexus 7 as well as and iPad4 and iPad mini - and if Apple is such a walled garden, how come I have no problem moving files between all of them as well as my computers... prejudice is more in the eye of the beholder... |
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Yes, it's a proof of concept, which proves that the walled garden has cracks in it, and just as this app is exploiting them, just as a proof of concept, others could be doing the real deal. |
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08-26-2013, 12:10 PM | #68 | |
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You're trying to equate Apples (no pun intended) with oranges - proof of concept doesn't equal actual attacks and the fact that each time a problem is found, it makes headline news but other OSs get dumped on so much that reports are treated as a matter of course, tends to support the view that some OSs are safer than others - please note that I said "safer not immune... |
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08-26-2013, 12:17 PM | #69 | |
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08-26-2013, 12:52 PM | #71 |
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Yes, I read it wrong, my bad, sorry. IOs 5 for iPad only.
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08-26-2013, 01:13 PM | #72 |
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It was available for anyone to download. They released it into the wild, but they shot it dead before it became an actual danger to anyone. Calculated, but still a very real risk. Thus in the wild. For a smidgen.
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08-26-2013, 01:52 PM | #73 | |
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Try looking at latest reports from US feds where they report 79% of threats are for Android, 19% Symbian and other platforms including iOS, Windows etc all less than 1% eacc... still, it was out for 5mins so represents a deadly threat - my point was the exposure was hardly in the wild as it was so brief but obviously that's really major, never mind reality... Oh yes, it's also a shame that you can't read a whole comment so ignored my last paragraph, "You're trying to equate Apples (no pun intended) with oranges - proof of concept doesn't equal actual attacks and the fact that each time a problem is found, it makes headline news but other OSs get dumped on so much that reports are treated as a matter of course, tends to support the view that some OSs are safer than others - please note that I said "safer not immune..." Last edited by elcreative; 08-26-2013 at 01:55 PM. |
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08-26-2013, 02:07 PM | #74 | |
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08-26-2013, 05:26 PM | #75 |
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I actually don't believe apple checks anything with regards to apps the reason being when I used them it was extremely common for apps to update and end up completely broken because of it at least until the app was updated again by the developer.
I know they make a big show about how they screen everything and force developers to wait for days but in my opinion theres no way they are actually checking the things it's all a show and if they are actually checking anything it's more in the lines of censoring than security. |
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