iPad and Beoworld Forum

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vikinguk
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vikinguk
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 02:52 GMT
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Took delivery of a 3G iPad this week. Although it's 3G we haven't bothered with a SIM and just use it wirelessly at the moment on our home network.

It is a great device to use, feels nice, is very intuitive, scrolling and changing between web pages somehow feels far superior to a laptop. It also displays a lot of reading material in a better way than the Kindle, although the Kindle is nicer to read pages on in bright sunlight (assuming what you are reading is formatted for the Kindle because its navigation of anything else is terrible.)

Anyway, last night I tried the iPad on the Wednesday forum here on Beoworld. What a disaster. Keyboard wouldn't come up onto the display and the iPad eventually had to be shut down completely to get it out of a persistent flashing on and off if a 'Compose' window was called-up.

Searching the web the iPad seems to have problems with certain forums............. is this because of the way a forum is set up...... is it because the iPad doesn't display, say Adobe Flash, or some  other reason?

Graham

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larskoelle (archived)
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 03:46 GMT
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Hi vikinger,

Same issue here iPad will not show the keybord for whatever reason. But there is an App out there called Beoworld which works fine on my iPhone.

As far as I understood there might come some updates along for the forum.

PH
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PhilLondon
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 04:38 GMT
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Download this App I built for Beoworld:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beoworld/id398379170?mt=8

Works on iPad and iPhone.

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tournedos
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 04:50 GMT
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vikinger wrote:
Searching the web the iPad seems to have problems with certain forums............. is this because of the way a forum is set up...... is it because the iPad doesn't display, say Adobe Flash, or some  other reason?

vikinguk
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vikinguk
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 05:31 GMT
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PhilLondon wrote:

Download this App I built for Beoworld:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beoworld/id398379170?mt=8

Works on iPad and iPhone.

Thanks Phil. Downloaded it ...... it gives me Beoworld in a completely different format but I can't see any of the reply etc options. When I go back to the normal browser (Safari) and view Beoworld through that it's just the same: you can call up a reply window but there's no keyboard.

Have a missed something with using your App?

Graham

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PhilLondon
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 06:22 GMT
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You need to enter your account name and password.

This is on the first screen of the App. Tap the Account button.

Once you've entered your credentials, the Reply button will be active. it is the same button as in the Mail app.

p.

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vikinguk
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 06:41 GMT
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Success! At least I think I can reply via the iPad!
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windmacher (archived)
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 06:48 GMT
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I use every day the Beoworld App. It Works geat. It is easier to read and write than on a PC.
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vikinguk
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 07:02 GMT
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Great App Phil!

Works really well. The only problem I now have is that for some reason the Apps icon doesn't appear on the main screen and I have to search for it. No doubt this is just me not being familiar with the peculiarities of the iPad.

Graham

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elephant (archived)
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Posted July 14, 2011 at 07:06 GMT
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vikinger wrote:
the Apps icon doesn't appear on the main screen

just drag the Beoworld App's icon from where you find it, down to the task bar thingy, and let go

now it will be at the bottom of every screen for instant access !

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