brotkasten
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If the manufacturer had problems with the previous product, why not? Just part of the speculation.
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If the manufacturer had problems with the previous product, why not? Just part of the speculation.
Technosteve
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I predict that iPad 3 will not get a retina display
brotkasten
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You're already dead.
brotkasten
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I think it's also the best device to use iOS, because thanks to the amazing apps, you'll hardly see it.
lol what a steal
The Elite
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You win.
friend didn't even want any cash with the trade? holy hell
Ninja Scooter
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Does your friend also work for the Raiders?
Nope. She's a loaded college student who's mom and dad pay for everything and doesn't understand the value of a dollar.
I don't feel bad. Her parents bought her a new BMW while I'm stuck in my '94 Accord.
$199 iPad 2 for me!
ah, OK. that puts things in perspective.
It's like if I drop a penny on the ground by accident. I'm not picking it up
Crazymoogle
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That's a damn good trade.
Meanwhile, I wonder if Apple will pricematch tomorrow if I bought something today? Their return policy seems to say they would but it's a little unclear...
Meanwhile, I wonder if Apple will pricematch tomorrow if I bought something today? Their return policy seems to say they would but it's a little unclear...
hyp
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definitely. though it's crazy to think they spent 4 years on it. with the cash that marvel and DC have, Im assuming dev time would be a lot less.
Man you found a gold mine, you should smash and get her pregnants while you can./
FreeMufasa
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haha I did the same with a rich girl in high school. I had a £50 MP3 player I got from the states she wanted so I swapped it for her £250 PSP.
Trigger Warning
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Blink more?
Try bringing the iPad up to a comfortable angle instead of staring down at it in your lap.
Maybe turn on black on white mode in Settings>General>Accessibility
What's your list of requirements that will make you upgrade to the next iPad?
Personally I want 1gb of ram, a quad core processor and the retina display. If it doesn't have at least two those I won't be upgrading from the iPad 2.
Try bringing the iPad up to a comfortable angle instead of staring down at it in your lap.
Maybe turn on black on white mode in Settings>General>Accessibility
What's your list of requirements that will make you upgrade to the next iPad?
Personally I want 1gb of ram, a quad core processor and the retina display. If it doesn't have at least two those I won't be upgrading from the iPad 2.
Gamecocks625
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Get better eye balls?
Kidding. In all honesty, I'm not really sure. Is it the screen brightness? You turned it all the way down, so that shouldn't be an issue. How close are you holding the iPad to your face?
might be an obvious point but please make sure you arent reading the ipad in completely dark rooms just because it has a backlight
keep a light on like you would reading a book.
if you have good ambient light and youe still having issues, Im not sure what it might be. sorry.
keep a light on like you would reading a book.
if you have good ambient light and youe still having issues, Im not sure what it might be. sorry.
bodyofanamerican
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What's the deal with this? A slick podcast aggregator?
Trigger Warning
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Any glare/reflection issues that might be messing with your eyes? Otherwise is the text size comfortable?
Yeah this is a good point, going too low would mess your eyes in other ways beyond just the light level (like reflections become more noticeable too).
Trigger Warning
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I have an iPad 1. Would it be crazy to buy an iPad 2 right now (apple have some middling discounts today), considering the iPad 3 is 3 months away? I mostly use it for games, and I've never noticed a lack of pixels so retina wouldn't be a killer feature for me particularly. And if it goes retina I'm concerned about lack of grunt pushing that many pixels.
so, yay/nay for an iPad 2?
so, yay/nay for an iPad 2?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Why would they release a product with a resolution that the hardware couldn't handle?
ok, phrased badly.
Ipad 2 has a much faster CPU and GPU. If they release a retina iPad 3, my expectation is that the CPU/GPU is not likely to scale accordingly. They'd need a 4x GPU just to stand still in terms of performance for some games.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Well, the iPad 1 to iPad 2 GPU speed increase was 7x, so....
The iPad 2 can already handle a filtrate 4x larger than its screen. Of course games would suffer at that resolution with the iPad 2 hardware, but they've had a full year to make it much faster.
I own both ipad - 1+2. Its not really worth it outside of smoothness in use. I got ipad2 for my reading/pdf refresh. Games; outside of a small handfull, the extra grunt in AA+graphics bump, isnt really worth it. wait for 3.
that said, I'm not going to buy ipad 3. I will get ipad4.
and I think.... the resolution nonsense is just rabid fanboy nonsense. Retinapad? lol no way you're going to get a chip that will drive graphics on a panel that size. and not to mention the impact on battery life
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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As I understand it, it wouldn't take as much processor muscle to use pixel doubling to achieve the 2048 x 1536 resolution, which is why they're choosing that exact resolution (i.e. twice the current 1024 × 768 res).
Don't Xbox & PS3 games do that all the time? Internally render at a lower resolution that doesn't kill the cpu and then pixel interpolate to 1080p or whatever. It's a pretty common technique.
I'm sure for print/media consumption it'll be fantastic, just not sure for games. Feels like it'll need to be iPad 4 to get an actual performance increase, with the natural performance increase this time being absorbed by the higher res.
Interesting to hear that there aren't that many games that take advantage of the iPad 2's increased power. So might try and hang on until next year.
Interesting to hear that there aren't that many games that take advantage of the iPad 2's increased power. So might try and hang on until next year.
WSJ: Sharp to supply Apple with LCDs for iPad 3, already supplying iPhone screens
Source: 9to5mac.com
It seems Wall Street Journal too, is reporting Sharp to be the ones behind the screen for iPad 3.
On the other side, I'm considering buying the iPad 2 as a Christmas present for one of my family members.
Source: 9to5mac.com
It seems Wall Street Journal too, is reporting Sharp to be the ones behind the screen for iPad 3.
I would wait, in fact I'm holding out these remaining four months or so for the iPad 3. Now that I have waited this long, I ought to stick it out.
On the other side, I'm considering buying the iPad 2 as a Christmas present for one of my family members.
Try FileBrowser or FilesConnect, two apps that let you wirelessly browse a computer or network-attached storage. You can then copy the file over wifi and use the "Open In" function to transfer it to the desired app.
I never use iTunes for putting media files onto the iPad.
As for streaming the video directly, try BuzzPlayer HD. Unlike AirVideo, it doesn't require any software running on a host computer (or a host computer at all, you can stream from a NAS). It plays all format videos, locally or streaming.
I never use iTunes for putting media files onto the iPad.
As for streaming the video directly, try BuzzPlayer HD. Unlike AirVideo, it doesn't require any software running on a host computer (or a host computer at all, you can stream from a NAS). It plays all format videos, locally or streaming.
i've held off on buying an ipad since it was originally announced. it never appealed to me as i was always hoping for something more prior to the announcement. but the more i play with them the more i want one. plus, i told myself ipad 3 would be when i finally dive in, no matter what the specs/features are, but i am finding myself REALLY wanting one now.
I have waited this long, should i continue to wait for 3's release or buy a 2 now and flip it when 3 comes out?
I have waited this long, should i continue to wait for 3's release or buy a 2 now and flip it when 3 comes out?
Gamecocks625
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Won't give you advice (I caved and got one last month), but the Apple online store has them at $45 off today.
i actually have $150 in walmart gift cards, which i have explicitly to purchase an ipad, since apple gift cards wouldn't let me buy one.
I have Air Video but don't you need to be connected to wifi to watch those videos? I wanted to put some videos on it to watch on a plane as I won't be connected to a network.
I also have AVMediaPlayer but I've heard it drains batteries more than just using the standard video app.
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