First the thing overheats then it won't charge properly and now smart covers don't work.
This wouldn't be happening under Steve's watch.
O'RLY???
You are holding it wrong.
nuff said
First the thing overheats then it won't charge properly and now smart covers don't work.
This wouldn't be happening under Steve's watch.
I bought a Smart Cover with my new iPad, but I returned it. It woke my iPad just fine. But I assumed the cover would magnetically attach to the back when it was open. Instead it just sort of flopped around, which made the iPad hard for me to hold. The Smart Cover certainly was sleek, but I didn't find it that functional.
My friend dropped his iPad 2 and iPad 3 on pavement and guess what? iPad 2 not a damn scratch but the 3 shattered. Take what you will out of it.
My friend dropped his iPad 2 and iPad 3 on pavement and guess what? iPad 2 not a damn scratch but the 3 shattered. Take what you will out of it.
I got a smart cover when they first went on sale for the iPad 2, works fine on my New iPad and even my housemates non-apple smart cover works too..
Why do some work and some don't ?
For those asking why some work and some don't:
The original iPads didn't have a polarity sensing magnetic switch. So it didn't matter if the magnetic field was N-S or S-N. As a result it didn't matter what direction the magnet was built into the case.
Now with the new sensors the magnet can only be oriented in one direction for the cover to work properly. In the older covers it was random which way the magnet was oriented - kind of like flipping a coin. Sometimes it will be N-S and the rest of the time it will be S-N.
This also means that any new covers will also work with all iPads using the older sensor.
That's interesting. Why would they introduce the polarity sensing? Is there some new functionality with the Smart Cover in the new iPad?
Otherwise, it's just case of "Let's introduce a component which arbitrarily stops ~50% of existing smart covers from working".
In the older covers it was random which way the magnet was oriented - kind of like flipping a coin. Sometimes it will be N-S and the rest of the time it will be S-N.
Read the original article - some iPads would turn off when the cover was flipped around to the other side (opened). It was to solve an existing problem.
My friend dropped his iPad 2 and iPad 3 on pavement and guess what? iPad 2 not a damn scratch but the 3 shattered. Take what you will out of it.
First the thing overheats then it won't charge properly and now smart covers don't work.
This wouldn't be happening under Steve's watch.
Mine doesn't even get warm unless I crank the backlight, which I never have a need to do, it charges fine and the smart cover from my dad's iPad 2 works fine on it.
wtf does this have to do with a smart cover? It just sounds like your friend is an idiot or has way too much money to burn. He can send some of it to me!
My friend dropped his iPad 2 and iPad 3 on pavement and guess what? iPad 2 not a damn scratch but the 3 shattered. Take what you will out of it.
I get flamed. Nice. Allow me to state some facts for you about the iPad 3:
- its bigger
- it's heavier
- it gets hot
- it won't charge
- covers don't work
What next?
Do you really think we would be talking about these issues under Jobs' watch?
Mine doesn't even get warm unless I crank the backlight, which I never have a need to do, it charges fine and the smart cover from my dad's iPad 2 works fine on it.
First the thing overheats then it won't charge properly and now smart covers don't work.
This wouldn't be happening under Steve's watch.
First the thing overheats then it won't charge properly and now smart covers don't work.
This wouldn't be happening under Steve's watch.