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12 Jul 2011, 00:48
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I'm looking at the app store right now (through itunes since I'm at work) and the app is a whopping 190MB! WTF :wtf: ? Also, given that this app is actually just an advertisement (in disguise), I was shocked to see that it costs 30DKK=4 euros. My guess is that they are trying to squeeze us poor Trekkies from every single penny (eurocent) we have. Just lame :mad: .

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12 Jul 2011, 08:34
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I am even cheaper than that, do not have an iPad.
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Why doesn't someone just write an operating system like that?

On another note: matress last visit to the site was over a week ago. I hope he's OK. Haven't seen vjeko much lately either.

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12 Jul 2011, 20:42
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First of all, Apple is very strict with these things and I doubt they will ever allow free development on their devices. On PCs, I guess one could possibly do it as a theme running on top of some flavour of linux or something, but then one could run into legal problems with Paramount.

I haven't seen neither of them lately, but vjeko seems to be somewhat active on facebook...

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12 Jul 2011, 22:07
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Here is a review of what it will do at Trekmovie.com
http://trekmovie.com/2011/07/13/video-demo-review-of-star-trek-padd-app-for-ipad/

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This is how Okuda et al designed the original PADD:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/ ... rs-ago.ars

As it seems, Trek beat (cr)Apple by at least 20 years :twistedlaugh:

Edit: I just tried the app on my iPad and to be frank it is a bit disappointing. While the UI is quite nice, the amount of information is much smaller compared to Memory Alpha or even Wikipedia. More or less, I agree with what it is said in this review:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/20 ... ad-app.ars

Finally, the integration with Facebook and Twitter is rather distracting, as it breaks the Trek atmosphere :evil:

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15 Jul 2011, 15:32
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Don't worry Bashir, i'm back. Have been uber-hyper-mega busy with work. Could've sworn I posted before to say I would be... :doh:

This is a cool app, but I don't have an Ipad and I don't plan on getting one. I'm not an Apple fanboy. My HTC Desire is all I need. :love:

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