Apple iPhone & iPad; what were they thinking?
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Yes, that would be very useful in solving the customer's problem. "You should have bought a digital camera ma'am!"
Most of the people I get coming into my shop with iPhones and iPads are tourists on holiday. They bring their iPhone/iPad on holiday and leave their laptops & digital cameras at home. It isn't useful for me to tell them that they should brought this adaptor or that adaptor along, or that they should have used their digital camera to take their holiday snaps.
Perhaps I should go out at buy one of these USB port thingies and have one in my shop. Anyone know if the iPhone and iPad use the same USB port/cable?
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I'd choose my Samsung Galaxy S2 over an iPhone any day
And I my HTC HD2.
Apple are suitable for many many people. They give great customer service and folk love to use their products. They work. Usually in a limited sense though, compared to their rivals. They also use old technology inside, and their closed design means that Apple control what you can do and what apps are available to you. They also charge you a f**kin fortune for this. Usually well more than 100%. Hence why Apple is one of the biggest companies in the world, despite not having a majority share of the market.
I thought this quite funny:
Long version:
Given that you can find answers to all your questions by simply going to www.apple.com and looking up the manuals for the iPhone and iPad, I thought that the purpose of your post was to start a conversation about the subject more than actually solving your problem. The fact that you called the iPhone's designers "idiots" further convinced me that you were looking for a conversation rather than a solution. If you go back and read your original post, you'll also note that you started with "I was toying with the idea of getting myself an iPhone".
Short version:
No need for sarcasm, I was only carrying on the conversation you started.
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As Davet says, it's the same cable, and your customers will probably have it with them. If they don't, I suspect it's pretty cheap.
Good luck.
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Apple Computer announced today that it has developed
a computer chip that can store and play high fidelity
music in women's breast implants.
The i-Tit will cost between $499.00 and $699.00
depending on speaker size.
This is considered to be a major breakthrough because
women have always complained about men staring
at their tits and not listening to them.
PS. www.drawastickman.com/
a computer chip that can store and play high fidelity
music in women's breast implants.
The i-Tit will cost between $499.00 and $699.00
depending on speaker size.
This is considered to be a major breakthrough because
women have always complained about men staring
at their tits and not listening to them.
PS. www.drawastickman.com/
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Very good Chopper.
With regards to apple controlling what you can use, this is true for the iPhone & iPad to a certain extent, but not true for the Mac. There is plenty of good open source software out there, and even Microsoft makes office for mac.
I have a windows partition on my Mac for running access & Visio; and a certain few work programs that won't run on mac. but that's it.
With regards to apple controlling what you can use, this is true for the iPhone & iPad to a certain extent, but not true for the Mac. There is plenty of good open source software out there, and even Microsoft makes office for mac.
I have a windows partition on my Mac for running access & Visio; and a certain few work programs that won't run on mac. but that's it.
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It's alright, you're still using a cup on a string as your "mobile communication device".
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Fixed that for you!
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Are you a photographer as well Ian?
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Yes
Yes I do but not all the time. Sometimes I go away on assignment, that can be anything from a half day to a week. e.g. last weekend I travelled over to Golden Bay for Project Jonah to photograph the attempted re-floating of a pod of stranded long-finned pilot whales.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6228927/Fears-whales-will-restrand-on-Farewell-Spit
This kind of job is one of the reasons I have been looking at getting something like a iPhone. Sick of carting my laptop and associated paraphernalia around
PS: the photo in the article isn't mine. I was shore based.
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iPad stuff . . .
Last night I reached for my liquid Viagra and accidentally swigged from a bottle of Tippex.
This morning I woke up with a huge correction.
The wife suggested I get myself one of those penis enlargers ....... so I did....
She's 21, comes from Thailand and her name's Lucy.
My girlfriend said she was leaving me due to my obsession with the 60's group The Monkees.
I thought she was joking ........ and then I saw her face... Now I'm a believer!
I went to the pub with my girlfriend last night. The Locals were shouting paedophile and other names at me just because my girlfriend is 21 and I'm 50.
It completely spoilt our 10th anniversary.
My budgie broke his leg today so I made him a little splint out of a couple of Swan Vesta matches, his little face lit up when he tried to walk.
Unfortunately, I forgot to remove the sandpaper from the bottom of his cage.
I got sacked last night as a volunteer helper at the Salvation Army soup kitchen.
All I said was, "Hurry up for Christ's sake, some of us have got homes to go to!"
Christmas is like any other day for me, sitting at the table with a big fat bird who doesn't gobble anymore.
Women should be like golf caddies, either holding your balls or getting your sodding Tee ready!
Last night I was sitting on the sofa watching TV when I heard my wife's voice from the kitchen, "What would you like for dinner my love, chicken, beef or lamb?" I said, "Thank you, I'll have chicken please. She replied, "You're having soup you fat *******, I was talking to the cat!"
I was sitting in a restaurant the other evening when I got hit on the back of the head by a prawn cocktail.
I looked round and this bloke shouted, "That's just for starters!"
Last night I reached for my liquid Viagra and accidentally swigged from a bottle of Tippex.
This morning I woke up with a huge correction.
The wife suggested I get myself one of those penis enlargers ....... so I did....
She's 21, comes from Thailand and her name's Lucy.
My girlfriend said she was leaving me due to my obsession with the 60's group The Monkees.
I thought she was joking ........ and then I saw her face... Now I'm a believer!
I went to the pub with my girlfriend last night. The Locals were shouting paedophile and other names at me just because my girlfriend is 21 and I'm 50.
It completely spoilt our 10th anniversary.
My budgie broke his leg today so I made him a little splint out of a couple of Swan Vesta matches, his little face lit up when he tried to walk.
Unfortunately, I forgot to remove the sandpaper from the bottom of his cage.
I got sacked last night as a volunteer helper at the Salvation Army soup kitchen.
All I said was, "Hurry up for Christ's sake, some of us have got homes to go to!"
Christmas is like any other day for me, sitting at the table with a big fat bird who doesn't gobble anymore.
Women should be like golf caddies, either holding your balls or getting your sodding Tee ready!
Last night I was sitting on the sofa watching TV when I heard my wife's voice from the kitchen, "What would you like for dinner my love, chicken, beef or lamb?" I said, "Thank you, I'll have chicken please. She replied, "You're having soup you fat *******, I was talking to the cat!"
I was sitting in a restaurant the other evening when I got hit on the back of the head by a prawn cocktail.
I looked round and this bloke shouted, "That's just for starters!"