Libor Kubín Ladies and gentlemen, hurry in! You will see the unseen, you will learn what you did not even know. One great review from an IT pro. It not only entertains, but also educates!
Occasional blogger RH, a known hater of Apple, AMD and ATI products, was provided with an iPad 2 tablet for review. Yesterday, thanks to this, at least half of Czech and Slovak Twitter had fun, where he communicated his first impressions. Although some of his messages resembled attempts at jokes or misunderstanding of trivialities, I hoped that the overall impression would be corrected by professional reviews.
Unfortunately, Radek aka "the important person" is rather desperate to find something he thinks is wrong with the iPad in his review full of first impressions. After opening the box, he is surprised that the device activation is required. His fascination with tabular numbers makes him weigh the iPad to see if it really weighs 601g...and surprisingly, the weight matches the manufacturer's data!
The reviewer is even surprised by the quality of the displayed colors and admits that the colors are great. In the next sentences, however, he does not allow himself to be a professional dig and claims that: "...iTunes on Windows is an evil greater than Satan himself" and so he prefers to install them in virtual Windows XP. Also bad is the sync cable, which only drags photos but doesn't charge. Probably full of magical impressions, but forgets to mention the two charging options. A switched off iPad can be charged with the same cable or via USB. But only new MacBooks can do that.
RH, like almost every IT professional, does not hesitate to read manuals and terms and conditions and gets straight to the point. It's missing the app. He therefore creates a Czech account on iTunes (according to Radek, this is very difficult, as he has to fill in about six whole lines of data) and enters his credit card number (although he does not have to). Subsequently, he becomes the first person in the ten-year history of iTunes to pay for free applications. Wow! Apple deducted €4 from his account, which will probably be returned to him within 14 days. This is a common procedure for verifying the customer's solvency.
Another problem is finding, installing and purchasing the free OneNote application from the beloved Microsoft. Here, unfortunately, Radek is crying on the wrong grave. With a Czech account, it is difficult to buy something/download something for free in the American App Store, and the availability of the application in individual countries is determined by the creator (Microsoft), not Apple.
Not a single byte remains dry on the virtual keyboard, it is said that Czech is not well written on it. Radek simply holds the corresponding letter and waits for it to appear with an accent. He somewhat forgot the possibility to add hooks and dashes by combining letter + accent on a separate key. It might be worth trying to connect the external, physical keyboard when writing longer texts.
Radek is clearly fascinated by the iPad - like a hare looking at a cobra. But he does not intend to admit any quality of the tablet from Apple. Vague accusations are repeated without any (even subjective) justification. The review continues at a sluggish pace, meditating on unsupported Flash, but that can be solved with Skyfire. A single button on the screen that one can hit to install the app feels a little installation-like. It can't handle passwords in the browser (1Password will solve it), it can't handle (fill in anything you want), the environment doesn't suit me... At the same time, almost all supposed shortcomings can be "treated" with third-party applications - via the App Store. However, according to RH, this solution is wrong. It sucks people's money. I believe that if Microsoft invented this option, it would certainly be a stroke of genius in RH's eyes.
"The iPad isn't magically simple, it's trivialized for people with minimal needs, and if you want just a little bit more, you run into things and things become complicated or unsolvable."
An IT professional with an overview who programs and writes websites cannot cope with a "simple" tablet. Although the iPad is designed to be very foolproof, Radek lived up to its reputation and once again did the impossible.
Well written... :) I was also enjoying his "review" all night yesterday.. :))
It's RH, so we couldn't expect much. I couldn't forgive myself a small reaction ;-) http://twitpic.com/4koj0r
That picture is probably the best reaction to RH tweets and "review" so far... I mean, together with this article, so thumbs up (+1 just in case :) ). But I think that no one really counted on the fact that it could turn out differently. I just don't understand what they wanted to prove at @czc.cz, except that they continue to spread the well-known arrogance and narrow-mindedness of some "popular" blogger...
ok Jerry :-)
good.-))
It's probably exactly as you write. Radek is simply fascinated by the iPad, I think he must be like everyone else. I don't know a person around me who wouldn't be entertained and fascinated. Whoever I lend it to for half a minute is fascinated by the speed, ergonomics and simplicity in what it is unsurpassed in - consuming content - youtube, fcb, twitter, flipboard, showyou. There's nothing better than letting your wife's iPad while she's cooking on-line TV, to that Recepty.cz. There's nothing better than lying in bed and having a device next to your bed that is ready to work right away and stays charged for an incredibly long time. All the people who realize this after using it for a while and returning to ntb, which is somehow inconvenient for such rolling, playing, reading... only Radek simply doesn't (can't) admit it..
He's a moron :-)
I was absolutely amused by your reaction! And I have to say I agree, yes RH is a moron :-)
I couldn't have said it better! :)
Sir. On the contrary.
We are morons and Radek is exceptional. What he uses is the best. Other needs will not be accepted.
It's like the fact that the iPad doesn't have usb. Now don't even have the last of the tablets and no one cares.
It reminds me of the joke about the woodcutter from the past (apart from the past, in some versions, various minority nationalities are attributed to him), who always complains that the felling is somehow slow with the motorbike. Not if no one showed him that it only cuts when it starts up...
And in order to write a comment there, you have to register :-)
By the way, who will put their hand in the fire for having the XP in that virtual machine legally?
Virtual XP can be downloaded directly from Microsoft for Windows 7, so it must be legal.
Great! I hope the reactions will continue to his other reviews. With every tweet and article about Apple, the gentleman in question degrades his intelligence even among the general public. A friend solved similar problems by herself, she is blonde, has bad English and her favorite activity is Facebook, viewing photos and YouTube. In my opinion, he is just lying, because he is afraid to write that he likes it. Otherwise, I cannot explain that a person who has worked in the IT field for so many years cannot handle such things. Doesn't she just do cleaning for IT companies?
Omitted link to the only objective review of the iPad:
Apple iPad 2 - the very first impression of the revolutionary and magical tablet
a) "This is a normal procedure for verifying the customer's solvency." — any link to the text of the conditions, where €4 is blocked?
b) "Somewhat forgot the possibility of adding hooks and dashes by combining letter+accent on a separate key." — see the article and "or by shifting the key without diacritics (then again, you can't write a dot or a dash easily)"
c) "A switched off iPad can be charged with the same cable or via USB. But only the new MacBooks can do that.” — so iPad + PC really can't? Am I claiming otherwise?
d) "It can't handle passwords in a browser (1Password will solve it) " - won't solve if I have passwords in LastPass
e) " unsupported Flash is being pondered, but that can be solved with Skyfire." — and if I buy Skyfire, will it have passwords from LastPass and bookmarks from Safari?
So the problems remain, right?
Otherwise, thanks for the response. A little more gifted Apple users react like this: @Zweitakt - "Radek Hulán has done it again, he writes a few impressions from the iPad, and the apple people roar like Turks :-D I applaud him and smile."
You make a point by double-spacing the space. Diacritics are automatically added by the dictionary (when switching the keyboard to road).
A certain amount is blocked by PayPal, Skype, etc... so I wouldn't see Apple as an exception.
Radek, I don't know if you really believe what you preach or if it's just a pose. I don't expect objectivity from you. After all, you took down the first iPad a few hours before the launch without knowing any parameters. And you created an iPad 2 "review" by overwriting the numbers.
Here is the one text, which you haven't read:
A/ the second paragraph:
You agree that you will pay for any products you purchase through the Store and that iTunes may charge your credit card for any products purchased and any other amounts (including any taxes and any late payment penalties), which may be due on or in connection with your Account. You are responsible for timely payment of all charges and for providing iTunes with a valid credit card payment for all such charges. All such fees will be charged to the credit card you provide during the registration process. If you wish to provide a different credit card or if there is a change regarding your credit card, you are required to change the relevant information online in the iTunes section labeled Account Information; as a result, your access to the Stores may be temporarily interrupted until iTunes validates your new payment information.
And let me know when Apple refunds you.
B/ Radek, I'm sorry, you're a speedster! You fixed that pretty quickly. In the first version of the article, you only wrote about the hold, not the derailleur.
C/ You claim: "When connected to a PC via USB, the iPad for incomprehensible reasons did not want to charge, only offered to transfer photos" which as you will recognize is the difference. You do not mention the possibility of charging when the iPad is turned off.
Update 16/4: Charging a switched-on iPad works via USB in both Mac and PC.
D+E/ You complain that you have passwords in the XY program and are surprised that it does not work in the CA program. By the way, both programs are in the App Store.
Radek, you don't have to thank me. I see that you have objectively expanded the review again and deleted some uncomfortable comments. How about we publish them in the interest of objectivity? You don't mind, do you?
A little more objective users react like this: @DavidGrudl @RadekHulan the review is somewhat objective, except for Kold's comment http://goo.gl/r5WJz – it's a shame, the iPad can be pulled down better without knocking over the familiar.
I am absolutely sure that the mentioned 4 Euros are not so-called billed, but only authorized and they will never be billed, i.e. actually deducted from the account. Authorization will expire sooner or later. In the Czech Republic, the usual authorization expiration time is 14 days.
Of course, 4 Euros would be billed if Radek bought a paid application. However, he is perhaps not so inept that he did not know what applications he was buying and how much they cost at the time of his purchase.
I would just like to know how much MS pays for writing, the ladies will forgive, such rubbish :-)
Nothing. Radek likes to make a fool of himself and for free. See Radio!
Are you going to do it at all?:) You ran into a lot of problems (which you caused yourself) and now you look like a limiter in the eyes of Applist. I am curious about your further findings, but please find out how things work first. Otherwise you'll hit hard again :)
If you give me 10k, I'll take that disgusting thing from you.
And I would also like to ask if you use paypal (they take money there too)
And stop telling everyone that you studied a master's degree at our faculty. Also say hello to the creditors :-)
Hello,
it really can't be charged via USB from a PC? That's stupid isn't it?
Can someone here with an ipad2 and a PC shed some light?
There are three answers:
1/ RH it doesn't work.
2/ Mac owners are doing well, but slowly.
3/ PC owners can also do it, but slowly. See discussion (Jirka006): Just download the free ASUS AI Charger from the website on your computer.
Very aptly described. I had the opportunity to read the tweets directly from RH and I couldn't help but wonder. I just hope that the animal instincts will win in RH one day and, like the birds in the autumn, one fine day, he will also pull away.
So leave him. He's made a fool of himself because he can't do common things that the average IT non-professional can do, and he's proud of it. ;)
Please delete his comment, he usually practices it on his website and you will surely mix it up! :D
Well, I have to say that buying apps by clicking on the price of the app also seems quite strange to me.
HR:
"iPad is not magically simple, it's trivialized for people with minimal needs" - Mr. RH, what do you think my mother will appreciate the eight kilo acer she is afraid of and as soon as there is the slightest "non-standard" (meaning not foolproof) behavior in win (and that such situations is..), is he calling for help, or an iPad that he can control intuitively and who doesn't want to turn it into an IT pro?
The iPad is not for professionals, programmers, graphic designers... The iPad is not for you, it's not for me, but for my mother, or on the contrary, an eight-year-old schoolboy who one day might not have to carry 10 kg on his back! And you have no idea what LastPass is, just like I have no idea…
Ok, so 2,5 to 3 kilos..
RADo or R. Hulán is just trying to make himself visible on Apple products, otherwise he's probably a nice boy and nobody would even notice him. There are a lot of tight-fisted people who like to warm up porridge and the owner of the iPad 2 just smiles at it have a nice day.
I read the RH review.. almost twice.. I think he recognizes that it is a machine that has pros and cons.. but it's all about looking at things.. I'm a consumer myself.. that's why it suits me.. I don't need to know in which folder what is, I don't need to write long-winded texts on it, I have other devices than that... I think he mentions somewhere that he has more devices on his desk and he reaches for the one that suits him best for the given activity. .. I take it.. I feel the same way.. but I have an 'apple' mindset, i.e. that I'm interested in the final impression of getting what I want.. RH think differently, he needs to have 'full' control over the device.. I used win drives.. I used to dig around in them, set them up.. now I'm on osx or . ios and I'm satisfied, I get what I want and especially I DON'T feel the need to dig into anything..
I think he knows it all very well. he just needs to write some controversial article to get people talking about it. His whole strategy is absolutely simple. there are 2 sides here. MS and Apple, Win7 and iOS, Intel and AMD ... and it could go on and on ... and he simply chooses one side and stands on it and vilifies the other. It is easy. One side will love him, the other will hate him. And the best thing is to join the side that is more numerous. And then it's done.
It is enough to write an article, for example, that the ODS is better than the ČSSD, and immediately the roof is on fire. And he thinks how unimportant he is. The fact that I'm going to deal with it here only adds to his cards.
Please go and bury yourself somewhere so that the whole apple nation doesn't laugh at you :D:D:D I almost couldn't hold my bladder at that review of yours. And this evaluation of your "review" or whatever you call it is simply GENIUS :-D
And who is rADo actually... :-)
http://twitpic.com/4kqpvp
It's simply better to buy a netbook for 8 thousand! ;)
I don't know who it is at all, it's the first I hear. But I just click on his link (hulan.cz) and I laugh.
F-ART – "PRD" editorial system
Radek is a dude! I remember when he used to pretend that he would program X mega quality code every day. That he programs 20 hours a day and "fucks" his girlfriend for 4 hours. RH has absolutely no taste, so it's clear that he sided with Microsoft. Who else would wear such ugly shoes - http://tinyurl.com/6jso4cl :) And his eternal comparison of a tablet and a laptop... It's like comparing a shovel and a digger. Well done, Radek Hulán!
Mr. Hulán, if you got paid for this review from CZC.cz, I also smile and applaud you in front of you ;)
But I rather believe that you did it for the "love" of Apple, and that's why you sloppy. Does your review say anything new at all? It seems to me that you just repeat over and over Apple's shortcomings, which are generally blamed on it (Flash, iTunes, ... ) + you tried to conjure up some more when you talked about the magic.
(I am quoting you verbatim: Apple subsequently deducted €2 from my account twice, when I "purchased" a FREE application.
:D You're a little Chuck Norris, see? Otherwise, you remind me a little of our telecommunications office and its calculations of consumption baskets, etc... :D Also the magician himself! )
Otherwise, I would generally like to add to products like the iPhone or iPad that they are not perfect and have their faults, but if someone asked me which products are closest to perfection, I would say without hesitation that those from Apple ;)
I consider Hulan an arrogant jerk, but I agree with him on some things about Apple.
"and I assume that "FREE" can sometimes mean, for example, 100 CZK."
What else to say. Failure to inform yourself in advance - USER fail.
"to hit your finger somewhere in the middle of the text"
There is no need to hit, just hold your finger and with the help of a magnifying glass you can find the exact spot you need. For me, better than tapping the arrow on the keyboard ten times.
I personally am very happy that Apple is boycotting flash. I normally use a laptop with win vista (unfortunately) and even when using the fastest Chrome, I sometimes have a problem with flash, regardless of the fact that here and there the laptop starts cooling noticeably more if I have something in flash open in Chrome.
"I was struck by one (comically) non-ergonomic thing about installing applications - you install the application by clicking on a tiny gray rectangle with the price of the application, or the inscription FREE, which certainly does not look like it can be clicked or that there is any activity associated with it. UI fail.”
When I bought an iPhone, even without any knowledge of the AppStore, I automatically started installing applications, and I didn't even think that the FREE or price button was not clickable. USER failed ;)
"You must also enter your Apple ID account password during installation."
Yes, just like when you shop with a credit card, you usually enter your pin, surprisingly. By the way, there is a 15 minute "window" when the password is saved. So if a person installs multiple apps, he doesn't enter the password every time.
"don't even talk about Photoshop CS5"
Adobe promised Photoshop for iPad.
"A lot of 'free' apps are just annoying trailers for paid versions."
For me, the option to try the app is not "annoying", so I use the free version before I buy the app.
"with extremely limited apps from that phone."
The gentleman apparently did not try Star Walk or Flight Radar applications. I wonder how he would use augmented reality on a netbook or laptop.
"We already control today's laptops with our finger, we just fiddle with them not on the LCD, but on the touchpad. That is not a fundamental difference.'
The size of the touchpad (about 8x5 cm on the Sony Vaio) compared to the size of the entire iPad display - about 20x15 cm. Yes, it's really not a big difference :)
:-D Well, Mr. RH couldn't be wiped anymore :-D. Thanks for extending life.
I wonder what he wiped it with?
"Failure to inform oneself in advance"
What should you find out in advance? That the entire Appstore is worth *****?
"I personally am very happy that Apple is boycotting flash. "
In my opinion, this is a big problem with the iPad. Flash installation should be voluntary, or it should be turned off.
"...I automatically started installing apps and I wouldn't have thought that the FREE or priced button wasn't clickable"
That's certainly not very logical.
"A lot of 'free' apps are just annoying trailers for paid versions."
It is true that finding open source for Apple is many times beyond human power.
"You must also enter your Apple ID account password during installation."
For free applications, it might not require a password at all.
How do you know the App Store costs ****?
Flash eats more battery, uses the processor to 100% and causes system crashes. Are there few arguments against it? And if you're after Flash, there's nothing easier for a knowledgeable geek to hack an iPad.
Yes, getting open source in the App Store takes a lot of effort. There is none there. Only apps marked FREE.
A fairly logical security feature - albeit an annoying one.
"How do you know the App Store costs ****?"
I don't know the App store for iOS, but it was enough for me on OS X. E.g. annoying login (even for free downloads), registration requires a credit card number, not much free sw, or as RH wrote - $4 for registration.
"Flash eats more battery, uses the processor to 100% and causes system crashes. Are there few arguments against it?'
This is a statement like: Is your operating system hogging the processor? If so, use MS-DOS… Are you saying the iPad wouldn't pull it?
"And if you're after Flash, there's nothing easier for a knowledgeable geek to hack an iPad."
This is called an elegant solution!
probably by refuting the facts and thus disqualifying the author from any further confrontation...
Much has been written about Flash or the speed of iTunes = Flash, who can't do without it, electronics from Apple Inc. is not for him.
but there is… a normal and logical border of a FREE frame or a price tag, which when looking at it (almost) makes everyone wonder what it is for….. what would you like? click on the icons?
yet they are there
it's about the protection of personal data, if this topic doesn't mean anything to you, then don't buy the application...
registration does not require a card...there is also a FREE account!
it's Libor Kubín
"Flash eats more battery, uses the processor to 100% and causes system crashes. Are there few arguments against it? And if you're after Flash, there's nothing easier for a knowledgeable geek to hack an iPad.”
Unfortunately, your statements are only those of Apple and lack objectivity. Would like to read some independent sources.
Try to answer the question.
Are there apps on iOs (for example games) that use up the processor to 100% and cause system crashes that Apple will release in the appstore?
I wonder if you, if you answer, find your statement about flash as a logical justification for why it is not on iOs.
The thing that makes me sad about flash is that people reduce it to videos or ads, while there are a lot of wonderful interactive websites in flash that you can't replace with html.
There is a very simple reason for logging in when downloading a free application. Many applications are only temporarily free in promotions, and there are many of them, and when such an application switches to a paid version again, it remains free in your profile. If you do not log in and delete the application from your mobile phone, itunes, etc., then next time you will pay for it the same as others, even though it was free before. How simple.
I would like to quote for Mr. R. Hulán a tweet written by Mr. Z. Malinsky "iPad2 has one huge disadvantage=it is not from Microsoft. Otherwise it would be brilliant and ….. and recommended by 8 geeks out of 7 ;-)”
It's a shame that an IT pro like R. Hulan can't handle something as light as the iPad / 2.
classic Hulan well... and that with everything :-) what more can be added to it? :-) He is simply a "professional" :-)
In my opinion, RH is just a Czech Paris Hilton in the IT field. A professional provocateur who makes money from it ;)
He has to work hard. The 10 mega won't pay for itself!
I bought an iPad2 today. Bomb-it's a fun thing. Yesterday I saw a Samsung Galaxy or something like that in Makro - I wouldn't even pay 1000 CZK for it. I am annoyed by the absence of charging when connected and of course flash, but otherwise it is an entertainment console. Cool.
HORST
You can read Radek Hudrlán. I could too, but I don't know why, he blocked me on Twitter and now I can't write anything nice to him. We wrote to each other for a while and then nothing. Radek, you're great, you're a MEGA Star, you are the greatest blogger and IT specialist, the best programmer and you have graduated from many schools, yet you are so stupid and severely limited. Radku, please return the iPad back to the store. You can cancel the purchase contract within 14 days, just tell them that you are the device he didn't understand and you will find it difficult.
Apple has added a truly unconventional advertisement to its account. It can be said that by complete accident she got her hands on ordinary information, which the company used to its advantage.
Recently, Apple has been putting a lot of emphasis on all the reasons that are connected to the return of their new iPad 2 tablet. Above all, they are trying to make sure that there are no serious manufacturing defects.
It is precisely with the return of devices that a bravura advertising move is connected. For each device, the reason for the return is always given by the customer. Most of them are uninteresting, but one customer stood out when he said the phrase, "Too complicated." The company was so amused by the claim that it sent the man back a free Boogie Board with the reply, "Apple doesn't know what to say." Apple thus apparently removing any objections the customer may have had.
As they say, a lot of music for a little money. Sometimes one does not need to invest in advertising to reach millions of people. A good product sells itself and life itself writes the best stories. :)
It seems to me as if Volkswagen gave the Šumava gamekeeper a Bugatti Veyron for testing. He would also write that it's a car that you can't drive through the forest, it scares the animals, the shotgun doesn't fit in the trunk and his dachshund vomits all the way. In addition, for incomprehensible reasons, it does not want to run on diesel fuel, which it has been storing in barrels behind the grove for several years.
How do you mean that only new Macbooks can charge an iPad (2) with a USB cable? My XNUMX year old MBP charges it just fine even with the iPad on. (By the way, the Dell laptop charges it too, even though the iPad reports the opposite; just poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.
I couldn't do it and after reading it I have to respond. I'm a longtime Apple user, I like the iPad, and I also paused at RH's objective review, smiled, and moved on. But 14205.w5.wedos.net has again, not for the first time, manifested itself as Apple's staunch haters see us. Even some of the arguments in this article are ridiculous and this kicking around is seriously going nowhere. At the same time, I don't really understand the fuss about apps. I personally don't use any of the above and see no reason to defend any weakness of apps in the App Store, it rather supports RH's idea. If the iPad can't flash, then it can't flash. I also don't use Skyfire, and there are plenty of users who do. iPad just can't flash. Dot. This is purely objective and RH bias doesn't play a part in it either. At the same time, Safari, as an integrated and great browser, simply does not support Flash, there is nothing to solve here. Whether it is right or wrong is another matter. Safari can also save passwords (no need for 1Password - again, how many BFUs use it?). If RH has his passwords in LastPass, then he has them in LastPass and probably neither solution will help him and it's purely his need. I really don't know what the author meant by that, and I might be the only one who wasn't thrilled at all by this reaction. Every reasonable user will find the funny and biased in the RH review to the extent that it is objective or simply pass it by without noticing. This whole article and the discussion below is just RH uploading and rather mocking Apple users who simply have different needs. But even the reaction to the RH article can be written objectively and not in this style where "you didn't understand this, you're a fool, you don't know this solution, it has nothing to do with the iPad and you're writing an objective review and you didn't mention this". For God's sake…
Agreement. Apple "fans" behave very much like RH. Microsoft users are used to swearing at everything they don't like. Whereas apple users praise every thing that apple bans or disallows. When they told us flash was bad, it was. When they told us that we don't need usb, they are right. If they didn't give us a calculator in the iPad, we'll thank you and we'll gladly pay for it... I've never met this approach anywhere.
Although the foreworder is largely correct (after all, the level of articles on Jablíčkář is the reason why I usually just skim the headlines in RSS and don't read it), your reaction is a bit off. Are you making judgments about some "Microsoft users" and "Apple users" based on the opinions of some five and a half people on the net? So that's courage. This is also called stereotyping. But you can safely continue to think that you have summarized the opinions and attitudes of those millions of users.
True, I meant Czech Apple users, and there are a few of them here. Of course, I'm talking about those who write on the forums. Now take it with a smile, but the expression "apple sheep" does not arise by itself, and it is not an expression of some envy.
Thanks Martin for the response. I know very well that there are normal, smart, capable, satisfied and gifted Apple users. A lot of our clients use MacBooks / OS X, but they don't sit on their backs because I personally have a different opinion. Why too?
The author of the article showed exemplary intolerance, he absolutely refuses to accept that someone has other needs, because according to him the iPad is 100% great, and where it is not, HE adapts, and whoever does not understand this is an idiot.
For example, I don't want to hunch over an iPad, I want to use LastPass (I recommend a connection with Yubikey), I want to conveniently edit DOC/XLS, I want to play video in MKV / 720p. This iPad can't do anything. For my needs, the iPad is fine, something still doesn't work on it.
It's interesting how some fanatics throw fits over it.
radku.. that's exactly what it is (see the last comment).. you're asking the iPad for something it's not designed for.. that's why it doesn't suit you.. you have other needs..
.. I will only give an example.. at work windows.. the same tables, reports, etc.. I have no problem with that.. at home imac, gopro (native mp4 format).. i.e. media editing, editing, video, social networking.. satisfaction .. and an ipad ideal for trips to "consume" what I prepared, etc.
.. ipad is definitely not a work tool.. it is a tool for entertainment.. or am I wrong?
Radek, I don't take your opinion for granted. Have what you want. Just don't pass off your unfounded assumptions as facts.
I would prefer (if I were you) to remain silent about tolerance, openness and acceptance of others' opinions.
Don't hunch over your iPad, use whatever you want. Just don't go after a device intended more for fun work use. For convenient DOC/XLS editing, continue to use a 4,3″ HTC phone. You probably have a different iPad 2 model, I look at the boys from Russia strangely MKV video playback / 720p walks.
Dear friend, can you please explain to us since when Windows can edit/open doc(x) and xls files without having Office installed there? You want to edit Microsoft files on a tablet of another platform, whose system cannot be compared with the OS for PC Windows, Mac OS X... Buy a device from Microsoft or ask it to give the application, I don't know how many there are 150-200 million iOS devices? Apple has its alternative in the form of iWork, or has completed it.
Radku and Windows without installing other codecs or MKV playback application? Apple has different reasons for different formats - iTunes Store.
I can also apply this to others... Why doesn't Windows read discs from Mac OS X, when Snow Leopard does, why doesn't Office read iWork documents, when iWork can do it again and saves it in that format? You're probably a tiny percentage of users who want to play MKV or use LastPass, and it's not worth the effort for anyone (not even a developer). It usually is. If it's not worth it, why do it?
Old demagogue, you talk about intolerance here, while you yourself act like a little dictator and lecture us.
Here in the discussion you make them look like angels and on twitter you make fun of applist. Although he "cleverly" deleted those posts, unfortunately others reposted them.
You're acting like a little bastard. Someone should finally teach you a lesson and spank you.
.. I agree.. but it will be difficult to find an objective assessment of an Apple or MS product.. if someone uses something, then there is a reason for it.. and rarely is any review objective anymore.. I sometimes lack insight in some articles.. but I already wrote that in this discussion..
Martin, he merely pointed out, in the same style as RH, the minor flaws in his own "review". I think he will always find a reason to tear down an Apple product. In my opinion, the "review" is biased. The author simply slopped it and looks for and creates problems where there are none. Unfortunately, it ignores at least two problems/shortcomings that I know about.
If the author presents something like a bug/deficiency during his discovery and at the same time admits that he has not read anything about the given thing (e.g. license terms), he is unfortunately the fool.
RH makes fun of you and you record. Who among normal people reads xx pages of smoua for similar services. I wonder if apple gives refunds for apps it downloaded from the appstore for some reason?
If I don't read the contracts, I can't be surprised.
Apple refunds money if you file a claim. Instructions are here: http://jablickar.cz/reklamovani-nakupu-aplikaci-v-app-store/
Díky
iPad really can't be charged while running from a PC? I didn't know that and it seems like a big limitation (keep turning it on, turning it off...). Macbook air (the newer one) can do it?
Just a side note... You can charge the iPad from a PC. Just download the free ASUS AI Charger from the website on your computer. It installs a driver in Windows that enables this. I recommend. :-)
"His fascination with tabular numbers leads him to weigh the iPad to see if it really weighs 601g...and amazingly, the weight matches the manufacturer's data!"
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation!! He just wanted to calibrate the scale :-)
While RH expressed his opinion on one product quite humorously on his blog, in my opinion, on many Apple websites various users insult RH.
Please, everyone concerned, try to think about it a little.
Although I don't know RH personally, I consider him to be an intelligent blogger.
Unlike the nameless primitives who cannot breathe a different opinion than their own.
It's different, if you get to know/read this person for a long time (a few years), you'll understand that only what he uses is the best... And that there was already, and not only from Microsoft (at one time Nokia and even SonyEricsson). And if you want to know more, read his "treatise" on traffic laws, he just feels superhuman! An intelligent blogger is not yet a judgmental blogger, an opinion based on ignorance or distortion of fact is a different opinion.
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Unfortunately you are not right. It's not because the ipad isn't capable of it, it's because it's prohibited and what annoys me the most is that it . It's not like you want your iron to be able to wash. People here can't tell the difference. And if the community doesn't speak up and just nod in agreement, it won't change.
I once wrote about RH on my blog, how it benefits from the marketing idea of deliberately hyperbolically fighting uncritical Apple worshipers, and how we often harm ourselves with our uncritical attitudes. And after some time, there is a significant wave again, raised by the apple seller and his editor-in-chief Kubín. First, on his blog, he mockingly writes about Windows 7, saying that he can't copy'n'paste, multitasking and more... Did the iPhone in the 1st generation do something like that? Not a whole year—oh, how short is the human memory, and how convenient is the haughty attitude. Immediately, Jablíčkář received a reaction to the alleged review that RH had written about the iPad. (He hasn't actually written one yet, just first hand impressions.) As always, he's biting and deliberately provocative. Instead of the best weapon—ignorance—the Applejack took up the fight with the same means. However, unlike RH, they are no longer "expected", but rather plagiarizing and embarrassing. The iPad is a device with an undefined purpose: what you make of it in the end is up to you, your needs and the apps you buy. Some will love him for the video, and others will hate him - and they'll be right. Someone will take it as a working tool, and the other will not be able to work on it at all - and both will be right. It belongs to him and has been a known fact since his launch. I would expect a person skilled in the art to have more insight and insight into this. I also understand the distaste of Win users towards iTunes (in short, it is a different "quality" software, unlike the Mac version). In addition, some of the things RH mentioned are not even to be laughed at: the fact that the iPad is dead without iTunes is true, as well as the difficult-to-use Czech keyboard (where, unlike English, you have to type differently than you are used to - which is really a problem). And the same goes for the flash: it doesn't really work on the iPad, and no application can fully activate it either - Skyfire just remaps the flash, and it's 40% successful. Etc. etc. After a while, someone lifted me out of my chair again with an uncritical and unthought-out herd hooting... I wish we had more journalism and less artificial wannabe polemics...
(http://applegraf.blogspot.com/2011/04/stadni-hykani-misto-publicistiky.html)
As for the fees. They are not payments for applications, but a way to verify the card. It works in such a way that an amount is blocked on the account on a trial basis, but it is not posted - i.e. the money does not actually leave the account, only the available balance is temporarily reduced. If the payment is not posted, the blocking will expire without any transfer of money from the account. Most services do this when verifying the validity of a payment card - such as paypal, etc.
I agree, even Hulan doesn't know it with his high IQ :) and he studied several VS :)
After meeting the ipad, regardless of the version, I agree with the opinion of Misanthrope (http://www.misantrop.info/tyden-s-ipadem), i.e. an absolutely unusable device for MNEs with the absence of absolutely basic functions. It's not worth mentioning the overpriced. This is such a trend, whether you buy Nike shorts or an iPad. On the other hand, if I had nothing to do but watch youtube videos and update profiles to get virtual credit, I would definitely like it a lot.
thanks for a nice piece of nonsense, at least one doesn't have to waste time and can still increase the number of visitors...
Mr. Hulán writes his "reviews" really very subjectively and I'm surprised that anyone even lends him HW :-) On the other hand, Mr. Kubín got too carried away and he certainly shouldn't have written this one... a little perspective gentlemen!!!!
Treat the Master with respect, otherwise he'll start posting his legendary photos of himself kissing some skinny guy in a red car and you'll be watching.
There are many opinions and it is important that both sides calm down. I like apple pies, and I don't know Mr. Hulan that well (thanks to which I can't be fully objective). However, I understand that not everyone takes it both ways. Recently, a new trend is emerging where the "Apple sheep" defend themselves against the "Micro sheep" and attack each other, then the "Google sheep" join the discussion and it's even better.
After a longer hiatus, reading more articles on the web, understanding more views and more insights, I can't say for myself that I've ever been one-sided. I really like Apple and even though I only own an iPhone 3G, I'm still a fan of the company. However, I am not so blind anymore and I notice the politics and management of this "apple" company. For a long time I have commented on some restrictions that it is not necessary (see Flash) and that there are many ways to replace them. But then I asked myself a rational question: "If I don't need it and I come across even one situation when I do, why do I have to go around it and find ways to do it differently?"
I admit that I didn't feel it for so long and only now I realize that a person can praise something if he likes it and maybe even recommend it to others, but the fact is that not everyone is comfortable with the same thing, everyone has free will and can to decide what is best for him. If this, fine = your choice. Mine doesn't, but I won't shove it down your throat.
I apologize for this Jablíčkář, who writes interestingly and quickly brings me interesting things about Apple products and the happenings around them. But it's true that bumping into someone who once made fun of the products of the person's favorite brand is not exactly "true nuts".
At the same time, I am not defending Mr. Hulan here, but it is true that if a person were not so eccentric, no one would care about it. That's why his website, tweets, etc. are read and taken by some as a joke, some as irony, and some as an insult.
Therefore, I will also do one good thing for myself: I will be more objective before attacking someone or making negative comments when I am only watching from afar.
It requires more respect for yourself and others. And say what you want about me.
(You can call me "Apple's black sheep" now.)
jp
I have to say that I don't completely agree with the review and its objectivity is easily challenged... But for someone to write an anti-review for a review is really too much :) You really aren't even a little bit "openminded"?? You have to defend your only possible existing truth in such a way??? So why doesn't someone like this device... is it so hard to get over the fact that Apple is not an idol for someone??? You have to immediately refute every objection that someone has made against your beloved device??? When I brought my iPad home, a friend jokingly told me something along the lines of "Jobs's sect"... I laughed at the time, but this is pretty close to it... Maybe you need to think a little...
If you read Jablickare regularly, then you probably know that Apple products are definitely not an idol. What RH wrote is, as is his custom, "targeted demagoguery" and you won't learn about RH on the Apple Store (with the exception of this article, perhaps). The saying also applies - "silence is consent".
If you are not familiar with RH's many years of influence on the Czech scene and his relationship with Apple (and other products), then this article will most likely make you smile. If RH is new to you, then this article will probably be dismissive.
Silence, on the other hand, in this case would not be consent, but rejection of RH's marketing activities. Any, and even better, a stupid response only increases his traffic and popularity. If you are not familiar with RH's many years of activity on the Czech scene and his relationship with Apple (and other products), then this statement will most likely make you smile. If RH is new to you, then you will probably like this article.
As for the RH article, it's probably best to remain silent. You can't learn anything from them either.
I also think that maybe we should defend Apple like this, because the percentage of Apple users is still small, but it is growing.
But, I ran into a lot of people who almost became Apple users and they told me.
I was in the store for an iPhone / iPad / MacBook and the gentleman told me that it was defective, that it was not worth anything, that it was not compatible... and it was already running.
You understand that a true layman, a beginner, will take advice like this from people who know a lot about it.
So, spreading the knowledge among people that it will not be completely true as people like RH are doing.
Then you can easily see a gentleman with an HTC for 12 liters, while he could already have an iPhone 4 and finally be satisfied :).
Well, on the contrary, it works exactly the same. Someone praises your iPhone / iPad, you buy it for 15-20 thousand and then you find out that it is incompatible, that it won't play some pages, that you are missing information on the lockscreen, that most of the billions of applications are worthless and basic things like all of them they have phones, you have to buy more and still look for them. Well, the man gives the iPhone to his kid and buys an HTC for 12 liters and is finally satisfied...
Yes, I know about 5-10 of them in my area. I myself have turned off a few potential buyers by telling them about my iphone/ipad experience. I am not an Apple dealer.
iPad 2 question
Since the iPad 2 has the new dual-core processor, it can now smoothly play avi and mkv movies in HD quality (720p and 1080p). With the first iPad, it didn't work with any player from the app store, it even sometimes ripped mkv even in normal DVD resolution. With 9 times the graphics performance, it shouldn't be a problem anymore, has anyone tried it?