Is The iPad "It"

ha, I wish it was my product. No, I have no affiliation or association with Notion Ink. They simply have a product that caught my attention when reading about the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona not too long ago. It looks great and has a lot of potential.<br />

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Funny that you found my YouTube video. I actually made that for class a week or so ago. Did you bother to watch the whole thing? All the facts I present in the video are true.<br />

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No I don't believe it does support any media players. How does the iPad sync with any of these programs? It doesn't...so I don't see how you're making a point here.<br />

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However, some sort of quality media player integration is a really good idea. I use Foobar exclusively...what media player would you want to see a mobile OS interface with? I don't think it would be too hard to write an app to do this. All it takes is good old Java to write an app on Android.<br />

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You must not know much about Android if you don't think there are iTunes syncing apps. There are multiple ones, some free...some costing a few dollars. http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=itunes<br />

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Most of them let you sync with iTunes via WiFi. Last I checked, iPhone OS can't do that. I personally don't like to have to connect my devices to my computer using cables...that's a thing of the past. Of course I don't like iTunes. It's not a good program or media player. It's only benefit is its marketplace...but even then Amazon is generally a better alternative(cheaper and DRM free). <br />

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How can you not see the point in having HDMI? You're not paying more for it. I can easily see myself outputting videos or especially streaming video to either my or a friend's display. It's even more useful if your friend doesn't have anyway to get digital videos to his HDTV. <br />

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What about USB ports? Given Android's open source nature...it's possible that you could hook up a quality DAC to your tablet that then goes to your pre-amp/amp. Say goodbye to absolutely needing a computer for your audio. A tablet would be all you need.<br />

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Did I mention Android can already play FLAC?

"No I don't believe it does support any media players. How does the iPad sync with any of these programs? It doesn't...so I don't see how you're making a point here."<br />

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The iPad syncs with iTunes. Sync is primarily useful with a library mgmt application like iTunes, as opposed to the other players mentioned - the first two of which - Amarra and Pure Music, also use iTunes for library mgmt.<br />

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The question I was asking was - would your product (please substitute 'the object of your promotion' for 'your product', if you like) allow playback via ANY of the well known top quality audio playback engines used by computer audiophiles. The answer is NO!<br />

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iPad also uses iTunes for playback. On the Mac OS, iTunes playback is of sufficiently high quality (to many) for a portable device. Playback via other playback engines - believed by some to offer superior playback - is not yet available via the iPad. I personally don't see this as much of a shortcoming given that it takes a system of audiophile resolution to appreciate the differences between iTunes (on a Mac) and the superior sounding players.<br />

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"However, some sort of quality media player integration is a really good idea. I use Foobar exclusively...what media player would you want to see a mobile OS interface with?"<br />

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It's not about interfacing with - it's about actually playing the music via a high quality known application with an acceptable user interface.<br />

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"I don't think it would be too hard to write an app to do this."<br />

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Best of luck with that. Many have suffered long hours providing the highest quality playback - NONE are yet finished with the task. Getting the bits right is just the beginning point, not the end. Further, no one has yet provided a library mgmt tool the equal of iTunes, IMO. YMMV, of course.<br />

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Perhaps you can win the $1 million app contest meant to inspire software developers to write apps for this device.<br />

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You ask: "What about USB ports?"<br />

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IMO, without the ability to playback audio via bit-perfect playback engines (such as those mentioned) with iTunes library mgmt and iTunes like ease of use, the addition of the USB port is of little value as a computer audiophile playback feature.<br />

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"Most of them let you sync with iTunes via WiFi. Last I checked, iPhone OS can't do that. I personally don't like to have to connect my devices to my computer using cables...that's a thing of the past."<br />

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You're talking out of both sides of your mouth here, it seems to me. You claim not to want to have to connect your devices - yet you claim to see value in connecting a device meant to be portable via cables to other devices, such as TVs. <br />

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I personally see absolutely NO value in having extraneous output ports on a device meant to be used in my hand - it's just dead weight. Why would one want a cable connecting a hand held device to another device (for a period of time not measured in seconds)? As you say - "that's a thing of the past".<br />

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My iPods (starting with iPod Color/Photo version) have all had video output capabilities that I have never used, nor likely will ever use, despite that I record high def videos as a hobby. Further, this is not a feature I need/want - high def video output in a hand held device.<br />

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OTOH, Apple didn't install additional ports at extra weight & cost to provide this capability. I appreciate their design approach on matters such as this.<br />

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"Did I mention Android can already play FLAC?"<br />

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FLAC is of no interest to me (I have absolutely zero FLAC files) and the consensus recommendation here at CA is that digital storage media is now so cheap that the use of compressed files is of little to no value. Further, some believe that playback of FLAC sounds inferior to playback of AIFF / WAV files.<br />

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"...it's possible that you could hook up a quality DAC to your tablet that then goes to your pre-amp/amp. Say goodbye to absolutely needing a computer for your audio. A tablet would be all you need."<br />

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You'd still need an external hard drive to store terabytes (or at least hundreds of gigabytes) of musical data (for most any primary music playback system). Given the detrimental effects of gratuitous (i.e. unnecessary) wireless transmission on audio playback, it's suboptimal to play audio directly from a portable device for day-to-day, mainstream use. Much better, IMO, to hard-wire a computer to both the DAC and external disk, and limit wireless activity to that required to control the computer via a portable device such as Macbook Air, iPhone, iPod Touch or now iPad.<br />

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It's been shown that the shorter the cable, the better the sound, so placement of the computer near the DAC is de rigeur. Of course, you don't know all of this, since you just popped in here promoting a product.<br />

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The iPad WOULD benefit greatly from the ability to output the digital signal - this has been done on iPods, and will likely eventually be offered for the iPad via the Apple connector.<br />

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"How can you not see the point in having HDMI?"<br />

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as stated above, I don't see the point in connecting a device for portable use to a non portable device, such as large LCD/plasma screen meant to be located several feet from the viewer. Are you gonna buy ($$$) and carry around a 10 foot HDMI cable for those once in a blue moon instances when you show your friends that your 'toy' can play high def video? I'm not. <br />

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Said another way, IMO, the iPad is for viewing video portably. I won't use it to watch movies at home when I have a high quality Sony LCD setup. It'll be quite some time before displays with HDMI inputs and supporting HD playback are commonplace in hotels and other public places.<br />

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please, by all means, maintain your optimism for the future of this device, also please don't assume that others should see it as superior to an already existing device from a well known company. I'm an early adopter by nature, but I wouldn't invest in a product such as the one you're promoting from a company whose got no track record, and no existing app base, to speak of.<br />

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As I stated above, Android syncs with iTunes.<br />

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Expand on "iPad also uses iTunes for playback." How so?<br />

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All I gathered from your article is that the iPad acts like a remote control for your computer. That is not unique nor does it warrant loving a specific device for.<br />

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Unless you're talking about the iPad's music app. That isn't iTunes.<br />

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The confusion is from you not talking about the iPad using iTunes as playback in your article.<br />

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Foobar2000 imo is superior to iTunes as both a music player and as a library manager. I find it extremely odd that you, running a computer audiophile site, like iTunes. It sounds noticeably worse than Foobar2000 on my DT 990s.<br />

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Further on in your reply, you seem to be wanting to have bit-perfect playback from the iPad itself? But again, your article doesn't talk of this.<br />

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I think the main difference is here is our point of view. You see the iPad as another gadget. I see the iPad the way Apple does, as a replacement for your laptop. That is how they, and by they I mean Steve Jobs, is marketing and placing the device.<br />

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I use my laptop to do things like connect it to my home theater to watch Hulu or type up a paper and print it. For the price of an iPad, there are many tablets out or coming out that can very well do this and replace my laptop. The iPad however could not do these two very basic tasks.<br />

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Soon enough we'll have tablets with huge hard drives. That future is very near.<br />

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"It's been shown that the shorter the cable, the better the sound, so placement of the computer near the DAC is de rigeur. Of course, you don't know all of this, since you just popped in here promoting a product."<br />

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Now you're making me quote you. Don't discredit me because I haven't posted on this site before. This isn't exactly the avsforum. You have no idea how long I have been browsing this site or what my prior audio knowledge is.<br />

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And fyi, I bookmarked this site and have an RSS subscription because I am a computer audiophile. You really just came off as a pompous ass.<br />

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"The iPad WOULD benefit greatly from the ability to output the digital signal - this has been done on iPods, and will likely eventually be offered for the iPad via the Apple connector."<br />

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HDMI is a digital signal...<br />

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"as stated above, I don't see the point in connecting a device for portable use to a non portable device, such as large LCD/plasma screen meant to be located several feet from the viewer. Are you gonna buy ($$$) and carry around a 10 foot HDMI cable for those once in a blue moon instances when you show your friends that your 'toy' can play high def video? I'm not."<br />

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For the exact same price...why wouldn't you want the options given by greater functionality. Say you're out of town. Instead of bringing my laptop, I have my tablet. Many hotels today do have LCDs or Plasmas with HDMI inputs. Or say you have guests over from out of town. They could take advantage of your tablet's video output to watch something on a HDTV like Netflix streaming easily without having to bother you.<br />

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Why not take more features for free? I find it comical that you're actually arguing that you would choose to take less features over more features.<br />

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"please, by all means, maintain your optimism for the future of this device, also please don't assume that others should see it as superior to an already existing device from a well known company. I'm an early adopter by nature, but I wouldn't invest in a product such as the one you're promoting from a company whose got no track record, and no existing app base, to speak of."<br />

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Have you never heard of Android? I expect this from the layman that doesn't deal with technology...but not from a site called computer audiophile. Have you never used Windows Mobile or Blackberry OS or Symbian or WebOS either? I don't expect you to have used all of them...but at least something other than iPhoneOS. Have you ever heard of a small company called Google?<br />

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Android has about 30,000 apps already. It's growing at an accelerating pace and there were almost 10,000 new apps in March alone.<br />

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And it's not like Apple is the beacon of quality. How many class action lawsuits have they had against them for battery issues and the like? Even the iPad already has overheating and WiFi connectivity issues.<br />

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At any rate, I've digressed a bit so I'll just leave it at that.

I don't have time nor inclination to address all of your comments, but will respond to a few.<br />

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"Foobar2000 imo is superior to iTunes as both a music player and as a library manager. I find it extremely odd that you, running a computer audiophile site, like iTunes. It sounds noticeably worse than Foobar2000 on my DT 990s.<br />

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Further on in your reply, you seem to be wanting to have bit-perfect playback from the iPad itself? But again, your article doesn't talk of this."<br />

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You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but it's rather well known amongst audiophiles that iTunes on its native OS (ie. OS X) is better performing than on Windows, and it's also accepted wisdom that a number of audio playback engines (on OS X and Windows) are superior to Foobar. For reference, I mentioned a handful earlier.<br />

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Secondly, I don't run a computer audiophile site, I'm just a participant here, like you, therefore all of the purported confusion about what I said versus what the article said is yours, and yours alone.<br />

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You are correct that my comments about iTunes for playback on the iPad might be confusing, as technically the iPad's music playback engine is not iTunes, but it is based on Core Audio - Apple's audio engine for OS X and the iPhone OS - just as is iTunes (on OS X), and a number of world class pro audio software programs (that run on OS X, many of them exclusively).<br />

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"You see the iPad as another gadget. I see the iPad the way Apple does, as a replacement for your laptop. That is how they, and by they I mean Steve Jobs, is marketing and placing the device."<br />

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I can assure you that Steve Jobs is NOT intending the iPad as a (mere) replacement for a laptop. Neither is it being marketed as such by Apple. It IS being compared to as such by it's detractors, like yourself. Apple's intent is to create a new platform, and a new category of device, with a subplot of providing personal, intimate user experiences, e.g., looking at video on a device being held in one's hand (with a screen large enough for comfortable viewing, as opposed to the ipods and iphones which support video). It's NOT meant as a video server (of the type you are suggesting). Apple already has two products capable of this - the Apple TV and the Mac Mini.<br />

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Neither is the iPad intended as a netbook, but I'll admit that it is quite likely to be a substitute purchase (for many that might purchase netbooks) given that it has a completely different feature set that many will find more compelling & easier to use than Windows in a smaller plastic case.<br />

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Admittedly, it would be foolish for others to compare against Apple products in the areas on which Apple places most emphasis - "look and feel", aka "user interface". The recent parts assessment of the iPad said that a full but I digress.<br />

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[note: couldn't help but notice the homage paid to Jef Raskin on the Notion Ink About Us page, nor the prominent help wanted ad for someone with user interface experience on the home page]<br />

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"You have no idea how long I have been browsing this site or what my prior audio knowledge is."<br />

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Your lack of computer audio(phile) knowledge shows in your belief that the "object of your promotion" offers ANYTHING of value for the computer audiophile, that and your touting of video features on a computer audiophile site pretty much sums it up (for me). <br />

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HDMI is not often used by computer audiophiles (for audio only) to my knowledge. I'm personally not aware of even a single audiophile caliber DAC that has an HDMI input (for solely audio purposes) so your retort that HDMI is a digital signal (when I was speaking about audio playback features) is further evidence of lack of awareness of features that computer audiophiles desire.<br />

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"Why not take more features for free? I find it comical that you're actually arguing that you would choose to take less features over more features."<br />

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I find it absurd that you don't understand that we don't all want features we'll not likely use in a product. <br />

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This is yet more evidence that you don't see things the way Apple sees them, despite claims to the contrary.<br />

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First off, more features are never free, especially "outputs" like HDMI that increase physical parts cost in the device, plus requiring cables in order to use them.<br />

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery said it best - Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. <br />

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Said more succinctly, less is more.<br />

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Frankly, I'd pay more for a version of MS Word with only the features I use, as then it'd be easier to find the functions that are actually useful to me, and it'd be less likely to suffer crashes, etc.<br />

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"Android has about 30,000 apps already. It's growing at an accelerating pace and there were almost 10,000 new apps in March alone."<br />

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Apparently, Notion Ink doesn't feel that those apps are adequate for its product, as it's about to announce an App Developer contest, reportedly offering $1 million in prize money. That's a significant investment for a startup with no revenues. Their investors must be pretty convinced that the current apps available on Android are not up to snuff. <br />

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"Have you ever heard of a small company called Google?"<br />

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Of course, I have. What kind of a question is that? And you're calling me a 'pompous ass'? <br />

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Unless Google buys Notion Ink, it's still just another startup with a prototype that has a bit of drool on it. The technology industry is littered with the previous failures of firms such as this. Tablet devices have been particularly difficult to generate market viability.<br />

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The sad reality is that the large number of (soon to be available) tablets in competition with the iPad will all compete against each other for the non-Apple share of the marketplace, which will elevate Apple to the standard bearer (based on marketshare), just as with the iPod.<br />

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The odds of a startup succeeding in this instance are low. <br />

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YMMV, and apparently does. I'm okay with that.<br />

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"it's also accepted wisdom that a number of audio playback engines (on OS X and Windows) are superior to Foobar"<br />

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I was goint to argue but you are right - J River esp with waspai sounds better.

I have to agree with Clay. There's no point debating which vaporware product is "better" than the iPad. I saw the Adam at CES and while it looked interesting, it was a hand built prototype for the show. <br />

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To me, this means the Adam doesn't yet exist, and may never exist, so I'd much rather focus on the iPad -- a real product that we can all purchase and use today.<br />

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If anyone wants to start a new thread for vaporware, with a wish list for everything we'd all love to have in an ideal audio tablet, I think that would be great.<br />

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how are things down under, mate?<br />

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thanks for keeping me honest - I should have said "it's my understanding" as opposed to "accepted wisdom".<br />

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There was at least one person - a prominent digital audiophile product manufacturer - who thought that Foobar was the best sounding app, bar none. Then he bought a Mac Mini, installed Amarra and changed his tune. As I recall, he reported very minor differences between iTunes on a Mac and his tweaked out Foobar implementation.<br />

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regarding the iPad, the consensus seems to be the addition of multi-tasking and support for Flash.<br />

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On the former, there was somewhat good news announced yesterday - the next major upgrade for the iPhone OS (which the iPad runs) will be available in the summer and will support limited multi-tasking. Examples given were simultaneous use of Pandora, Skype, etc.<br />

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OTOH, the multi-tasking will not be universal, but rather situational, i.e. it will support common multi-task scenarios (such as those mentioned above, plus GPS services, etc.), but users will be apparently be prevented from selecting their own multi-task scenarios.<br />

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One other bid of bad news - apparently this new multi-tasking capability will not be available for the iPad until the Fall. Bummer!<br />

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On the Flash issue - it's never gonna happen on the iPad. Steve Jobs' response yesterday to the question as to whether Apple's position on Flash has changed was simply "no". full stop!<br />

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I turned off Flash on my portable computer for a few days this week. I'm personally not sure what all the clamor is about (for Flash). I only legitimately missed it on one page (intra-day graphs of real-time stock prices on Google Finance). <br />

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OTOH, I don't usually watch videos from 'Business' or 'news' websites due to having to watch the adverts prior. I abhor this! As far as I could tell, this was the main limitation of the absence of Flash on my online behaviour. YMMV, of course, and most likely will.<br />

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YOutube worked fine. Facebook is apparently working on a solution to watch videos that are posted there.<br />

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Some news sites have switched to the new standard html5 already.<br />

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It's not the best situation when customers are caught in the middle of a philosophical (read power) struggle between two large vendors (Apple and Adobe), but Apple has made their move - and that is FAR AWAY from a world where Flash dominates. This is ostensibly due to the fact that Flash consumes too much battery power relative to the functions it provides, and the subplot that Adobe does not maintain the same level of Flash performance on Apple OSes as Windows, etc.<br />

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Personally, I don't have a problem with that, but understand why some do. To hear the iPad detractors - you'd believe that video on the iPad is non-existent.<br />

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Coincidentally, Flash does not yet work on the Adam. Notion Ink have vowed (headline speak, not my words) not to release the Adam until they can get it to work with Flash. No estimate given for when that might happen.<br />

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According to an Adobe Flash developer, Flash applications can't be run properly on the iPad / iPhone, and apparently the same limitations will come into play with all touch-based interfaces.<br />

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"So it’s not just that Apple has refused to support Flash. It cannot, logically, be done. A finger is not a mouse, and Flash sites are designed to require a mouse pointer (and keyboard) in fundamental ways. Someday that may change, and every Flash site could be redesigned with touch-friendly Flash. But that doesn’t make Flash sites work now.<br />

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Even if slow performance, battery drain and crashes weren’t problems with Flash (and they truly are), nothing can give users of any touchscreen, from any company, an acceptable experience with today’s Flash sites. The thing so many complainers want is simply an impossibility."<br />

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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/02/20/an-adobe-flash-developer-on-why-the-ipad-cant-use-flash/<br />

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My Remote app always takes a long time to connect. I made sure Stay connected is selected. But it seems to search for connection every time i load.<br />

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Any one else have this problem? And does the ipad Remote app load faster than the iphone version?<br />

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There is a lot of talk about WiFi issues with the new iPad. This may be the issue. I don't have any problems.<br />

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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/ipad-wifi/

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There are real issues with the iPad's Wi Fi. I have found that the device has issues with different routers, range, and architectural barriers. I solved most of my issues using an Apple AirPort Extreme router.<br />

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I was just contacted by an Apple engineer who asked questions about my previous WiFi difficulties.

ive had no issues with mine, but I'm using an Apple time capsule for my wifi.

Yes, using a new Apple router solved the problems I was having. But the range is not up to that of my other Apple computers or iPodTouch.

At home with Airport Extreme and Airport Express, or at commercial wi-fi spots like Starbucks or Peets Coffe. At home with the Airport Express I get some interference if I'm in the kitchen with the microwave running.

Deathwish, consider the big picture here. With 64 GB, the iPad will never store our entire music collections. As it applies to our hobby, the iPad platform is meant to act as an advanced A/V remote for a media server and audio equipment. Therefore, no need for HDMI.<br />

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On gmote:<br />

Many apps are free in the app store including apple remote.<br />

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Apps benefit our hobby, not Safari. App developers will code around it to get us what we want.<br />

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Comparing it to the phone/itouch has no bearing when evaluating it's potential for what we could use it for. Since when did pictures have anything to do with audio?<br />

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In time, the Android market will have more apps, while app store will yield higher quality products through carefully controlled development. I'd rather have fewer, more reliable purchase options.<br />

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iPad value centers around it's inherent portability and freedom. Tethering it to a stereo or docking it on a table negates most of the value proposition of the platform. I am not getting up from my chair every time I want to make an adjustment. Especially, when I don't have to if the iPad is implemented with thought.<br />

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What I expect from the platform:<br />

1. Apple remote-like control of media server, plus enhancements like dragging songs to rearrange play lists, more robust information about artist..etc.<br />

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2. Remote control of my A/V equipment through connection to a Wi-Fi appliance connected to the RS-232 ports on the back of all of my units. I want to adjust surround modes, volume levels, tracks, menus...<br />

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3. Remote control of other apps running on my server like Pandora. Not like the current Pandora app.<br />

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4. Please God, inspire someone to invent a combination of an Apple Airport Express/Asynchronous DAC that interfaces with something other than iTunes and in turn all lossless formats. Then invent an iPad app that would remotely control the server app like the current one does for iTunes.<br />

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5. I'm getting sidetracked here but, why doesn't someone invent a new type of "Tuner" that supports user selected internet radio stations of all stream types, Pandora, local FM/AM, satellite radio & Grooveshark? It could feature USB, ethernet, XLR & RCA outputs. (Sorry about that, I just had to get that off my chest!)

I wonder if there is any consensus yet on the best app for remote-controlling a Windows 7 machine. Any help would be appreciated. <br />

Hi Guys - Here are a couple shots I took tonight while using PlugPlayer v3.1.3 for the iPad controlling the Linn Majik DS-I. I was also controlling J River Media Center the same way.<br />

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IPad WiFi problems for some probably due to the software. Mine works well with the AirPort Extreme.<br />

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http://everythingipad.com/ipad-wifi-problem-due-to-poor-dhcp-management-983<br />

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Thanks for posting this, Steve.<br />

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It'll be much better if the solution is something like this, rather than iPad hardware.<br />

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clay

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I just converted some 24-bit FLAC to 24-bit ALAC and put it on my iPad and it plays. I thought this was limited to 16-bit, but does that mean it is down-sampling, or is it indeed doing what I hope?<br />

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By the way, my only significant gripe has been with iWork. I was hoping to drop pre-made keynote presentations on this and have it "just work" as we spoiled Apple junkies are used to. It mangles fonts, transitions, themes, and embedded movies 3 times out of 4 don't show up. Also the VGA adapter only works with Keynote and video players. I tried to watch a movie through it and some sort of copyright protection thingie prevented it.

Just a quick question...<br />

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About 6 months ago, there was a push in Europe for Mobile Phone manufacturers to use mini-USB input on their phones to provide a universal solution to charge devices rather than every device needing a dedicated charger. Apple was one of the manufacturers to sign up to this, however - I don't think I've seen mentioned - I assume the iPad doesn't support this?<br />

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Eloise

Not only that, but even the ipod chargers won't charge it. You have to use its own charger. Charging when cabled to the computer is also at best spotty.

wgscott said... "Not only that, but even the ipod chargers won't charge it. You have to use its own charger. Charging when cabled to the computer is also at best spotty."<br />

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Is that you have to use the correct cable, or the correct "wall wart"? Or both?<br />

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I assumed it had a standard 30(?) pin dock connector so any iThingy cable would work?<br />

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Eloise