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    #14106653 - 03/11/11 11:31 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Just got one. I had to wait inline for 3 hours, but it was worth it. I liked my first one but there were some ergonomic issues when typing on a table, and just constantly finding things to prop it up. None of th cases were any good and made the device bulky. That said, these are just minor annoyances and the device was a joy to use.

The new one on the other hand is a 33% thinner and feels a lot lighter due to the shape and weight distribution within the hand. This is certainly the ultimate mobile device and certainly the thinest computer around. Plus with the new smart cover acting like a cover of a book, except serving more function than protection. It really did improve the whole usability of the device along with protecting the screen.

The entire design is incredibly thought out. I am big fan of tablet machines, and they are going to bridge an old legacy paradigm with a new fresh one. We can start ore and get rid of all the shit that sucks, like browsing filesystems, registries, and a load of over things. Simple is definitely better.

Regardless of all the hate towards apple, there isnt a legimate argument to be made the this isn't the best design and smoothest running tablet on the market. And at $499, it's also the cheapest. iOS 5 will be released shortly with a whole new array of features, hopefully we can see some in the likes of better notifications and wireless syncing.

GarageBand (this is for the original iPad too) for this thing is out of this world cool. I cam going to get the hardware to hook it up to my guitar and use it as an effect pedal.

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05] * 1
    #14112421 - 03/13/11 12:16 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Fuck apple

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: t00th]
    #14113167 - 03/13/11 07:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

> Fuck apple

Brilliant.  You are a true scholar.  OTD is to the left... don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.  :rolleyes:

> hopefully we can see some in the likes of better notifications and wireless syncing.

I believe the notification issue is related to battery life.  I would like to see more settings allowing us to customize what features are enabled/disabled.  I'd also really like to see wireless syncing.  I don't understand why Apple has such a hangup with that feature.


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: Seuss]
    #14113382 - 03/13/11 09:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Yeah that's a good point about battery life. Push notifications aren't particularly battery friendly as it is. Even in the state the current notification are in now, it's not even close to a deal breaker for me, I would just like to be able to get notifications in a less obtrusive manner. I like the Android UI for notifications, so anything Apple could do would certainly be more simple.

I think the syncing thing has something to do with spending the last decade getting your users to use iTunes as the digital "home base", and the last thing want is to make it so users no longer need it...looking only from a brand/marketing perspective. I think it's coming, it almost has to in order to compete with Android, but Apple isn't going to just deprecate iTunes and MobileMe in the process. I look forward to the future and have good feelings about it. (I don't see Apple going in the wrong direction here.)

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14114050 - 03/13/11 12:25 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Don't to derail this thread, but if anyone has an old ipad 3g for sale, I'm looking. I was to use it as a cash register at my shop. Thanks!


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14114843 - 03/13/11 03:59 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I haven't seen it in person but it seems pretty nice.  I was fairly disappointed with how beta feeling Android 3.0 was but I just cant see going Apple.  I plan on waiting till the late summer to get a tablet, and I figure Ill either go the Palm route (most likely) or if Android is up to par check that out.

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14117961 - 03/14/11 02:35 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

i vastly prefer an ultraportable laptop like the macbook air, but in some situations it seems like a tablet would be nice... like on an airplane ride where all i'm really in the mood to do is consume media...  it seems like it would be a pleasurable way to read graphic novel cbr files and pdf files while listening to some tunes....  but the laptop would still have to go with me too, so, it doesn't really seem like there's any room in my life for one :shrug:


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #14118108 - 03/14/11 04:24 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

> it doesn't really seem like there's any room in my life for one :shrug:

Pretty much the same for me with respect to any tablet.  Need concept, but I don't know what I would use it for.


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: Seuss]
    #14160749 - 03/21/11 06:38 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Being an avid stock trader on the west coast (where the market opens at 6:30am and you should be up well before that to capitalize on early morning trends), I'm contemplating getting an iPad primarily to use my brokers trading application from the comfort of my bed during the first 30 - 60 minutes of my day.  Having it around for travel media would be a bonus.


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: geokills]
    #14161326 - 03/21/11 08:26 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

i still dont understand the point of these things..


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: frith]
    #14161421 - 03/21/11 08:45 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I really like the ipads.

I was just messing around with one at the Apple store at the mall today, for like the nine-millionth time.

I'm hoping my girlfriend gets the message and buys me one for my birthday, I'm sick of buying her fly shit and getting a hoodie in return.  :rofl:

I want one 'cause I have so much downtime at work, when I'm sitting in a truck on the runway just waiting for a plane to come in.  I'm always playing on my phone or reading, but an ipad seems like it'd be a great time waster.  The games look so nice, movies look great, and there is the MLB app.  :laugh:rool:

I use my phone for all of these things now, but a bigger screen would be great.

The only downside is that it's apple.  I really don't enjoy most apple products.  We have macs in the lab at school, but I've always found the interface and setup very counter-intuitive.  I'm sure with practice I'd figure it out, though, and the Apple tablets seem miles ahead of the Android tablets I've used.  I have an Android phone now, and love it, but the iOs seems to sync to the tablets so much better.


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: frith]
    #14161432 - 03/21/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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i still dont understand the point of these things..
 




i don't see why there needs to a point to them, lol, it's just a novelty device for people with some disposable income :shrug:  though i'm not getting one, i can still think of myriads of ways one could have fun with one myself... use your imagination...


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #14161525 - 03/21/11 09:07 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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i can still think of myriads of ways one could have fun with one myself... use your imagination...



hehe.. every time i try to think of something i realize that i could do it just as well (usually easier) on a computer and i could actually type.. no touchscreen nonsense.



everyone thought tablets were stupid till apple made one..

i dont know.. i guess call me old fashioned/cynical/boring.. i just dont get it. :shrug:


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: frith]
    #14163645 - 03/22/11 09:34 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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hehe.. every time i try to think of something i realize that i could do it just as well (usually easier) on a computer and i could actually type.. no touchscreen nonsense.




There are ton of things I do that don't require a full keyboard. It's a mobile device. Any time you get in a car, air plane, or traveling the iPad is a superior device. When presenting things to a client or a group of people, the iPad is superior because everyone can see the screen, even if it's upside down. I can't tell you the blank stares I used to get while I got my laptop ready to use, it virtually looses the clients attention almost every time. The iPad is immediate, personal, and engaging. It becomes whatever device you need it to be.

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everyone thought tablets were stupid till apple made one..

i dont know.. i guess call me old fashioned/cynical/boring.. i just dont get it. :shrug:




This device really is a new category of computing. When I got my first iPad I didn't use it a lot for the same reasons, but over time it certainly proves it's worth. The more time I own the device, the more I cling to it and actually prefer to use it. Twitter for example is far superior on the iPad.

Garage Band for iPad is pretty sweet. There is nothing out there than can compare. The sound quality excellent and being a musician as well as nerd, the playability is awesome. I can't wait to get some new hardware to actually use it jam with my friends.

There simply isn't anything else out there than can do what the iPad can and there are a lot of things that iPad will never be able do that PC's can. But the iPad is definitely a worthy addition do anyone's arsenal and an incredibly capable device.

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #14163674 - 03/22/11 09:43 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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i still dont understand the point of these things..
 




i don't see why there needs to a point to them, lol, it's just a novelty device for people with some disposable income :shrug:  though i'm not getting one, i can still think of myriads of ways one could have fun with one myself... use your imagination...




I would hardly say my $535 (with my 7% sales tax) is a purchase that required a disposable income, especially when you can resell the iPad a year later for $250-$300 to spend on an upgrade for the new model. That means I spend a whopping $300 a year for latest and greatest device. Most people pay more than that in 3 months for their cable tv subscription.

It's funny to observe one's opinion of what a disposable income is.

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14163816 - 03/22/11 10:22 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Re-sale prices are nuts.

I just saw on on my local (Milwaukee) Craigslist for $975.

If anyone pays that, they are out of their minds.


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #14163879 - 03/22/11 10:34 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Most prices are more reasonable and 40-60% off when you get a used previous generation device. AT&T is setting the first gen, brand new with $200-$300 of the original price.

Now I haven't even looked at the iPad 2 prices...

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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14164159 - 03/22/11 11:42 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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I would hardly say my $535 (with my 7% sales tax) is a purchase that required a disposable income, especially when you can resell the iPad a year later for $250-$300 to spend on an upgrade for the new model. That means I spend a whopping $300 a year for latest and greatest device. Most people pay more than that in 3 months for their cable tv subscription.

It's funny to observe one's opinion of what a disposable income is.
 




You can say a macbook pro is only $1200 (cheapest model), but once Apple is done with me I've spent closer $4,000 lol.  Anyways, I bank over $7,000 a month, which is a fairly satisfying income for a single guy, but I still have to keep an eye on how many $535 toys I've acquired...  lot of places to go and things to see in this world...


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: daytripper05]
    #14164178 - 03/22/11 11:48 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Man Im right there with you. I want one so bad...Im getting one in like a month lol:mushroom2: But yeah fuck apple but Im glad for things like this


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Re: iPad 2 [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #14164307 - 03/22/11 12:14 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Where does the extra $3800 go and what is Apple doing to you take so much money away from you?

The iPad isn't a toy, although it can be. I use it for work, and make real money off it, and use it in my personal life for pleasure.

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