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iPad 2 First Impressions and Unboxing Photos
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Maybe there was something wrong with your mbp and not the iPad. iPad synced fast on my iMac without a issue.
Picked up by Black 32 gig AT&T at Apple store just now!
Here she is. Don't want to disclose how I got my hands on it (heh-heh), but was bought from local apple store this afternoon. I'm dyin' to share the loophole, but I don't want the guy who helped me to get burned. It's something I wouldn't have ever thought of by myself.
Thin, thin, thin! Maybe it's just me, but I think even AT&T 3G is faster on this than the first version.
Bought leather smart case for it. Nice little touch.
Here she is. Don't want to disclose how I got my hands on it (heh-heh), but was bought from local apple store this afternoon. I'm dyin' to share the loophole, but I don't want the guy who helped me to get burned. It's something I wouldn't have ever thought of by myself.
Thin, thin, thin! Maybe it's just me, but I think even AT&T 3G is faster on this than the first version.
Bought leather smart case for it. Nice little touch.
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Target's getting stock as well, huh? Did you have one reserved, did you wait in line or did you just walk in and pick one up?
Define slow? Did you sync music and have it compressed? Also I'd have your macbook pro looked at just to be safe.
A question about the iPad plug, which I haven't seen appropriately covered by all the unboxings... All I see a USB charger. What if you don't have a USB device nearby (laptop) you can leech power off? Can't you plug the iPad directly into the mains?
Of course we do. We invented them.
Cadbury's. Shame it was sold to America. Kraft, of all companies.
Of course we do. We invented them.
Cadbury's. Shame it was sold to America. Kraft, of all companies.
Dude, your loophole seems to have landed you with an iPad which displays everything back to front. Too bad.
Been playing with my newly acquired black 32gb AT&T for the past hour or so.
I have backlight bleed. Not a huge deal so far.
All in all, the thing feels sweet in my hands; thinner, a smidge lighter, sexier. But I have to say, from a strictly build-quality standpoint, I feel the iPad 1 was more refined and thoughtful. The iPad 2's edges aren't finished perfectly. I have a tiny but visible ding in the metal around the bottom edge. The speaker holes looks a little cheap, especially when compared to the nice screened grills on the iPad 1 speaker.
I wanted to swap the unlimited sim from my iPad 1 to the 2. For the life of me, I couldn't pop out the sim tray on the 2. Fortunately I found out it's not neccessary to swap sims to transfer unlimited data....you just update your account here. By comparison, removing the sim of the iPad 1 was a breeze.
Finally, the buttons feel overly sharp and are somewhat awkwardly placed for a device this thin. The iPad 1 buttons felt just right and my hands rarely touched them inadvertently.
Otherwise, it's quite snappy and the screen looks great as expected.
*update* It's plenty thin and comfortable enough to hold, when propped. Free holding it works for a while, but I don't care what anyone says, this thing gets heavy. It may not look heavy by the numbers, or when compared to things like phonebooks, but the iPad 2 is weighty and dense. It's like carrying a thin slice of neutron star. It's made for laps and table tops, for any extended use.
In a few year's time, we'll chuckle at how heavy mid-decade iPads were. With advances in ceramics and ever lighter stronger metals, the iPad may or may not become razor thin (and who'd want it?), but the parts that make it up will get lighter and stronger. And apparently a French singer named Carbone Fibert is designing the next iPad back?
One thing Apple could do right now to slim things down is to put in a smaller battery in it. They'd have to train people to be ok with having to charge it over night, every night. Too many people have been lulled into thinking they NEED 8 hours of battery life regularly. Some do perhaps, but I think a lot of us don't really need to be spending more than 8 hours a massaging a glowing black slab. Too much not good. I'd trade a half length battery for a half pound in weight.
I have backlight bleed. Not a huge deal so far.
All in all, the thing feels sweet in my hands; thinner, a smidge lighter, sexier. But I have to say, from a strictly build-quality standpoint, I feel the iPad 1 was more refined and thoughtful. The iPad 2's edges aren't finished perfectly. I have a tiny but visible ding in the metal around the bottom edge. The speaker holes looks a little cheap, especially when compared to the nice screened grills on the iPad 1 speaker.
I wanted to swap the unlimited sim from my iPad 1 to the 2. For the life of me, I couldn't pop out the sim tray on the 2. Fortunately I found out it's not neccessary to swap sims to transfer unlimited data....you just update your account here. By comparison, removing the sim of the iPad 1 was a breeze.
Finally, the buttons feel overly sharp and are somewhat awkwardly placed for a device this thin. The iPad 1 buttons felt just right and my hands rarely touched them inadvertently.
Otherwise, it's quite snappy and the screen looks great as expected.
*update* It's plenty thin and comfortable enough to hold, when propped. Free holding it works for a while, but I don't care what anyone says, this thing gets heavy. It may not look heavy by the numbers, or when compared to things like phonebooks, but the iPad 2 is weighty and dense. It's like carrying a thin slice of neutron star. It's made for laps and table tops, for any extended use.
In a few year's time, we'll chuckle at how heavy mid-decade iPads were. With advances in ceramics and ever lighter stronger metals, the iPad may or may not become razor thin (and who'd want it?), but the parts that make it up will get lighter and stronger. And apparently a French singer named Carbone Fibert is designing the next iPad back?
One thing Apple could do right now to slim things down is to put in a smaller battery in it. They'd have to train people to be ok with having to charge it over night, every night. Too many people have been lulled into thinking they NEED 8 hours of battery life regularly. Some do perhaps, but I think a lot of us don't really need to be spending more than 8 hours a massaging a glowing black slab. Too much not good. I'd trade a half length battery for a half pound in weight.
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Just received my Ipad 2 today.
I ordered a poly cover and that was shipped on the 11th. Unfortunately, the poly has yet to arrive. Due to the late delivery, apple volunteered to give me a leather cover for free.
First thing I did after opening my iPad 2 box was to check for damage during shipping. I immediately noticed that there was a small scratch on the back of the unit. This bummed me out but I decided to continue checking the unit. I then went on to check whether this unit has the back light bleeding problem that is effecting quite a few of the units. Fortunately, I have extremely minor back light bleeding. I was thrilled with that.
Here was my dilemma. Do I return a personalized engraved unit and obtain another unit that may/may not have the back light problem? I figured on not returning it but went ahead and contacted Apple to see what could be done. At first they offered to exchange the unit but I didn't want to have to wait and then gamble on the new unit possibly having back light bleeding. I was thoroughly thrilled that Apple offered me $50 credit/off and reordered my missing poly. I can live with the small scratch. Here's to Apple on their AWESOME CS.
I ordered a poly cover and that was shipped on the 11th. Unfortunately, the poly has yet to arrive. Due to the late delivery, apple volunteered to give me a leather cover for free.
First thing I did after opening my iPad 2 box was to check for damage during shipping. I immediately noticed that there was a small scratch on the back of the unit. This bummed me out but I decided to continue checking the unit. I then went on to check whether this unit has the back light bleeding problem that is effecting quite a few of the units. Fortunately, I have extremely minor back light bleeding. I was thrilled with that.
Here was my dilemma. Do I return a personalized engraved unit and obtain another unit that may/may not have the back light problem? I figured on not returning it but went ahead and contacted Apple to see what could be done. At first they offered to exchange the unit but I didn't want to have to wait and then gamble on the new unit possibly having back light bleeding. I was thoroughly thrilled that Apple offered me $50 credit/off and reordered my missing poly. I can live with the small scratch. Here's to Apple on their AWESOME CS.
If you can live with the scratch I'd keep it. sounds like you got a pretty good one.
Is anyone else have Wifi Issues?
When I first turned it on, the iPad couldn't even find the wifi network. I had to stand right next to the router to get it connect. After it was connected I could move away from the router, but it is constantly disconnecting from the wifi network. The original iPad worked fine.
When I first turned it on, the iPad couldn't even find the wifi network. I had to stand right next to the router to get it connect. After it was connected I could move away from the router, but it is constantly disconnecting from the wifi network. The original iPad worked fine.
Nice to see you received your iPad but I haven't had issues. I got 3G and yet to use it, maybe a waste of money.
i got my iPad 2, imported from USA to Indonesia (south east asian country), i paid about $1000 for the 64GB Black WiFi only.
it's amazing and the speed is improved a lot.
anyway i got a little dent on the back near the camera when i checked it, but the iPad functions pretty good and there is no sign of failing. no backlight bleeding here, lucky me
anyway, about the Wifi issue, i tried playing songs through airplay to my airport express, turned the screen off, and suddenly the song stopped playing, and i turned the iPad back on to see the air play was not connecting anymore, so i had to connect it again. this happened only once though. hope it was just an airplay bug.
it's amazing and the speed is improved a lot.
anyway i got a little dent on the back near the camera when i checked it, but the iPad functions pretty good and there is no sign of failing. no backlight bleeding here, lucky me
anyway, about the Wifi issue, i tried playing songs through airplay to my airport express, turned the screen off, and suddenly the song stopped playing, and i turned the iPad back on to see the air play was not connecting anymore, so i had to connect it again. this happened only once though. hope it was just an airplay bug.
Snagged a 32GB ATT 3G in black today. Happened upon the online inventory links in this forum and found a few at a local Best Buy. Friend of mine also got a 32GB white wifi model at the same store.
My experience is the same as most others. I have minor backlight bleeding, but nothing too noticeable. Ran a test of Netflix in a dark room with brightness all the way up and really hardly noticed it. Can't see it in normal operation. Also inspected for dings and scratches and it looks like no issues.
I have a 32 GB wifi iPad1 that I'm giving to the wife. Put them side by side to see how they compared. Could see the speed difference and the iPad2 certainly was better to hold. Mail is definitely faster, and deleting and progressing through my inbox was much quicker on the ipad2.
I also strangely think the virtual keyboard is better for typing, not sure if that's a processor speed thing or not.
Smart cover is awesome. Got the black leather one. Much better than the standard apple case for propping. All in all, very pleased I got one, as is my wife I think (for once!)
My experience is the same as most others. I have minor backlight bleeding, but nothing too noticeable. Ran a test of Netflix in a dark room with brightness all the way up and really hardly noticed it. Can't see it in normal operation. Also inspected for dings and scratches and it looks like no issues.
I have a 32 GB wifi iPad1 that I'm giving to the wife. Put them side by side to see how they compared. Could see the speed difference and the iPad2 certainly was better to hold. Mail is definitely faster, and deleting and progressing through my inbox was much quicker on the ipad2.
I also strangely think the virtual keyboard is better for typing, not sure if that's a processor speed thing or not.
Smart cover is awesome. Got the black leather one. Much better than the standard apple case for propping. All in all, very pleased I got one, as is my wife I think (for once!)
First impressions. 32gb verizon black, engraved, orange poly smart cover. Small scratch on back, no big deal. Minimum light bleed, no big deal. Are people OCD about this or did I get lucky? Feels great, very fast and snappy. Found my wifi and Verizon set up in < 5 mins. Sync with itunes was fast as well, only 3.5 gb so it was a small sync. Still camera is pretty bad, video is fine and quite serviceable. Speaker seems fine, decent to very good volume and sound quality. Exterior volume control is a little clunky and cheap feeling compared to the rest of the unit. No snags yet, setting up e-mail with some accounts took a while but worked. Smart cover is cool and will protect the front screen but I will still need another case or cover to feel secure about carrying it around. Good design, but I feel like they still want and knew you would have to buy something else too. All is all a very nice product and decent upgrade from the first version, you will notice the snappy response and hopefully when I test out the 3G it works as well as the wifi (given Verizon limitations).
first time i didnt notice any backlight bleed, but im curious and i turned up the brightnessall the way up and put a black wallpaper on it and yes, it has a small bleed. who the hell use 100% brightness anyway, even 10% of brightness is enough for my use, and about using it outside with 100% brightness, like u can notice the bleed on the sunlight anyway.
Just got my white 16gb wifi.
Bezel is not visible in the dark.
I have some serious light bleed on the left edge if i put the brightness at max. If I put the brightness at where I normally do (30-40%) I see no light bleed at all really.
Bezel is not visible in the dark.
I have some serious light bleed on the left edge if i put the brightness at max. If I put the brightness at where I normally do (30-40%) I see no light bleed at all really.
Definitely not visible in the dark. It IS visible during daytime but I personally don't find it distracting as I focus on the movie on the screen
but can see how you were to "focus" on it, it could bother some people. I think it's GORGEOUS in White.