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First iPad 2 Reviews: Evolutionary, 512MB RAM, Thinner, Faster
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It's an iPad 1.5 in the way that the iPhone 3GS was a 1.5 upgrade to the 3G. Only it has an even bigger performance gap than the phone example. And the physical design has changed in this case too, among other things.
Now, the 3G is a pitifully slow and outdated piece of hardware. It won't support multitasking and can't run 4.x software smoothly even without the multitasking enabled.
When the 3GS was released the board was full of 3G owners who said its a minor upgrade. Now, it's almost universally recognized for what it really is (i.e. lacking). So it is with your iPad 1. A great device but seriously lacking in performance when compared with today's (well, tomorrow's) technology.
The iPad 2 is a full step upgrade. And then some.
I've seen one PR picture that shows a guy reading from the iPad2 and his cover was covering the back of the iPad. I'll see if I can find the pic again.
Mossberg is an idiot, "best tablet for average consumers," well what's the best tablet for non-average consumers Walt? Let me know if there is one made.
Why not? I would if the camera were good enough. Think of it terms of photo composition with a large format film camera with, say, 8x10" film.
To an extent, it's a moot point, since I don't think you'll ever fit a good enough camera in the form factor, but there are valid reasons to want a good still camera in a tablet form factor.
You can offer anything you want, it's up to the consumer to decide whether to buy it or not. You're probably too young to remember Toyota, Honda and Datsun back in the 70's when they rusted away and fell apart in 5 years. They were junk. Now look at where they are today. And they did sell in small numbers back then.
ATD had the brightness set to 75% while watching movies, engadget had it at 65%
pcmag said it only got 3 hrs 56 minutes of playback.
Haha.. PCMag was probably dripping water on it while it played back.
not really. 1G would have shut me up and put a smile on my face. This just makes me smile.
They can't. These spec hounds are all the same. I'm old enough to remember:
Them: "My new computer has a full megabyte of RAM!"
Me: "But you can only use 640 K because of the DOS ceiling."
Them: "Yeah, but I've got a full megabyte! A 40 megabyte hard drive too!"
Me: "But you can only use 32 of that because of the DOS partition."
Them: "Yeah, but wait till Joe sees my new computer! He's gonna die!"
LOL...wow. I simply cannot fathom those specs on a machine. And I'm pushing 30. I wish I could remember what my first pc (a Packard Bell) in 1994 had. I wasn't a specs whore back then.
1. you have no clue about android and are just repeating FUD
2. you must have banana hands because most humans can work it fine. I guess you need that extra room to balance your sippy cup on?
2. you must have banana hands because most humans can work it fine. I guess you need that extra room to balance your sippy cup on?
It crashes all the time. Maybe you don't use it.
Try a $1000 Sigma.
People keep saying that as if it is bad. Pretty sure the iPhone & iPod Touch are very good machines. If you want one that is bigger, the iPad exists.
Thanks that'd be awesome. I'm thinking about going to buy one tomorrow, and just would like to know if I should expect to have a cover for it right away or look for a 3rd party one.
It's easy to see in Macworlds review of the Smart Cover.
http://www.macworld.com/article/158447/2011/03/ipad_2_smart_cover.html
i agree 100% and those are both wonderful devices in their own right, my point being is that i personally would like to see apple create a tablet OS to take advantage of the hardware and ecosystem they have in place. Software could take the ipad to the next level in my opinion, right now it just feels "safe"
Well I'll third it on Roberts rule of order. I vote no, and will bet that it gets the A5 chip with the current ram configuration. Sounds very reasonable to me.
Actually, I just thought about something. There are numerous ways to trade RAM for processing speed (have more RAM and less CPU power). For example, 64-bit OSs are essentially using more RAM but running faster.
What Apple could do is throw a lot of RAM at the CPU issue on the iPad. Then you have a lot of RAM and a wimpy CPU to make for a great battery life
actually I do not know at all if this would work.
I've always wanted an iPad, however i always thought the old one was slow. so the new one is out and has a faster processor and more RAM, so why am i still not going to buy....
They haven't upgraded it enough, sure the screen is ok, but everyone was expecting better.
Sure they've put 2 cameras in, but a VGA camera for photo booth on a 9 inch screen (that cant look good).
A bigger speaker, but apparently its quieter?
I wasn't expecting miracles, but i have to admit i was expecting better...
They haven't upgraded it enough, sure the screen is ok, but everyone was expecting better.
Sure they've put 2 cameras in, but a VGA camera for photo booth on a 9 inch screen (that cant look good).
A bigger speaker, but apparently its quieter?
I wasn't expecting miracles, but i have to admit i was expecting better...