The perfect keyboard for the iPad (and iPhone with OS 4.0)

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Still no USB port listed on Apple's specs, weird. USB pins, sure, but
not a USB port.

Which type of USB port? A or B? Mini? Male or female? etc...

 

Still no USB port listed on Apple's specs, weird. USB pins, sure, but
not a USB port.

Which type of USB port? A or B? Mini? Male or female? etc...[/QUOTE]

You are confusing port with connector.

 

It really doesn't have a USB port. It has a USB port ADAPTER for the
shitty proprietary port.....you know, proprietary, like FLASH.

 

It really doesn't have a USB port. It has a USB port ADAPTER for the
shitty proprietary port.....you know, proprietary, like FLASH.[/QUOTE]

Now you're confusing ports with connectors again.

 

except, it does print.

 

Tell us how....WITHOUT uploading your document to the net.

 

no need to upload anything. enable printer sharing on any computer on a
local network and print, or get a wireless printer. no need to fuss
with cables.

it's the same way a lot of people print from a laptop while sitting on
the couch. do you think they get up and walk over to the printer and
plug in a cable??

 

There were 12 wifi and 4 bluetooth printers at Best Buy showing on my
N800's Bluetooth and wifi screens. The N800 will connect to any of
them.

The THREE iPads on demo at the Apple kiosk, RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRINTER
SALES DEPARTMENT WITH NO WALLS BETWEEN, didn't show ANY of them on
either wifi or bluetooth screens. You cannot connect an iPad to a
bluetooth or wifi printer. It simply ignored everything except an
unattached Apple BT keyboard....and my Nokia N800 connection to it,
identifying the N800 as a PDA, but, of course, with only headphone
protocol delivered.

No, WE don't plug into the printer. WE connect to the printer, either
over the LAN or PAN or Bluetooth.....then WE send our documents to the
printer for printing. But, first, you MUST tell me how I can connect an
iPad over either bluetooth or wifi to any standard HP or Epson or
Samsung or other printer so it will send the document to the printer
over these protocols!

The Apple guy, not a Best Buy kid, told me it wouldn't work. I concur.
How are you printing from an iPad, ANY document, say an email you got
from Mom?

Your turn.....tell us all how! I bet the other iPad owners on here
would love to know, too!

 

great, so the ipad works the same way.

*you* can't. others can.

 

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You are confusing port with connector.[/QUOTE]

The USB specification defines both.

 

The USB specification defines both.[/QUOTE]

Included are proprietary connectors. BTW, here's some more information
about the Dock Connector (from Wikipedia):

The Apple dock connector is a 30-pin connector that is common on most
models of iPods, iPhones and the iPad. Originally, the Apple dock
connector carried USB, FireWire, some controls and line level audio
outputs. As the iPod evolved, so did the signals in the dock
connector. Video was added to the connector. FireWire was phased out
of the iPods, which led to a discontinuity in usage of the dock
connector. Older implementations of the dock connector may have been
using the FireWire power pin to supply power, and cannot charge later
iPods and iPhones or the iPad.

The simplest form of the dock connector today takes the form of a
simple cable with the dock connector on one end and a USB connector
on the other. ***This cable only has the USB signals in the dock
connector,*** but is sufficient to synchronize and charge the devices.
At the other end of the spectrum, the dock connector is used to
completely merge the Apple devices into a variety of accessories,
both mechanically and electrically.

(Emphasis added.)

 

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Included are proprietary connectors. BTW, here's some more information
about the Dock Connector (from Wikipedia):

The Apple dock connector is a 30-pin connector that is common on most
models of iPods, iPhones and the iPad. Originally, the Apple dock
connector carried USB, FireWire, some controls and line level audio
outputs. As the iPod evolved, so did the signals in the dock
connector. Video was added to the connector. FireWire was phased out
of the iPods, which led to a discontinuity in usage of the dock
connector. Older implementations of the dock connector may have been
using the FireWire power pin to supply power, and cannot charge later
iPods and iPhones or the iPad.

The simplest form of the dock connector today takes the form of a
simple cable with the dock connector on one end and a USB connector
on the other. ***This cable only has the USB signals in the dock
connector,*** but is sufficient to synchronize and charge the devices.
At the other end of the spectrum, the dock connector is used to
completely merge the Apple devices into a variety of accessories,
both mechanically and electrically.

(Emphasis added.)[/QUOTE]

Right. iPhone/iPad has a *Dock Connector* which carries USB signals. It
doesn't have a USB port.

 

Right. iPhone/iPad has a *Dock Connector* which carries USB signals. It
doesn't have a USB port.[/QUOTE]

It has a USB port, but not a USB connector.

The problem here being that "port" can refer to the physical specifications
of a connector or the kind of data being transmitted through the connector.
In this case, the kind of data is what we're really talking about, so the
hardware specification is merely an attempt at FUD. The important thing is
that the iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch) can connect via USB to various
devices (eg., a computer, a keyboard, a headset); that the physical
connector is unique is a moot point.