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Ikonn

Netherlands1958 Posts

January 20 2012 19:29 GMT

#41

On January 21 2012 03:21 RoboBob wrote:

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Jailbreak+VLC is such a waste of time and disk space, because most movies start in HD.

You're better off just getting a free file converter that compresses video files into ipad format.

yeah Handbrake is a really good + free one

Vladoks

Germany136 Posts

January 21 2012 00:09 GMT

#42

i use it mostly for reading, (video)podcasts and browsing. have no clue how to watch streams, namely twitch.tv ones because the app is iphone only and kinda sucks ^^

Skithiryx

Australia648 Posts

February 21 2012 02:19 GMT

#43

On January 21 2012 03:21 RoboBob wrote:

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Jailbreak+VLC is such a waste of time and disk space, because most movies start in HD.

You're better off just getting a free file converter that compresses video files into ipad format.

Just pay $4 for GoodPlayer, you can just drag and drop ANY movie format into iTunes and it auto syncs, no more converting...

If you do want a converter go for Format Factory.

UltimateHurl

Ireland591 Posts

February 21 2012 17:16 GMT

#44

Before Dropbox I would've said an iPad was useless to me, as someone who codes and does research for a living. Today I just went on a road trip that lasted about 5 hours and wrote a paper in LaTeX (using the code editor Textastic which is great), wrote a little random 250 word thing (in Writer), played some games and emailed some people. Generally as long as I don't need to run code it does everything I need, and if I need to run code it has an SSH client that I can use to connect remotely to a full-featured PC, so I have what many people look for in a netbook. Have made whole presentations on it too. Only draw-back compared to regular laptops and that is the App Store's culture of paid apps, it's hard to find free versions of apps for simple things.

KrisElmqvist

Sweden1962 Posts

February 21 2012 17:39 GMT

#45

im a journalist and i use my ipad as a notebook to write on, a recorder to record on and a camera to photograph notes im to busy to retype.

i dont get the haters really. saying its useless is like me saying a football is useless because i dont play football. Get some perspective.