One iPad Topic To Rule Them All

I doubt it'll last as long as they say (generally no electronic device does), but it'll have to have decent battery life or it'll be absolutely useless.

Just in case you guys were wondering, the iPad was released in the US today...
[www.apple.com]

I said it before, and I'll say it again. I see NO use for the iPad for a power user, but a definite use for a regular person. However, I will hold final judgement until I use one in person

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I said it before, and I'll say it again. I see NO use for the iPad for a power user, but a definite use for a regular person. However, I will hold final judgement until I use one in person

Yes, I agree. It just seems to me like a giant iPod Touch with some unique apps.



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I said it before, and I'll say it again. I see NO use for the iPad for a power user, but a definite use for a regular person. However, I will hold final judgement until I use one in person

Yes, I agree. It just seems to me like a giant iPod Touch with some unique apps.

Some very gimmicky apps. Anyone seen the Scrabble app which lets you use iPod Touch/iPhone as letter rack? It would cost a fortune to get a four player game going with that setup: 1 iPad, 4 iPod Touches/iPhones, and the app. But still kinda cool...

that would be kinda cool...

Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

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Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

Through a jailbreak?

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Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

Through a jailbreak?

Yes. You need to be able to SSH into your device. I've tried one of the iPad apps so far (Tap Tap Radiation), and I got it to load up. The PNG dimension were all screwed up, so it crashed after a few minutes. Next I'm going to try iBooks. :P

Edit: Crap, iBooks crashes too. :(



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Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

Through a jailbreak?

Yes. You need to be able to SSH into your device. I've tried one of the iPad apps so far (Tap Tap Radiation), and I got it to load up. The PNG dimension were all screwed up, so it crashed after a few minutes. Next I'm going to try iBooks. :P

Edit: Crap, iBooks crashes too. :(

That's interesting, even if it does cause crashes...is this widely known or did you discover it yourself?

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Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

Through a jailbreak?

Yes. You need to be able to SSH into your device. I've tried one of the iPad apps so far (Tap Tap Radiation), and I got it to load up. The PNG dimension were all screwed up, so it crashed after a few minutes. Next I'm going to try iBooks. :P

Edit: Crap, iBooks crashes too. :(

That's interesting, even if it does cause crashes...is this widely known or did you discover it yourself?

I figured it out myself...

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Well, I just figured out how to get iPad apps on my iPod Touch, so the iPad is pretty much useless for me now.

Through a jailbreak?

Yes. You need to be able to SSH into your device. I've tried one of the iPad apps so far (Tap Tap Radiation), and I got it to load up. The PNG dimension were all screwed up, so it crashed after a few minutes. Next I'm going to try iBooks. :P

Edit: Crap, iBooks crashes too. :(

That's interesting, even if it does cause crashes...is this widely known or did you discover it yourself?

I figured it out myself...

Hmm I figured SSHing was possible but doubted it would work due to the different platforms. But that doesn't mean I won't try. ;)

What do you have to SSH to your iPod touh to get this. My iPod is already jailbroken, and I know where to put the .app, but where does iTunes save the file on the computer

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What do you have to SSH to your iPod touh to get this. My iPod is already jailbroken, and I know where to put the .app, but where does iTunes save the file on the computer

I'll just tell you what I did:

1.) Download OpenSSH from cydia on your iPod.
2.) Download an SFTP client on your computer, and connect to your iPod by typing in its IP address and signing in as "root" with the password "alpine."
3.) Download the iPad app in iTunes on your computer, and drag it to the desktop. Compress the app, and then decompress it. Open the folder, and there's another folder inside called "payload." Open that folder, and then inside there should be a package. In your SFTP client, go to the root, and then click on the shortcut to the "Applications" folder. Drag the package into the applications folder, and then wait for the upload to finish (this can take awhile).
4.) Once thats done, respring your iPod by going into MobileTerminal (you can get this in cydia), and typing in the command killall SpringBoard. The app should appear on your screen.

BTW, you should change your SSH password. Run the MobileTerminal app and use the psswd (i think thats the command) command to change it. Otherwise any randomer can login to your iphone/ipod and stop it working/steal personal info from it etc.

If they know your IP.

Which wouldn't be hard to get really...They could AFAIK just set up a fake website (or many) and trick you into visiting it, then they'd have your IP. And there are probably other ways too.

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BTW, you should change your SSH password. Run the MobileTerminal app and use the psswd (i think thats the command) command to change it. Otherwise any randomer can login to your iphone/ipod and stop it working/steal personal info from it etc.

I already have.

Yeah, I was pointing out to the other guy. n00bs blindly installing OpenSSH without realizing they should change their iPhone/iPod's password is a bad idea. Not that long ago I remember several people took over a bunch of iPhones because they hadn't changed the default password. They only put a harmless warning screen on, but they could have done much worse.

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Yeah, I was pointing out to the other guy. n00bs blindly installing OpenSSH without realizing they should change their iPhone/iPod's password is a bad idea. Not that long ago I remember several people took over a bunch of iPhones because they hadn't changed the default password. They only put a harmless warning screen on, but they could have done much worse.

Yeah, I know someone who jailbroke their iphone, and they didn't know how to change their password, but refused to let me change it for them. Their loss, I guess. :P

Edit: Has anyone else tried to get any iPad apps running on an iPod/iPhone?



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