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Just in! Egadget hands on review of the iPad 2...
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one single website? I'd expect a few more please...
I'm not sure now comparing games will be helpful. A well designed iPad game will run smoothly on an iPad 1. It would be very hard to tell how much more smooth it is on an iPad 2 without a FPS counter.
i just read the engadget, new york times and techcrunch reviews of this thing, and i cannot wait until 5 p.m. friday! i'm so excited to get my hands on this thing and play with the apps. i have a feeling i'm gonna splurge and get a bunch of apps for it this weekend..
very excited for garageband and imovie. they sound very fun.
very excited for garageband and imovie. they sound very fun.
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Your first pad I take it? After reading the reviews as a pad number one owner knowing the camera is crap etc....
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Thank you VERY much for saying that! I have seen so many posts both here and other iPad boards where they say the Xoom is $300 more. Uh...no it's not for comparable specs!
The battery life test is interesting but I want to know the age of the iPad 1 they used for comparison. While it is possible that Apple improved the battery capacity by 9%, it could also just be the natural capacity difference between the new battery in the iPad 2 and an identical six-month old battery in an iPad 1. The capacity of a lithium-polymer battery fades as it ages...
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yeah, I don't get these smart covers, when I owned an ipad I was more concerned with scratching up the back; the glass front actually feels like the toughest part of the design
one ipad2 review did say the surface of the back was smoother; lets hope they have coated it with something to prevent scratches.
the wifi version of the xoom which we all know youre referring to is only 540. since the android markets growth is twice that of the app store im pretty sure in a few months the xoom will have the ipad beaten.
Sure, I'll do the heavy lifting for ya.....
These are from the Engadget review.
dude - those are all over the web - I don't need to see sunspider results nor battery life. I need to see website loading comparisons.
thanks but no thanks
The only problem is that no one seems to know when the wifi only version of the Xoom will be released. It could still be months away.
I owned an ipad 1 - planning on getting a 2 - but seriously.. people need to STOP comparing a 16gb wifi to the 32gb 3g Xoom.. if the reports are correct, the wifi zoom wil be $70 cheaper than the similarly equipped iPad.. so really enough with the $300 comments.
Yes, wifi only is not available yet.. and for another 2 days, neither is the ipad.. maybe moto will launch it friday (should have launched it before!)
YEAH, STOP COMPARING THE PRICES!
...start comparing the app selection usability of the OS...the stuff that really matters in the long run..
its funny how adobe flash is touted on the android tablets, yet its unavailable...and from what I have read, it is about as reliable as flash running on a jailbroken ipad 1.! so at this rate, a jailbroken ipad 2 will be able to run flash better than an android device with ACTUAL flash support.
and then theres the fact that there are ZERO interesting apps on android.
I like to do music creation, looping, multitrack recording, effects..synths..
last time I looked in the android market...there wasnt ANYTHING available for any of those genres...really nothing for music, multimedia, video editing..
ANDROID is great at text...and web/internet use...lets be honest, they arent exactly the multimedia machines that IOS devices are..
...start comparing the app selection usability of the OS...the stuff that really matters in the long run..
its funny how adobe flash is touted on the android tablets, yet its unavailable...and from what I have read, it is about as reliable as flash running on a jailbroken ipad 1.! so at this rate, a jailbroken ipad 2 will be able to run flash better than an android device with ACTUAL flash support.
and then theres the fact that there are ZERO interesting apps on android.
I like to do music creation, looping, multitrack recording, effects..synths..
last time I looked in the android market...there wasnt ANYTHING available for any of those genres...really nothing for music, multimedia, video editing..
ANDROID is great at text...and web/internet use...lets be honest, they arent exactly the multimedia machines that IOS devices are..
Nice to know I'm not the only one!
But it's not enough to torpedo the review... sorry, I couldn't resist.
Thank you VERY much for saying that! I have seen so many posts both here and other iPad boards where they say the Xoom is $300 more. Uh...no it's not for comparable specs![/QUOTE]
Oh, now come on, people have been comparing Macs to PCs with incompatible specs for years, and any time someone from the Mac side pointed out that if you actually equipped a PC from a major manufacturer with similar specs to a Mac they'd be price competitive, the PC guys would go on about how that doesn't matter, it's only the lowest priced unit that matters, etc., etc. Now, can't the Apple fans have their moment in the sun when the tables have turned? Do you have to go and take it away from them by demanding that they actually do what they asked the PC guys to do for years and compare the prices on similarly spec'd units? That's not very nice of you...
Okay, so if we do a little math, what you're saying is that the growth rate of the Android market is twice that of the App Store. That is to say, in the amount of time it takes the App Store to double its iPad content, the Android Market will have doubled its Honeycomb content twice. So, if their respective starting points are 65,000 and 100, and if we assume that the App Store doubles in, say, three months (I know that this is an exageration, but bear with me), then in those same three months the Android market would have made it to 400 apps. At that relative rate of expansion, it would take the Andriod market approximate nine and a half doubling cycles to catch up with the App Store, or, if the doubling period is about three months, a little over two years.
Now, I'm not going to dispute that the Android market is growing at a much faster rate that the App Store. But you've got to think about the numbers a minute. If the Android market is doubling its content in the same amount of time that it takes the App Store to grow by 1%, that means that the Android market added an additional 100 apps in the same amount of time that the App Store added 650 apps.
So, do I think that the Android market will catch up to the App Store? Quite possibly. Do I think it's going to happen in "a few months"? Not likely. Most developers won't start serious efforts on the Honeycomb platform until they see that there is a market that can support their development effort. Some, of course, will run the risk ahead of time, but most will wait to see decent sales of tablets like the Xoom and others that follow that run Honeycomb.
dude - those are all over the web - I don't need to see sunspider results nor battery life. I need to see website loading comparisons.
thanks but no thanks
And you were given that. Sure, it was for one page, but it gives you an idea of what to expect. Could they have done more? Sure, but apparently that wasn't their priority.
As I knew of course, they comment on the very poor rear camera quality.
Which is exactly what I said reviews would do if they fitted the "touch" camera months and months ago.
What's a major disappointment, and something I was worried about from the photo's was the sound output they say is quieter than the last model.
I think we all know the sound output if anything could do with being better, not worse then the iPad1.
I hope more people here will be able to compare the two models side by side in this respect, this weekend.
You don't make a weak point, which this was, weaker.
Which is exactly what I said reviews would do if they fitted the "touch" camera months and months ago.
What's a major disappointment, and something I was worried about from the photo's was the sound output they say is quieter than the last model.
I think we all know the sound output if anything could do with being better, not worse then the iPad1.
I hope more people here will be able to compare the two models side by side in this respect, this weekend.
You don't make a weak point, which this was, weaker.
Disappointed in how awful the photos look. Low res is one thing but the overall quality of those sucks.
One of my main uses for the ipad 2 is going to be sketchbook pro, and I liked the idea of snapping a photo of something and being able to instnatly load it up and use it as a reference. Can probably still do that but geez just "ok" quality cameras would have been nice.
Anyway, beyond that it all sounds good. I'll be in line!
One of my main uses for the ipad 2 is going to be sketchbook pro, and I liked the idea of snapping a photo of something and being able to instnatly load it up and use it as a reference. Can probably still do that but geez just "ok" quality cameras would have been nice.
Anyway, beyond that it all sounds good. I'll be in line!
I do not see this incessant need to turn every thread into a xoom v iPad fanboy debate.
It is as juvenile as the needless bitching and silly wrangles over in the console thread section a couple years back. It all seems rather juvenile.
It is as juvenile as the needless bitching and silly wrangles over in the console thread section a couple years back. It all seems rather juvenile.
Engadget !!!
Did you even have an iPad 2 when you prepared the review?
How could you review the browser and not compare it to the original iPad when browsing a few actual sites, with multiple tabs open?
Page load times, checkerboard seen, reloading pages when switching tabs?
And the HDMI dongle, what resolution does it output, how about black bars?
Smartcover what happens when the iPad is in use does it attach to the back?
Anyone find a review that answers those questions?
Did you even have an iPad 2 when you prepared the review?
How could you review the browser and not compare it to the original iPad when browsing a few actual sites, with multiple tabs open?
Page load times, checkerboard seen, reloading pages when switching tabs?
And the HDMI dongle, what resolution does it output, how about black bars?
Smartcover what happens when the iPad is in use does it attach to the back?
Anyone find a review that answers those questions?
Try the macworld review, they ahve a seperate section covering the HDMI adapter.
Josh at engadget seemed to aim his review at maybe a more mainstream audience and focused on usability and the overall experience. The macworld review is a lot more technical. Good to get both angles on the product.
