Comments on: iPads In The Wild http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Thu, 16 May 2013 21:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jon H http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152911 Jon H Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:11:05 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152911 I haven’t actually seen many iPads in the wild, though family in CT have two.

On the other hand, in the days immediately following the release, people kept asking if my Kindle DX was an iPad.

]]> By: Tino http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152860 Tino Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:18:49 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152860 It’s not as if you would need to conceal a 3G iPad now anyway; the existence and capabilities of the thing are not exactly secret. I imagine if I met someone using one, the conversation would go something like this:

ME: Oh, wow, a 3G iPad! Neato keen etc.!

GUY: Yeah, I work for Apple and we are testing them in the field.

ME: Wow, spiffy, etc.! What does it do?

GUY: Exactly the same things your iPad does, only it has this black patch on the back, and data service everywhere. Or everywhere where AT&T works, anyway.

ME: Golly!

I suppose i could knock him on the head and sell his iPad to Gizmodo, but they probably wouldn’t even buy it. What’s the story? Well-publicized product set to be released in a few days exists, is tested by manufacturer? 3G iPad connects to Internet without wires, wifi: witchcraft suspected?

]]> By: joachimm http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152855 joachimm Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152855 The iPad was announced and shown in January. It hasn’t been a secret for several months. The only reason not to test it outside the doors of Apple was to not get hassled by onlookers.

The iPhone HD on the other hand (probably) sports a radically different look from the other iPhones and it contains various unannounced features. All things that Apple wants to keep secret.

So while I agree that Apple is happy that they can hide their iPad testing in plain sight. I think that is just a curious circumstance. If Apple thought it important to have simultaneous release dates of both iPad models, they would have done so, without camouflaging the iPad as a MacBook Pro.

]]> By: DDA http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152854 DDA Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:40:56 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152854 “Perhaps the 3G hardware was developed on a slightly later schedule than the base model.”

The reason given at the announcement is that it requires more regulatory approval what with having a cellular modem inside. Given the pace that these agencies seem to work at (why would it take 60+ days to approve the WiFi radio in an iPad?), I’m not at all suprised that it would take an additional month to then approve the cellular radio in the 3G version.

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152853 Daniel Jalkut Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:28:14 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152853 rd: It’s a fair question (though frankly, not fair enough for you to be so snarky about my assessment that Gruber’s analysis was excellent).

Presumably Apple suffers the same limitation that we customers do: once you wipe the phone it can no longer be located with GPS. I suppose there might be some top-secret means of them continuing to track it even after the phone is wiped, but presumably they built this stopgap measure in as a privacy protection insurance for people who buy used phones.

So, given the choice of wiping the phone or continuing to track it, Apple has to decide based on the sensitivity of what is on the phone. I imagine they calculated the risks (or just made a gut choice) and decided to wipe the phone first and ask questions later.

]]> By: rd http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152852 rd Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:24:04 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152852 “excellent analysis”

hardly, how come if phone can be wiped remotely
that it can’t be found using GPS. the employee
doesn’t need to call the bar franticly.
It doesn’t pass basic test of logic.

So it is either a plant or employee is lying.

]]> By: Stephen Moore http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152851 Stephen Moore Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:13:17 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152851 Like this guy who used to work at Apple and seems to have friends in high places?

http://⌘.ws/woz

]]> By: mgetzski http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1216/ipads-in-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-152850 mgetzski Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:22:04 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1216#comment-152850 The 3G does have that awkward black bar at the top where the antenna is located. I would assume that the testers would cover that with a case. But this brings me to another point. Why black plastic? Couldn’t Apple find a different color plastic to cover the antenna that more closely resembled the aluminum casing? The black bar at the top really takes away from the asthetics of the otherwise beautiful piece of hardware. To most companies this is not important, but with Apple asthetics is one of the selling points.

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