iPad 2 discussion thread

I'm with you on that one.

Just saw this.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/14/exclusive-the-future-of-the-ipad-2-iphone-5-and-apple-tv-and/

This is going to be one kickass year.

 

If that turns out to be true, then it's going to be awesome. The current iPad already has a decent amount of pixels, and adding even more would make the screen look insanely good. An SD card port would be nice too. I need to start saving my pennies now, lol. It's looking like 2011 will be an expensive year for me.

 

Retina display is supposed to be less powerful than the iPhone 4's though, for whatever reason

 

Honestly, I was tired of screwing around. If you want the best, don't settle for the rest.

The iPad will always be an expensive piece of tech that will pale in comparision to a higher end laptop/Macbook or PC. It's cheaper then a high-end laptop, clearly. But you get what you pay for too. Buying a iPad is not that dissimiliar from buying a middle-of-the-road laptop, which you could get essentially for the same price.

To each his own, I suppose, but I bought a 6DDR3 laptop with a Pentimum i7 processor, with a 5870HD ATI graphics card, 1GB/5DDR3 dedicated. Sure, it cost a lot. Like I said though, the iPad will never be anything more than a second-rate laptop/Macbook. As of now, without flash and various other things, it doesn't even amount to that. A 3g enabled ipad cost between $800-900. A high-end laptop costs $1200. (A Macbook costs a whole lot more, but I don't understand why anyone would ever buy one of those ridiculously overpriced things anyway.)

If you're willing to go as high as $900 for a full-featured iPad, you might as well go all the way, like I did, and just get the real deal.

It would be years upon years before any iPad could ever touch what I just bought. And even if the processing power could, someday, concievably, match it, the games themselves certainly never will.

I went to the flee market and found a PC copy of Oblivion for $1. Angry Birds, $1. Oblivion, $1. Hmmm......

Anyway, the iPad 2 will not be a "Beastly gaming machine." Not in comparision to what I just bought, which runs actual console games as well as actual consoles run them. The quality of games that you will eventually be able to purchase for the iPad 2 will probably pale in comparision to what will be offered on either the 3DS or the PSP2, despite the fact that both systems will be significantly cheaper than the iPad 2. That's not a spec/tech issue, granted. That's a software issue.

 

Well, I guess what your saying is true, but you're missing the point of the iPad. It's just...fun. To be able to search the web snappily with a flick of a finger, to be able to turn a page in a virtual book as it if were real...it offers small thrills that are hard to describe unless you have experienced it. I'm sure it's also smaller and compact than your laptop-which has no accelerometer or touch screen, I'm sure
I can't really disagree with your post-if your looking for straight up functionality and value for money, then the iPad is your worst bet. But if you can afford the luxury, and feel like splurging on yourself a bit...nothing better than the iPad

 

Dude, Seriously?

 

iPad was first!!!! (well conceptionaly)

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/02/jobs-says-ipad-idea-came-iphone/

 

Comment exploded into a million pieces of glittery magic

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/18/exclusive-hp-palms-webos-tablets-pictures-plans-and-mor/

 

According to MacRumors, the iPad 2 is going to have a front facing camera and the camera, facetime and photo booth apps.


From http://www.macrumors.com/2011/01/20/facetime-camera-and-photobooth-icons-confirm-camera-in-ipad-2/

 

I don't even know what that is. I think the iPod Touch and the iPhone are incredible pieces of tech, the iPhone much more so than the iPod. I wish developers would take iOS development more seriously, because the hardware potential is pretty significant. Most established developers are unwilling to pour vast amounts of money and effort into software development, which is unfortunate. Some do, like EA and Epic. Most don't. Far more major companies take Activision's approach then take EA's approach.

But, as much as I love the iPhone, I think the iPad is an unneccessary, bloated piece of tech. I don't understand the iPad and I don't understand Apple TV. The iPhone, the iPad and, to a lesser extent, the MacBook (for graphic development more so than personal home useage) I totally get. The iPad, I just don't.

It'll never be anything more than a poor man's laptop.

That is my opinion. I did not steal said opinion for anyone else. There are, however, 7.5 billion people on the face of the planet, so I'm sure my opinion on this matter is shared by several others.

What it really comes down to is that the iPad really feels like it is trying to fill the space as a reasonable alternative to the laptop. Perhaps it's not there yet in terms of all-encompassing functionality, but it hopes to get there someday. I just don't respect Apple as a computer manufactioner. That's my own personal bias. I would never buy a Mac-based computer, either PC or Laptop, over Microsoft. Every program or piece of software I want, use, or am familiar with is designed for Windows. I'm very proficent with Window's-based operating systems. I know nothing about a Mac's O.S. Mac has a different O.S. and, for the most part, a completely different set of software programs, and I'm just not interested.

Also, most dedicated computer games are designed specifically or windows. Apple has devalued the concept of P.C. gaming, and no one can really argue that point. iOS gaming, they support. High-end computer gaming, not really.

 

Is the only thing I picked out from skimming what you wrote. I guess this is supposed to be some kind of metaphor, because you know how much an i-pad costs right?

Oh, also I'm pretty sure Apple weren't trying to replace laptops with the i-pad. It's more supposed to be a replacement/alternative to having a laptop on your knee while you're watching the TV or something.

 

You can find better sources than that in a gas station toilet

 

No, it can be a very expensive notebook.

I work in an office environment. Typically, we print several hundred page documents in duplicate. Changes to the documents result in reprinting of those documents. That generates a lot of wasted paper.

Similarly, there are numerous technical books at the bookstore that will be out of date by next year. They will be reprinted or replaced with new books. Massive amounts of paper.

Yet with an iPad, I can walk around with the exact same documents and books, view them just as well as paper, and even mark them up just like paper. Except I can also access those documents wirelessly and potentially even modify and upload them.

(I feel so cool walking over to a colleague's desk with my iPad to discuss an ERD diagram. So much better than stitching together paper and laying it out on their desk! )

The iPad is NOT a poor man's laptop. It's the electronic replacement for paper. Or at least the start of one.