Damn scalpers.You're right, I only sold eight of them this Friday. Don't get me wrong $500 profit in one day is nothing to sneeze at but it's nothing compared to 2-3K I'd clear on average release weekend. Apple needs to hurry up with new iPhone so that fanboys can subsidize my next vacation
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New iPad Graphics and Processor Benchmarks: iPad 2, NVIDIA Tegra 3
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The prime is much faster in the web browser as the actually rendering of pages uses the cpu. The only thing handled by the gpu is the compositing. The actual website (the texture as far as compositing goes) is still rendered and generated by the cpu.
Tried Asphalt HD on my iPad 3rd gen...doesnt run as near as nice as on my iPad 2. I wish they'd just save the native res for videos/photos/general UI/simple 2D games. 3D games could use the headroom.
Just makes me long for an iPad 4th gen...is that sad?
Just makes me long for an iPad 4th gen...is that sad?
Tried Asphalt HD on my iPad 3rd gen...doesnt run as near as nice as on my iPad 2. I wish they'd just save the native res for videos/photos/general UI/simple 2D games. 3D games could use the headroom.
Just makes me long for an iPad 4th gen...is that sad?
That also could be lack of optimization on Asphalt HD, they probably didn't have much time to make it run perfectly at the new resolution considering they only got access to the device a few days ago and Im sure they just wanted to make sure their app was listed in the retina apps section. You should see if they update it in a few weeks for improvements. (Though isn't that gameloft? They tend to be slow on updates so they might not
)It is laughable... But not for the reasons you think. Why would you compare a processor to a device? There is no processor called ipad 3 and there is no tablet called Tegra 3.
I was thinking the opposite. I've been using it normally since friday and still at 28%. I want to drain the battery completely so that I can charge it fully.
Not necessary for the battery chemistry, but for some devices a full discharge-recharge cycle is used to help calibrate the "battery meter" in software.
Tried Asphalt HD on my iPad 3rd gen...doesnt run as near as nice as on my iPad 2. I wish they'd just save the native res for videos/photos/general UI/simple 2D games. 3D games could use the headroom.
Just makes me long for an iPad 4th gen...is that sad?
I had a feeling this would happen. The resolution they used for the ipad put even all but the best desktop cards to a crawl for anything actually intensive.
Reminds me of the Samsung Galaxy S2 vs iPhone 4S debate....... sure the S2 has impressive specs on the face of it, But I own both (S2 is a work phone) and it all comes down to what your running on it that matters.
My S2 only gets used to take work calls, where as my iPhone is never out of my hand for one reason or another
My S2 only gets used to take work calls, where as my iPhone is never out of my hand for one reason or another
Tried Asphalt HD on my iPad 3rd gen...doesnt run as near as nice as on my iPad 2. I wish they'd just save the native res for videos/photos/general UI/simple 2D games. 3D games could use the headroom.
Just makes me long for an iPad 4th gen...is that sad?
Yet Modern Combat 3 is grand and looks great, both are by Gameloft.
Real Racing 2 HD no perceivable framerate drops with new Retina Support over iPad 2
Galaxy on Fire HD looks amazing...
Its just a case that Asphalt 6 is a bit poo and always has been a bit of a cheap turkey... A poor game is a poor game regardless. Just that it's badly optimised now too...
New iPad feels slower
Actually, as my girlfriend received her new iPad, I made a head to head test with my iPad2 and the new one is ever so slightly slower in every aspect, from launching Apps to Games (nearly every optimized Game on the new iPad has some slight lagging (the same as often noticeable on the PS3 with games running at the edge of 30fps vs. Over 60 on my gaming PC).
I'm really annoyed that they didn't boost the CPU, because loading heavy sites is just painfully slow on the iPad2/new iPad (e.g. TheVerge).
Also my girlfriend's iPad gets really hot to the touch when gaming....
Actually, as my girlfriend received her new iPad, I made a head to head test with my iPad2 and the new one is ever so slightly slower in every aspect, from launching Apps to Games (nearly every optimized Game on the new iPad has some slight lagging (the same as often noticeable on the PS3 with games running at the edge of 30fps vs. Over 60 on my gaming PC).
I'm really annoyed that they didn't boost the CPU, because loading heavy sites is just painfully slow on the iPad2/new iPad (e.g. TheVerge).
Also my girlfriend's iPad gets really hot to the touch when gaming....
I have several friends reporting this battery issue. They all restored from a backup.
I did no such restore and my battery lasts and lasts.
Something to consider.
It doesn't matter. iOS still is an artificially restricted and limited platform and thus simply not an option for anybody who actually wants to OWN the device that he paid good money for. And no, jailbreaking is not a valid option. Consider the word and what it means: JAILbreaking. That's all that iOS is, a digital prison.
Android lets you have your cake and eat it, too. No matter how sexy Apple's hardware might be, the mindset behind their software is unacceptable.
At least iOS works. The longer I use Android, the more disappointed I am. I have to force my phone almost daily into a reboot because the device froze. Random shutdowns are frequent, too. But that might be because of the suboptimal Samsung Hardware. My wife complains, that on her SG II she frequently can't take the call because the sliderbutton won't work.
I don't think 90% of the people would feel the difference that's showed by benchmarks. The non-CPU upgrade is not gonna be an issue until new iOS Updates will not be compatible anymore and that might take a couple of years - and who knows what's gonna happen until then.
Judging from all the negative ratings you're getting from your comments, most of the readers of this site fit into that 1%.
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Does anyone know it the chargers for the iPhone 4 and iPad are interchangeable? I know the plug fits, but is the iPhone 4 charger powerfull enough to handle iPad charging?
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I'm somewhat amused by the Prime to iPad 3 comparison run over on the Droid Forums:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...pple-said.html
They are comparing non-optimized versions of Shadowgun and Riptide on the iPad 3 to optimized versions on the Prime. Neither of those two apps have been updated yet to support either Retina or the new graphics capabilities of the iPad 3rd Gen.
Somewhat convenient of them to not point this out in their comparisons...which, by the way, still ended up favoring the iPad 3rd Gen in many ways even sub-optimized.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...pple-said.html
They are comparing non-optimized versions of Shadowgun and Riptide on the iPad 3 to optimized versions on the Prime. Neither of those two apps have been updated yet to support either Retina or the new graphics capabilities of the iPad 3rd Gen.
Somewhat convenient of them to not point this out in their comparisons...which, by the way, still ended up favoring the iPad 3rd Gen in many ways even sub-optimized.
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I genuinely don't understand the confusion.
Do people not know who Optimus Prime & Transformers are?
Or do you people not understand humor?
Or were my attempts at said humor REALLY that lousy and/or obtuse??
I'm not really commenting on the article content in any serious way. i just can't read anything about the "Transformer Prime" and not think what thin-ice they must be skating on with Hasbro or whoever owns the rights to Transformers. IMO, it was a dick move to name a tablet "Transformer Prime". Just sayin'. But instead of getting bent out of shape about it, I make silly jokes. mmmm...kthxbai.
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What I find interesting, is that the iPad always FEELS faster than any other tablet I have used. Granted, I have not used the specific tablet compared in this article, but I have had plenty of hands-on time with iPad 2 generation Android tablets such as the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy.
In a world without iPads, these Android tablets would seem nice enough. You wouldn't know any better. But Apple will always have the upper hand.
Apple just sold 3 million iPads in a weekend that's just silly.
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Agreed. It's an almost laughable "coincidence." It would be less of an issue if the transformers brand wasn't so visible in television. But it's huge again. I keep thinking Optimus Prime is going to leap out of one of these in a commercial and, much to my chagrin, it never happens.
In a world without iPads, these Android tablets would seem nice enough. You wouldn't know any better. But Apple will always have the upper hand.
Apple just sold 3 million iPads in a weekend that's just silly.
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I genuinely don't understand the confusion.
Do people not know who Optimus Prime & Transformers are?
Or do you people not understand humor?
Or were my attempts at said humor REALLY that lousy and/or obtuse??
I'm not really commenting on the article content in any serious way. i just can't read anything about the "Transformer Prime" and not think what thin-ice they must be skating on with Hasbro or whoever owns the rights to Transformers. IMO, it was a dick move to name a tablet "Transformer Prime". Just sayin'. But instead of getting bent out of shape about it, I make silly jokes. mmmm...kthxbai.
Agreed. It's an almost laughable "coincidence." It would be less of an issue if the transformers brand wasn't so visible in television. But it's huge again. I keep thinking Optimus Prime is going to leap out of one of these in a commercial and, much to my chagrin, it never happens.
It is really fascinating, especially to the crowd that frequents these boards. We're nerdy about such matters.
I'd like to add the 10,000 foot view, too. Imagine how inconsequential processor speed is to the average consumer. Most people will make their computing decisions based on the PLATFORM now. It's really a big paradigm shift from the days of even 7 or 8 years ago. It used to be that processors and graphics cards were something people cared about at least a little. Nowadays, the performance of most computing devices is sufficient. We end up just choosing based on the software ecosystem and usability. This is why Apple will win most of the time.
Android tablets will never be able to compete with Apple on features. They have to compete on price. And the truth is that they are not really cheaper! The only way they can be cheaper is to have inferior ingredients that Apple wouldn't want to put their name on.
Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one,
. I mean, I know you can argue, "yeah, but it's not called 'Optimus Prime'", etc. But still. It is no coincidence. Call your next tablet the 'Vader Saber Lite', see how that goes over. LOL. At least Verizon licenses the 'Droid' name from Lucasfilms.
I assume the Geekbench test uses multiple cores. If so, it would be interesting to see how a similar single-core test would go. Since tablet usage probably doesn't involve the same degree of multi-tasking as on a desktop, the per-core performance is probably more relevant.
I have yet to purchase an iPad because I cannot justify spending $500 on one. The lower price point is makes the iPad 2 much more attractive. For $100 more I get the Retina Display (the Quad-Core GPU is needed for the Retina Display, but otherwise doesn't offer any weighty performance gains).
Decisions, decisions.
Decisions, decisions.