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[Gary Whitta]

I have an Air and an iPad and I use both.

 

[Tobor]

Have you tried opening a few image heavy pages, then switch to a game (Infinity Blade) and back to the browser again. The pages still there or do they have to reload. iCab doesn't seem neccesary on the iPad 2 anymore if that Tipb impression is indicative of the browser experience in Safari.

I'm still going to wait for that delicious 1gb of ram in iPad 3 though the iPad 2 is more impressive ram wise than I innitially thought, that's for sure.

I loaded up 5 pages, including two pages of The Big Picture(great test site since it's all large images), then played some infinity blade. When I went back to Safari, the big picture pages were still there, one GAF thread reloaded. Safari is really improved, I don't think you would need to use an alternate browser at all unless you just prefer a different UI.

 

[btrboyev]

Well I didn't notice screen bleeding on my iPad till I cranked up the brightness to max and went to a black screen. I usually don't put too much thought to this kind of thing, but at $700, I expect better. I bought this unit at walmqrt and I'm thinking of returning awrasse ping but there is no way to guarantee a better replacement. What do you guys suggest? Are we being ridiculous to complain?

 

[Cloudy]

I loaded up 5 pages, including two pages of The Big Picture(great test site since it's all large images), then played some infinity blade. When I went back to Safari, the big picture pages were still there, one GAF thread reloaded. Safari is really improved, I don't think you would need to use an alternate browser at all unless you just prefer a different UI.

Does safari have real tabs (not background) now?

 

[btrboyev]

No safari is the same as before

 

[Tobor]

Does safari have real tabs (not background) now?

It's the same. I prefer it that way over losing more screen real estate to tabs. Whatever floats your boat, though.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Thanks guys... I decided to hold off and I will order a Bluetooth keyboard off amazon or something...

Also what's a good case to order... I saw the griffin one in best buy but I can't put the iPad with smart cover in it. Are there any nice cases or carry cases that I shouldn't looking at? Thanks again

same question here.. any recommendations? from amazon.com plz.. thanks

 

[numble]

Well I didn't notice screen bleeding on my iPad till I cranked up the brightness to max and went to a black screen. I usually don't put too much thought to this kind of thing, but at $700, I expect better. I bought this unit at walmqrt and I'm thinking of returning awrasse ping but there is no way to guarantee a better replacement. What do you guys suggest? Are we being ridiculous to complain?

Bring it to an Apple Store if you are near one.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Well I didn't notice screen bleeding on my iPad till I cranked up the brightness to max and went to a black screen. I usually don't put too much thought to this kind of thing, but at $700, I expect better. I bought this unit at walmqrt and I'm thinking of returning awrasse ping but there is no way to guarantee a better replacement. What do you guys suggest? Are we being ridiculous to complain?

I think if it's something you didn't even notice until somebody pointed it out and even then after you had to create the conditions for it it's not worth worrying about. I am pretty anal about this stuff, I returned my iPad 1 over a tiny speck of dirt under the screen that was barely noticeable, but even though I have some minor light bleeding on my new iPad 2 it doesn't bother me.

Your mileage may vary, if it's convenient enough to swap it out then why not? If it's a batch problem though there's no guarantee a replacement unit will be any better.

 

[Trent Strong]

The Air is awesome but I feel like the iPad makes laptops obsolete in a sense.

Just get a desktop and use Mr. iPad as your in-between.

That might be great for some people, but I find that I like a mouse or trackpad far more than I like a touchscreen. Using a touchscreen is just too much work, as ridiculous as that sounds. Take browsing GAF for instance: if I want to get to page 3 the Apple iPad thread, its nearly impossible for me to touch the '3' on this screen, it's too small. I have to zoom in every time to be able to touch something as small as those thread page numbers. I can't see myself ever liking touch as much as a trackpad. Not to mention that the iPad is far too heavy.

 

[biggyfries]

I'm looking at streaming movies from my Mac to the iPad. Any recommendations?

I'm looking at Plex, Streamtome, or Air Video. Anyone use those before?

 

[Fusebox]

Air Video is king imo.

 

[Tobor]

That might be great for some people, but I find that I like a mouse or trackpad far more than I like a touchscreen. Using a touchscreen is just too much work, as ridiculous as that sounds. Take browsing GAF for instance: if I want to get to page 3 the Apple iPad thread, its nearly impossible for me to touch the '3' on this screen, it's too small. I have to zoom in every time to be able to touch something as small as those thread page numbers. I can't see myself ever liking touch as much as a trackpad. Not to mention that the iPad is far too heavy.

secondapps.com/neogaf

 

[Cloudy]

It's the same. I prefer it that way over losing more screen real estate to tabs. Whatever floats your boat, though.

The background tabs are annoying IMO It might be better with the increased speeds but I haven't launched safari yet lol (I use icab)

 

[Cloudy]

I'm looking at streaming movies from my Mac to the iPad. Any recommendations?

I'm looking at Plex, Streamtome, or Air Video. Anyone use those before?

I've used airvideo and it's okay. I prefer vlc player even though it's not streaming

 

[neojubei]

Everyone should download appstart, its a good app for those new to the app store or need help looking for the right app. The app is free until Monday.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Anyone else noticed that the iPad 2 charges while the screen is on when plugged in to your computer via USB? The first one used to say "Not Charging" while the screen was still on, but now we get the lightning bolt charging symbol.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

I've used airvideo and it's okay. I prefer vlc player even though it's not streaming

How does VLC handle xvid and divx? Unless there was an update since I last tried, it wasn't very good at launch.

 

[Cloudy]

Any in depth review of garage band?

 

[LCfiner]

Any in depth review of garage band?

macworld goes into some decent detail

http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=835978&expand=true

 

[Cloudy]

How does VLC handle xvid and divx? Unless there was an update since I last tried, it wasn't very good at launch.

On the ipad1, it worked fine unless they were really HQ feeds. I noticed that HD live-action usually worked but most HD anime wouldn't. Haven't tried on ipad 2 yet

 

[bob page]

Not for me. iPad is just too limited to serve as a true portable replacement. I have an Air - and I don't think it's possible for an iPad to substitute for it outside of Web and Email.

I mean, the air lasts 7 hours and I can do so much with it - this is just hyperbole.

I used to have a desktop and laptop when I got my OG iPad but I rarely used the laptop a month or so after the purchase (so I sold it). I just didn't see the point, especially since the experience on the iPad was much more worthwhile for me.

 

[Cloudy]

I literally haven't turned on my laptop since I got ipad1 back in August. I use the desktop for anything that would be a hassle on the ipad

 

[btrboyev]

I just tried the same lcd light bleed test on my iPad 1 and it has the same issue...maybe the issue has always been there for everyone..just to different degrees. No apple store near me either. I'm not going to worry about it.

 

[besada]

the touch interface is perfect for kids because in general they're physical creatures that love to fiddle with things. I just hand over the ipad and she figures everything out on her own.

I've been amazed how quickly my nephews and nieces pick it up. Every time I see them now, they demand the iPad, and they're off doing all sorts of things without instruction. On that note, I wish the photos were a little easier to tuck away and conceal.

 

[biggyfries]

Thanks for the streaming suggestions.

Tried VLC, but it needs to process before it will play the file, and a 5-min file took about 3-4 minutes to process.

Will keep it in mind, as it is a pretty nice app/server, but will into the others, too.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

The Air is awesome but I feel like the iPad makes laptops obsolete in a sense.

Just get a desktop and use Mr. iPad as your in-between.

I see the iPad as creating and fitting a new niche in computing. Smartphone, iPad, Notebook, and Desktop - they all have their strengths. I'm more inclined to say that notebook computers have killed off a lot of the desktop market except for high-performance use cases.

edit: wow, so VLC only streams now? Useless.

 

[japtor]

Let me give you another example. I'll admit I play the Dash games on my ipod touch ( I like em shaddup!) and my 3G only has 256mb ram. On some of the later stages on Hotel Dash the 2d animated sprites chop at times and the game hiccups as there is too much on screen at once.

How do you know that's a memory limitation and not CPU/GPU related?

Weird because I just loaded an 93 picture page from the Earthquake thread and it only lost 1 pic. With an iPad1.

EDIT: http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/03/the-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-aftermath/

And that was without upgrading the RAM, amazing!

(4.3 changed something up a lot with the browser memory management or something.)

I know this is off-topic, but because so many of you are Mac users, does anyone here know of a good piece of software that can stream from PC to Mac, audio and video like you can find on iPad/iPhone?

Well on a computer I'd just do drive sharing and play the files natively, but I saw that there's a Mac StreamToMe client out on the Mac App Store, last I saw it it was free. It's really really clunky, but it works the same way as the iPhone/iPad client...nearly the same (which is why it feels so clunky). It uses the same server (Mac/Windows) that the iOS clients use.

Well I didn't notice screen bleeding on my iPad till I cranked up the brightness to max and went to a black screen. I usually don't put too much thought to this kind of thing, but at $700, I expect better. I bought this unit at walmqrt and I'm thinking of returning awrasse ping but there is no way to guarantee a better replacement. What do you guys suggest? Are we being ridiculous to complain?

If it bugs you go ahead. A defect is a defect and it's under warranty.

I'm looking at streaming movies from my Mac to the iPad. Any recommendations?

I'm looking at Plex, Streamtome, or Air Video. Anyone use those before?

I tried Plex when it first came out and the server was a bit of a pain in the ass for me and the app itself sucked, Air Video and StreamToMe are both solid, but the latter does photos and music as well (also integrates with iTunes and iPhoto libraries). If you have 4.3 you can use iTunes Home Sharing (built in) while on your LAN.

On the ipad1, it worked fine unless they were really HQ feeds. I noticed that HD live-action usually worked but most HD anime wouldn't. Haven't tried on ipad 2 yet

I saw one review mentioning choppy videos worked smoothly on iPad 2 (albeit some other video player app).

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Thanks for the streaming suggestions.

Tried VLC, but it needs to process before it will play the file, and a 5-min file took about 3-4 minutes to process.

Will keep it in mind, as it is a pretty nice app/server, but will into the others, too.

Air Video is all you need.

StreamToMe is also excellent, allowing you to stream music, movies and photos. Air Video is easier to set up for remote access, though.

 

[Buckethead]

Is there a "scroll to page end" bookmarklet?
I know there's a spoiler one which I got?

Somewhat irritating scrolling with 'yer hand. I suppose I could go with the web app.

 

[womp]

I got an Iphone 4 because it contained an HD camera so I could film snippets of my baby boy's life. At just over 4 months old, I have seen him drawn to touch screens. I let him pick out Pokemon and attacks on my game of Soul Silver, and he will randomly touch the Iphone 4's screen to move stuff. My question is this, does the Ipad make a good teaching tool for a toddler? I know they react well to instant feedback, but are the applications there to support it? Also, would the screen scratch too easily? I would not be against getting a protector sheet for the screen.

My 3 year old has owned my 2G iPod Touch for almost a year now since he was two (I didn't use it as much when I got a Droid phone). He needs absolutely zero instruction from my wife or I on how to use it outside charging it for him. The amount of educational software on it is awesome and he whizzes around it just like any of the nerds would here at GAF. He adores jigsaw puzzles especially.

I am planning to hopefully pick up another iPad soon after owning one for a month last year. Not sure I need the iPad 2 as the $100 knock down on the original is a big bonus to me....But I want to get it partially for him to enjoy as well.

In the end - Go for it. It will be a great investment has your son gets older.

 

[Tobor]

Is there a "scroll to page end" bookmarklet?
I know there's a spoiler one which I got?

Somewhat irritating scrolling with 'yer hand. I suppose I could go with the web app.

http://ipuhelin.com/en/safariplus/__e__#javascript:scroll(0,document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].scrollHeight);

Directions are for iPhone, but it works the same.

 

[harriet the spy]

perhaps a stupid question, but here goes:
is there an app (or rather, an ipad app and a mac os driver) that allows you to more or less use your ipad as an input tablet (with display), essentially making the ipad an inexpensive (and granted, inaccurate, but i am not worried about this for now) version of a wacom cintiq?

Ideally, it wouldn't be a specified program on the mac - the input should be usable anywhere (photoshop, your favorite image manipulation app, paint, etc..), just like a cintiq works.

With a pen, that might be a very pleasant way to doodle a bit.

edit: i realize there are drawing apps like sketchbook pro, but that's not exactly what i am looking for. I want to control my mac. Maybe a vnc, but then the whole screen gets exported, which is a bit unfortunate (not to add to the problem of lag - i should be sending my input to mac os, not receiving input from it).

 

[Joel Was Right]

Anyone up for some FaceTime?

 

[MrDenny]

Just bought a black leather skin off ebay.
Only 14.95 and free shipping.

iPad 2 Leather Skin Info:
• Realistic Leather look and feel with unique texturized vinyl surface
• CAD designed and precision cut for perfect fit
• Pressure Sensitive Air Release channel adhesive for easy installation
• Removes without leaving any residues
• Can easily be removed and re-applied
• Installation instructions provided
• Compatible with the Apple iPad Dock and other accessories
• Fits all iPad 2 models

Their white carbon fiber skin looks pretty good too.

Here's their store.
Currently, they also have metallic wood, designer wood, black/white carbon fiber skins.
Hopefully it looks just as good as the pictures.

 

[FoxhoundNL]

I loaded up 5 pages, including two pages of The Big Picture(great test site since it's all large images), then played some infinity blade. When I went back to Safari, the big picture pages were still there, one GAF thread reloaded. Safari is really improved, I don't think you would need to use an alternate browser at all unless you just prefer a different UI.

That's good to hear for you iPad 2 owners. I think that makes iCab redundant as on iPad 1 one after playing Infinity Blade for a bit you need to reload some pages again too, because the game demanded more ram, I guess.

My iPad first gen will have to do, but it's going to be a tough year once I see the damn thing in real life

 

[NJ Shlice]

Those look tempting but I'm not going and "adhering" anything to the back of this beauty.

 

[NYR]

I really hope someone offers an edge to edge decal that fits the entire back. Don't like that decal ignores the edge so much. Almost makes it a shame that Apple changed the design of the back, since iPad 1 decals looked and fit so good.

 

[Zeth]

Wow I kinda like that leather skin. Hopefully I'll find a review or something - might be cool as long as it doesn't leave residue when it's removed.

 

[NumberTwo]

I have a iMac+iPad, and I agree it's a perfect combo.

 

[Dork Knight]

Anyone up for some FaceTime?

I just FaceTimed my sister (hmm...that sounds kinda gross) and it was awesome (even grosser). Quality wasn't too shabby either. Very cool little feature.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Anyone else unable to load chuchu rocket on iPad 2?

 

[Buckethead]

http://ipuhelin.com/en/safariplus/__e__#javascript:scroll(0,document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].scrollHeight);

Directions are for iPhone, but it works the same.

Thanks works great.

 

[captive]

Ditto here for desktop + iPad. Havnt even touched my laptop since Friday.

Thanks everyone for app recommendations, keep posting them if you see them. Got flight control hd for .99, tower madness for free, appstart for free. I wish logmein would lower the price for the iPad ignition app, be really useful for me for work.

 

[Flim Flam]

I know this question has been asked before, but I never really found a definitive answer; perhaps there isnt one to give. Does anyone know if/when Amazon will be selling the iPad 2? I prefer to go through them since I have a sizable amount of credit ($500) from returning some purchases in the past.

 

[bob page]

Ditto here for desktop + iPad. Havnt even touched my laptop since Friday.

Thanks everyone for app recommendations, keep posting them if you see them. Got flight control hd for .99, tower madness for free, appstart for free. I wish logmein would lower the price for the iPad ignition app, be really useful for me for work.

Get Splashtop for remote desktop. It's cheap, fast, and works great.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Ditto here for desktop + iPad. Havnt even touched my laptop since Friday.

Thanks everyone for app recommendations, keep posting them if you see them. Got flight control hd for .99, tower madness for free, appstart for free. I wish logmein would lower the price for the iPad ignition app, be really useful for me for work.

Where did you end up getting yours?

 

[captive]

Where did you end up getting yours?

I got mine at the best buy at memorial city. I called the apple store at 2:30 and they said they had a line of 80. My gf jumped in line at the best buy a little after four. They got 70 in and she was 50th or so. I got the last 32gig wifi bc the people in front of us called someone and they didn't want white one and they were in line at the apple store which was out the door of the mall.

@bob page thanks I'll check it out, my problem is everything I have is on logmein.

 

[badcrumble]

So guys, I know this discussion was being had in another thread recently, but what's the current best comic book reader app?

 

[Ripclawe]

anyone sell their original ipad thru ebay's instant sale? Offering $304 and I am tempted.