I bought my daughter an Ipad for Christmas. It’s wonderful for a quick jog onto the internet. I can see where laptops will become a smaller market. However, once Droid pads come out, Ipad is toast. We had to buy a separate application just to be able to print from Ipad to a wireless printer. That should be a standard feature.
This is a trap and people should stay away. They want to lock you into their proprietary system and nickle and dime you to death. What’s next, pay for each time you print a document?
Anyone who has been burned by proprietary lock-in in the past should be seeing massive red flags.
AirPrint is standard in the latest software release.
iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch all have AirPrint as a standard part of iOS, but it only works with some of the newest HP printers.
I didn't know that you could print with a downloaded app. I will check this out since I bought my printer before AirPrint came out. Thanks for the information.
An app? What'd it cost ya, a buck or maybe 3?
I know this is going to be hard to accept, but *de*centralization is what put a desktop, then a laptop, then a smartphone, etc into every living room, car, and pocket in the civilized world. The day of a catalogue of "standard features" is passing. We're in the era of robust platform / distributed development. This is the essence of media technology -- and it is as compliant with free-market ideals as such a thing can be.
Hope ive been able say that sensibly.