My 3D flyover is far from choppy on my ipad3 and that's using cellular data too. By choppy what do you mean?
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iPad 3 owners, are you liking iOS 6 ?
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My 3D flyover is far from choppy on my ipad3 and that's using cellular data too. By choppy what do you mean?
Ironically, in real life, the folks are loving the ruined painting more, as it is actually bring in more tourism.
choppy as in the iphone seems to be able to maintain something closer to 60fps, while the ipad 3 seems to be getting more around 15-20fps. ipad has way more pixels to contend with, but just saying maps is a good example of where the iPad 3's resolution seems to have outrun its processing capabilities somewhat.
I have yet to do any updates on my iPad 3 since it first released. I kind of got burned updating my iPad 1 and watched it become slower and slower with each update. I would love to have Siri to tinker with, but I'd rather have a faster iPad 3 so I think I'll be skipping this update too.
I have yet to do any updates on my iPad 3 since it first released. I kind of got burned updating my iPad 1 and watched it become slower and slower with each update. I would love to have Siri to tinker with, but I'd rather have a faster iPad 3 so I think I'll be skipping this update too.
Why wouldn't the iPad 3 be powerful enough to support iOS 6? I don't see how or why there would be any speed decrease.
The iPad 3 is most likely powerful enough, I'm just too chicken to try it.
The lag I've seen reported thus far is likely from bad setup or bugs. I just don't want to chance it, my iPad 3 runs great as is. Please don't let me discourage you if you want to update.
Hmm. I'll file that one in the same place as the salesman who told me that my iPod touch (which had a battery fault) would hold its charge better if I charged it from the mains, rather than from the computer.
Upgraded my iPad 3 last night;
Downloaded the 1gig .ipsw package and did a full restore.
The process took about an hour, the only hickup was that my media was not restored so I had to manually put back all my books/pdfs/videos. Annoying, but didn't take too long.
SIRI is REALLY cool. I'm not sure how much I'll actually use it (as I'm not in the US so I can't get local info), however it may see some use.
The Clock APP is out of this world! Ok, its just a clock app, but its pretty, and Apple branded, using the superb design from the Swiss.
Safari definitely seems faster. Pages render quicker and with fewer errors, tabs load quicker. Perhaps the only hickup, on some sites with a text box, the keyboard typing inexplicably slows to a crawl (perhaps something to fix in the forthcoming bug fix). Otherwise, a noticeable improvement in performance.
I like the new sounds and wallpapers.
Reminders and Calender Apps got nice updates.
Not sure about battery usage....it seems to be draining faster, though not sure if this is accurate or just my perception.
Other than that, I'm happy it didn't break anything. These days, Apple is quite good with their major updates, so pludge away!
Downloaded the 1gig .ipsw package and did a full restore.
The process took about an hour, the only hickup was that my media was not restored so I had to manually put back all my books/pdfs/videos. Annoying, but didn't take too long.
SIRI is REALLY cool. I'm not sure how much I'll actually use it (as I'm not in the US so I can't get local info), however it may see some use.
The Clock APP is out of this world! Ok, its just a clock app, but its pretty, and Apple branded, using the superb design from the Swiss.
Safari definitely seems faster. Pages render quicker and with fewer errors, tabs load quicker. Perhaps the only hickup, on some sites with a text box, the keyboard typing inexplicably slows to a crawl (perhaps something to fix in the forthcoming bug fix). Otherwise, a noticeable improvement in performance.
I like the new sounds and wallpapers.
Reminders and Calender Apps got nice updates.
Not sure about battery usage....it seems to be draining faster, though not sure if this is accurate or just my perception.
Other than that, I'm happy it didn't break anything. These days, Apple is quite good with their major updates, so pludge away!
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My maps on satellite is a bit choppy and slow. And the App Store top charts is really slow. Other parts of AppStore are fine. Strange.
Be a douche if you want to, but it's a known fact that upgrading within a device just adds the changes. Doing it in iTunes will completely replace the OS with the update which in turn clears anything that the old OS left behind.
Use of the integrated maps in Real Estate applications is also one of the major uses of my ipad.
Google maps in many areas showed parcel property line boundaries, which was a very useful function.
New Apple maps: no.
Google seemed more accurate for addresses, and if the address of an property was not listed (XXX Real Estate Lane), at least parked you on the road instead of giving up.
other then that, I have no complaints. OTA update, runs smooth as butter on my Ipad 3.
There are a few features here and there that I'm enjoying. But, over all my experience is the same as it was on iOS 5. My needs on the iPad however are minimal.
Besides of the new Apple maps which is, for this time, not on par with the Google Maps app, I like the update.
I like Siri.. Just setting in alarm I tell her to 'wake up at 7.15' and she'll set the alarm for me.
Another thing I like is the clock app. The timer function let me listen to music for half an hour while I fall asleep. While I am typing this.. I tried letting Siri set a timer for me... and what about that!! It works!!
Besides that, my battery seems the same or better. Definetly not worse.
So I am happy!
I like Siri.. Just setting in alarm I tell her to 'wake up at 7.15' and she'll set the alarm for me.
Another thing I like is the clock app. The timer function let me listen to music for half an hour while I fall asleep. While I am typing this.. I tried letting Siri set a timer for me... and what about that!! It works!!
Besides that, my battery seems the same or better. Definetly not worse.
So I am happy!
Definitely and I believe tests have confirmed that the iPad 2 is faster with iOS 6.
Agreed, it's also a more stable experience, far less bugs/glitches on the iPad ime...
There's a YouTube app available in the App Store,
EDIT: just noticed not for iPad, sorry.
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I've wanted that forever. I hated having to click on the address bar to start typing a new URL. I hope it doesn't change back to the search bar. Or if anything to give users the option to choose search bar or address bar.
I did a restore with iOS 6 then restored from a backup and my iPad was very jittery afterwards. I decided to set up as a new one and its been running smooth as silk since. It's a hassle to put all your settings right again but worth it.
Believe it or not, Siri is telling you the weather in New York, Texas.
(yes there is a city called New York in Texas)
Even though Siri knows your location, it seems to do this name search for the weather and finds the wrong city. Ask for the weather in Brooklyn and it will show correctly, ask for it in New York (or don't specify) and you get the wrong results.