With hdmi you wouldn't need toslink. I feel like this device is trying to do a lot but won't do any of them well. It wants to play movies but its not widescreen because it also wants to be a reader. This reminds me of that joke dell tablet that was just a big cell phone..this really is just a big ipod touch.
On Jan 28, 2010 11:32 AM, "b_s-wilk" <[email protected]> wrote: > Gizmodo too > > http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad? > > I have to agree ... My iPod touch doesn't have HDMI, yet I could connect it to our 42" TV to show a video, using the dock connection, composite but not HD. With a dock like the HomeDock HD you can use HDMI and toslink. More clumsy add-ons. While I'm very underwhelmed by the iPad, especially the name [better than iSlate but not much], there will be third party devices very quickly to take advantage of the dock connection. No Flash - have you seen the beta version of HTML 5? It does Flash videos without the Flash player. Unless Adobe can rewrite Flash so that it doesn't suck up all CPU processes, HTML5 could replace it. HTML5 is supported in Safari and Firefox 3.5.x Should have a few built-in slots. No USB is stupid. No memory slot or standard SIM are dealbreakers. My Nokia phone does better. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscrip... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
