A note of caution on the I-pad. Today I was just about to buy one of those things because I think that they could make a very good nav tool in addition to being a good web browser. We talked to a commercial fisherman who loved his. However when I went to MSNBC to see some videos it didn't work. The salesman (I mean "genius consultant") said that it was because it doesn't support flash videos "and it NEVER WILL!" He then tried to make me feel like only an idiot would want to watch videos on the MSNBC website. Of course, flash is not just on MSNBC, flash is currently the most popular video format I believe. I researched the flash issue and it turns out to be typical Apple "not invented here" behavior. They don't want you to be able to run flash applications that compete with their propritary app store (propritary because apple gets a cut of each app sold.) It reminded me of everything that I dislike about Apple, which is too bad because I was really willing to be impressed. (Disclosure, many years ago I worked for Microsoft among other companies but will readily admit that they have issues, too. Don't want to turn this into a generalized bashing thread, just pointing out an issue that the geniuses don't exactly highlight when you go into the store.) George Rankin Silk Road

Apples closed business model is why I do not own any Apple products. The market will be flooded with iPad style Tablets by Christmas, many of them will be junk, but those from Samsung/HP/Acer and other major manufacturers should be pretty good options. I just read this about a guys frustration in trying to watch a paid for movie on his iPad, a lot of his issues had nothing to do with Apple,, but their refusal to allow 3rd party apps was a contributing factor. *http://tinyurl.com/2dxlrjf *I have not had problems with flash video on my HTC EVO On 9/25/2010 1:07 AM, George & Emilie Rankin wrote: > A note of caution on the I-pad. Today I was just about to buy one of those > things because I think that they could make a very good nav tool in addition > to being a good web browser. We talked to a commercial fisherman who loved > his. However when I went to MSNBC to see some videos it didn't work. The > salesman (I mean "genius consultant") said that it was because it doesn't > support flash videos "and it NEVER WILL!" He then tried to make me feel like > only an idiot would want to watch videos on the MSNBC website. Of course, > flash is not just on MSNBC, flash is currently the most popular video format I > believe. > > I researched the flash issue and it turns out to be typical Apple "not > invented here" behavior. They don't want you to be able to run flash > applications that compete with their propritary app store (propritary because > apple gets a cut of each app sold.) It reminded me of everything that I > dislike about Apple, which is too bad because I was really willing to be > impressed. > > (Disclosure, many years ago I worked for Microsoft among other companies but > will readily admit that they have issues, too. Don't want to turn this into > a generalized bashing thread, just pointing out an issue that the geniuses > don't exactly highlight when you go into the store.) > > George Rankin > Silk Road > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers& Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.