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Disillusioned with iPad 2

gameboy213 said:
I guess I would consider myself an iPad power user as it is my main computing device and has been since a week after I got my first one. It has almost totally replaced my MBP at home and the MBP is never used outside of the house anymore.

I basically run my business from it and use it for everything. The one place I am tied to a desktop is having Printopia running so that I can print if I ever need too, although I do run a paperless office so I rarely have too.

The iPad 2 is much better if you are using it as your main computing device or for things outside of Angry Birds and reading the newspapers.

Just my IMHO. There can be iPad power users and I think we will find them more and more common. I know a few already.


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I certainly agree that the iPad 2 can run a business or two. But so can my iPad 1.

IMO business apps are not power apps but to each his own...so many may disagree.
 
I think the iPad 2 is faster when you need CPU and GPU to do the tasks. General use is not a huge difference. Opening a large PDF in I books is night and day difference from the original one. I'm sure games will come out to take advantage of the new hardware as well. Overall I decided to return it and stick with the original for $299 and picked up a Xoom for my work needs. Best of both worlds and the wife won't shoot me for not having an iPad she can play her games on. :)
 
If you're disillusioned by the user experience, sell it for a profit while the demand is still there. It's not often you can buy a product, open it and use it, decide it's not your cup of tea/worth to you what you paid, and still sell it for more than you paid for it. I'm sorry to hear it fell short of your expectations, but you can't reasonably ask for more than that.

Of course, this doesn't really apply if you paid an outrageous scalper markup in the first place.
 
I love my ipad2. My only annoyances are with safari. I wish chrome was available for iPad:D

Atomic shows that more is possible but it is still not as polished as chrome. Safari on iPad IMO s total crap. Rubbish tabs and constant checker box.

I'm convinced this is a software thing not hardware.
 
buckwheat987 said:
iPad power user?

Come on...have some sense of where the iPad is in the computing world.

How does handbrake run?
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The concept of a power user is not hard to understand. A person who uses their ipad all day everyday (power user), will appreciate the Ipad 2. Someone who uses it for an hour or so every day prob will not. Why is that hard to comprehend?

Its place in the computing world? Considering all the competition is scrambling to release a good tablet. It’s obvious where this is going, tablets are the future. And if you don’t have a good one on the market you’re a thing of the past.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5)

If it feels heavy, you really have bigger things to worry bout.
 
naujoks said:
Can't say I notice it's faster.
One gets used to thinness in a day, and it still feels heavy.
Really disappointed that in Safari tabs still reload ever so often and the grey checkered patterns appear a lot (although I saw a YouTube vid where they said all of the above would not happen, or not very often).
Loudspeaker much quieter than iPad.
Plus backlight bleed.

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yes is still heavy
yes they do on 50 mb/sec broadband
dont use speaker that much but both having rubbish sound
yes I had it on second replaced iPad (now less visible than on first one)
 
buckwheat987 said:
I certainly agree that the iPad 2 can run a business or two. But so can my iPad 1.

IMO business apps are not power apps but to each his own...so many may disagree.
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Totally agree. But the speed is better and the size is much better IMHO if you use it often and take it everywhere. Also the screen seems better to me. But you are correct the first gen will be fine for most folks for sure.


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I was questioning whether or not I was disillusioned with iPad 2... until I just got a wifi Xoom today to compare. Holy **** I haven't been disillusioned that quick since the first time I touched a fake boob :(

And I REALLY wanted to like this thing... I was really thinking I'd switch over, would be a little sad about some of the apps I'd have to give up but that overall it would be worth it. So I'm not some fanboy trying to trash it- I really just can't believe how much more I ended up liking the iPad over it.
 
Anyone else notice the front camera seems to take better stills? Honestly, the cameras don't bother me even with their "eh" quality. If I wanted a camera I would've bought a Canon.
 
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xyaqubx said:
yes is still heavy
yes they do on 50 mb/sec broadband
dont use speaker that much but both having rubbish sound
yes I had it on second replaced iPad (now less visible than on first one)
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Darn you unflappable Brits... you're supposed to get defensive and *argue* each of these points! How dare you be reasonable and honest:D
 
xyaqubx said:
yes is still heavy
yes they do on 50 mb/sec broadband
dont use speaker that much but both having rubbish sound
yes I had it on second replaced iPad (now less visible than on first one)
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after using an ipad 1 for 9 months, it's significantly lighter, infact, all round it does feel light for what it is

i'm in 5Mb Broadband and in the 4 days or so i've had an iPad 2, i've only had slight checkerboard once and that was on a LONG page.

sound is great quality and it was quiet at first until i went into the sounds setting and set the volume in there up to max and set it to change with buttons.

i have no noticeable backlight bleed, yes i know where to look, i've seen the vids and pics.
 
Now you people saying that the checkerboard in Safari is less or even absent with a fast internet connection.
What about this then though if I WAIT until the loading of the page has finished and I then scroll down, only to be greeted by Mr Checkerboard?
 
naujoks said:
Now you people saying that the checkerboard in Safari is less or even absent with a fast internet connection.
What about this then though if I WAIT until the loading of the page has finished and I then scroll down, only to be greeted by Mr Checkerboard?
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I can confirm that the checkerboard effect is still there but Safari is so much faster that it doesn't bother me at all.
 
Piggie said:
To be honest, this is the reason I'm trying to hold off, as, to be really honest, it's the same device.

When there are jaw dropping apps that won't run on the iPad1 or the iPad1 is so slow it's unbearable, but iPad2 is a lot of money for basically the same.

"At the moment"

I guess the biggest reason is, a tablet is the screen. It's the screen that makes the device what it is, not a few mm off the back.

When you look at an iPad1 or an iPad2 from the users point of view, it's the same thing. Yes, iPad2 is a bit faster, but it's only a bit.

It's not like the iPad1 is unusable.

the future may change this of course, but right now, it's hard to really feel like it's a totally new product.

The fact the iPad2 seems like a bit of a cheaper make device does not help.
To be honest, I'd rather they had used the exact same case, not had the bleeding problem, and they could have fitted an even better battery and better camera's.

Thinness has come at quite a cost.
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You theory works if your upgrading from an iPad 1. I didn't get the iPad 1 and I know a lot of iPad 2 users didn't have it either. I know I'm not going to get the iPad 3. But I'll wait until the four or five or six. Or whenever my iPad 2 croaks or I find it necessary to spend another $500.
 
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I would notice a true difference if iPad 1 was not running iOS 4.3

With both devices on iOS 4.3 safari speeds are pretty close

IPad 2 against an iPad on iOS 4.2...dramatically faster results.
 
petvas said:
Your irony isn't appreciated at all. Go cry somewhere else.
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Goodness me! Did I touch a raw nerve? I never forgot it's just a pile of sophisticated sand we're talking about. All in good humour.
But yeah, report me. I deserve a lesson!
 
I'm sorry you feel bad about your iPad2. The bleeding issued may be resolved with an exchange. But, maybe focus on the great things the iPad2 does offer you instead of the minor irritations?
 
naujoks said:
Goodness me! Did I touch a raw nerve? I never forgot it's just a pile of sophisticated sand we're talking about. All in good humour.
But yeah, report me. I deserve a lesson!
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Who said anything about reporting you? I just find that the way you write is at least childish. I understand if you are unhappy about a product and wish to express that here, but there are also limits how and what we say. Of course it isn't important. It is about a gadget, nothing else.
I am happy with mine. I am sorry you aren't with yours. I personally fi the checkerboards to be ok, it is just the way Safari renders the page. I am not sure that it has anything to do with the speed of the iPad 2. Tabs reloading was a major issue before and while it is still to some extend there, it has become a lot better. I wish Apple had put 1GB RAM on the iPad. That would probably make the problem go entirely away. Remember, the iPad 2 is a big improvement over it's predecessor and that tabs reloading doesn't bother any more, mainly because of the speed and memory improvements.

If you are still unhappy with your device I suggest you return it to Apple and get a refund.
 
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