iPad 2 and web browsing

[miamialley]

How many tabs can it open at the same time, while making sure you can switch back and forth between them without reloading?

I didn't think it had 'tabs.' I thought it just had pages. Tabs would be great, like Atomic.

 

[Mac-converted]

Typing on my ipad2 now and it is awesome. That is all.

typing on my Ipad 1 and it too is awesome!

 

[Time Less]

How about the speaker volume? Is it louder than the iPad 1 or lower?

It's disappointing. Barely louder, the speaker grill gives a fake impression of bigger sound.

Safari is pretty fast but I prefer atomic with Real tab browsing. Same for my iPhone.

 

[aleni]

when i restored my iPhone 4 as new yesterday, it feels faster, so, does the iPad 2 compared to iPad 1 feel like night and day because the iPad 2 is new and without a lot of apps and craps like your iPad 1?

 

[lilo777]

I upgraded my original iPad to the latest iOS and comparing the browser on that to the iPad 2 I was lucky enough to pick up today the difference is night and day. The iPad 2 feels significantly more responsive and zippy - so far it's working out to be just as fast as browsing on a PC or Mac. Very well done.

Just tossing that out there for anyone concerned about web browsing comparative performance (as I was) when considering whether an upgrade would be worth it.

Are you saying it's almost as fast as XOOM?

 

[gravytrain84]

What's the diff between mercury and Terra?

 

[Lagranger]

Well, I know this isn't an iPad2 or Atomic discussion specifically, yet I wanted to say how pleased I am with this browser now that it has more RAM available (512mb in the new device).

On my 1st-gen model (with 4.3) I couldn't open more than 5 or 6 tabs without getting low-memory warnings or having it quit.

With the ipad2, Atomic hasn't crashed one. This is significant to me as one of my primary uses of this device is accessing the web. That experience has become a lot smoother.

So while there are many nice reasons to like the new iPad: faster hardware, thinner/lighter, cameras, etc. I think the importance of the increased RAM is often overlooked.

 

[h00ligan]

Now buy atomic for 99 cents and double the experience again 🙂

 

[redman042]

Point conceded. Shame they didn't go to 1gb as other tablets (as I understand) have.

Something tells me iOS needs less RAM than Android. Not to say that 1GB wouldn't be great, it would. But Android has so many versions out there and so many customized UI layers from different manufacturers that I have to think it just runs less efficiently than iOS, which Apple has polished to a shine.

So a 512MB iOS device might in practice perform quite close to a 1 GB Android device.

 

[vincenz]

So far so good for me. I am using the mercury browser and taking my first dump with the device.

Very nicely done