The new iPad 2 is great, go buy it. (If you need one in the first place and can live with a lot of shortcomings, like camera.)
But the real issue here is the Smart Cover, Don't Buy!!!!
Only slowly are some reviews coming in that the Smart Cover is a design failure. I am a huge fan of the original iPad Cover.
I'm thinking about bringing it back. Just today I read on macnotes.de a review where they give it a 2.5 out of 5. In my experience (24 hours) it is even worse.
As many people noted you'll have already black spots appearing on the hinges, the cover is not easy to attach, can also only be attached to one side. All of those things are not really bad but the worst is that you cannot work with it and you cannot put your iPad anywhere.
If you want to hold it with 1 hand and read from it; using your left hand; cover does not stick to the iPad but falls back (magnet is not strong enough). Also the cover moves around.
Right hand; the cover is longer than the ipad itself, so you cannot really hold it tight; you can move it back but then the hinges on the left side move back and the cover itself bulges. I almost dropped the iPad twice.
Right hand 2nd; fold back last part of the cover and try to hold it, no magnet keeps it in place.
And since you have nothing on the back you cannot place your iPad on uneven surfaces or it will slide away; workaround always put it down on the smart cover side and it sill stay.
I really think that the cover is a failure and I wish that someone creates a extremely thin transparent sticky cover that, maybe I'll go fo a silicon back. The front is protected enough if a foil is put on and the pad is generally put into a bag for transportation.
I haven't decided yet to bring it back or not. But I've read on other pages that theres a big chance that it will also leave scratches on the iPad.
2011-04-27
AirPlay Video to Apple TV2 does not work consistently
I am a huge fan of the AirPlay functionality from iPad to Apple TV2 but the function does not work consistently with 3rd party apps. Youtube and Videos built in App work 100% of the time.
But AirVideo and Elgato and other don't.
Usually you can select Apple TV as destination but it does not switch to it. The content is still displayed on the iPad. I can even switch to an Airport Express and the Audio get's played back and the Airplay icon is blue. But switching between the different destinations does not help.
No method works always to enable the Airplay. I was able to enable it sometimes but I cannot reproduce it.
But AirVideo and Elgato and other don't.
Usually you can select Apple TV as destination but it does not switch to it. The content is still displayed on the iPad. I can even switch to an Airport Express and the Audio get's played back and the Airplay icon is blue. But switching between the different destinations does not help.
No method works always to enable the Airplay. I was able to enable it sometimes but I cannot reproduce it.
chrome 11 still has not fixed annoying bookmark issue
Google is developing new version like crazy or at least they try to improve fast.
But they haven't figured out the basics. Most people that work all their live with computers now that some of the most needed features no browser has implemented.
Ok but I was hoping the would have fixed the issue that when you try to open multiple tabs from the bookmarks on mac os x that it keeps the popup window open and always in front. Which is annoying since you have to quit chrome and try again and again. And this has been in all version I used so far.
The only workaround is to use the bookmark manager and open the the subfolder there.
I hope that google with solve this with version 20 or 21?
But they haven't figured out the basics. Most people that work all their live with computers now that some of the most needed features no browser has implemented.
Ok but I was hoping the would have fixed the issue that when you try to open multiple tabs from the bookmarks on mac os x that it keeps the popup window open and always in front. Which is annoying since you have to quit chrome and try again and again. And this has been in all version I used so far.
The only workaround is to use the bookmark manager and open the the subfolder there.
I hope that google with solve this with version 20 or 21?
2011-04-05
Elgato EyeTV just got better (iPad)
Finally they have released a version that supports AirPlay video for live tv and for recorded shows.
It's great.
I just wonder why the developers always forget the background streaming first. Air Video solved it now perfectly.
I also forgot to mention that Elgato should add live conversion through the iPad app, so that I don't have to convert everything before I can actually stream it to the iPad/Apple Tv2. I mean I have also bought the Turbo.H264 stick and my Mac is up to it (actually it would be without, since AirVideo Server does not make use of it).
If you start playing around with EyeTV app and go through your recordings you wonder why is it not possible to use some kind of iMovie to actually edit the recording, i.e. cut out the ads! I have been running iMovie on iPad 1 and the speed and everything was great, but really I think of the iPad of the extension of my other computers lying around.
What does that mean?
The iPad is the front end that should be there to create and modify content but not actually store it!
Look at the photos app, it's just .... limited. Why not with the photo app connect to whatever iPhoto library and browse through and rotate the picture and make small correction or identify person etc. etc. but no I have to really sync it (over a cable) to my photo app and then be able to do ZIP. yes it's nice to pinch around but it gets boring, not even the nice diashows can be done. Limited.
So what about the movie editing. I would love to be able to cut out the ads of the recorded shows, I also would love to do editing and other things from the iPad, but the action should actually be carried out on the backend.
It took apple 20 years to improve on the palm pilot (we still have not the same functionality, albeit were close). Let's just hope that I don't have to wait another 20 to get those features incorporated.
It's great.
I just wonder why the developers always forget the background streaming first. Air Video solved it now perfectly.
I also forgot to mention that Elgato should add live conversion through the iPad app, so that I don't have to convert everything before I can actually stream it to the iPad/Apple Tv2. I mean I have also bought the Turbo.H264 stick and my Mac is up to it (actually it would be without, since AirVideo Server does not make use of it).
If you start playing around with EyeTV app and go through your recordings you wonder why is it not possible to use some kind of iMovie to actually edit the recording, i.e. cut out the ads! I have been running iMovie on iPad 1 and the speed and everything was great, but really I think of the iPad of the extension of my other computers lying around.
What does that mean?
The iPad is the front end that should be there to create and modify content but not actually store it!
Look at the photos app, it's just .... limited. Why not with the photo app connect to whatever iPhoto library and browse through and rotate the picture and make small correction or identify person etc. etc. but no I have to really sync it (over a cable) to my photo app and then be able to do ZIP. yes it's nice to pinch around but it gets boring, not even the nice diashows can be done. Limited.
So what about the movie editing. I would love to be able to cut out the ads of the recorded shows, I also would love to do editing and other things from the iPad, but the action should actually be carried out on the backend.
It took apple 20 years to improve on the palm pilot (we still have not the same functionality, albeit were close). Let's just hope that I don't have to wait another 20 to get those features incorporated.
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