iPad

[RiK]

There were heaps of different cases at the shop I got mine from, some of which came in pretty colours. But none of them had a flap. I'd seen someone using one in a case with a flap, so asked for that, and it turned out to be the official one. It's excellent! Tough, feels nice, and I like the little notch on the back you can use to stand it up like a picture frame.

Indeed. I had a little bit of buyers remorse initially about buying the official case, mainly when I realised how awkward it was to get the pad back out and that effectively rendered my dock somewhat redundant, but I soon came to the conclusion that it was actually a really good case and now I rarely take the iPad out. I cut away a little bit of the seam along the bottom of mine to allow it to sit in dock in the case too and so now I'm really glad I bought it.

[PVB]

I can't get 3G working.

Have only been using the wi-fi so far.

on the day I got it earlier in the week, I put the sim in, phoned 3 and set up the account.
The guy said it might take a day or two to authorise, but it's been several days and not showing up.

When I look at Carrier in Settings it just shows a number 3, then when I click on Carrier it takes me to two options; Automatic and Searching. It was on Auto, so this morning I clicked on Searching to see if that fixed it, but now it just shows the swirly thing all the time.

Can't find anything in the user guide to help.

[PVB]

Figured it out after extensive Googling (most support threads are to do with AT&T in the US ).

The APN setting (whatever that is) was showing as 3internet
When I changed that to three.co.uk (as a few support items said) the Searching....... in Carrier stopped, then showed;
3 (3G)
3
O2
T-Mobile.

3 was ticked, so I changed it to 3 (3G) and then 3G appeared at the top-left of the screen and I could connect to the net with wi-fi switched off.

[MrBob]

I managed to get hold of the camera connection kit, as apple seem to have finally gotten some stock in. While it works pretty well as it should for photos, if you are jailbroken have a search in cydia for "iFile documentation(en)". (not iFile as that costs a bit). Install it and you should get the iFile app. Now you can use the camera kit as an external storage connector and use sd cards and usb keys. iFile seems to let you open files with selected applications. While it might not be an ideal solution, it sure frees up some space on mine just by carrying music and movies on a stick, and avoiding iTunes syncing

[Deckard]

So when you save files eg movies or music from the USB drive where do they go ? How are they viewable ?

[MrBob]

IFile opens up like a standard file manager, and whatever you plugged in shows up on the left panel as a device. Just tap it to view the files on it. Tapping a file opens a list of available programs to play or view the file, so you can just leave the files on there. You also have access to the complete file system, and I read you can move files to and fro with the registered version.

[MrBob]

Ooh, you can move files with the free version. There's some cut/copy/paste options with the edit button. Nice

[Deckard]

Remote V2 out now - presumably as the new Apple Tvs are arriving shortly.

[PVB]

Posting from.....

my iPad using a very weak 3G signal at the Ardingly Showground during this weekend's Autumn Show & Game Fair.

[Deckard]

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10 ... magazines/ I'd like to see this idea adopted by Apple

[MrBob]

apparently you can share apps with up to 5 people if you don't mind giving up your password: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ ... nes_songs/

[Marius]

So...what's the best way to read old video games magazines on the ipad(zzap, CU, C&VG)? Any program that comes highly recommended? I'm getting my 64GB 3G tomorrow

[Deckard]

I nicked a load off Demonoid and then just dropped them into iTunes/iBooks which seemed to work pretty well

[MrBob]

Goodreader is great. You can set up folders, passwords, annotate, connect to dropbox and transfer wirelessly.

[Marius]

Do you need to convert the files to a specific/recommended format? I have some unzipped in .jpg-format, a few are zipped, while others are .cbr and .pdf.