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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>On the universal remote front Apple did open up the dock
connector in the SDK and these </span><a
href="http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/01/09/ces-2010-iphone-universal-remote-accessories-debut/">http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/01/09/ces-2010-iphone-universal-remote-accessories-debut/</a>
emerged at CES. Seeing as the same dock connector is there I can’t see it being
too hard for these companies to move it to the iPad, maybe it’ll be enough to
encourage Apple to include it in future revisions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> osx-users-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[mailto:osx-users-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher
Gutteridge<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 January 2010 11:28<br>
<b>To:</b> List for users of Mac OS X<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSX-Users] Re: ipad?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The lack of a built in USB socket is pretty bloody stupid.
It's not like they don't make tiny USB connectors.<br>
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The lack of an infrared output is a miss, as having this double as a universal
remote would make so much sense.<br>
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David Tarrant wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>Couple of thoughts:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Since the IPad can connect to digital cameras, it must be able to do USB Host mode, place your bets on how long until we see a dock connector camera, either from Apple or by jailbreak?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Second, can't someone invent a wireless VGA connector? Having to sit in the chair and present cos the iPad had to be tethered down looked a little lame.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Dave T<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>On 28 Jan 2010, at 10:30, Tim Chown wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:48:08AM +0000, m.c. schraefel wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>i still miss the newton - or what might have been an iSlate, as in with pen.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
<pre>Hmm, I'd prefer some device midway between the iPad and the iPhone in<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>size, something that fits in a jacket pocket that just does what an iPhone<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>does but bigger.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I can see a market for the iPad though, but not moved to buy one yet :)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Tim<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Christopher Gutteridge -- <a
href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg">http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Lead Developer, EPrints Project, <a
href="http://eprints.org/">http://eprints.org/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Web Projects Manager, School of Electronics and Computer Science,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>University of Southampton. <o:p></o:p></pre></div>
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