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They all play from the BBCiPlayer app
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i know that but not from Safari
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Can you play this then on ds coz I can't
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2...ain-video.html I think that one is because it's BBC from iplayer. |
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i know that but not from Safari
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You must have really looked down the video list to find that as I tried the top 10 videos on DS and they all played.
I think that one is because it's BBC from iplayer. Quote:
There are other browsers for the iPad that do play flash, give them ago if you come up against it often.
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nope i always view the soap spoiler video's and it happens quite a lot, mostly BBC and ITV don't work
which one's It seems to be because they use servers in America to convert the video on the fly and iplayer then thinks I'm not in the UK. |
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If someone, in their own iPad usage, their own iPad experience, never encounters a website which requires Flash, it does not make it "fanboy garbage" for them to say so. Just because some people do still visit websites which require Flash, does not mean that everybody does.
I'm like Gormond. I simply don't need Flash. It's not "fanboy garbage" to say so, it's a simple fact based upon my own usage, my own experience. |
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There are other browsers for the iPad that do play flash, give them ago if you come up against it often.
plus they're usually quite slow.
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If someone, in their own iPad usage, their own iPad experience, never encounters a website which requires Flash, it does not make it "fanboy garbage" for them to say so. Just because some people do still visit websites which require Flash, does not mean that everybody does.
I'm like Gormond. I simply don't need Flash. It's not "fanboy garbage" to say so, it's a simple fact based upon my own usage, my own experience. If it had flash it really would be the perfect tablet, don't get me wrong, I'm not going to go out and buy an android one just to get flash but flash would make it better. |
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If someone, in their own iPad usage, their own iPad experience, never encounters a website which requires Flash, it does not make it "fanboy garbage" for them to say so. Just because some people do still visit websites which require Flash, does not mean that everybody does.
I'm like Gormond. I simply don't need Flash. It's not "fanboy garbage" to say so, it's a simple fact based upon my own usage, my own experience.
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It's impossible to never come across flash, I love my iPad but it really is fan boy to come out with that rubbish.
If it had flash it really would be the perfect tablet, don't get me wrong, I'm not going to go out and buy an android one just to get flash but flash would make it better. |
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I can't even remember the last time I used flash on my mac which does have flash
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It's impossible to never come across flash, I love my iPad but it really is fan boy to come out with that rubbish.
If it had flash it really would be the perfect tablet, don't get me wrong, I'm not going to go out and buy an android one just to get flash but flash would make it better. Quote:
I can't even remember the last time I used flash on my mac which does have flash... I used to see it all the time when I first got an iPhone but more and more websites seems to be moving to either apps or HTML5.... Your experience may differ
![]() iPlayer, YouTube, TVCatchup - No need for Flash, as they have HTML5 websites, plus they all have apps. Sky Go, 4oD, Demand Five, ITV Player, Netflix, Lovefilm - No need for Flash, as they all have apps. BBC News & Sky News - Apps. Even porn sites I visit have HTML5 versions now. I cannot remember the last time I ever visited a website and thought "oh crap, if only the iPad had Flash ". I just do not need it for my usage. Video sites and services I use do not need Flash. I never play browser games (not even on my Win7 PC), so do not miss Flash there, and I don't care about being unable to see Flash-based adverts. For my usage, Flash is irrelevant. |
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Would you have noticed? AFAIK unless you right-click on an animation there's no indication of whether it's an animated GIF, Flash, Silverlight or driven by some other mechanism.
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Very occasionally I'll find a video I want to watch on my phone that I can't play because my phone doesn't do flash, but it's rare and I can wait until I'm at a computer. I have an HTC Cha Cha running Android, and an iPhone. Neither phone can do mobile flash. I watch plenty of videos on both because a lot of the sites I use to watch vids have moved to HTML5 already, which is what Adobe is also moving to.
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Getting thread back on topic, at least momentarily, my purchasing decision is made.
What spec do I want - the highest spec announced ( thanks to my company bonus paying out this month ), black or white is the only remaining decision. So - my question is , announcement is Wed night UK ( given the San Francisco time zone ), based on previous releases ....when can I order ( Thursday morning ? ) and when can I get my own iPad 3 in my hands ( product availability ) ? |
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Well, for the iPad 2...
2nd March 2011: Announced. 11th March 2011: Released in the US. 25th March 2011: Released in the UK and various other countries. Hopefully the UK will get the 3rd one quicker... We won't know any dates (or anything) until the announcement. |
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Thanks Matt, was it orderable from announce date ?
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Thanks Matt, was it orderable from announce date ?
![]() Earlier that day I walked by hundreds of people queuing in Buchanan Street too
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Getting thread back on topic, at least momentarily, my purchasing decision is made.
What spec do I want - the highest spec announced ( thanks to my company bonus paying out this month ), black or white is the only remaining decision. So - my question is , announcement is Wed night UK ( given the San Francisco time zone ), based on previous releases ....when can I order ( Thursday morning ? ) and when can I get my own iPad 3 in my hands ( product availability ) ? |
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Thanks Matt, was it orderable from announce date ?
It did, however, do pre-orders for the iPhone 4S, so hopefully it will do so for the iPad 3 (or whatever the next one is called). I really don't want to queue, but if it's anything like last year then you could be in for a wait if you don't nab one in the initial period after release. I'm hoping for pre-orders, so I can get one ordered online and just have it delivered. Quote:
Despite the flash argument, I think you will have made a great decision that you won't regret, I have the 64gb 3G iPad and may well upgrade to the iPad 3 same spec when it comes out, I don't blame you for going for the highest spec, you can never have too much storage but you can always have "not enough", that's a place I don't want to go to.
Sticking with WiFi only, though. No need at all for 3G for me. On the rare occasion I don't have WiFi, I can just tether it to my phone. |
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My current one is 32GB. I'm going to go for 64GB for the new one, so long as Apple maintains the same sort of price points.
Sticking with WiFi only, though. No need at all for 3G for me. On the rare occasion I don't have WiFi, I can just tether it to my phone. I am swithering about buying the 3G for flexibility later on, although +£100 is a lot of money for "just in case" since I have an iPhone and can tether ( need to find out if Vodaphone charge for this ). I too will go 64Gb ( unless the fabled 128Gb gets released ), I did read a report that Apple will drop the 32Gb order and go back to 16Gb but this sounds like nonsense on a tablet designed to support HD. And I think black may win over white , suspect white case may show wear and tear more. |
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And I think black may win over white , suspect white case may show wear and tear more.
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The white shouldn't look any different as it's under the glass.
Black hides dirt; white accentuates it. |
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If someone, in their own iPad usage, their own iPad experience, never encounters a website which requires Flash, it does not make it "fanboy garbage" for them to say so. Just because some people do still visit websites which require Flash, does not mean that everybody does.
I'm like Gormond. I simply don't need Flash. It's not "fanboy garbage" to say so, it's a simple fact based upon my own usage, my own experience. I'm sure it's well documented online flash as an entire site is pretty much finished. I'm sure they are moving onto other things if I'm not mistaken? Websites are actually being redesigned to suit IOS as much as internet explorer too. My PC even runs better now sites run less flash. Ipad is great I think hardly anybody notices the lack of flash these days. |
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plus they're usually quite slow.
". I just do not need it for my usage. Video sites and services I use do not need Flash. I never play browser games (not even on my Win7 PC), so do not miss Flash there, and I don't care about being unable to see Flash-based adverts. 