Eh, it's part of the whole experience. They seem to care for every little thing and it shows. It might not be in a feature you appreciate, but it is in another feature you like. Works for me.
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Eh, it's part of the whole experience. They seem to care for every little thing and it shows. It might not be in a feature you appreciate, but it is in another feature you like. Works for me.
Deft Beck
Member
badcrumble
Member
I don't mind the page turning nearly as much as the fake book border. Pagination-with-turns has some important advantages over pure scrolling (or scrolling-with-pagination).
But yeah, it's a big hope of mine that the skeuomorphism will die out within the next year and a half of iOS/OSX revisions. It's outright damaging to some apps.
Despite my complaints, I just started using iBooks to read ePub stuff I buy from oreilly.com. I found the full screen mode that hides those awful book borders:
http://www.quantumpie.com/how-to-use-apples-ibooks-in-full-screen-mode/
I'm overstating my distaste for the page turning for dramatic effect anyway. So long as I can tap (i.e, avoid a full swipe motion) to turn the page, I'm good. iBooks allows that, so with the full screen mode, iBooks and I are cool.
Slurpy2k20
Member
New iPad demand is ‘off the charts’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...s-apple-says/2012/03/12/gIQADsk17R_story.html
Will be interesting to see some numbers. The blogosphere reaction gives no fucking indication of real world response.
(iPhone 4S 'disappointment of the decade' = best selling Apple product ever. )
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...s-apple-says/2012/03/12/gIQADsk17R_story.html
Will be interesting to see some numbers. The blogosphere reaction gives no fucking indication of real world response.
(iPhone 4S 'disappointment of the decade' = best selling Apple product ever. )
Slurpy2k20
Member
I think skeuomorphism is good for most people who aren't tech nerds. It's useful to have visually different apps, so you don't forget what environment you're in. Adds a level of tangibility and comfort to the experience, and differentiates things, instead of everything looking like text on a screen. I for one love the page turning.
CharminUltra
Member
This "Skeumorphic crap" is one my favorite things about the new iPhoto, in fact.
Can't wait to play around with it on my new iPad
Can't wait to play around with it on my new iPad
Slurpy2k20
Member
http://i.imgur.com/R6nKd.png
That is why I'd stay away from Incipio. And like I said earlier, I'm not abusing the shit out of the sleeve, just light use.
Dreams-Visions
Member
ewww. yea, pass on incipio.
I have a Khomo back plate and it's excellent- no clue if it would fit the new one though.
Wow, dealbreaker right there :/
Sorry cheebs, nit singling you out specifically, but arguing about which app is better for reading books based on whether you can accurately simulate pulling the corner if a page is just silly IMO.
No mention of delivery/sync either. I find being able to email documents to kindle is invaluable.
this is only even an issue if you want to read books on iphone/ipad only. If you want to read on other smartphones, pcs, e-readers then you need the kindle app.
Although best solution would be to use epub format only and then you have more flexibility to choose
Btw, no mention of the overdrive app that lets you borrow directly from your local library?
If they are epub they are portable, just need to sync them.in iTunes to the right app, or email them to your kindle email address, or use calibre
I currently have an ipad2 with AT&T 3G and I have an ipad3 with AT&T 4G on order. I have a question about the data plan transfer. Will I be able to just change the device ids to the new ipad on the at&t account management and it will use the 4G signals or should I cancel my old account and start a new one directly on the new ipad?
Still haven't decided what to do with my old ipad. I busted the corner of the device a couple months back so the screen is all cracked on side and the wifi antenna has shorter range then it used to so I can't exactly resell it. I'm thinking of keeping it around as a media device or donating it to a relative.
Still haven't decided what to do with my old ipad. I busted the corner of the device a couple months back so the screen is all cracked on side and the wifi antenna has shorter range then it used to so I can't exactly resell it. I'm thinking of keeping it around as a media device or donating it to a relative.
Dat screen.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Thanks for the link.
Sorry, I didn't actually watch it, I was just reporting from here:
http://www.macrumors.com/
More specifically:
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/13/first-unboxing-video-of-3rd-generation-retina-ipad/
More more specifically:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9FCm_ggEhPQ
It's in vietnamese.
It's an unboxing video. I didn't think it would be all that exciting.
I don't know, I found the commentary very informative.
Glass Rebel
Member
I think I'll pick up the white 16GB in a month with some student discount. I have to hold it in my hand to be sure if I want it or not.
Seriously. All the "confirmation" articles said "our sources have confirmed.." That's no different than a rumor!
Boo 1ghz.
On the plus side the screenshot shows that retina iPhone assets are being used.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
iPad 2 had 800 mhz correct?
I cant see the beauty of it filtered through my piece of shit iPad 2 screen.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
I came.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
So the new iPad doesnt have a beefed up CPU at all? Was hoping for a slight increase in clockspeed.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
1ghz i believe.
it's running in a higher resolution?
TheGuardian
Member
They said that the changes were on the GPU, so why was anyone expecting a CPU bump? The added memory will be quite nice for a lot of apps though.
other than the pointlessness of viewing a retina screen on a youtube video, that really makes me want a white one!
Also it nicely shows the different taper at the rear. So even if an ipad 2 hardcase fitted purely on thickness, it wouldn't form fit well due to the taper. Even soft cases might not be ideal. I'll wait to get a rear cover.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Disappointed the benchmarks aren't higher, but I knew what I was getting into. Plus the benchmarks should be better for graphically intensive apps (or is it lol quadcore?)
so no overclock on the CPU - purely a GPU bump and RAM bump. probably enough due to the screen size
I think this is good news - realistically not many apps would have specifically targetted ipad 3 specs, but now at least perhaps devs will start to target ipad 2 level specs, using more of that lovely GPU power (and a few bells on the ipad 3 version). Too many games are IMO limited by the ipad 1 - there is such a huge gap in GPU power between 1 & 2
I think this is good news - realistically not many apps would have specifically targetted ipad 3 specs, but now at least perhaps devs will start to target ipad 2 level specs, using more of that lovely GPU power (and a few bells on the ipad 3 version). Too many games are IMO limited by the ipad 1 - there is such a huge gap in GPU power between 1 & 2
? What student discount?
CrankyKong
Member
So it performs a squeak better than the 2, but at a much higher resolution
Isnt that pretty good since the iPad 2 is supposed to be nice and fast?
Isnt that pretty good since the iPad 2 is supposed to be nice and fast?
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
My bank account is £399 lighter.
Happy and sad.
Happy and sad.
Keyser Soze
Member
That's really stuff for the new next version of iOS - which could come in September. Those gestures work fine already though - IMO
Betta Lines
Member
I imagine those benchmarks aren't taking into account the higher resolution?