iPad iPad with iOS 5.1.1 still useable for web?

[drlunanerd]

Is an original iPad running iOS 5.1.1 still usable for web browsing?

 

[Rodster]

Absolutely, i'm running iOS 5 on my iPad 3 and I have no problems.

 

[Intell]

There is a large difference between the iPad 1 and 3. The iPad 1 will work, but it will be prone to crashing and have longer loading times. It is also very insecure and not a good device to use for any kind of secure access.

 

[drlunanerd]

Absolutely, i'm running iOS 5 on my iPad 3 and I have no problems.

Thanks, good to know most websites will at least load OK.

 

[Badrottie]

16GB iPad is fine and cheap I doubt your grandpa will store pictures or music at all. No need to add apps?

 

[Unami]

the UI runs pretty smooth on an ipad 1 with ios 5.1. it's just he 256mb of ram that often leads to safari crashing. don't know what happened there - it was working fine, when ios 5 came out.

you can save ram with a few tricks (turn off spotlight, no multitasking gestures, no 3g,...) but this only makes it marginally better.