New iPad - Are you getting it?

you buy two and i come by next week.. don't forget to update the apple tv too

 

No, considering there's cheaper tablets in the galaxy that suit my needs better the iPad refresh has done little to rekindle my interest.

 

Yes! As soon as I can get my grubby little hands on one. Damn apple for choosing march 16 as the release date though. My friend is flying back home from US on march 15. Missed it by a day! Now I'll be waiting for a month possibly :/

 

Doubtful.

1) I really want to see some benchmarks on how well that new graphics subsystem is going to drive 4x the pixels.

2) A year later, I'm still not seeing much take advantage of the iPad 2 for graphics and complexity. Some apps, yes but not as many as I'd like. This may also be a function of the app store model. If so, then there may never be much of the level of complexity that I prefer.

3) I wonder how up-scaled graphics are going to look? It will take a year to get things shifted over to the new iPad display size, and in a year apple will have another better device out.

4) iOS gaming seems to be on a bit of a downswing.

5) With the economy (and gas prices) I need to watch my spending more than I ever have.

Personally, I think I'm going to spend my iPad 3 money on another piece of gear that I've been lusting over.

I may buy one in a few months, but I don't think I'll look for one in March.

(Caveat: Unless my wife *really* wants my iPad 2.)

 

NOPE! I'm a major apple supporter but this 'new' iPad is a pathetic display of product "innovation" Bump up the specs a bit, add iMovie/iPhoto and give it 1080p video recording...

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oh and it doesn't have siri...

 

Every major app is hit or miss depending on the demographic. Plenty of people use Siri everyday, myself included. Siri needs lots of work already, let alone iPad integration.

I heard rumours the new Apple TV would have Siri...

 

Your like a secret agent spy, can anyone pin down where he lives? We now know its not an initial ipad3 launch country

 

I will get ipad3 next year . I think that this will be the one to really exploit the retina display

 

Lol. I'm in India. Thought most people who knew me here knew that much already. No need for stalking me online now

 

H-E-double-hockey-sticks no!

I'm going to get a windows 8 tablet later this year. It'd be awesome if I could have both a Win8 tablet and an iTouch 5, but who knows if that'll happen.

We'll get some dumbed down version of the iPhone 5.

*Yes, I'm being cynical.

 

I've got an iPad 2, $500 for a retina screen and a faster CPU isnt worth it for me.

I see "the new iPad" as being something that potential iPad customers would buy, not an upgrade for current iPad 2 owners.

 

Same here, and I agree. I think I will upgrade every other cycle from here on out (provided my wife doesn't know I am blowing money on it)

 

The new iPad is more appealing to me than the previous models, however I'd rather spend my money on a new iPhone.
But seeing as I'm happy enough with my iPhone 4, I'll wait for the next one (or maybe the one after).

 

I won't get it because I have just bought... a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 for the thin & light form factor. Retina display sounds absolutely astonishing, but it's more about size, weight and thickness for me. Very impressive though and I would be upgrading if I hadn't got this. Can't wait to see the screen in action.

 

The hardware gets stronger and stronger, and yet the software stays the same, at best. At worse, the more powerful the devices get, the worse the games become. Naturally, there are exceptions. But not nearly enough of them to warrant this price tag. Do I really need a 10-inch, mega-resolution, retina device to play the latest iteration of Angry Birds? Not really. We'll never see a legitimate, full-fledged Call of Duty game on this device, no matter how powerful it becomes. And Call of Duty is only one of many examples. The new iPad seems to be an improvement that would rarely be utilized for anything other then gaming, which is limited on tablets no matter what. If there something significant that was non-gaming related, perhaps I'd feel more compelled. And I'm not paying for a data plan on the iPad when I have one on the iPhone. I dont care if it is 4G. AT&T isn't going to get away with double-dipping on me.

Anyway, the next iPhone will likely have similar specs and it'll be cheaper, more portable, and genuinely more useful in non-gaming situations, so I think I'm just going to go with that.

 

I skipped gens one and two, and this one has everything I'd been hoping it would. I'll be pre-ordering the new iPad (is that really what it's called? -___-) when I get the chance.

About the first-party Smart Cover... is it any good? I believe all iPad 2 accessories should be compatible with the third-gen model, correct?

 

Not really interested, gonna stick with my ipad 2 until the day I no longer am able to run the latest apps.