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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2839444/12-ways-to-use-your-older-ipad.html
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There is a version for your iPhone too ;-).
My iPad I is still in use here, most of the websites I visit and the gmail
client still function OK. And I understood that I can still jailbreak the
device to expand its possibilities (but not guarded by the huge fence
then..)
2015-11-15 10:06 GMT+01:00 Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Yup, same on my iPhone 4. Frozen at an old iOS version for which app
> support* is rapidly dwindling. And if you find a nice new app you fancy,
> it usually just won't install.
>
> (*support means complete life-support = existence, not bug fixes)
>
> On 15 November 2015 at 00:40, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I too have the iPad 1, and it is just a fraction of an inch from being a
> > brick. only reason I keep it is to read our daily paper, which it still
> > does, but the idiots that run the newspaper don’t seem to understand that
> > not everyone has an Apple device, so no support for my android tablet. Ah
> > well...
> >
> > Apple isn't exactly the warm fuzzy big brother that everyone thinks it
> is.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Ken Norton
> > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:52 PM
> > To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [OM] Where's the V4.0 firmware upgrade for the E-M?
> >
> > Up to Date Moose wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure where the line is ... on either manufacturer or user sides.
> >>
> >
> > That is a fair question. The old argument that a device is still as
> > good as it was when you first bought it is usually true, but not
> > always so. Take the Apple iPAD 1 as an example. On several occasions,
> > lately, I've had entire apps disappear because the support for them
> > has gone away and the publisher has revoked them. The device is slowly
> > getting bricked. At some point, there will be no more functional apps
> > running on it at all and all that remains is a $500 piece of aluminum
> > and glass.
> >
> >
> > I used a Canon 5D for five years, during which time it was rendered
> >> "obsolete" by new models. But they offered nothing new that was
> compelling
> >> for my use, so I didn't feel it was obsolete. In the end, it was mostly
> >> the
> >> promise of less size and weight with no diminution of IQ that moved me
> on.
> >>
> >
> > In the case of your 5D, it was certainly an example of the user moving
> > on. You changed phases of life and the old system no longer fit.
> >
> >
> > If you look at Oly's history with µ4/3 and the Pens, they tended to
> >> announce
> >> new models with the flimsiest of real changes/improvements. The E-P2 and
> >> E-PL6 are blatant examples. The "6" is the worst, with only firmware
> >> changes. So I find it a refreshing change of pace that they have chosen
> to
> >> offer free firmware upgrades with really significant improvements for
> the
> >> OMDs.
> >>
> >
> > A new year, a new model. Olympus has always done this with the
> > consumer cameras. A given model is produced in a manufacturing run and
> > never repeated again. The next run will have a new model number.
> >
> >
> > If you don't need all that hardware change stuff, I can see no reason
> >> either
> >> to buy a new body, or to feel unloved. ;-)
> >>
> >
> > And then there are people like me....
> >
> > AG Schnozz
> >
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