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Technosteve
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iPad 2x
LyleLanley
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Gila said:
A retina screen as big as an iPad would be pretty damn substantial.
outunderthestars
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I really want an ipad for board games, magazine/pdf reading, and plant/animal identification apps. I also want to be able to keep a good amount of video and audio on it as well.
The Ipad 1 64GB is on sale for $399 through Apple. Is there really a big difference between the 1st and 2nd gen ipads if I don't care about having a camera or 3d gaming?
The Ipad 1 64GB is on sale for $399 through Apple. Is there really a big difference between the 1st and 2nd gen ipads if I don't care about having a camera or 3d gaming?
Bitmap Frogs
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High res display and a quadcore a15 ;D
Since things are moving to a new manufacturing node next year, I wonder if they can fit a quad gpu as well... that'd give the new iPad more punch than the psvita lol.
Since things are moving to a new manufacturing node next year, I wonder if they can fit a quad gpu as well... that'd give the new iPad more punch than the psvita lol.
outunderthestars
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Bitmap Frogs said:
Won't that powerful of a processor put a hit on battery life? How much power do you really need in a tablet?
LyleLanley
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outunderthestars said:
If there is a retina display in the iPad3, then it will need some pretty beefy specs to get it to run well at all.
No.giga said:
Because it's easier to say "iOS5 runs on the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S" than trying to explain how OS X Lion runs on certain Macs with Core2Duo's in most cases but not the very early yada yada yada. Understand what I mean? Eventually an iOS update will come out that may run on the iPad 3, 4 and 5 but not the 1 and 2. How would you explain it if there were no numbers? What other designation would you give them? "The iPad with the cameras"? "The first iPhone that had Siri"?
The ipad2 is significantly lighter. If you're going to be reading on the thing, it makes a difference. I also wouldn't buy an original ipad under any circumstances. In saving a little cash, you're locking yourself to device that is going to get more and more outdated each year. It's like buying an iphone 3g after the 3gs is out. The ipad2's hardware is robust enough that it'll be supported for years to come. The meager memory and power of the original is already locking it out of things. In two years it probably won't even get ios updates.outunderthestars said:
If you do any web browsing, you'll really feel the difference in the two devices.
White Man said:
You're upside down? I thought that was the only orientation it wouldn't flip to.
On the iPhone, you can double tap Home and scroll all the way to the left to get a "Portrait Orientation Lock" (looks like a grey circling arrow icon), but I dunno if that would fix your problem anyway.
jts
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The iPad, unlike the iPhone, flips to pretty much every orientation on most apps. Upside down is fine. I'd like the iPhone to be like that. Also, you can lock its orientation through the multitasking tray (as per your description) or even set the physical mute switch to do it.Wallach said:
@White Man: I don't think you can. The split keyboard hovers a notch above the bottom. You can slide it up at will, but if you bring it down too much it will turn into the normal keyboard.
polyh3dron
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retina is exactly what I've been holding out on until I buy an iPad... I've got a Touchpad to hold me over until then.Gila said:
Gamecocks625
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White Man said:
Sure. Just pull the keyboard apart with your thumbs and it will split right there at the bottom. If you use the button in the bottom right to split the keyboard, it will move to the center (this is in portrait)
Gamecocks625
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Saw that Apple has a new dark gray smart cover. Are they good buys? My griffin case is leaving weird material on the screen and might opt for a smart cover instead.
Gamecocks625
Member
Tobor said:
Honestly, I'm not that worried about the back. It was the front I was worried about mostly. This piece of Griffin was leaving rubbery bits and sand-like grain on the screen. I'm sending that back to Amazon, pronto.
OK, I'll spring for a smart cover then. Thanks.
TheChewyWaffles
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The smart cover is awful. There are plenty of good third-party covers available. Incase makes great ones.
Aaron said:
As an iPad 1 owner, I agree. Before the iOS5 update I'd have said if you don't mind the weight and have played around with a few apps and the browser to get a sense of the speed, feel free to save some money. But since iOS5, the iPad 1 no longer feels snappy and capable. Such a shame. I had no interest in upgrading to an iPad 3 (yes, even with a retina display) because the iPad 1 did pretty much everything I needed it to as slickly and as fast as I needed it done. iOS5 added some features, but it feels like it added a thin layer of friction to every process. All that wonderful responsiveness is gone. On balance, I might even revert to the previous firmware if I could, if for no other reason than to see if the boost in speed really does outweigh the new features.
Don't buy an iPad 1. At least, don't buy one if you ever plan on updating the software or enjoying the latest apps. Even if your needs are fairly basic, my advice would be to wait for the iPad 3 at this point.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
giga said:
The iPad app for Mint is out and it looks amazing:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mint.com-personal-finance/id300238550?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mint.com-personal-finance/id300238550?mt=8
badcrumble
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I wonder if Siri is ever coming to the iPad 2 or if it'll have to wait for the iPad 3.
jts
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Maybe it isn't coming to the iPad at all. I mean, the iPad never even got VoiceControl.badcrumble said:
Perhaps they want to keep the personal assistant feature exclusive to the one truly personal, with everything always built into it (3G, phone, SMS textes, GPS, etc), iOS device. The iPhone.
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whaaaaaat? Yeah right. Siri is gonna come to all Apple products.jts said:
jts
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In the long run, maybe. But I can't see it happen soon.Jtwo said:
Even if, by chance, it gets announced for the iPad 3, I wouldn't be surprised if it was an exclusive of the 3G versions.
I mean, it's a server dependent core feature... it doesn't make much sense on non- always connected devices. And it wouldn't fly well with the consumers, IMO.
We'll see.
badcrumble
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Good point.jts said:
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Completely agreed.jts said:
I plugged in my IPad to my Win Vista computer and iTunes prompted me to update to iOS 5 to which I gladly obliged. However I got some sort of error (1166 iirc) and now my iPad screen just has an Apple logo and progress bar on it. Won't lock, home button does nothing, and plugging it into my computer doesn't do anything. Any advice on how to fix this?
Jedeye Sniv
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TheBez said:
Yeah man, I had this very same issue. If I understand it correctly it's due to an issue with the install. Apple's advice is to uininstall iTunes from the PC and delete everything to do with it and then reinstall (you might want to back up your backups though).
However, that didn't work for me. In the end I had to plug it into my other netbook with a fresh itunes install and update it that way. The upshot of which was that it wiped the iPad clean. If you have a backup on your main machine you can get all your apps and saves back though.
Of course, this may be terrible advice and somebody else may have an easy fix. But after losing a day to researching it I don't think there's much you can do, especially if your PC is no longer recognising the device now.
Stumpokapow
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jts said:
Safari is a server dependent core feature
badcrumble
Member
Also a good point, haha.Stumpokapow said:Safari is a server dependent core feature
But that's sort of treated as on the app level, rather than the OS-feature level, so I can understand why Apple would handle the two differently. Siri is *completely* abstracted from the user - I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of users assume that it's their iPhone 4S processing their voice and not a server farm in North Carolina. Thus, it might be confusing to a lot of people to have it only work when you're connected to a network. That's the sort of confusion Apple really wants to avoid.
In the end, though, Siri's pretty clearly a big deal and I expect Apple to roll it out to the iPad and Apple TV and even eventually (like, next-major-OSX-revision eventually) to the Mac.
badcrumble
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I want a male Siri voice!Tobor said:
They'll all have the same personality if and when that happens, though, so I doubt the whole 'character' thing will work.
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I'm waiting for the inevitable lawsuit against Apple when Siri tells someone something funny or off-color or just the wrong directions...something stupid...and they end up getting killed or injured or something either due to hurt feelings or general stupidity.
Not sure why I just thought about this, but it seems like it's guaranteed to happen sooner or later.
"I asked Siri if I looked fat in this shirt, and she wouldn't give me a straight answer about it. I asked her for hours and she kept repeating herself. Not even Siri loves me. I'm jumping off a bridge...goodbye cruel world. I'm not even pretty enough for a stupid machine."
*kills herself*
*parents sue Apple*
...something like that!
Not sure why I just thought about this, but it seems like it's guaranteed to happen sooner or later.
"I asked Siri if I looked fat in this shirt, and she wouldn't give me a straight answer about it. I asked her for hours and she kept repeating herself. Not even Siri loves me. I'm jumping off a bridge...goodbye cruel world. I'm not even pretty enough for a stupid machine."
*kills herself*
*parents sue Apple*
...something like that!
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