BREAKING NEWS: iPad OS update released

Apple cite a "revolutionary new user experience" and a "new more open platform".

See video:

via Engadget

hahahahahahahhaha... cool, thanks for posting this. I was not expecting what it shows.

Wow the iPad just got 100x more useful.

Well…at least it can print now.

Bass said:

Wow the iPad just got 100x more useful.

I wonder if someone can get Silverlight to run on iPad somehow... that would be so fun.

turrican said:

Bass said:

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I wonder if someone can get Silverlight to run on iPad somehow... that would be so fun.

New: Printing support added:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/ipad-printing-solved/

Apple just keep packing this little device with more and more features...

GoddersUK said:

turrican said:

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New: Printing support added:

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/ipad-printing-solved/

 

 

Apple just keep packing this little device with more and more features...

i wonder what the output looks like on that. would it just be all reflection?

Refrax said:

GoddersUK said:

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i wonder what the output looks like on that. would it just be all reflection?

I'd try it, but bright lights aren't great for LCDs.

CannotResolveSymbol said:

Refrax said:

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I'd try it, but bright lights aren't great for LCDs.

If you're ever planning to take it outdoors it'll see brighter light than a photocopier generates!

rhm said:

CannotResolveSymbol said:

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If you're ever planning to take it outdoors it'll see brighter light than a photocopier generates!

Outdoors?  What's that?

(You see warnings about taking LCDs into bright sunlight on a lot of equipment)

Refrax said:

GoddersUK said:

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i wonder what the output looks like on that. would it just be all reflection?

They don't reflect color, LCD shoots color, copy machine won't work even if the display is not glossy IMO.

magicalclick said:

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They don't reflect color, LCD shoots color, copy machine won't work even if the display is not glossy IMO.

 

That actually depends on the display (and the substrate used with the display).  Some LCDs are reflective.

And no LCD "shoots color" (in the sense that the LCD is actually producing the light, like a CRT or an OLED display does).  LCDs are a transmissive technology--  either you have to put a light behind it (like a flourescent lamp or a bar of LEDs) or you have to make the back of the display reflective and use light from in front of the display.

These are typically mutually exclusive--  an LCD designed to be backlit is usually going to not reflect light well (that's why they look bad in sunlight), while a reflective LCD will look good in sunlight but be difficult to properly light in the dark.  You're starting to see some bridge products now, though, like Pixel Qi's dual-mode display tech.