April 2010
5 posts
“Maybe things are different in college and the non-tech world, where you can slap...”
– enantiodrama ~ via Digg.com
Openmoko →
Can’t help but laugh at yet another “open” Linux-based project almost on the brink of failure.
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Techno-geek questions; designer answers
Joshua Topolsky (Engadget): And one other item of note — Apple chose to place the headphone jack at the top of the device. We don’t know about you, but we think the idea of draping our headphone cord across the screen or snaking it around back is a tremendously bad idea. And guess what? In practice, it kind of stinks. Why the company didn’t opt for putting the plug in the logical place — say, the bottom of the iPad, or the side even — is a mystery that will undoubtedly haunt our every waking moment.
John Gruber (Daring Fireball): But the top of the iPad *is* the side half the time. It’s meant to be held horizontally just as often as vertically. Perhaps the headphone jack placement isn’t optimal for listening to music in the background, but it seems pretty good for watching video. And putting it on the bottom means you wouldn’t be able to use headphones while it was docked. If you really want your headphones plugged into the “bottom”, just turn your iPad all the way around so that the home button is at the top.
“It further explains why one’s inability to hack an iPad means precisely nothing....”
– John Clark (via John Gruber)