Anyone stick with the original iPad?

[King Ahab]

I gave up on finding a new one, didn't want to wait forever and I bought an iPad 1 at $200 less for what an iPad 2 of the same size memory would have cost me. Love it, use it daily and will upgrade when a higher-resolution iPad is released.

 

[maclaptop]

While I bought two iPad 2's, I still kept my original iPad.

I find it nearly impossible to let go of my Apple Stuff

 

[Shattentor]

I'm a first day buyer of the 1st gen iPad and never considered exchanging it for the successor after only 1 year. I'm still totally happy with it, it's my everyday notebook-replacement for surfing and email.

1. I'm no fan of cameras in tablets or cellphones, I'd never videochat or take pictures with such a device. I'm not a snapshot-person and when I decide to take some pictures, I rather go with my big and heavy SLR - sorry, I'm a lens and image quality junkie.
2. Don't care for the faster processor, i think my iPad is very fast and I don't use it very much for 3d gaming.

The only advantage of the iPad 2 for me would be the HDMI adapter supporting full mirrored tv out (especially for surfing in safari), not only in selected applications. But I can live without that...

 

[Scuby]

I definitely wouldn't sell my iPad 1 to replace it with an iPad 2 - the difference in features / performance isn't worth the cost of upgrading.

However, I also wouldn't buy an iPad 1 new when the iPad 2 is available. The difference in price from a discounted iPad 1 to a new iPad 2 is small enough to be worth the extra.

David

 

[deannnnn]

Add me to the list of people still rocking the first gen, but if you're going to buy your first iPad, you might as well get the most recent one. It will be no time before the next gen is out. It's worth it to get the newest product available.

 

[bearcatrp]

Still have my 1st gen. Works fine for now. Waiting on HP to release the webOS tablet. Wife is looking at the asus EEE transformer. I think apple tried to go to thin and the results were bad units. I like the feel and size if the 1st gen. Am in no hurry to upgrade but I visit allot of sites that require flash. So my next will not be an iPad.

 

[SRLMJ23]

I stuck with the original iPad, to me the second one isn't worth the money. I would never use the camera on it...that's what my iPhone 4 is for.

Sure, the speed and graphics bump is probably pretty nice but I'll wait for the iPad 3.

 

[sineplex]

I have already vowed to skip the iPad3 and wait for the quad core iPad 4

I'm sure iPad 3 will be quad because the Sony PSP 2 which will be released around November
is going to be quad. Expect quad for iPad 3 and retina for iPad 4

 

[Young Spade]

I am still loving my first Gen as well. It works flawlessly and I have not had a single problem with it since the first day. While I like the smaller/lighter factor of IPad2 I am not a fan of the shape as it was hard to hold in the store.

This. The iPad 2 is great and ultimately designed for the person that doesn't already have an iPad at all yet; either that or they want the dual cameras. I don't think it's worth the jump from 1 to 2 if you aren't getting anything in return.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

I'm still using my iPad 1 every day since launch day last year and loving it! It's my main and only computer at the moment since I've sold my 15" MBP and I'm waiting for Apple's Back to School promo to buy a 11" MBA. The battery lasts me a whole day with 20%-30% left over. My iPhone 4 is around for FaceTime and it has better cameras anyway.

The iPad 2 is spectacular if you don't already have an iPad. It's amazingly fast and thin. The battery life is still king and queen compared with any other tablet. It's got the same cameras as the iPod touch. IPS screen and all the rest. But if you already have one, it's not that much of an upgrade unless you game a lot. Even then, the iPad 1 still runs 3D games like RRHD and others remarkably well.