iPad

[fog]

Yeah mine came this morning too. Just reading back through this thread for some recommendations.

It's actually slimmer and lighter than I expected and totally gorgeous

[Yak]

I'm restoring a backup of my pad onto Giles' new one and it's taking aaaages. Backup stuff does seem to be unnecessarily slow sometimes on the iDevices.

haha, he'll have to go through and delete all my Scientology crap that'll be on there once it's done .

[defsdoor]

Oooh this is quite lovely isn't it ?

Am surprised just how good typing is on this.

Only problem I have had so far is the mail client doesn't like talking SSL to my IMAP server. Not had any problems with Thunderbird and it.

[ThetaReactor]

Gnnngh...

I thought I was over it, but the latest wave of "omg shiny!" is testing me.

Quick question, as I am an Apple noob: Are licenses tied to an account or a device? If one downloads apps or syncs media to an iPad, is it possible to put all the same stuff on an iPhone as well?

[fog]

Gnnngh...

I thought I was over it, but the latest wave of "omg shiny!" is testing me.

Quick question, as I am an Apple noob: Are licenses tied to an account or a device? If one downloads apps or syncs media to an iPad, is it possible to put all the same stuff on an iPhone as well?

Tied to an account so you are free to share stuff between several devices.

One thing that has really surprised me is that if you look beyond all the arguments about Flash this really is an amazing net browsing experience.

[Yak]

I gave up trying to restore the backup of my iPad onto Giles' after the progress bar came to a halt just over halfway across, it'd been there for a couple of hours already and the estimate had gone up to "About two hours". Sod that.

So I figured we'll factory restore it just in case anything went screwy and then just install as a new iPad. 20 minutes later it's still downloading something before even starting the restore.

iPad is love for sure but the sync/backup stuff is horrid sometimes (although I guess that's more iTunes' fault than iPad's).

[matt]

I bet you he's happy with you!

Not being able to use his new toy...

[Yak]

Now it's stuck on "Preparing ipad for restore" for fucking ages.

Since I'd just done a backup it seemed to me it'd be a quick way to put all my fave stuff on Giles' new pad. Who knew it'd lead to hours of stuck progress bars and painfully slow iTunes crap.

[VNVObit]

From my iPad ?:) only just getting to play with it now

Initial sync was taking an age so I cancelled and then untick a load of apps

Now to have fun

[Cloudane]

I've not missed Flash much so far.

In the time I've had mine, I've used it at work and the sales lot are now all jumping up and down and stamping their feet that they neeeeeeeeeed one (paid by the company)
Business logic aside (expensive and iWork doesn't export in MS Office formats) they will of course get their way. Salesperson personalities always do. They will also throw them around and break them relentlessly.

[Yak]

Got Giles' pad working now, we are both down the pub geeking out and playing golf and scrabble

[Deckard]

Nice use of a grand lads Looking,forward to some later uses of that grand....

[VNVObit]

Nice use of a grand lads Looking,forward to some later uses of that grand....

It's all in the name of Research and Development

And yes looking forward to the results

Really liking the designed for iPad stuff but the scaling up of graphics from the iPhone isn't impressing me. Definite winner on magazines though (other half delighted with the impending reduction in paper in the house)

Keyboard is nice, particularly in landscape

Ooh gonna have fun with this

[Deckard]

Well it's just lovely to use and so quick

[Yak]

You'll find it'll transform your pooping sessions