Accidentally smashed my Advent Vega - what to buy now?

MikeHunt79 said:
IT's a shame VLC got pulled from the App store, otherwise the iPad would probably play your files, I'm guessing native format = VOB's?
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Well now - that's interesting... blows me away how Apple are so keen to cripple their devices for the sakes of control.

Honestly Mr DMPoole for me at least it was an easy decision. iPad2 is the most powerful of the tablets out there but it's also the most crippled IMO. It's a beautiful thing to behold but as long as Apple keep knocking developer enabled functionality on the head it's got to have a pretty big question mark over it.

On the plus side if you do buy one the resale value is going to be much greater than that of an Android device.
 
Air server can remotely convert any video file for your ipad. Works superbly well. On my phone so can't really explain more. Google it, its a fantastic piece of software
 
AcidHell2 said:
They are perfect for trains, fits on the fold down tables nicely.

7" is to small does not format websites nicely and to small to watch films on. You might as well use a phone. 10" is very portable and can be slid into pretty much any bag and actually works well with video and websites.

Oh and what has size got to do with iPad. You realise most androids are 10" as well.
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LOL my playbook is 7 inches and perfectly formats all websites including flash enabled ones:confused:...saying that flash is a resource hog so i turn off flash browsing most of the time on the playbook...hell at the moment im on my pb browsing and replying to posts and the forums and website itself are perfectly formatted for the screen.

I know one thing for sure is that i could never live with carrying around the ipad...most of the people i know that have one usually leave it at home whereas i use mine at home and when im out and about....get a lot of people asking what it is etc etc.
 
SteveOBHave said:
Well now - that's interesting... blows me away how Apple are so keen to cripple their devices for the sakes of control.

Honestly Mr DMPoole for me at least it was an easy decision. iPad2 is the most powerful of the tablets out there but it's also the most crippled IMO. It's a beautiful thing to behold but as long as Apple keep knocking developer enabled functionality on the head it's got to have a pretty big question mark over it.

On the plus side if you do buy one the resale value is going to be much greater than that of an Android device.
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Apple pulled it due to the license terms VLC was under. Inherently by being open source it can't live within Apple's ecosystem. As that has *interesting* terms about how apps can be sold etc.

I found VLC to be a buggy mess on iOS anyway so I'm not missing it.
 
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RKO said:
Apple pulled it due to the license terms VLC was under. Inherently by being open source it can't live within Apple's ecosystem. As that has *interesting* terms about how apps can be sold etc.

I found VLC to be a buggy mess on iOS anyway so I'm not missing it.
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It was the subject of discussion earlier in this thread when I pointed out that iOS was severly limited in it's media playback capabilities both by lack of codec support and by the need to use iTunes to transfer and convert the files. It's a shame that such a lovely bit of kit keeps getting crippled. It'll bite Mr Jobs in the posterior in the not too distant future.
 
SteveOBHave said:
It was the subject of discussion earlier in this thread when I pointed out that iOS was severly limited in it's media playback capabilities both by lack of codec support and by the need to use iTunes to transfer and convert the files. It's a shame that such a lovely bit of kit keeps getting crippled. It'll bite Mr Jobs in the posterior in the not too distant future.
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Before anyone grabs a pitchfork and/or torch and starts marching toward Cupertino, it's worth noting that VLC's removal from the App Store has nothing to do with Apple's preferences. Rather, it's a direct result of one man's misguided crusade... a man who, (perhaps) coincidentally, is an employee of Nokia, one of Apple's competitors in the mobile space.

Rémi Denis-Courmont [who is a lead contributor to the VLC project, and therefore had the grounds to pursue a licensing claim based on his included and GPL'ed code within the VLC iOS app –Ed.] waged a one-man campaign against Applidium's iOS port of VLC, claiming the app violated the GNU public license (GPL) because App Store purchases have Digital Rights Management (DRM) applied to them. The end result seems somewhat counterproductive, because now unless you downloaded VLC before it was pulled from the App Store, you can't install it on your iOS device at all. So much for ensuring that VLC can be freely distributed.

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/08/vlc-app-removed-from-app-store/

It wasn't Apple's fault.
 
RKO said:
Before anyone grabs a pitchfork and/or torch and starts marching toward Cupertino, it's worth noting that VLC's removal from the App Store has nothing to do with Apple's preferences. Rather, it's a direct result of one man's misguided crusade... a man who, (perhaps) coincidentally, is an employee of Nokia, one of Apple's competitors in the mobile space.

Rémi Denis-Courmont [who is a lead contributor to the VLC project, and therefore had the grounds to pursue a licensing claim based on his included and GPL'ed code within the VLC iOS app –Ed.] waged a one-man campaign against Applidium's iOS port of VLC, claiming the app violated the GNU public license (GPL) because App Store purchases have Digital Rights Management (DRM) applied to them. The end result seems somewhat counterproductive, because now unless you downloaded VLC before it was pulled from the App Store, you can't install it on your iOS device at all. So much for ensuring that VLC can be freely distributed.

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/08/vlc-app-removed-from-app-store/

It wasn't Apple's fault.
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Interesting info. I'd be inclined to agree with you if it weren't for Apple creating both a product and a surrounding environment that creates the need for such an app as VLC. Apple certainly don't do anything to encourage curcumvention of their iTunes store portal.

The man has a point though in Apples DRM application on an 'open' app. You are right though - misguided in this case - surely it would've been better to have lobbied for a removal of the DRM in certain cases...
 
Just thought, I never posted a picture -

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iDroid84 said:
Insurance?
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You need to read the first post :D

Actually it's an excellent insurance that was offered to my youngest daughter.
It's with the Co-Op and you get 4 phones & 4 gadgets for £10 a month.
We have an iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S, 2 x San Fransico's, 2 x iPod Touch's, Advent Vega and Sony HD Camcorder.
 
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Luckily got insurance but been to Pre occupied to sort it out.
Also with co-op but had to buy separate insurance, although phones is up to £600, gadgets is only upto £300.
 
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