The iPad that I had to reset yesterday is only 6 months old.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/29/2013 11:08 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Interested to hear that you did a factory reset.
> I also have an antique iPad which will frequently crash when browsing
> assorted stuff. No discernible pattern to it.
> Can you elaborate your issues and their resolution?
> thanks
> jez
>
>
> On 29 January 2013 17:00, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Ken's iPad is only obsolete inasmuch as he can't use new apps on it that
>> he would like; but it still connects to current networks, uses TCP/IP and
>> current browsing standards.
>>
>> How about bug fixes, and other changes to support the ever changing
>> Internet landscape? It does support most CURRENT browsing standards
>> (somewhat).
>>
>> Several years ago, we finally got rid of my really really nice typewriter.
>> It was a super-high end unit. The ability to type out letters and such on
>> it never went away. I could type whatever I wanted on it till the very end.
>> It always fulfilled it's original intended purpose.
>>
>> So, here I have a $500 slab of aluminum and glass. Apple's attitude is that
>> they sell objects of desire, not objects of function. We buy Apple products
>> because we want to be cool. Their attitude is that we should be upgrading
>> to the latest/greatest anyway. If so, what becomes of the old one? It
>> eventually works it's way to the back of a drawer. I'm sorry, but that's
>> one expensive drawer filler. If you look closely at the product user
>> agreement you will see that Apple says that they sell objects with almost
>> no perceived or intended purpose. It's pretty clear that they are selling
>> "toys".
>>
>> I can understand Apple's failure to support a product after a while, but
>> they barely let the warranty expire.
>>
>> As to apps, I've got several paid apps that serve business purposes and
>> they link in with PC software for remote control or interactive
>> functionality. At some point the old apps won't work with the newer
>> computer software. Don't say to not upgrade that, because then you open up
>> a huge can of worms.
>>
>> Honestly, the only things that I REALLY value out of the Apple ecosystem is
>> this: iTunesU and their CD ripping software and audio compression
>> algorithm. (I'm not quite as sold on it as Ken Rockwell--his ears must have
>> had an ear-wax buildup that day). Everything else is done better in the
>> Android ecosystem, or with a true tablet-pc solution.
>>
>> Granted, my Android phone is a Google Nexus product, so I'm a little bit
>> better supported by software upgrades than the average bear, but seeing how
>> Apple has wholesale abandoned the iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads that got
>> them going just a very short time ago. Their product life cycle is
>> incredibly short.
>>
>> I have no argument against Apple laptop computers. Andrew speaks highly of
>> Apple in his University environment where a one-button "PHD" product makes
>> a lot of sense. As to longevity, they are a little bit better constructed,
>> which helps a lot, but I don't think they are any better than an equivalent
>> product from Lenovo.
>>
>> Last night I finally got around to doing something I've been putting off
>> for some time. Resetting and reloading my iPad. It had gotten so buggy that
>> I had to dump it down to factory default and restore the backup. That
>> cleared up most of my bugs all right. But I will say that the simple Apple
>> environment is not any simpler than that from Microsoft. And it induced no
>> less than three panic moments when I thought it dumped my backup. It also
>> tried destroying my backup. I had a power failure during the restore
>> process and when it reattached it went to create a new backup overwriting
>> my REAL backup. (Start to finish, the process was about 9 hours).
>>
>> Seeing how Apple is currently falling in popularity as fast as Lance
>> Armstrong, I'm likely not alone in my analysis.
>>
>>
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