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I still have my 1st gen iPad 3G, I've put all my music and use it to stream via air play to my sound system. It's like a big remote with content on it!
 
I loved my iPad 1. I gave it to my long time girlfriend. We subsequently broke up, but she still uses and loves it to this day. When she gets around to upgrading she's going to give it back to me.

The 3 is truely excellent. So much so that my 2 now looks pretty dodgy in comparison.
 
:D Glad you liked it.

Maybe someone who speaks German could translate it for us!

She says: Hey Daddy, how are you doing with the iPad we gave you as a birthday present?

He says: Good.

She says: And how about all the apps? Are you good with those?

He says: What "apps" are you talking about? Can you move over a little bit please?

He says: Is something?

Hilarious! Thanks for finding this one!!
 
The iPad 1 isn't awful, it is still a great machine. But the new iPad is a fantastic machine.

I'm still happily using my iPad 1 (on iOS 4), but will be getting a new one as soon as I can afford it.
 
I don't think that it's fair to call the first iPad awful. It simply was just old and it was the first iPad offered by apple.nremember the first iPhone ?
 
Avoid iOS 5 on it like the plague. The memory is insufficient. Large thread on the apple site about it. Thankfully I was jailbroken and save my shsh blobs so I could revert back. Those on that forum don't appear to have any way to go back.

Do not update to iOS5!!!!!!!!!! You will regret it forever. Most apps still work on 4, so there is no real need to "update". If you do "update" everything will crash, and you will not have any working apps.

Thanks! I had something the other day I went to buy that wanted 5, but I can't remember what it was. It's working pretty good now with some space - so I will just hang loose. My daughter wants 5 on hers - try to tell a teenager she won't be happy! LOL!!

I can use Tiny Umbrella to save my SHSH blobs if I decide to try it can't I? Not that I"ve had any luck with that process before!
 
This isn't helping me.... restraint, must show restraint, i NEED a MBA for school work. If i my school supported me doing anything on the iPad i would leap...

Glad to hear it is as good as an upgrade i thought it would be!!!

The MBA is a great machine! Don't feel bad for having to choose it over a third gen iPad! If I was forced to choose one over the other then the MBA would win.
I am glad to have both though.
 
The MBA is a great machine! Don't feel bad for having to choose it over a third gen iPad! If I was forced to choose one over the other then the MBA would win.
I am glad to have both though.

But having owned my iPad1 3G since launch, I know I would use the iPad more, it really fits my non-student life better. I guess I will see how much online time I need to put in to the next batch of classes and decide from there.

I also haven't loaded log-me-in on my new mini. Maybe I could just be happy with that combo?? LOL!! I wish the school would update their online stuff to work with Blackboard Mobile (they run Angel, which can be updated from what I see) then I wouldn't have this "problem".

OK, off to install log-me-in and see how it works on the mini.
 
I got my iPad 1 32GB Wi-Fi only for free, actually my dad got 2 of them from his work place (no not at Apple lol) and gave one of them too me.

So I guess if I sell the iPad at any price I still profit? Not sure if I should get that or save up for a MBA because I'm going to collage in like 1 1/2 year.
 
Sadly, I'm still using my original iPad (purchased on day one). But I hear you. . .

Nothing to be sad about. I'm on mine right now and still love the look and feel.
People who do music like myself can still put the iPad 1 to work like a Champion Stallion.

Just look up apps like Lemur, TouchOSC, Animoog, Korg iMS20, NanoStudio and BeatMaker2 on Youtube or Appstore and you will see why an iPad 1 is still useful and desired as a entry level machine.

Calling the iPad 1 useless and old just makes the price so much better for a musician/artist on a budget.
 
Nothing to be sad about. I'm on mine right now and still love the look and feel.
People who do music like myself can still put the iPad 1 to work like a Champion Stallion.

Just look up apps like Lemur, TouchOSC, Animoog, Korg iMS20, NanoStudio and BeatMaker2 on Youtube or Appstore and you will see why an iPad 1 is still useful and desired as a entry level machine.

Calling the iPad 1 useless and old just makes the price so much better for a musician/artist on a budget.

Yeah, I don't understand. I just bought an iPad 1 for a steal. It's great. Please, guys, keep hating them and selling them dirt cheap to people like me who don't feel the need to pay $350 more for a speed boost and better screen. Don't want a camera. Seems ridiculous for anything but FaceTime, which I hardly use on my MacBook Pro anyway. I am not going to go out and take photos with an iPad.... seems superfluous like the one on the 5th gen nano... iOS 5.1 is great and is fast on my iPad...And I have more cash to put towards the next toy Apple releases.
 
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Yeah, I don't understand. I just bought an iPad 1 for a steal. It's great. Please, guys, keep hating them and selling them dirt cheap to people like me who don't feel the need to pay $350 more for a speed boost and better screen. Don't want a camera. Seems ridiculous for anything but FaceTime, which I hardly use on my MacBook Pro anyway. I am not going to go out and take photos with an iPad. iOS 5.1 is great and is fast on my iPad... seems superfluous like the one on the 5th gen nano...And I have more cash to put towards the next toy Apple releases.

The camera isn't a draw for me either - but my eyes are getting older by the minute, and I think I could ditch my reading glasses if I upgraded!! :D
 
Thanks! I had something the other day I went to buy that wanted 5, but I can't remember what it was. It's working pretty good now with some space - so I will just hang loose. My daughter wants 5 on hers - try to tell a teenager she won't be happy! LOL!!

I can use Tiny Umbrella to save my SHSH blobs if I decide to try it can't I? Not that I"ve had any luck with that process before!

I used Cydia. http://www.ijailbreak.com/cydia/cydia-saving-ios-5-0-1-shsh-blobs/

If your daughter wants it make sure you have them or else she's gonna be begging for a new one. :D

And 5.1 fixed issues for some, but quite a few say it did nothing. 50+ page thread on the apple forums.
 
I used Cydia. http://www.ijailbreak.com/cydia/cydia-saving-ios-5-0-1-shsh-blobs/

If your daughter wants it make sure you have them or else she's gonna be begging for a new one. :D

And 5.1 fixed issues for some, but quite a few say it did nothing. 50+ page thread on the apple forums.

Well - she already is begging! I have possession of her iPad at the moment, so it's not like i'm in a hurry for hers. She can of course beg all she wants... i'm strong! :D

I'll visit all of this in a couple of days - including checking out the thread on Apple about it. I rarely rush into anything.... which is good i've learned!
 
The iPad 1 was fine before apple destroyed it. iOS3 ran great for me. Everything was fast, and there were almost no crashes. Then ios4 came, which was the beginning. That was foreshadowed by the extreme performance hit taken by ios5 though. My iPad was is now mostly unusable. Apps such as safari crash about every five minutes, and the whole experience just sucks. Of course stupid apple will not let people downgrade, so I am stuck with this crippled piece of garbage. I assume that is what they want though, so that I feel compelled to buy a new iPad. I am done with their games. I will not only not be buying a new iPad, but I am done with their computers as well. I don't have to take this anymore.

Have you upgraded to 5.1? That fixed most of the slowness and crashes for most people. Same for me. Worked fine after the update.
 
Nothing to be sad about. I'm on mine right now and still love the look and feel.
People who do music like myself can still put the iPad 1 to work like a Champion Stallion.

Just look up apps like Lemur, TouchOSC, Animoog, Korg iMS20, NanoStudio and BeatMaker2 on Youtube or Appstore and you will see why an iPad 1 is still useful and desired as a entry level machine.

Calling the iPad 1 useless and old just makes the price so much better for a musician/artist on a budget.

I know you are right. But look at the new iPad!
 
My iPad was on 5.0/5.0.1 since the day they released each update and aside from having a few crashes I never rendered it unusable. But I am always conscious of how much stuff is running in the background.
 
Well, it's Week 2 and we have our first complication.

My 11 year old son won't use the iPad 1 32GB/AT&T/$829 I gave him last week, says the screen looks awful and he won't stand for it. So it looks like I need to buy another the The New iPad for him this weekend.

BJ
 
Well, it's Week 2 and we have our first complication.

My 11 year old son won't use the iPad 1 32GB/AT&T/$829 I gave him last week, says the screen looks awful and he won't stand for it. So it looks like I need to buy another the The New iPad for him this weekend.

BJ

This can't be real?!? Seriously? An 11 year old is making you buy him a 500$ device. This is wrong on many levels.
 
I made the same jump on Tuesday and it's astonishing, I never believed the A4 could be so slow compared to the A5 because they ran at the same clock speed, but it's just so much better. Selling the old one to gazelle, yea I'm not getting as much moola as I could get by selling it, but its hassle free cash.
 
I absolutely love my iPad 1!

Had the 3rd generation - but there are certain aspect about my iPad 1 and the cost of it that made me return my 3rd generation iPad.

I absolutely love my iPad 1!

PS. 3rd Gen iPad Rocks! (at least the 10 days I had it)
 
This can't be real?!? Seriously? An 11 year old is making you buy him a 500$ device. This is wrong on many levels.

Whoa, don't judge.

If my son doesn't want the bad iPad 1 experience, how am I to deny him a The New iPad since I bought mine on the same grounds?

Besides, $829 isn't a lot of money and it'll make him happy.

BJ
 
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