TarickStonefire wrote: Nothing to do with Mozilla (or even utorrent). Everything to do with Apple and their "walled garden" approach to the platform. Jailbreaking your ipad would probably fix it. Edited by darkmorgado at 02:53:09 30-12-2012 |
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Not a list but iPhoto and Garageband and my two must have apps. Dolphin browser is great too. -
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Registered 9 years agoAnyone know which .avi player is best on the iPad?
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@MootPoint I can't speak about the others, but I use Airvideo on an iPhone and an iPad.
Typically, I will remotely set my net book to convert the video file (if its a film) and stream over local wifi. Works a treat, but my three year old net book can take an hour to convert a 1gb file.
However, it can easily handle a tv show, and will convert on the fly, while streaming. I'm sure it would work better with a decent laptop.
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mrpon 37,367 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI've got that AcePlayer (previously known as AirAV which was free initially) it connects up to my NAS and browses really quickly. Had no problems playing my stuff, though YMMV as per the reviews. Handbrake is your friend therefore. -
dominalien 10,703 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTarickStonefire wrote:
Torrenting is fine on iOS.
darkmorgado wrote:
Actually when it comes to browsers it's pretty hard to argue that Apple's walled garden keeps them out, as there's loads of them.
Nothing to do with Mozilla (or even utorrent). Everything to do with Apple and their "walled garden" approach to the platform. Jailbreaking your ipad would probably fix it.
It's plainly obvious why uTorrent doesn't exist on the App Store, and yes that's exactly because of Apple. I don't see why it's a problem, the iOS devices are simply not made for torrenting. -
Popzeus 8,425 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYeah, talk of browsers being blocked by the walled garden is balls. Chrome works very nicely indeed on the iPad, no jailbreaking required.
Main problem I'm finding with streaming players is that Dolby recently hit all the devs with the threat of patent lawsuits, meaning they've all had to take out support for the sound codec all my video files use
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dominalien 10,703 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTarickStonefire wrote:
Nope
@dominalien Is it? I take it you have to jailbreak. Does it torrent in the background while you're not using the device, ie, while it's locked and asleep?
As many of the unofficial programs, the torrenting one is half-baked at best. It has been getting better and will possibly reach maturity some day (other apps continue working in the background/in sleep mode, so there's no real reason this one couldn't). I have, however, successfully downloaded torrents on both my iPhone and iPad. -
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Registered 17 years agoTarickStonefire wrote:
Because I use the Firefox sync and was hoping to be able to copy all my bookmarks and stuff across easily. It's how I sync them between my work and home PC.
Darren wrote:
Ask Mozilla? Why do you need it?
Why isn't Firefox available for the iPad?
I managed to set up Safari on my PC though with the same bookmarks and then use iCloud to sync them with my iPad. So far, Safari seems a lot more impressive than it was on my PC plus it is faster and less buggy than Firefox on my S3 phone.
Well, I have uTorrent on my S3 phone but I guess I should have known that a closed system like iOS isn't going to support file sharing like Android does. It's not a big loss, it was just one of the few apps, along with Firefox, that I noticed I could get for Android but not iOS.Darren wrote:
Why did you expect to be able to?
Also I couldn't find uTorrent either.
Lords of Midnight for £2.99 is a great buy for the iPad. It looks great; very reminiscent of the original C64/Spectrum game but with smoother edges. It is also perfectly suited to the touch screen and works superbly with a stylus. Love it. Terrific game. -
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Registered 17 years agoAre there any apps to increase the volume on the iPad? The mono speaker is fine but I wish it was 10-20% louder. Also, the volume even with the official earpods isn't as loud as it is on my S3 phone or Sony Walkman. And, no, I do not have the volume limiter enabled.
Also, is there any way to change the colour tone on the iPad? By default, it uses a warmer tinge so whites don't look perfectly white (though my eyes accept them as white). It would be nice to be able to change the tone as a warm palette is great for photos and videos but not so ideal for browsing IMO. -
This is the app review thread, not help Darren try to do stupid things with his iPad thread. -
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Registered 16 years agoIndeed, there's an "I've got an iPad" thread for that. -
Yeah, it's the one where mcmonkey tries to pick up men. -
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IronGiant 6,352 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThe Room - 10/10 Loved every minute of this, absolute bargain of a game.. If you like puzzles or something that requires a bit of lateral thinking then you must play this. Can't wait for the follow up! -
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Registered 13 years agoYeah the Room was good. I really enjoyed it. It doesn't do anything particularly original (it is, as the name suggests, just one of those locked room games when you get down to it) and it wasn't particularly challenging, but it was polished with just enough content and interesting ideas to keep my attention enough to finish it in one sitting without feeling ripped off.
There's a lot that's been keeping me interested recently, mainly board and card game stuff (Fluxx, Ticket to Ride, Nightfall etc).
League of Evil 2 is a fairly decent and challenging platformer with fairly decent controls. It starts off pretty easy but quickly gets quite difficult. Worth picking up for the money. -
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Registered 17 years agoAnother thumbs up for The Room .gif)
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Registered 11 years agoFlying_Pig wrote:
I believe it was voted as the App of the Year by Apple along with 'Paper', which is also excellent ... and deservingly so!
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Registered 15 years agoGet a NAS Tarick, most now have Torrent apps you can run on them 24/7. Or have a shufties at SickBeard. -
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It kept me nicely entertained on a couple of train journeys and the creepy music and sound effects were great through headphones. Just started Bastion., so far so good
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