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Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

scottyltd — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:04:44 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:

I think no one except Apple knew what the dimentions of the iPad2 were going to be before launch... So B&O bashing for the BS8 not being 100% iPad2 compatible is a bit harsh... let's just hope that some kind of adapter will surface.

Quite right!! Very, very harsh.

To think Bang & Olufsen were to know how iPad 2 was going to look like before launch.

Was it going to be bigger, smaller, thinner, thicker................and the list goes on. Here are some examples of what people thought.

http://www.tiglu.com/Images/phtiPad2-Large.jpg

http://electronicinfo.us/wp-content/uploads/iPad-2-concept.jpg

http://kiwileaks.org/uploads/2011/02/68a9aea8c3dc8b425f70face801e2fe0.jpg

http://cdn1.mobilemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/x11-7inch-ipad-clone-1-640x282.jpg

How could anyone have guessed?

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Lanny — Sun, 01 May 2011 09:22:28 GMT

Not only not a problem, but those who follow security issues had known about it for months before it became a feast for mainstream media. And no special free software was needed, either. If you want to look at the structure and content of my data, go to http://iplaq.com/iphone ...

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Alex — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:03:31 GMT

malcolm welborn:

the problem is apple were storing the infoand was unencrypted, as against smartphones etc who encrypted it and did not store, so the report said.

the CEO for apple admitted the software bugs

Not even a problem as far as I'm aware - no personal data was stored.

All a load of hype over absolutely nothing (as per usual with the media).

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

malcolm welborn — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:29:30 GMT

the problem is apple were storing the infoand was unencrypted, as against smartphones etc who encrypted it and did not store, so the report said.

the CEO for apple admitted the software bugs

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Alex — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:34:01 GMT

malcolm welborn:

Apple Belatedly Addresses Locationgate, Admits to Software Bugs

A week after researchers discovered that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices were tracking and storing customer locations as they moved around geographically, the company finally issued an official response, disavowing some of the claims while admitting to software bugs. But he big question now is: What took Apple so long to explain itself? more

so lets bash apple for a change

The iPhone remembers which WiFi networks it has discovered, and where it thought these networks were related in comparison to it's location according to GPRS in order to make the maps application more effective.

I've been using my iPhone 3GS since just after they came out and I haven't yet been hunted down

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Karel Uyttendaele — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:07:11 GMT

Don't understand the fuzz about the whole "tracing" stuff.. It's been known since IOS4 was released. It's even been discussed in a couple of books. Granted.... positioning was recorded IN your iPhone, nothing was transmitted to Apple. Keep in mind that other smartphones do the same.

Also... whevenever you take money out of an ATM, make a cellphonecall... your ever move is being written in some database. Nothing new...

Now.. let's go back to B&O

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

malcolm welborn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:00:01 GMT

Apple Belatedly Addresses Locationgate, Admits to Software Bugs

A week after researchers discovered that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices were tracking and storing customer locations as they moved around geographically, the company finally issued an official response, disavowing some of the claims while admitting to software bugs. But he big question now is: What took Apple so long to explain itself? more

so lets bash apple for a change

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Lanny — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:38:03 GMT

It would have been if I had it. It just arrived.

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Karel Uyttendaele — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:36:40 GMT

Lanny.. it would have been "nice" if this was included in your original posting... :-)

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Lanny — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:13:33 GMT

I quote from technical support response

We can inform you that iPad 2 is tested for use with BeoSound 8.
Furthermore we can inform you that we are working on a solution to make an iPad fit more stable on BeoSound 8.

This is in direct response to the accusation of B&O bashing

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Heribert — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:05:33 GMT

My dealer told me today that B&O already works on an AirPlay version of the BS8

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

tournedos — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:14:08 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:
I think no one except Apple knew what the dimentions of the iPad2 were going to be before launch... So B&O bashing for the BS8 not being 100% iPad2 compatible is a bit harsh... let's just hope that some kind of adapter will surface.

Precisely what annoys me about all the cries on how B&O or whoever should "embrace" Apple - while at the same time Apple can do anything they want without any advance information to others or promise of continuity. And everybody thinks it's fine

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Puncher — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:08:52 GMT

A major drawback of being the Monkey rather than the Organ Grinder!

Apple can, at will, render your new product all but obselete overnight (not quite in this case but it should serve as a warning not to depend on Apple entirely for your product lineup).

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Karel Uyttendaele — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:47:19 GMT

I think no one except Apple knew what the dimentions of the iPad2 were going to be before launch... So B&O bashing for the BS8 not being 100% iPad2 compatible is a bit harsh... let's just hope that some kind of adapter will surface.

Re: Beosound 8 and iPad 2

Ehlerz — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:37:03 GMT

Taking the B&O product development cycle in considerartion, the BS8 is probably testet with an Ipod 1. generation back in the days. :-)