Reasons why the Apple iPad may not be a could fit for you

All I can think of many reasons why I want the Apple iPad including a sleek profile, the beautiful large screen display, but many applications that are just waiting to be installed on your unit and the list goes on and on.  But, the list is just as long that steers me into wanting one of the new slick devices that were presented at CES.  Now for someone that uses their technology for everything that it can possibly do for them the thought of having something that provides more than just a static entertainment device is very appealing.  So when you see a product like Lenovo's U1 hybrid notebook, it makes me more willing to spend the extra money for product that has much more function than what the iPad brings to the table.  So, while I'd like the look of the Apple iPad, Mrs. One product that I would hope would wait four the second or third generation to come out when all the masses have made their voices heard and Apple bends to market pressure to provide a truly remarkable system with greater functionality.

Wish list:

• At least one USB Port to access flash media
• SD card slot
• Support for flash to give you the rest of the Internet experience
• A webcam-will turn this into a great communications device as well
• Larger storage would be nice as well but having either a USB Port or an SD slot would help to alleviate that issue

These simple additions to the product would give the Apple iPad that extra something to make it a truly "must have" device. Adding these things should not cost more than $100 which most of us would gladly pay I'm sure.

Apple iPad Excitement

The first hurdle that we have to consider is whether or not we can justify spending this much money on the solely entertainment device.  I know I would desperately and like to try it out before purchasing but I don't believe that is an option.  I love the way of the e-mail and calendar apps are setup, with that much screen real estate they are really making good use of it.  The fact that it has access to all of your bike touch and I phoned applications and will run them, and if you'd like will run them at a larger size. What I am really waiting to see is what apps developers will do with the extra screen size, and Processing Power that is in this unit.

 Another drawback that I see is that what still don't have flash support in the browser.  With so much of the web content now being served up using Adobe's flash drivers, we are still going to miss the correct experience of many web sites.  Since Apple is promoting this as a system that provides the best web experience that you have ever seen, not having this as part of the basic functions of the unit is a large shortcoming.  But all in all, this new device by Apple has grabbed my eye and is definitely on my gadget wish list.  So, luckily its not available today which prevents me from making an impulse buy and will let me watch how this product evolves over the next six months.  Hopefully, we'll see it come down in price because I'd really like to buy in at the 64 GB and the 3G data plan. If you're going to get that device you want to be able to work with it in as many places as possible.

Tricks: How I worked around Mozy’s NAS device limitation

So the other day I went ahead and signed up for the MozyHome backup subscription, and when I began setting up what I wanted to have backed up I immediately found out that I was unable to back up any files are located on my NAS (Network Attached Storage) device.  Now, I use my NAS box has the central point where I store all of my shared files on my Home Network.  I have a USB drive attached two my NAS box that automatically backs up all of my files on this device, locally, but I also wanted to have offsite backup of these files as well.

My primary interest was in my digital photographs, I have never lost any pictures but I don't want to ever have to suffer that anguish.  So I was looking for simple way to work around this problem and I came up with setting up the scheduled task that runs xcopy with a few switches after it to make it functional and quick after the initial transfer.  Luckily, Mozy works with USB drives that are attached to your computer, and I currently have a 1 TB USB drive attached to my system that I haven't filled up yet so I setup a simple xcopy command that will back up any files that have not changed in my picture directory to my USB drive.  This also gives new one extra copy of my picture files locally as another backup.

xcopy L:\share\pictures\*.* e:\Pictures /d /s /v /c /j

Switch Definitions I used…

• /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time.
• /S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
• /V           Verifies the size of each new file.
• /C           Continues copying even if errors occur.
• /J           Copies using unbuffered I/O. Recommended for very large files.

XCopy command structure and full set of switches:

Copies files and directory trees.

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
                           [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
                           [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/B]
                           [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]

  source       Specifies the file(s) to copy.
  destination  Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
  /A           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
               doesn't change the attribute.
  /M           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
               turns off the archive attribute.
  /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
               If no date is given, copies only those files whose
               source time is newer than the destination time.
  /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
               Specifies a list of files containing strings.  Each string
               should be in a separate line in the files.  When any of the
               strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
               copied, that file will be excluded from being copied.  For
               example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
               all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
               .obj extension respectively.
  /P           Prompts you before creating each destination file.
  /S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
  /E           Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
               Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
  /V           Verifies the size of each new file.
  /W           Prompts you to press a key before copying.
  /C           Continues copying even if errors occur.
  /I           If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
               assumes that destination must be a directory.
  /Q           Does not display file names while copying.
  /F           Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
  /L           Displays files that would be copied.
  /G           Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does
               not support encryption.
  /H           Copies hidden and system files also.
  /R           Overwrites read-only files.
  /T           Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
               include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
               empty directories and subdirectories.
  /U           Copies only files that already exist in destination.
  /K           Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
  /N           Copies using the generated short names.
  /O           Copies file ownership and ACL information.
  /X           Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
  /Y           Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
               existing destination file.
  /-Y          Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
               existing destination file.
  /Z           Copies networked files in restartable mode.
  /B           Copies the Symbolic Link itself versus the target of the link.
  /J           Copies using unbuffered I/O. Recommended for very large files.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.