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iPad2 = what the iPad1 should have been
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The ipad 1 was (and still is) a perfectly useable device and whilst the spec increase in the iPad 2 is nice, for most it`s not essential if you own the original.
(imo)
At least it wasn`t totally gimped like the original iPhone (4GB ram and NO 3g, on a data-hungry smartphone, really?)
That was less use than a chocolate fireguard and rapidly updated too...
2G smartphone, lol.
(imo)
At least it wasn`t totally gimped like the original iPhone (4GB ram and NO 3g, on a data-hungry smartphone, really?)
That was less use than a chocolate fireguard and rapidly updated too...
2G smartphone, lol.
and making more money with incremental hardware releases, hype/emotion, and marketing.
I think you're assessment is off base. The iPad one revolutionized the tablet computer. No one except apple was able to do what they did. How can you say the iPad 2 was what the iPad 1 should have been
I'm extremely content with the iPad 1 and have no problems with the fact there's a single core, no camera. Apple is slowly improving the product like they do with the everything else they sell.
Technology is always changing, how they were able to add a dual core processor, better gpu, into a slightly smaller enclosure doesn't mean they could have done that economically the prior year. Likewise when a retina display comes out (presumably in the iPad 3) means we should see a thread stating that the iPad 3 is what the iPad 1 should have been.
Enjoy what you have and be content. Like the iPad 2 more then the original iPad, well sell it, and buy the 2 then.
Real life experience - a colleague researcher discovered a new technique to make the technology 1000 times more sensitive. He approached a manufacturer vendor, they liked the idea but not the 1000 times improvement. They asked, is there a way you can make it 10 times better in the first year, then 10 times better for the follow year, and then 10 better for another year?
The OP thinks like a customer, but Steve Jobs thinks like an entrepreneur ($ $). Customers want the best products, but merchants care about getting most money out of buyers with the cheapest cost.
While we all think A5 chip is gold, there're probably A6, A7 in the pipeline ready to go.
The iPad 2 improvement is EXACTLY where Steve Jobs wants it to be: advance enough that some will upgrade, but not so much that people paid more to get iPad 1 just months before would be so pissed.
The OP thinks like a customer, but Steve Jobs thinks like an entrepreneur ($ $). Customers want the best products, but merchants care about getting most money out of buyers with the cheapest cost.
While we all think A5 chip is gold, there're probably A6, A7 in the pipeline ready to go.
The iPad 2 improvement is EXACTLY where Steve Jobs wants it to be: advance enough that some will upgrade, but not so much that people paid more to get iPad 1 just months before would be so pissed.
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This. It can be applied to pretty much every piece of tech ever made in the whole world ever.
If companies thought like consumers, we'd probably have none of these things to begin with, and we expect Apple to release annual hardware revisions now.
If I decided to wait until Apple's next iPhone before buying one because it'll be 'better', I'd never buy one because there'd always be another model just around the corner to wait for. Sooner or later you have to bite the bullet or do something else with your money.
Absolutely right. And expected by anyone with experience buying apple products.
Oh, then the other tech companies must be in business for humanitarian reasons on a non-profit basis.
really starting to love the 2
I had the iPad 1, I sold it as I found the low ram safari refreshing all the time and poor performance loading/running graphic intensive apps a hindrance (prior to iOS 4). The iPad 2 is a world apart, its fabulous...quick switching between apps (gesture enabled) credible gameplay performance, the things a beast and all in all disregarding rev A teething problems its a sure fire win. I almost expect it to slow down when cycling apps as the 1 did but it just keeps going, fast and smooth, very credible product here from Apple, the 1 tested the waters, rev 2 has pretty much perfected the art of tablet computing.
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iOS5 would be nice too!
I had the iPad 1, I sold it as I found the low ram safari refreshing all the time and poor performance loading/running graphic intensive apps a hindrance (prior to iOS 4). The iPad 2 is a world apart, its fabulous...quick switching between apps (gesture enabled) credible gameplay performance, the things a beast and all in all disregarding rev A teething problems its a sure fire win. I almost expect it to slow down when cycling apps as the 1 did but it just keeps going, fast and smooth, very credible product here from Apple, the 1 tested the waters, rev 2 has pretty much perfected the art of tablet computing.
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iOS5 would be nice too!
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fine... then you should have been part of the team of people at Apple who created a completely new type of product. Deal with the fact that they werent sure how the community would react to this product... So you can excuse them that they didn't make it with cameras or whatever. Usually a first product of its kind wont be the thinnest... I personally was shocked at how thin they could make it for the iPad 2.
There is only so much you can fit in the thin little case for the price that Apple want to move its products at.
The iPad 2 was a great upgrade, improved basically everything. The back camera is a little weak, but its a thin device!
As for the RAM being less then some Android device, thats because iOS can run on lower RAM, it multitasks better.(and by better, I mean with less RAM)
The iPad 2 was a great upgrade, improved basically everything. The back camera is a little weak, but its a thin device!
As for the RAM being less then some Android device, thats because iOS can run on lower RAM, it multitasks better.(and by better, I mean with less RAM)
i used the front facing cameras only one time, me and my friend wanted to play with photobooth.
the pictures sucked!
whats the point of hyping up photobooth when the pictures are crap? i mean seriously how expensive can the camera on the ipad be?
mycheap ass flipphone from 2003 had a better camera.
the pictures sucked!
whats the point of hyping up photobooth when the pictures are crap? i mean seriously how expensive can the camera on the ipad be?
mycheap ass flipphone from 2003 had a better camera.
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I tend to agree with OP: specially with respect to memory in iPad1; I often run in issues because the screen is just bigger require more caching in case of graphic intensive apps. Cameras are nice to have but not essential to me. Since there is still a delay here in Japan with iPad2 rollout I don't have a chance to think on upgrade anyway.
I tend to agree with OP: specially with respect to memory in iPad1; I often run in issues because the screen is just bigger require more caching in case of graphic intensive apps. Cameras are nice to have but not essential to me. Since there is still a delay here in Japan with iPad2 rollout I don't have a chance to think on upgrade anyway.
you are probably right which is why i opted out on buying the ipad 1. Just ordered my ipad 2 and cant wait for it to arrive ;]
I find my iPad 1 to be surprisingly competent too. It's not as good as my iPad 2 at keeping stuff in memory obviously but the iPad 1 with latest upgrade and the gesture enabled is a good performer on cheap and somehow handles large websites better than it used to.
But I agree that Apple should be less stingy with memory! It boggles my mind to think how many apps my iPad 2 could keep things with 1G of RAM and to go through them with the gesture.
Another moan and groan thread, too much already.
Apple can do what it wants. Like it. Buy it. Don't like it move along, life to short for this....
reminds me of a professor at my college who designed a new hydro fuel cell whatever car and was demonstrating it on campus to students claiming it to be the next-gen of cars that we'd all buy. The technology was really really cool, but it had one major flaw, it was un-marketable. The costs to produce the car was breaking six figures, and to top it off, the car was friggin' ugly! The entire trunk and backseat were consumed by the massive engine, and it's performance was no where near my 10 year old Camry. Sure, it saves fuel, sure I care about the environment, but not at those costs (money and space)! Even with $4-$6 gas, a gas guzzling SUV is still more economical than some of the "alternative fuel" cars out there.
academia research tends to often produce results that are incompatible with the real world. They're often so detached from the end consumer that they forget the number one question a consumer asks: "How much is this going to cost me?"
Sometimes, it is hard to see if there are significant improvements or not. We are used to fast computers (i.e. laptop, desktop). For me, when I got my iPad 2, I noticed the speed and power. Technology is improving at a faster rate and then plateau, unless innovation comes around, i.e. iPhone, iPad. iPad 2 has dual core which was not available last year. Apple added a core, but did not up the giga-hertz. GUI (graphics) was a huge improvement, but only a few apps are taking advantage of it (real racing 2). To me these are huge improvements. What would make a big improvement for you? They did add cameras for video calls and recording primarily. They did had hdmi mirroring. Would retina display make it a huge improvement? Not for me. Maybe, we are spoiled? Also, iOS 5 will add more functions as well. Maybe thunderbolt will!
I recently picked up an iPad 2, and i must say it is a fairly awesome device. I think something that is significantly underrated is the responsiveness and overall stability of the OS, everything is snappy- so much more than my iPhone 4 which struggles to keep up at times.
However, i would have to agree, the cameras are a load of trash. For a device that is being advertised quite heavily as one with video calling capabilities, I would have thought that the quality may have been better- i am a bit disappointed with this. I know being so big and all its primary use has nothing to do with cameras, but if you are going to add in cameras, why not do a more capable job of doing so? The quality is quite atrocious im sorry to say.
However, i would have to agree, the cameras are a load of trash. For a device that is being advertised quite heavily as one with video calling capabilities, I would have thought that the quality may have been better- i am a bit disappointed with this. I know being so big and all its primary use has nothing to do with cameras, but if you are going to add in cameras, why not do a more capable job of doing so? The quality is quite atrocious im sorry to say.