It's worth notifying that the current spec sheet supports LTE only in the US. No LTE for customers overseas (at least it doesn't support european LTE frequencies).
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Apple Introduces 'The New iPad' with Retina Display, A5X Chip, LTE, 5MP Rear Camera
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I am in the store... slow!
I am in the store, fairly far along with my order. Each step is painfully slow. But I have hopes. Yeah!
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seemed to crash when checking out. Hopefully it will perk back up in a second... very frustrating...
I am in the store, fairly far along with my order. Each step is painfully slow. But I have hopes. Yeah!
(added a few minutes later)
seemed to crash when checking out. Hopefully it will perk back up in a second... very frustrating...
Yeah I'd rather have a high res front camera than a high res back camera. Taking photos with an ipad seems weird. I'd rather use my iphone for that. I don't think I'd have my ipad have the time I'd actually want to take photos anyway (e.g. outside or when travelling). HD face time calling would be way cooler.
Ditto. Just got mine in too. Yeah, no email confirm yet, but I can see the order status on the account page.
I think they may be bringing the store back on a country by country basis now. The UK store is down still.
Yeah, Apple can't sell millions upon millions of $500+ iPads into the consumer electronics market as "post-PC era" devices -- since most people still need a modestly current desktop or laptop Mac or PC somewhere, too -- make a ton of money on App Store apps, and annually shut out most people who can't or won't upgrade hardware every year or two. Especially with the recent iPad education push. There are a bunch of original iPads out there. There are a bunch of iPad 2s out there. The whole iPad ecosystem depends on older iPads existing as reasonably up-to-date and capable hardware for at least three years. And four is probably a better number. It's high school. It's undergrad. It's med school. It's a little longer than other grad school programs, like law school. One iPad for the whole go.
Ultimately, iPad is Jobs's realization of appliance computing. The "toaster Mac," but they don't call it a Mac. And you don't buy a new toaster every couple years. You WON'T buy one that you have to replace every couple years.
Ultimately, iPad is Jobs's realization of appliance computing. The "toaster Mac," but they don't call it a Mac. And you don't buy a new toaster every couple years. You WON'T buy one that you have to replace every couple years.
Booyah, got my confirmation email, this will be my first one with out a cell data connection. LTE just seems like a ripoff to me this time around...
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Your explanation is correct but doesn't consider that most people hold both devices at roughly the same distance. If they didn't then the resolution of the original iPads would have qualified as Retina screens if the quality is a subjective one. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to any additional ppi as I do a lot of reading on my 1st gen iPad and can see the underlying pixel matrix in some graphics.
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Your explanation is correct but doesn't consider that most people hold both devices at roughly the same distance. If they didn't then the resolution of the original iPads would have qualified as Retina screens if the quality is a subjective one. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to any additional ppi as I do a lot of reading on my 1st gen iPad and can see the underlying pixel matrix in some graphics.
I couldn't justify spending 30 a month for only 2 gigs or 50 for 5. LTE on an iphone...different story.
Yes, what they announced is nice, but I think it's missing:
-a better front camera (after all, it's a shame to have such a high definition screen and still see people "blurry" when you talk ipad to ipad).
-Siri
-And just "something" to make it stand out, to make it exciting, to make it a must have...
(and why not 299$ for the ipad 2? They would have eliminated all competition. A refurbished one should be 349$, though, but still..)
Yeah, it just appeared in my Software Update.
"iTunes 10.6 adds the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store.
This release also includes many improvements for iTunes Match, including:
Improved song matching
Improved album artwork handling, downloading, and display
Addresses an issue where songs may skip when playing from iCloud"
It will also probably add the ability to re-download past Movie purchases
Available when?
As far as I can tell, nobody said when it's going to be available. You can pre-order today but when will it be in stores?
As far as I can tell, nobody said when it's going to be available. You can pre-order today but when will it be in stores?
It seems that this new 3gen ipad only offers a VGA Video quality for 'Face Time' video calls on WiFi on the front lens?
If so that is a real mistake and seems like a marketing move but wrong to customers laying out a ton of money on these units!
I know all the new Macbook Pro models feature 720 progressive video that is broadcast out thru HD Face Time.
I'm gonna have to agree with this.
The iPad is a perfect Facetime/Skype device and this just ruins it
What is it, 1995 in Cupertino...
Frustrating - just tried the US site to see what would happen. Get straight through, good response, could preorder. But, I live in the UK and that's still down.
You couldn't be more wrong. I use my iPad everyday over a phone for work. There are plenty more that do to.
