Apple was never going to Release a 199 tablet
Ok, Apple is now officially acknowledging that it's a greedy money hungry company. I'm sorry but if you pay 329 for a 16GB mini you've either got more money than common sense or are a complete moron. That's friggin rediculous. WOW!![]()
As I understand it, the mini actually has one of the lowest margins from apple's line-up of products - so if you're unhappy about the price of the mini, you probably don't like many of apple's other products...![]()
i think the price is fine. i Returned both the $199 kindle fire HD and $249 Nexus 7 after about 3 weeks with each device. Both lagged & have horrible OS's.
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I love Apple products (well except the Mini), but the Nexus 7 O/S is pretty amazing especially for the price. If they ever had a better app market for tablets...
You may not like Android, but to say it uses a horrible O/S is a huge mistake.
I love Apple products (well except the Mini), but the Nexus 7 O/S is pretty amazing especially for the price. If they ever had a better app market for tablets...
You may not like Android, but to say it uses a horrible O/S is a huge mistake.
Ok, Apple is now officially acknowledging that it's a greedy money hungry company. I'm sorry but if you pay 329 for a 16GB mini you've either got more money than common sense or are a complete moron. That's friggin rediculous. WOW!![]()
Why don't you like the mini?
Ok, Apple is now officially acknowledging that it's a greedy money hungry company. I'm sorry but if you pay 329 for a 16GB mini you've either got more money than common sense or are a complete moron. That's friggin rediculous. WOW!![]()
Almost as good as GPS on iPad Mini.
they explained that actually WiFi does in some cases significantly improve GPS.
How's the rear camera on the Nexus 7?
What does the iPad-Wifi's lack of GPS have to do with the Nexus 7 lack of a rear camera?
I'm not arguing that everyone should go out and buy the Nexus 7 despite its lack of a rear camera.
You on the other hand seem to dismiss GPS capability in the choice of buying a WiFi-only tablet?
One has GPS, the other has a rear camera.
Different users have different needs.
The more effective usage of GPS for navigation while driving that is available on my phone negates the need for GPS in a wifi only tablet.
Are you using two devices for navigation at the same time? Or, are you using the less effective unassisted GPS in your tablet instead of the assisted GPS in your phone? Or, does your phone not have GPS?
Just a little FYI, one thing I recommend buying Apple would be stock but many of you are already late to the game so it is not as cost effective for you right now. I got in at an okay time in 2006 so I was late myself.
I did the 12% Cashback through my Discover card.
$357 (after tax) - $42 (Cashback) = $315. So essentially paid $290 + tax.![]()
Thanks for the stock tips bro.
any other wall street savy advice you like to bless us Commoners with?
how bout "you should have invested in Pumpkins before October"
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Apple could have easily put a GPS into the iPad Mini.
Except it is a hazard (not to mention illegal) in some states to operate anything with your hands except the vehicle while it is in motion. That includes picking up your phone to look at it.
The GPS on my tablet is far more effective than the GPS in my phone due to the tablet's larger antenna.
Also, as I've stated TWICE already: the cellular radio in your phone simply assists in time to first fix. It does not improve the accuracy of your device.
What makes Assisted-GPS work so well is that the wireless network, using its own GPS receivers, as well as an estimate of the handset's location down to cell/sector, can predict with great accuracy the GPS signal the handset will receive and send that information to the handset. With this assistance the size of the search space is greatly reduced and the time-to-first-fix (TTFF) shortened from minutes to seconds. In addition, an A-GPS receiver in the handset can detect and demodulate signals that are order of magnitude weaker than those required by conventional GPS receivers.