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IOS 4.3 the shocking truth
011 months ago
Wednesday, 3-9-11, at 10am IOS 4.3 was released. I quickly connected my IPad and upgraded. Yea, a painless upgrade. Now for the testing, is it better?
I began with Safari. Opening a page was quicker. Then I went to a You Tube video I had tried the night before. It had taken several minutes to buffer the one and a half minute show. Now it began playing and did not need to stop for buffering, that is a win.
Now we check Hulu. Normally I have several stops to buffer and some total stops during any length show. With IOS 4.3 the show started up, only had some minor blips that would have been a stop. It kept on going without a hitch. Yet another win. App loading feels faster too.
What about the playing of your library media to the iPad via AirPlay? That’s not exactly what they mean. They mean’t you could access your home-shared library from your iPad or iPhone or touch. Once you go to settings on the device and put in your apple ID you can access your music, podcasts and video from either the iPod app or the video app.
I think this update is a win, right now. Now we will see how the new apps work this Friday.
The Daily Telegraph
011 months ago
The Daily has been out for several weeks now. I have found it to be a little too slow. It has taken as long as fifteen minutes to update and crash at least once during that time. It’s not that the news is not current or even a problem to be updated during the day. But taking more that a minute to update is too slow.
As for the presentation, I like the carousel of pages,, but the movement of the page is too slow and clunky. I don’t like the need to rotate my iPad to see some pages. Reading the news should not require movements to get the whole story. At the same time I think having accessible extra information is good. Those methods should be the same throughout the program.
Overall if you want an overview of some news then try The Daily, while it is free. I do not think you should subscribe though.
I think that if you subscribe to something you should be getting extras and lose the ads. You might say “but jerry, the magazines have ads in them and you subscribed to them”. I would respond, “hey the subscription was supposed to pay for the transport of that magazine to me, ahead of the general release to the public stands. The cover price of a magazine goes mostly to pay for the transportation and distribution chain, not the publisher”. They are, or should be, making their income from the ads in the publication.
IOS 4.1 – An early view
01 year ago
I was able to get IOS 4.1 on my 2nd gen ipod touch early and my I say I am underwhelmed. While it seems a bit faster, on a 2nd gen touch, I do not get many of the cool features. No home screen wallpaper, no multitasking, no bluetooth keyboard!
If you are just going to IOS4 then you will be wowed. Having folders, grouping by a common theme, for your apps is very nice. It makes finding the app you want much easier. For those of you with a 3rd gen device the wallpaper for you screen is nice. As an ipad user I like being able to change the view from my page when I wish, beach for the summer, mountains for a view, relaxing for those down times. I am anxiously waiting for IOS 4.2 for the iPad.
Get the latest version for your iPhone or touch as soon as is possible. Let me know how the new version works you.
iPad stand production update
0The SLS stand iPad stands are still in production. But fear not, the first run will be available shortly. This first run is a trial run of 80 stands, 40 clear and 40 smoke colored to test the market. To make sure you are among the first to receive a SLS Stand iPad stand hit up the link below and check back regularly for availability. http://bit.ly/aRIGfE
Secret messages: no lemon juice needed.
0I have found an extension for chrome called encrypt the cloud. It allows you to post encrypted message to twitter,face book and several other sites, encrypt them and decrypt the replies or posts from your secretive friends. You can get it at the chrome web store. Once installed you just add your name and key and the name and key of your secret friends. you may also have to add each site you wish to encode/decode.
On twitter just type your tweet, hit ctrl-y and there you are. It does take up extra room so it will mean less information or more abbreviations. you can also use the dem pasge to encrypt a message for general posting with clear text or an un supported site.
Give it a try. my ussername is thetwidgetlog and key is starbuck.
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