The Dolby Ipad Thread

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I think we would all like to know how you are finding it. :p
 
Just got in ... took it to iStore Clearwater for iOS5 upgrade - which cleared the few apps I installed earlier :/

Remember though, the apps I'm going to use are pretty much Facebook, Bloomberg, News24, Twitter, Flickr and one or two other 'standard' ones. The few minutes I played earlier with it were great and I know it'll suit my needs.

I wouldn't have locked myself into 24 months had it been totally useless ;)

If you're looking for something negative from me, I'll say the only one encountered is the app store, regional accounts, vouchers etc
 
So the iStore will upgrade to iOS5 free of charge?

Waiting for courier to call.
 
He did ask where I bought it ... But told me to come through in the end, even when I said FNB
 
I know you enjoy your photography, so a few other apps you may be interested in: 500pix and filterstorm(std$4 or pro$14) I know they are both getting an upgrade soon! I do have a folder of others but these are the two I use quite often!
 
Thanks Freak - I'll check those out.

I don't think there an official Flickr iPad app either (at least not on SA site).

I'm quite interested in the Newstand right now - trying to get my way around iOS.
 
For kicks you should probably get the garageband iPad app as its a great way to experience what tablets are capable of.

[video=youtube;E_KYUF6pxR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KYUF6pxR8[/video]
 
Yea sorry I'm not even sure if those are Ava on the sa store but my suggestion is to delete it ASAP... Read my post here the sa store is really not worth the effort and will only leave you wanting more...

You are correct in saying there is no flickr app for the iPad but there is one for the iPhone which works okayish on the iPad.

Enjoy your new toy, mine still gets many hours of use a day!
 
Thanks for that video, that's pretty cool def going to buy that right now even though I'm musically challenged haha!
 
How am I watching youtube? :/

EDIT : Just bought it ... didn't realize it was so large though :/ Now how does iCloud work?

I have an account already - so this 350+MB application will sit in there incase I need it for whatever reason? If I accidentally delete it - for example?
 
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Html5 or the YouTube app?

http://www.youtube.com/html5

To be honest I have only encountered one or two places that I couldn't visit due to flash.. It really not as a big of a problem that everyone makes it out to be..
 
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Dolby said:
How am I watching youtube? :/

EDIT : Just bought it ... didn't realize it was so large though :/ Now how does iCloud work?

I have an account already - so this 350+MB application will sit in there incase I need it for whatever reason? If I accidentally delete it - for example?
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Yeah its backed up to your online locker forever. You can re-download it whenever you feel the need.
 
Dolby said:
How am I watching youtube? :/

EDIT : Just bought it ... didn't realize it was so large though :/ Now how does iCloud work?

I have an account already - so this 350+MB application will sit in there incase I need it for whatever reason? If I accidentally delete it - for example?
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To be honest I turned off I cloud, reason being I don't have any other I devices to sync between, and it way easier in sa to just backup everything to your pc.(no idea if ive missed the true function of it but yea)

The app won't be stored in the cloud because think about it this way, if u have access to cloud you have access to the net and u can pull the app from the store at any time, it will or should how ever backup any data files, ie if you record something or make a song that should be sent to the cloud and would be availed on your iPhone etc..
 
jak3 said:
Yeah its backed up to your online locker forever. You can re-download it whenever you feel the need.
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Hmm I don't think the app is stored in the cloud but the personal app data will be? Or am I incorrect, when I used cloud when I installed iOS 5 the backup size was about 500mb and that wasn't due to all my apps but rather the photos I had edited in filterstorm from a5d mkii(just to give u an idea where the size came from) go into setting and under cloud or ussage u will find how much data is being stored for each app and you can select if you don't want certain apps to backup..

The app will still be downloadable if deleted but it does count towards your clod quota does it? Unless I'm horribly wrong, but I stand to be corrected.. ITunes keeps track of your purchases, so it would just pull it from the store when or if you wanted to re-install it.
 
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Freaksta said:
Hmm I don't think the app is stored in the cloud but the personal app data will be? Or am I incorrect, when I used cloud when I installed iOS 5 the backup size was about 500mb and that wasn't due to all my apps but rather the photos I had edited in filterstorm from a5d mkii(just to give u an idea where the size came from) go into setting and under cloud or ussage u will find how much data is being stored for each app and you can select if you don't want certain apps to backup..

The app will still be downloadable if deleted but it does count towards your clod quota does it? Unless I'm horribly wrong, but I stand to be corrected.. ITunes keeps track of your purchases, so it would just pull it from the store when or if you wanted to re-install it.
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I was referring to the ability to see all your old purchases and re-download them. I also turned off the backup whole device to the cloud feature as i didn't feel the need to waste bandwidth. I honestly wouldn't know if it included pictures within apps, but obviously it would include anything you put into photostream and the like.

iCloud is quite nice in that you can turn on and off different parts of it. I've got it syncing my contacts and calendars at the moment but haven't felt the need to send my pictures or documents to iCloud.

edit//Yeah all store purchases don't count towards your iCloud quota.
 
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Ah okay, sorry for the misunderstanding... Yea it does upload pictures etc within apps and saved games and the like.. I. Also only using the contacts and calendar sync, the rest is a waste!
 
Anyhow, I'm sure you will enjoy the pad Dolby it a great little piece of tech, and it's limitations aren't as big as everyone says, there is a way around most of them, I'm of to bed, enjoy playing, I know I didn't sleep much when I got mine haha
 
I think whats really going to make iCloud interesting long term is the ability for app devs to sync app states between devices. There has already been quite a bit of talk about it, we just have to wait for devs to use the potential functionality. Its going to create the first real mass implementation of a the continuous client concept.
 
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jak3 said:
I think whats really going to make iCloud interesting long term is the ability for app devs to sync app states between devices. There has already been quite a bit of talk about it, we just have to wait for devs to use the potential functionality. Its going to create the first real mass implementation of a the continuous client concept.
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Is this not already being done? Im maybe misunderstand you again and don't feel like typing an essay with bad grammar again, so maybe you can elaborate a bit more. Ill read it in the morning :)
 
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