Camera USB adapter Power Message
First it must be said I'm a huge Apple supporter. Drink the CoolAid no, I've been mixing it in the back and passing it out for years. My first macs were a IIe and a IIc, and many many others sense. I also know that I should be used to this sort of thing by now. Normally I would let others make comments etc about this and just sit by and watch the outcome from the side lines. For some reason not this time….
I must admit I'm feeling a bit screwed by Apple. I bought my 3G iPad the day it was available and spent a couple of months tracking down a camera adapter kit for it. One of the biggest reasons I made the purchase was to be able to Quickly view my shots in a larger size. It worked beautifully!
I have a SanDisk ImageMate 12 in 1 card reader which is a compact multi card format usb device. Before I upgraded to iOS 4 it worked marvelously. I could take shots with what ever device, with which ever card format, plug the card into the 12 in 1, and keep shooting while it was downloading images to the iPad. Now, I plug the 12 in 1 in and get a message that there isn't enough power to run the device. Yea?!, I might have bought that if it didn't work before the iSO 4 upgrade. But when it works flawlessly for months and then quits working because Apple decides they know better than I do which devices should be used with my iPad #%!*@!!!
Is it a battery life thing? Is it that my iPad may run for an hour less on a charge? Shouldn't that be my decision? How about a message "WARNING use of this device will reduce your run time" and give me the option to either continue using it or not. Don't tell me that it wont work, because that is now obviously a blatant lie. It's dishonest and a lousy way to treat a customer. For a company that want's us to believe that they are so concerned about our user experience it's a terrible way to show it.
Has anyone found a hack to get around this message? Or are those of us caught in this situation left with nothing else to do but wait and hope that the decision makers change their mind(s) and give us back the freedom we had before the NEW iOS?
I must admit I'm feeling a bit screwed by Apple. I bought my 3G iPad the day it was available and spent a couple of months tracking down a camera adapter kit for it. One of the biggest reasons I made the purchase was to be able to Quickly view my shots in a larger size. It worked beautifully!
I have a SanDisk ImageMate 12 in 1 card reader which is a compact multi card format usb device. Before I upgraded to iOS 4 it worked marvelously. I could take shots with what ever device, with which ever card format, plug the card into the 12 in 1, and keep shooting while it was downloading images to the iPad. Now, I plug the 12 in 1 in and get a message that there isn't enough power to run the device. Yea?!, I might have bought that if it didn't work before the iSO 4 upgrade. But when it works flawlessly for months and then quits working because Apple decides they know better than I do which devices should be used with my iPad #%!*@!!!
Is it a battery life thing? Is it that my iPad may run for an hour less on a charge? Shouldn't that be my decision? How about a message "WARNING use of this device will reduce your run time" and give me the option to either continue using it or not. Don't tell me that it wont work, because that is now obviously a blatant lie. It's dishonest and a lousy way to treat a customer. For a company that want's us to believe that they are so concerned about our user experience it's a terrible way to show it.
Has anyone found a hack to get around this message? Or are those of us caught in this situation left with nothing else to do but wait and hope that the decision makers change their mind(s) and give us back the freedom we had before the NEW iOS?
MacBook Pro i7 17", PowerBook G4 17", iMac 17", iPhone 3Gs, iPad 3G, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
