All things iPad (and, more generally, Apple)

Post by **Anakha56** » 27 Oct 2011, 05:05

http://www.dailytech.com/Master+of+Unlo ... e23116.htm

Master of Unlocking: Apple Patents Swipe-to-Unlock Despite Prior Art
Jason Mick (Blog) - October 26, 2011 3:27 PM

One patent just wasn't enough, Netherlands declares U.S. patent garbage

</chop out some random rambling>

However, the USPTO's idea of validity doesn't fly in all countries. A Dutch judge ruling on Apple's use of U.S. Patent 7,657,849 (the original unlocking patent) to try to ban sales of Samsung smartphones ruled the Apple patent was "obvious" (in Dutch he said it was "lying close at hand" -- literally "for the hand lying") and likely invalid. He points out that Neonode Inc.'s (NEON) N1m -- launched in 2005 -- had a virtually identical unlocking feature, albeit with a different graphic.

He also acknowledged a similar on-off use in Guitar Rig:

...as pointed out by Samsung's attorney's. The guitar after-effects software was available back in 2004 -- three years before the first iPhone was released. The judge complained that the Apple work was "not inventive" and suggested that the patent should be invalidated.

Samsung has removed one other minor GUI animation from its smartphones in the Netherlands, escaping a potential sales ban. However, the threat of a ban in the U.S. where questionable patents hold greater power, still looms.

Damn those "innovative" Apple people... Apple the Patent Troll to rule them all...

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 27 Oct 2011, 10:20

Busy trying to update to iOS5, the update failed 3 times already, please kill me now

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 27 Oct 2011, 11:57

Jobs originally wanted Intel in iPad according to biography

http://tinyurl.com/6avuadr

Post by **ryanrich** » 27 Oct 2011, 13:36

ADT wrote:Busy trying to update to iOS5, the update failed 3 times already, please kill me now

Did you come right? What error code do you get? I know some peeps who also had trouble updating, there are some work arounds...

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 27 Oct 2011, 14:17

ryanrich wrote:
ADT wrote:Busy trying to update to iOS5, the update failed 3 times already, please kill me now
Did you come right? What error code do you get? I know some peeps who also had trouble updating, there are some work arounds...

Nah dude, on the 3rd run before lunch, the update was still running fine, until after lunch it failed again, I'm so gatvol already, i was on the apple forum quickly, i see some okes say you have to disable your anti-virus, it seems to let the update fail as well if it's on

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 27 Oct 2011, 14:49

ryanrich wrote:
ADT wrote:Busy trying to update to iOS5, the update failed 3 times already, please kill me now
Did you come right? What error code do you get? I know some peeps who also had trouble updating, there are some work arounds...

error - 3259 it is the Bloody ******** firewall

Post by **Anakha56** » 27 Oct 2011, 14:52

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 27 Oct 2011, 14:53

Anakha56 wrote:

i need booze , ogh

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 27 Oct 2011, 14:55

the more i look at this the more i think that i'm just going to leave my iPod touch as is....
i just use it for the music....

IcePick88 · Post by **IcePick88** » 27 Oct 2011, 15:01

KatrynKat wrote:the more i look at this the more i think that i'm just going to leave my iPod touch as is....
i just use it for the music....

Its not that bad.

I got my iPad just before iOS 5 was released and I did my update with no experience with iAnything and mine went without a hitch.

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 28 Oct 2011, 07:44

So i'm finally running on iOS5, and what a mission it was to get it

Word of advise, when wanting to update, disable any firewall, including windows own firewall as well, that seemed to be the major prob for me

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 28 Oct 2011, 13:00

I actually had no problems. I updated both my iPhone and iPad in no time. Easy, no problems

IcePick88 · Post by **IcePick88** » 28 Oct 2011, 13:31

I had the image downloaded.

So it was a easy as copying and updating locally.

Post by **Anakha56** » 29 Oct 2011, 08:01

iPhone 4S having battery drain issues:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... -engineers

Apple engineers contacting iPhone 4S owners to solve battery life puzzle

Short battery life may be affected by corrupted contact details or background services - but solutions vary widely, and Siri apparently not to blame

problems with battery life on the new device, after some people have seen dramatic drops in longevity compared to previous models.

One owner has told the Guardian that Apple contacted him directly and asked him to install a monitoring program on the phone to try to diagnose the problem, which is so far unexplained.

In its data sheet for the iPhone 4S, which was released earlier this month, Apple quietly noted that the standby time for the new phone would only be 200 hours - compared to 300 for the iPhone 4, and 250 hours even for the original 2007 iPhone. The company did not offer any reason when asked why by the Guardian, but noted that other lifespans such as 3G talktime were as long or longer than previous models.

...

Post by **Stuart** » 29 Oct 2011, 08:56

Anakha56 wrote:One owner has told the Guardian that Apple contacted him directly and asked him to install a monitoring program on the phone to try to diagnose the problem, which is so far unexplained.

This is worrying for South African owners. It's great living in the US, Canada, England, etc. where Apple will make the effort to solve your problems. SA users experiencing this are in for a good deal of frustration.

Post by **ryanrich** » 30 Oct 2011, 22:01

Even people at my office with iPhone 4's are experiencing terrible battery drain on iOS 5. Turning off location services and other things that shouldn't have to be turned off seems to help...

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 31 Oct 2011, 03:09

So last week global sales of the Samsung Galaxy S II passed the 10 million mark.
Samsung are hoping to hit the 15 million mark before the new year...

This on top of news released earlier this week that Samsungs total sale for last quarter was greater than Apples... much greater.

http://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/ ... es-quarter

Releasing the Windows ME of phones has cost them big time.

Post by **Stuart** » 31 Oct 2011, 06:37

ryanrich wrote:Even people at my office with iPhone 4's are experiencing terrible battery drain on iOS 5. Turning off location services and other things that shouldn't have to be turned off seems to help...

Ja, I've seen it myself. Definitely draining quicker than before, though not exactly "drastically" so. Although if I leave Tom Tom open in the background . . .

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 31 Oct 2011, 15:06

Don't use my ipad as much as I thought but I like the reminders thats been added. Not sure what the hype behind ios5 is although my sister says its a big deal.

Updating my ipad was terrible. It wants to sync stuff to pc although I dont know what. The other thing that I was afraid of was that it said it was going to wipe my ipad and I have too much valuable data on it for that to happen. Atleast backup is ok.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 31 Oct 2011, 18:03

You have "valuable" data on your iPad

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 31 Oct 2011, 19:28

I consider my contacts to be valuable.

Post by **Monty** » 31 Oct 2011, 20:28

So do I. Hence I have a copy of them on Google, in Outlook, on my phone and a monthly backup file on a server...

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 02 Nov 2011, 08:59

Nice. How do I backup my contacts to google? Is it possible to do it to yahoo aswell?

Post by **Monty** » 02 Nov 2011, 09:34

Have a look at the google sync page, it walks you through everything you need to do.

ADT · Post by **ADT** » 02 Nov 2011, 12:21

jamin_za wrote:

You have "valuable" data on your iPad

Jamin we're sure you would find your porn collection on your iPad to be valuable

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