Re:A Technophobe Adopts the iPad 2
by MaxGabriel on Sunday May 22, 2011 @03:58PM
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I was really surprised that he struggled to activate the iPad because I just assumed people would have/understand iTunes. Definitely was one of those moments where you remember how important it is for a developer to watch their users.
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The first couple hours were a poor experience for me too. iTunes on my dad's Mac Mini said it was the latest version but it turns out it was just the _last_ version for PowerPC, and it can't activate iPads. Then I poked around with libimobiledevice on my laptop, but I couldn't find the right commands to recognize the device. Finally someone with a newer Mac came home and it was smooth sailing after that. The activation process definitely could be improved.
Re:A Technophobe Adopts the iPad 2
by SoftwareMaven on Sunday May 22, 2011 @08:34PM
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It is silly you can't activate and work completely OTA. I will be annoyed if Apple makes me pay MobileMe prices to break the tether when thru finally get their cloud act together.
I haven't had iTunes installed for years. It's a horrendous piece of software. I installed it and removed it a few days later.
I'd almost wager that that majority of people I know don't have it installed. I know none of my immediate relatives have it, and the only friends I know with it are people who own Macs (about 1 out of 12).
Anecdotal I know.
iTunes used to be good. I replaced winamp with itunes many years ago simply because itunes offered a better was to manage my music. Don't remember much about it other than it did the job and it didn't get in the way
Wasn't till later on when apple cept adding more and more crap to it that it became the bloated crusty thing it is now.