My iPad is the Windows xp of iPads

[zedd151]

When I first moved down here to Louisiana, my sister gave me her old iPad(5th) generation. After a few months of use the battery no longer holds a charge that would last more than an hour if I’m lucky. But it works well when still plugged in. For me that is all good and well since the more I use it outdoors, the greater the likelyhood of dropping it and rendering it a boat anchor.


Last year on my birthday, my sister had gotten me another iPad. Refurbished and at a decent price she says. Okay it’s battery consumption is what you would expect (lasts at least 6 hours watching YouTube videos, etc)
The drawback is that it’s OS is way outdated and finding compatible apps is damn near impossible. So, I use it for one game that I like to play. Only. I do browse the web occasionally with it though. But I can’t get the AccuWeather app (no compatible version available) for instance. Same is true for most apps I wanted to check out. This is the Windows xp of iPads. Even Apple will not upgrade the OS due to hardware incompatibilities. I think this iPad is 4th generation, but it doesn’t say either way. (Possibly older than that ie 3rd gen. ?)


The other iPad that I have (with the good battery) is 5th generation. Getting apps for it is no major hassle but there are a couple of exceptions. This is what I call the Windows 7 of iPads.


About as bad as Windows 11 that requires the latest hardware i.e. TPM module. (Trusted Platform Manager) even Windows 10 worked with much older TPM… At least my computer will not keep nagging me to upgrade to 11, when I do use win 10 that is.

[NoCforMe]

Heh; I have a hand-me-down from my sister as well, a 2008 MacBook (13") running OS X El Capitan (nice view of Yosemite on desktop), which I only use for one thing: watching movies, so the only app I use is Firefox (which cannot be updated any more). Battery is shot (got a replacement from Amazon which is a POS) so I just plug in the power adapter. The WiFi adapter went out a couple years ago, so I just run a 20' homemade ethernet cable to my modem so I can watch in my bedroom.

I watch almost all of my movies on pirate sites. Planning on making a post about those here sometime in the future, as I find them remarkable for several reasons. Free viewing!

[hutch--]

David,

Don't post any pirate sites here as you get ME in the chyte. If you have such links and anyone is interested, email it to them. For me, I have a subscription to Netflix and occasionally pick up a movie on Youtube.

RE : Mobile phones or a tablet, I own a very old Samsung tablet that I have connected via wifi to my ethernet and if I want, I can watch movies or Youtube on it. I keep a mobile phone for phone calls where my land liine does not work and occasionally for 2 stage authentication but I find the screens too small for the age of my eyesight so I do little else with them.

[NoCforMe]

Oh no no no no: I would never ever post any such links! If people want to find these sites they can find them. I'm certainly not trying to promote them: I just have an abiding curiosity about them. I use them, yes, but am not advocating for anyone else to do so. (And I certainly don't want to bring the heat down on this site either.)

[hutch--]

Gratsie. 

[daydreamer]

Hutch i have android + smart tv with screen mirroring function= wireless connection to tv screen when you feel phone or tablet having too small screen
First got samsung tablet with pen and photoshop touch and editor supporting pen so i could practice draw japanese with
Add a 64gb memory + internal 16gb

Got newer waterproof tablet 16gb which i use for browsing,text editing and maps
No worry when drinking and eating
And with maps i can plan/check distance when i exercise,invested in padded bags
Weather app
to use it outside when sunny its best to find a place in shadows,so its easier to read without sun shining on tablet

about quote This is the Windows xp of iPads.
doesnt matter ,even eldest text editor is good enough for coding

[NoCforMe]

about quote This is the Windows xp of iPads.
doesnt matter ,even eldest text editor is good enough for coding

edlin? (Remember?) I don't think so.

Question: Can anyone think of anything cool to do with an old, inactive but still working smartphone? It's a cheapie (from Tracfone), but has camera, sound recorder, USB connectivity. Any project ideas?

[zedd151]

Can anyone think of anything cool to do with an old, inactive but still working smartphone?...
...Any project ideas?

I used to use one of my old phones just as a music player, kinda like an iPod.

[daydreamer]

about quote This is the Windows xp of iPads.
doesnt matter ,even eldest text editor is good enough for coding

edlin? (Remember?) I don't think so.

Question: Can anyone think of anything cool to do with an old, inactive but still working smartphone? It's a cheapie (from Tracfone), but has camera, sound recorder, USB connectivity. Any project ideas?

anyone else use their tablet to write pseudocode when far from your PC?
old crappy phone to show perfect as decoy in areas where you risk being robbed of your latest iphone/androidphone   

[hutch--]

I have a similar view of my mobile phone, no personal information, no banking or other financial information, I use it for phone calls and two stage verification.  If I ever lose it or it gets stolen, its not like it matters and it lives on my computer table so there is little chance of that.

[daydreamer]

Just rediscovered my samsung 10.2  note has 10 clipboard slots 

[zedd151]

Just rediscovered my samsung 10.2  note has 10 clipboard slots 

It was wondering recently whether you have a computer presently?. I had forgotten to make a posting about it until this came up. To keep on topic this is the older iPad, kinda like Windows 98 (of iPads)    still does the job though (browsing the interweb)

[daydreamer]

Just rediscovered my samsung 10.2  note has 10 clipboard slots 

It was wondering recently whether you have a computer presently?. I had forgotten to make a posting about it until this came up. To keep on topic this is the older iPad, kinda like Windows 98 (of iPads)    still does the job though (browsing the interweb)

I have 3 PC's, two android tablets,one big calculator I can make simple programs with
The tablets came with lots of apps,so it works like alternative computer instead of PC,oldest  Samsung also came with pen and Photoshop touch and few apps that let me take notes with pen
Slim 10.2 size in padded bag is lot easier to bring with me when walking,and go to library
even if I have padded bag for PC as well,it's more clumsy
Second tablet is waterproof, so it's safer to sit and drink using it,compared to accidently pour something in laptops keyboard

To be able to work on projects, I have transferred project folder to tablet + extra copies of. Asm and. Inc files saved as. Txt files because tablet editor is unable to open any kind of source file, with endings like . Asm,.Inc,.c,.cpp

[zedd151]

@daydreamer
I just wondered about that since you rarely post code, and talk about android/Samsung etc a lot lately (that's where this misunderstanding came from).    I was in that predicament myself a couple times (computerless) so I know it sucks not having one available. But since that is not the case for you, I'm sure you have your reasons.

[daydreamer]

Sometimes i take a break from coding, making these
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=6937.0
Now working on make martian landscape with olympus mons, craters, valles marineris
Sometimes it ends up in a program
Latest bar gui program, ended up too big for this forum, lots of bar related .icons
Sometimes out of ideas for code