The iPad's filesystem has already been discussed elsewhere. This is how it works:
Each app has its own folder for sharing data and documents with other apps. Apps can also ask the OS “I’m looking for files of a certain type. What’s available?” and get a list of Microsoft Word documents present in all of the other apps’ shared folders.
When you connect the iPad to your computer via USB, it appears on your desktop as a mass storage device. Each of those shared folders is a standard directory ... you’re free to move stuff in and out as you please.
It's similar to how those USB stick MP3 player handles music .. you just "drag and drop" your MP3 files onto the USB stick and sync. Same with the iPad.
@drakie It has the camera connector accessory (extra, of course) which has a USB or an SD card slot don't know if it'll work "naturally" like this but i'm sure someone will find a way
@taligent I like that article and agree with much of it. I do look forward to more "real" reviews of the iPad. However, I still disagree wholeheartedly with the Flash argument. There were three flash-based items on the page, two of which were critical to the story. Until a royalty-free standard codec can be agreed upon and DRM issues can be incorporated into HTML5 video tag, flash will be necessary for video delivery sites, especially the ones focused on copyrighted content. Sure, YouTube could jump to HTML5 pretty quick for much of their stuff (though it would alienate Firefox and other open source browsers unable to pay for h.264), but could Hulu? Amazon? CBS? SyFy? Doubtful. All COULD create iPad apps, but you lose embedded content on pages. And will every other streaming site do so? And will you have to download an app just to view someone's tweet link? No, I do think that Flash is a necessity and will be beyond 2011...
@taligent But does it not make you chuckle a bit when people write that we can finally move away from "proprietary plugins" when in fact we are just moving to proprietary applications.
HP has had plenty of time to fine-tune its finger-friendly TouchSmart software, and now, its newest model, the TouchSmart 610, ushers in a fresh design, highlighted by a hinge that allows the display to slide down and lie nearly flat.
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The iPad's filesystem has already been discussed elsewhere. This is how it works:
Each app has its own folder for sharing data and documents with other apps. Apps can also ask the OS “I’m looking for files of a certain type. What’s available?” and get a list of Microsoft Word documents present in all of the other apps’ shared folders.
When you connect the iPad to your computer via USB, it appears on your desktop as a mass storage device. Each of those shared folders is a standard directory ... you’re free to move stuff in and out as you please.
It's similar to how those USB stick MP3 player handles music .. you just "drag and drop" your MP3 files onto the USB stick and sync. Same with the iPad.
@taligent .. this is the article that discusses it.
http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/2083771,ihnatko-apple-ipad-anaysis-030410.article
@taligent
Ipad doesnt have usb
@drakie It has the camera connector accessory (extra, of course) which has a USB or an SD card slot don't know if it'll work "naturally" like this but i'm sure someone will find a way
@drakie
The cable that connects the iPad to your computer is a USB cable. Same 30-pin connector that the iPhone and iPod Touch use.
@d0mth0ma5
There you are right!
But then again usb is so 1997.
Let's use Wifi/3G ok :-)
@taligent I like that article and agree with much of it. I do look forward to more "real" reviews of the iPad. However, I still disagree wholeheartedly with the Flash argument. There were three flash-based items on the page, two of which were critical to the story. Until a royalty-free standard codec can be agreed upon and DRM issues can be incorporated into HTML5 video tag, flash will be necessary for video delivery sites, especially the ones focused on copyrighted content. Sure, YouTube could jump to HTML5 pretty quick for much of their stuff (though it would alienate Firefox and other open source browsers unable to pay for h.264), but could Hulu? Amazon? CBS? SyFy? Doubtful. All COULD create iPad apps, but you lose embedded content on pages. And will every other streaming site do so? And will you have to download an app just to view someone's tweet link? No, I do think that Flash is a necessity and will be beyond 2011...
@PaulY .. Hulu and BBC iPlayer are coming to the iPad as dedicated apps. Not sure about the rest.
@taligent But does it not make you chuckle a bit when people write that we can finally move away from "proprietary plugins" when in fact we are just moving to proprietary applications.
@taligent Show a source for those dedicated apps that isn't just an opinion/shot in the dark/desire. Those don't count.