Apple ipads (again)

[lee]

The store is full of complaints about compatibility, are all the complainers wrong ? Make the system too open and people install things that break other apps- not much you can do about that. Which particular hardware do you code for? Don't say all of them because you know people are simply not going to do that, they are going to code for either the most popular devices or the one they personally have. So some apps either don't work or are not optimised for particular devices.

When I upgraded my original Galaxy to an S3 I naively expected all my previous apps to work of course not all of them did. Normal expectation is that apps written for low end devices would always work with higher end devices, but this doesn't seem to work in the Android ecosystem. Plus the "phone" apps that won't work properly on a tablet. I assume this situation will get better with time, like it did with the varying PC hardware, but to say it isn't fragmented at the moment is ignoring the evidence.

[Andy Burns]

I have enough batteries to last about 10 hours. 8-)

And what's the effective size and weight of this wonder laptop with all of them?

[Andy Burns]

Only for fairly new models, given that Apple 'own' CUPS, why bother to re-invent the wheel, why not just use CUPS + IPP?

And you sound like on of those who defend *whatever* they do.

Agreed it not straightforward either, especially if you don't like the idea of your print job taking a round trip through the cloud.

[dennis]

There are some printers that are supposed to work with iPads. My 5890CN is one of them. However the last person that wanted to print from it couldn't get their WiFi to connect to my old AP so I have no idea if an iPad can actually print to the 5890CN.

My Android phone works fine to both the WiFi and to the printer BTW. It can even scan stuff but I don't really have a use for that as a quick camera snap is usually good enough.

[Steve Firth]

If that's what someone wants it is possible as long as one owns a computer on a WiFi network that uses CUPS. if the computer is a Mac it's click and drag easy. If the computer is a PC running Linux it is as easy as installing a printer ever is in Linux. If it is a PC running Windows it's the usual broken mess.

Apple cooperated with printer makers to give a consumer friendly version as well. ie buy a cheap printer and it just works. Did you perhaps whine and moan because your digital camera will only print direct to particular consumer printers and not at all to networked devices unless they have WiFi and PictBridge?

No Apple get many things wrong but in respect of printing from mobile devices they were ahead of the curve. I object to people distorting the truth and find it particularly laughable when Android fanbhois go on and on about iOS printing (usually spouting complete bollocks about it) when Android printing is such a lash up.

Quite. So why all the animosity about iOS? TBH most of the objectors would be more honest if they admitted that their objections are "sour grapes" in the original sense. The Apple is out of their (financial) reach so they rubbish it despite having never used one or even bothering to find out if what they say is true.

I also suspect many of them don't own an Android device either - just armchair "experts".

[MarkG123]

It's exactly the same setting Airprint for Apple and Google Print for Android, it's basically the same thing...

[Bill Taylor]

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When I tried to set up printing on Lynnes ipad, there were about 30 or so new models available that supported it. None of our 3 network connected printers did. I fail to see why people should be expected to throw away perfectly good equipment and buy new just to fit with Apples new fad.

Actually I think I'm quite neutral about Apple. We own a few devices;overall I like the ipad, it seems to be pretty usable and it's quite well made. I like the iMac as well, but that doesn't mean that I'm blind to their faults.

No idea, never tried. It's probably as bad as the ipad, but Apple make such a big thing of how easy it is to use their products that coming across this problem exposes how much of an untruth that is - unless you spend more money to do it the Apple way.

[Man at B&Q]

Soon changed to "If he's lucky ... from HP, Epson or Canon"

So they can make another sale.

MBQ

[Doctor Drivel]

Android is based on the UNIX operating system. One of the finest and most stable OS's ever made.

[whisky-dave]

Strange that my 84 year old dad managed it.

[whisky-dave]

So is Mac OS X and iOS both bof which have been around longer than andriod.

[Doctor Drivel]

The Galaxy S2 & 3s are superior to the i-phone and far, far cheaper. Why would anyone with brains buy and overpriced product?

[dennis]

Its towards the users that come on here and lie about stuff and how Apple should rule the world, not iOS.

I get the impression that your knowledge of Android and windows is based on what you choose to read and not on reality.

[whisky-dave]

Not really comparable with a PC HD.

As with computers it despends on what you do.

My heavest space using aps are Garageband around 1 GB , a euprope off-line = map again a GB and a zombie game at 500MB or so there are many apps and gam= es which take a lot of space do you need them I've no idea.

I would aviod the andriod series of tablets unless you try before buy frien= ds have had them and are eagaly waiting for the next ipad rumoured to be a = mini as they want something that isn;t just specs on paper but actually wor= ks, they have also commeneted on the vast number of andriods apps that don;= t work crash or just poor quaility.

And how much of that are you using and for what .....

[dennis]

ITYM so they can get another lock in, not just another sale.

At least Apple is getting a pasting ATM for it frivolous claims that it owns the design to everything. With a bit of luck they will be fined and/or banned from doing so. Its only to delay the competition.

[whisky-dave]

but the OP isn;t asking what phone to buy and for some the galaxery aren;t better because of the funbctionality and the quallity of the apps.

And stupid peole buy rolls royaces porches cadalacs and all sorts of expensive crap and I wopuild buy an amarni suit either. Then again I won;t buy ASDA home products as I find them tateless and I'm willing to pay extra for quality but not everyone is.

[whisky-dave]

iPads can do 4G .

Worth getting the 3G/4G version as then you can use mapping features and turn by turn. But if it's just for home use then probbaly not worth the extra.

[Jules Richardson]

Buy one of those cheap inkjet all-in-one printers which also doubles as a scanner and photocopier. Stick the ipad on the scanner bed and press 'copy'... simples ;)

[whisky-dave]

Why do you need to put on on the scanner my dad sat in another room then went into the next room to collect the prints, it's called airprint.

[Dave Liquorice]

In this country? And I don't mean because 4G isn't quite available yet. I was under the impression that the 4G standard that iPads have is the US

4G standard not the European (or rest of the world) 4G standard. Didn't they have to pull their advertising and get their wrists slapped about this recently?