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[Roders5]

Finally getting a chance to play with my new 32GB after it was delivered to my work earlier. Yes the screen is something to behold, I think I'll be using portrait mode a lot more again.

Why does neogaf load zoomed in using portrait? I keep having to zoom out and it's annoying.

anyone got one of these? http://www.bestskinsever.com/the-new-ipad-3-skin

I've ordered one. Had it on my iPad 2, combined with a smart cover it's brilliant.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Haven't experienced Retina yet since the plastic cover is still on
I don't want smudges

WTF?! Take off the plastic and behold dat retina now!

 

[captive]

It's wifi. I'm hoping the heat is a result of the syncing. But still, I'm betting that apps that push the device are going to seriously heat up the device. Right now the right side is slightly warm, not a big deal. But the rigt side is uncomfortably hot IMO.

i played about 20 minutes of sky gamblers air supremecy and the bottom got just a little warm.

 

[cyberheater]

Never understand people who do this...

... take it off!

I know. Totally bizarre behaviour.

 

[Higgy]

Can anyone else confirm that the ipad now gets hot? This makes me worry.

 

[Magnus]

Missed the shipment. Waiting till Monday. FML

 

[Enco]

Finally getting a chance to play with my new 32GB after it was delivered to my work earlier. Yes the screen is something to behold, I think I'll be using portrait mode a lot more again.

Why does neogaf load zoomed in using portrait? I keep having to zoom out and it's annoying.



I've ordered one. Had it on my iPad 2, combined with a smart cover it's brilliant.

Use the GAF mobile app if you're not.

 

[dark10x]

Another odd problem I'm seeing is with the photo viewer.

All of my photos appear obscenely low resolution as if I'm looking at a thumbnail. When I hit "edit", however, it shows the full resolution. Hitting cancel after that returns to the ugly low resolution version.

What the hell?

Here's what it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/7o4Ez.jpg

 

[panda21]

i don't get why some apps don't render text in the higher resolution now. surely unless they are rendering the text pixel by pixel themselves, the iOS drawing API stuff can just render it out in higher res. dont make no sense.

like the kindle app still looks low res for some reason

 

[The_Inquisitor]

i don't get why some apps don't render text in the higher resolution now. surely unless they are rendering the text pixel by pixel themselves, the iOS drawing API stuff can just render it out in higher res. dont make no sense.

like the kindle app still looks low res for some reason

Likely they used some custom rendering method.

 

[MThanded]

i don't get why some apps don't render text in the higher resolution now. surely unless they are rendering the text pixel by pixel themselves, the iOS drawing API stuff can just render it out in higher res. dont make no sense.

like the kindle app still looks low res for some reason

They are using their own possibly terrible rendering most likely.

 

[FStop7]

I think I just need to wait a while and then apps are going to come out that will let me manage images better.

 

[LCfiner]

i don't get why some apps don't render text in the higher resolution now. surely unless they are rendering the text pixel by pixel themselves, the iOS drawing API stuff can just render it out in higher res. dont make no sense.

like the kindle app still looks low res for some reason

Some apps will take some text and render it as an image, if the system doesn’t have the font they want.

so you’ll see some parts of an app that has text that looks good and other small text boxes with slightly blurry text.

 

[mrklaw]

On the Air (or any other regular computer) if the actual image size is larger than the display then I have to scroll around to see everything. If the image is lower resolution than the display then I can see the entire image at once. Either way I can see what an image truly looks like at 1:1 scale. With the iPad it automatically scales everything to fit the display. Larger or smaller. I can't figure out how to turn that off.

There are thousands of apps, many for photographers. Surely there must be one that does what you want? Don't rely on the built in apps necessarily

 

[EarsOfASnake]

Can anyone else confirm that the ipad now gets hot? This makes me worry.

I have been using it all day, so about 8 hours. I have played music, video, games, skyped and browsed the web, I have yet to notice any substantial heat. This is my first iPad so I have no idea how this differs to previous versions.

 

[Roders5]

Use the GAF mobile app if you're not.

I use it on my iphone. However I tend to use the full site on my iPad as you can't jump to the last read post using the web app, is that correct?

 

[a secret-boss]

WTF?! Take off the plastic and behold dat retina now!

Alright alright taking it off

 

[Keylime]

I use it on my iphone. However I tend to use the full site on my iPad as you can't jump to the last read post using the web app, is that correct?

That's the current behavior in the mockup when you hit the ">" arrow

http://www.secondapps.com/mockup/

 

[soldat7]

Wife and I rocking two iPads. Any reason why we shouldn't use the same iTunes account?

 

[AndTAR]

Really starting to look forward to an iOS 6 reveal now. That 1GB RAM is just screaming for some multitasking-related action.

 

[mcawesome]

Just got mine, and my god is this screen gorgeous. I am disappointed that the iPad 2 case I got does not fit it right. This being my first iPad can anyone tell me how well the smart cover works?

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Another odd problem I'm seeing is with the photo viewer.

All of my photos appear obscenely low resolution as if I'm looking at a thumbnail. When I hit "edit", however, it shows the full resolution. Hitting cancel after that returns to the ugly low resolution version.

What the hell?

Here's what it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/7o4Ez.jpg

Probably intentional for the sake of keeping things speedy.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Alright alright taking it off

Good. The screen's gorgeous minus the plastic and you'll appreciate it even more.

 

[AndTAR]

Just got mine, and my god is this screen gorgeous. I am disappointed that the iPad 2 case I got does not fit it right. This being my first iPad can anyone tell me how well the smart cover works?

It works just as solidly as one would expect, the magnets are very good. Whether the smudge lines are annoying is probably a matter of preference - I didn't mind, but resold it anyway due to lack of back protection.

 

[a secret-boss]

Wow, yellow leakage is more apparent

That Retina though

 

[Technosteve]

Fuck fuck fuck on my iPad 2 after looking at iPad 3 this iPad display is shit. Fuck fuck fuck.

 

[Baconsammy]

Finally got it. Initial impressions:

- Screen doesnt blow me away. I chalk that up to having an iPhone 4 for 2 years. Beautiful screen.

- Color temp is incredibly warm. Too warm.

- Casecrown Bold Standby case won't even activate the option in settings to lock/wake via magnets. Amazon refunded me my money and is letting me keep the case, which I'll use until I find a better option.

- Someone said their Air doesn't charge the iPad. Mine is charging it right now just fine.

Loading a bunch of TV shows, books, apps etc on it and will spend the night playing with my new toy before I decide if its a keeper or not. No dead pixels, no bleeding issues to speak of.

 

[MThanded]

Wow, yellow leakage is more apparent

That Retina though

According to people on the internet and the in this thread the screen is a lot more color accurate than the other displays.

Having a 4s, maybe I am used to a warm screen.

 

[Gamecocks625]

got a little bit of light bleeding. If I wanted to exchange, how does that work with the online store?

The screen...so awesome.

 

[JORMBO]

Took 10 minutes to get at Best Buy. Screen is very very pretty

 

[AndTAR]

How warm would the new iPad color temperature roughly be, put side-by-side with an iPad running f.lux at lowest setting (Flourescent)?

Crossing my fingers it's not that warm..

 

[a secret-boss]

I have my iPad 2 and 3 here going back n forth. I don't have to put it close to my face but the pixelated/blurry one is 2

 

[subrock]

I've ordered one. Had it on my iPad 2, combined with a smart cover it's brilliant.

Beautiful, thanks! Ordered. Last day of free shipping too

 

[dark10x]

Probably intentional for the sake of keeping things speedy.

No chance. It's way too low resolution to even be usable. It's MUCH blurrier than a 1024x768 iPad shot. Also, it doesn't happen with photos on the camera roll, just albums (which definitely contain original high-res shots from my camera).

Anyone else notice how hot this thing gets?

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Still can't order one is the Dutch Apple store website even though its supposed to launch next week.

Hopefully it chances soon.

Have fun with yours everyone this weekend.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Really enjoying the voice dictation. Here's some commands;

http://blog.crushapps.com/2011/10/more-fun-with-siri-dictation/

 

[mrklaw]

Really enjoying the voice dictation. Here's some commands;

http://blog.crushapps.com/2011/10/more-fun-with-siri-dictation/

Wife unsurprisingly not impressed. She's Japanese so I figured the clearer text would be even more noticeable for her, but she wasn't bothered. Then I tried dictation, figuring that Japanese IMEs are a pretty slow way to enter text, so dictation would not just be cool, it'd actually be more efficient than typing. Still not impressed. Oh well.

Barefoot atlas is gorgeous btw

Safari still reloading tabs quite often. Seems to keep them cached well while in safari, but not so much when switching to other apps

 

[TKR92]

After installing lots of apps and using iPhoto, the iPad is getting warm.

I'm not saying it's hot. But it's quite warm for me.


BTW, thank god, Free my apps have iPhoto. I have enough credits to redeem one.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Haven't experienced Retina yet since the plastic cover is still on
I don't want smudges

oh god. Dont be such a pussy!

 

[Keylime]

No chance. It's way too low resolution to even be usable. It's MUCH blurrier than a 1024x768 iPad shot. Also, it doesn't happen with photos on the camera roll, just albums (which definitely contain original high-res shots from my camera).

Anyone else notice how hot this thing gets?

Random question but have you tried turning the thing off and then turning it back on? Sounds like a bug where the motion rendering isn't ever deactivating or something.

 

[Anticitizen One]

I played with it but didnt notice much of a difference between the new one and the ipad 2. I think ill just wait 12 months for ipad 4.

 

[FStop7]

There are thousands of apps, many for photographers. Surely there must be one that does what you want? Don't rely on the built in apps necessarily

I've tried a couple and they haven't really done what I wanted. But in the meantime I went back and redid a couple of photos from the original RAW files, except when I saved them I sized them down to 2048x1536 rather than the resolution of 1440x958 I used to use. Then I put the a copy of old and new on my iPad. Comapring them _really_ drove home how awesome the new display is. The difference is insane.

 

[NYR]

Haven't experienced Retina yet since the plastic cover is still on
I don't want smudges

Da fuck. Take it off. No reason not to...at least a sane one.

 

[mrklaw]

Really enjoying the voice dictation. Here's some commands;

http://blog.crushapps.com/2011/10/more-fun-with-siri-dictation/

How do you get it to write command words, eg 'dot'?

 

[FlashFlooder]

Can anyone else confirm that the ipad now gets hot? This makes me worry.

Definitely. Never noticed it getting hot on my iPad 2

How do you get it to write command words, eg 'dot'?

Say dot

 

[Keylime]

Really enjoying the voice dictation. Here's some commands;

http://blog.crushapps.com/2011/10/more-fun-with-siri-dictation/

I'm going to try and spend a lot of time getting used to these different shortcuts.

… it would be super cool to just be able to talk to GAF instead of having to try and type everything. Going to give it a shot…

 

[FlashFlooder]

So glad that I got a good screen. It actually looks cool compared to my 4S.

 

[Acid House]

I know, right? I wish I decided to upgrade my iPad 2 to the next generation to see for myself whether the hardware was worth it.

It's a shame my biases prevented that.

You said the text is the same as on iPad 2. Go to the eye doctor.

 

[MThanded]

So glad that I got a good screen. It actually looks cool compared to my 4S.

The 4s is warm in general.

 

[Absinthe]

It has arrived.