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01-31-2010

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Originally Posted by andom

the point is: nobody depends on usb any more. It is obsolete. My Nokia does not have a usb, and I do not miss it. It just does not make any difference.
But that is another story ....

Which probably is why they currently released the specs for USB 3.0, and mobile companys decided to use a common micro-USB connector for recharging?

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Originally Posted by andom

Nobody depends on the iTunes Store to get new applications? It is just a very comfortable way to keep work at a minimum, for people who just want to choose and use.

How else do you install new applications? AFAIK, the only way to go without the App-Store on the iPhone was to Jailbreak it, resulting in not only a few "bricked" phones.

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Originally Posted by andom

Again: the iPad is not meant as a netbook or substitute a computer. You would not expect all those things from a kindle, or would you? Just imagine the iPad as a Kindle with a few extras. ;-)

Nobody said such a thing. But from the way it was touted as the ultimate internet appliance, I'd at least expect it to be able to have both a browser and a text processor open. If it was possible 10 years ago, on less powerful hardware, why isn't it now?

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ipheth

IPHETH(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						 IPHETH(4)

NAME

     ipheth -- USB Apple iPhone/iPad tethered Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

     To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

	   if_ipheth_load="YES"

     Alternatively, to compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

	   device uhci
	   device ohci
	   device usb
	   device ipheth

DESCRIPTION

     The ipheth driver provides support for network access through Apple iPhone and iPad devices, often referred to as USB tethering.

     ipheth should work with any Apple iPhone or iPad device.  In most cases this must be explicitly enabled on the device first.

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).	The device does not support different media types or options.

HARDWARE

     The following devices are supported by the ipheth driver:

     o	 Apple iPhone tethering (all models)
     o	 Apple iPad tethering (all models)

SEE ALSO

     arp(4), cdce(4), intro(4), netintro(4), urndis(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8), usbconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The ipheth device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.2.

AUTHORS

     The ipheth driver was written by Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS

     Some devices may need to be manually configured to use an alternative configuration with the usbconfig(8) utility.  A command similar to
	   usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 set_config 3
     may be required if the device is not recognised automatically by ipheth after it is connected.

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