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Everything you need to know about the iPad
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big_D
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No, mainly high end laser printers can print PS. The really cheap are main WinPrinters (or GDI printers), which uses the Windows GDI engine to render pages (Apple and Linux have an equivalent rastering technique which can replicate the GDI output for the printers. All of the "intelligence" is in the driver and all the processing is done by the computer. The next step up generally use the HP-LJ language these days, although there are some other variations, which use Escape codes to change characteristics of the printer (i.e. Escape character followed by a character or string of characters). Higher end printers, mainly lasers, although some of the high end inkjets (the A3 jobbies or A4 over 400 quid) also use PostScript. The problem is the licensing fees, they are quite pricey AFAIK.
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:14 am |
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pcernie
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The Gadget Show on Five is running a report on the iPad - the show's started right now...
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Amnesia10
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Yes it did well in getting a 4G gadget rating. The iWork apps were not that highly rated, no word count but for most people that is probably fine. If you link it to a mac and can download the document to a mac then is that such a problem?
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koli
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ProfessorF
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Yeah, jeez, I wouldn't buy anything with such a tiny circuit board. If I'm spending hundreds, I want great big, hot circuit boards, none of this modern miracle of miniaturisation stuff. I know that's been where we've been heading for decades with the advent of the transistor, and latterly the computer chip, but no, I'd want a dirty great green block full of solder and resistors in my iPad. Feckin' Apple, trying to fool us like that. 
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Amnesia10
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I have been treating it like a jumbo iPod Touch. No real issue for me. 
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belchingmatt
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So how does that relate to the cars you have bought recently? 
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ProfessorF
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pcernie
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 |  |  |  | Quote: Israel bans imports of Apple iPad
JERUSALEM – Israel has banned imports of Apple Inc.'s hottest new product, the iPad, citing concerns the powerful gadget's wireless signals could disrupt other devices.
Customs officials said Thursday they have already confiscated about 10 of the lightweight tablet computers since Israel announced the new regulations this week. The ban prevents anyone — even tourists — from bringing iPads into Israel until officials certify that they comply with local transmitter standards.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission allows devices with Wi-Fi capability to broadcast at higher power levels than are allowed in Europe and Israel — meaning that the iPad's stronger signal could throw off others' wireless connections, Schubert said.
"If you operate equipment in a frequency band which is different from the others that operate on that frequency band, then there will be interference," said Nati Schubert, a senior deputy director for the Communications Ministry. "We don't care where people buy their equipment. ... But without regulation, you would have chaos."
Some Israelis successfully got the popular devices into Israel before the ban.
Amnon, a software developer who legally brought an iPad into Israel but asked that his last name be withheld to avoid potential government repercussions, said he and other high-tech businessmen need the iPad to develop new applications for the device.
"There are several hundred people in Israel who make their livelihood developing apps ... and there are going to be companies that suffer, because they can't deliver the services they're supposed to be delivering," he said.
The iPad combines the features of a notebook computer with the touch-pad functions of the iPod. It went on sale in the U.S. on April 3. Apple this week delayed its international launch until May 10, citing heavy sales in the U.S.
Israeli officials said the ban has nothing to do with trade and is simply a precaution to assure that the iPad doesn't affect wireless devices already in use in Israel.
Although Israeli standards are similar to those in many European nations, Israel is the only country so far to officially ban imports.
Schubert said he expects the problem to be resolved as Apple moves closer to the international release.
In the meantime, confiscated iPads will be held by customs — for a daily storage fee — until their owners depart the country or ship the gadgets back to the U.S. at their own expense.
Apple's chief distributor in Israel, iDigital, declined to comment on the Communications Ministry's decision, and messages left at Apple's headquarters in California were not immediately returned. |  |  |  |  |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100415/ap_ ... l_ipad_banI think the iPad's association with a 'false god' upset them 
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:06 pm |
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koli
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You are missing the point. If it has the same stuff in it as an ipod, why does it cost so much more?
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:13 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Uhm, it doesn't. Look at the iSuppli teardowns of both models.
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:17 pm |
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koli
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I-what? 32gb ipod - $299 32gb ipad - $599 Uhm, it really does...
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:36 pm |
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Fogmeister
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OK, for a start the iPad uses the A4 SoC as a processor. The iPod touch doesn't. I haven't had a look at the rest. (Oh, the screen is bigger and higher resolution) Both of those at least would lead to a price increase.
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:39 pm |
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koli
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Considering the price difference I would expect at least Ci7  But don't mind me, I am sure there are plenty of people who love spending money on this "cutting edge technology".
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Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:44 pm |
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Fogmeister
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If I had the money burning a hole in my pocket I'd buy it. But I'm waiting for the next iPhone 
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