http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/....Again!

but... much much less....]]>May 9th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/I just thinks its cool people are doing stuff that Apple dont approve of.
Soon its a full featured Tablet you can do whatever you want with..

Goodjob! ]]>May 9th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
How long before we get Ubuntu on board...lol...with flash support.

Honestly, using a keyboard and a mouse on the iPad completely kills the whole purpose of a large touch screen...but it does seem more usefull now...albeit less portable than a netbook, and more expensive when considering all the peripherals required...and well, the fact that it downright is slow compared to a firstgen atom netbook...

/rant

]]>May 9th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/See I think the reason they didn't make a netbook is because Mac sales have grown so slowly over the past few years. Macs do well, but they really don't sell that much compared to PCs. They didn't want another situation like that with netbooks, 4% global market share (thought it's 7% in the US right?) and no real presence, so they thought instead of downscaling a mac, lets upscale our biggest success: the iPhone (and iPod).
Add to that the fact that a $500 macbook would cannibalise the sales of their expensive models and it's a no brainer. It would probably add customers but given the price drop, in the end they wouldn't make any more money.
So the claim that it is better than a netbook is a bogus Steve Jobs phrase that he spouts out, because it is deliberately different. That makes it the best portable tablet out there by a country mile, but that wasn't hard so he compared it to netbooks so he could use hyperbole. Really though, I don't think iPad users want it to be a netbook. They want it to be a big iPod touch.

(disclaimer: I don't hate the iPad, I don't love it either, so no trolls please)]]>May 9th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/Deary me, at least the hardcore Apple fanboys (jack, atkins, reader1) don't have names like yours, even if they do troll the place for Mr Jobs. It's just begging for a flame war.]]>May 9th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/I wouldn't say that. I believe Apple didn't build a netbook because they want to hold their position in the "high class" market. A cheap netbook would hurt this view of the brand and, well an expensive netbook would not really be a netbook by definition. ]]>May 9th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
Does your ipod do 3G? No? Then stfu telling people to stfu..]]>May 9th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/Yeah except I dunno of any netbook that requires you to void your warranty just to multitask!

On another note...does anyone besides me find the placement \ design of the dock annoying? Wouldn't it have been more useful if the ipad had a landscape dock?]]>May 9th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/Apple has a netbook, it's called the macbook air, and it sucks.]]>May 9th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
the whole idea of a 'netbook' is a device for email, AIM, web browsing etc. and yet a number of so called netbooks AND the Macbook Air are really gimped notebooks. trying to be everything for everyone, but small. just doesn't work.

so in this regard, Apple got it right. You just wanna have something to carry around to be online, the ipad works. You want/need a full powered computer, you get a Macbook/pro or a desktop. ]]>May 9th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/In a very weird way you actually strengthen my argument and weaken your own.
You say that netbooks are "throw away devices." And that's exactly what Apple don't want. They want to be a high class manufacturer. You don't throw their stuff away. You see how your argument lacks there? That's why they didn't build one.]]>May 9th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
hazaa!]]>May 9th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
There are a number of differences but ignorance is bliss, right?]]>May 9th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/Aside from that, I agree with your points.(I dont'hat or like the iPad either.)]]>May 9th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
I wish my netbook were that practical. ]]>May 9th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/Apple products are extremely expensive for what they are. At least that's how us people in Scotland view them. Realistically Macs and PCs aren't that different. They are both mature systems, the differences end up being essentially cosmetic. People like to bitch on the internet, but really they aren't THAT different. The reason people want a Mac is because it is a premium product.
Bearing that initial lust for Apple products in mind, plus the crazy snappy performance makes the iPad desirable. At least, that's how I see it.]]>May 9th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
I jailbroke my iPhone and then one day when the WiFi completely stopped working, I did a wipe/restore and brought it back into Apple.
They did some diagnostics and then gave me a new one under warranty no problems.]]>May 9th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
Adding a touchscreen to a lot of netbooks would void the warranty though :)]]>May 9th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
why go through all of this and not just buy a netbook or a 500 dell or hp laptop? apple fans are some really stupid people! ]]>May 9th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
I'm more impressed with somebody using a tripod in one of these videos than i am with the mouse lol.

Thank you for a non-shaky, non-blurry film. Bravo.]]>May 9th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
no, us people in Scotland dont. STFU generalising your entire nation.]]>May 9th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
This is true and emulation beats any app on the market!]]>May 9th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
Theres no way you could convinently use this kind of setup anywhere like sitting at an airport gate waiting for a flight, etc. love to see how youre going to balance all that on you lap LOL

Netbook WIN!]]>May 9th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
Mac book air - netbook]]>May 9th 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
But it still is cool!
]]>May 9th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
Nokia Booklet 3G anyone?]]>May 9th 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
apple sucks! apple fans are a bunch of sissies... real men use microsoft. good luck paying so much for a glorified ipod touch.. bunch of idiots... nobody in the hood buying yo stupid macs LOL]]>May 9th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://j.mp/ipad-laptop-convert]]>May 10th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
I would have to disagree here. Mac Sales are in fact doing pretty well (you can check it all over the internet, plenty of stats), although surely they can't keep up with cheaper PC (but they aren't competing with them). You say they are scared of not having a "real presence", yet look at their presence in the above 1000$ PCs:
2008
http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/channel/macs_defy_windows-gravity.html
2009
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-has-91-share-of-premium-computer-market-research-firm-says-2009-7

For the iPad, mostly I would agree with you, though IMO there are two more things to consider: with this device Apple is really entering the media distribution and second, I see it as stepping stone to multitouch productivity.

"If everyone had an iPad it wouldn't be anything exciting to see."
I see your point here, but I really think that the device has some appeal on its own. I am talking here mostly about the interface, of course.

"Apple products are extremely expensive for what they are.(...) Realistically Macs and PCs aren't that different. They are both mature systems, the differences end up being essentially cosmetic. People like to bitch on the internet, but really they aren't THAT different."
No, they aren't. Still I do think that there are some good points for buying a Mac, and some of the models aren't that expensive (consider the iMac).

Las, but not least:
"...at least the hardcore Apple fanboys (jack, atkins, reader1) don't have names like yours, even if they do troll the place for Mr Jobs."
Now, I don't know what is the exact definition of trolling, but mostly it goes like posting inflammatory, off-topic, being deliberately provocative etc. I do not see my comments as being any of the above, but maybe I am biased, so can you show me where exactly I did that? :) ]]>May 10th 2010 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
This looks very cool, I'm just not brave enough to jailbreak.]]>May 10th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 10th 2010 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/May 9th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/09/magic-mouse-syncs-with-jailbroken-ipad-enabling-cursory-cursor/
my real definition involves more than fart apps and "crappier versions of websites" disguised as apps]]>May 9th 2010 4:30PM