@maksym:
Just curious here who uses the new tablet computers, whether they be android based or ipad ios from Apple. Does anyone here use a phone to post and what is your experience with that?
If your curiosity only centers around what Android or iOS apps folks might be using to post here to JWN with a view to your deciding upon the kind of tablet you might buy, I suppose some shopping decisions might be made based on accessibility to a website, but other than web browsers, you might also want to consider what other apps you might want to use on such a tablet as well, since, for example, you might want to annotate PDFs, access Word or other documents via FTP, create databases, remote access your PC at home, tune into radio stations, news networks like CNN or MSNBC, stream movies from HBO or Netflix, you might want to play multiplayer games like Chess or Scrabble, or you might want to be able to create Word- or Excel-compatible documents.
I don't know if the iPad 3 to be released in a few days will support flash, but there are a few apps available now that support flash on the iPhone 4/4s, iPad 1/2 and iTouch 3rd/4th generation. I don't know if you are familiar with or have ever used iSilo, but the iSilo app I use on all of my iOS devices is very important to me, and it is available for both iOS-powered and Android devices.
Also, whether your tablet will provide wifi only or both wifi and 3G (or 4G) connectivity might be something you would want to consider, not to mention (but I'll mention this anyway) how much internal storage you would want to have for things like music, videos and pictures although there are iOS apps that support streaming via wifi MP3s and movies from a server or from your home computer to an 8GB iPad, so that what internal storage you have may turn out to be less important.
I'm curious as to how much more time there will be before these devices are the main computers for people. I envision a cloud system either at home or commercially to access files and such.
It's possible that from some, such tablets could totally replace their need for using desktop PCs, but for most people, I don't think we're there yet. It is often too daunting of a process to batch transfer files to such tablets and file management is a must on any computer, one must also organize the files that one uses on devices like these and one of the best ways to keep things organized in my opinion is by using one's tablet with a PC or a Mac.
I'm also waiting until Wednesday to see what the new ipad will entail.
Right.
Any thoughts?
Here's one: Many people are hoping that Apple doesn't decide to announce the iPad 4 three months after the release of the iPad 3, which is rather annoying to those of us that are forced to buy the latest Apple offering in order to provide support to the folks that buy them.
In addition to the thread mentioned by @CofC, you might find something in this thread helpful.
I realize that these devices have a hard time doing flash videos but I think some other kinks need to be ironed out, like you mentioned.
What "kinks" do you mean?
@msjones5:
I mostly use my iPad when I come here. It has it's drawbacks (right now I'm having a problem posting pics and I can't post clickable links) but I like using the iPad and it serves my needs otherwise.
I know what "clickable links" are, but since I never use the iPad's "Safari" browser here on JWN, I cannot really be sure if what you are telling me here is just that you have found it difficult or impossible to create clickable links using Safari (I don't think there is a straightforward way to create such links using Safari, but it is possible to do so). Here's how using Atomic Web (and this same technique works using Safari, but when posting to JWN using Atomic Web, I don't worry about the blank lines that separate paragraphs from one another in my posts being stripped as has occurred in the past using Safari):
In the "Post a reply ..." edit box, after highlighting the word(s) you want to associate with a link, move the edit box down somewhat so that you will be able to see the "Insert/edit link" icon when the "Cut/Copy/Paste" subdialog (if you are using version 4 of the iOS) or the "Cut/Copy/Paste/Suggest..." subdialog (if you are using version 5 of the iOS) is displayed, and then tap the "Insert/edit image" icon first, which will cause the "Insert/edit image" dialog to be displayed, and immediately tap the "Cancel" button. (BTW, I've been able to create a link using Atomic Web in the part without having to take this first step, but if the "Insert/edit link" icon is not active, this does need to be the first step.)
At this point, you should notice that the "Insert/edit link" icon has now become active. Tap the "Insert/edit link" icon to display the "Insert/edit link" dialog and enter or paste the desired URL into the "Link URL" edit box. You may also change the target and use "Open in new window (_blank), so that this link will open in a new window without disturbing the parent window), and access the options on the "Popup," "Events" and "Advanced" tabs if you wish. Lastly, tap the "Insert" button and you're done.
Yeah, thanks for mentioning that...I hate that I can't do flash on this iPad.
I use the Puffin Browser (described on the Apple Store as "Puffin Web Browser ") to play flash movies that I both created and uploaded to Dropbox. There is Skyfire for both the iPhone and the iPad that can be used to view some of the JWN threads (the ones that don't require a member login), but this browser is an alternative to the Puffin Browser since it, too, provides flash support. I won't explain how to convert movies to a format supported by iOS devices, but I recommend the Puffin Browser for flash. For your convenience, I've provided some links to a few flash shorts and a few flash movies that may be used for testing purposes in any flash-enabled browser:
jwnshort1 (1:13)
"Georgia on My Mind" - Casey Abrams
jwnshort2 (3:03)
"It's a Man's Man's World" - Christina Aguilera
jwnshort3 (3:38)
"It's a Man's Man's World" - Seal
jwnmovie1 (28:42)
Cracking the Code - Episode 1
jwnmovie2 (28:37)
Cracking the Code - Episode 2
jwnmovie3 (28:28)
Cracking the Code - Episode 3
I use Atomic Web's "Browser Identified As" setting of "Internet Explorer 8," and while @under the radar uses the "Browser Identified As" setting of "Firefox 5" to post to JWN, perhaps there are others that will come on here and give you additional suggestions that work well here with iOS devices. For flash support, I suggest you give Puffin Web Browser Free a try, but I like and use the paid version of Atomic Web Browser on my iPad.
Atomic Web Browser (universal app) - $0.99
Atomic Web Browser Lite (universal app) - $0.00/free
Puffin Web Browser (universal app w/full feature set) - $2.99
Puffin Web Browser Free (universal app [provides only 14-day full feature set, including flash support]) - $0.99/free
Skyfire Web Browser for iPad - $4.99
Skyfire Web Browser (for iPhone/iPad) - $2.99
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