Thread: Impact on iPad?
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Old 06-23-2010, 04:31 PM   #20
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mp3 playing - drains the battery far too quickly.
Will the battery drain slower on a general purpose device like the iPad?

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Picture viewer - hardly worth it on a grayscale screen
Granted. Although that is somewhat subjective.

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Games - refresh rate far too slow.
The games which are implemented (eg chess, soduko, etc) don't require high refresh rates, color screens, etc.

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It is used as a dedicated device because it isn't any good at the additional functions. That was the point.
My point is simply that that's what it's engineered for - they're not designed to be general purpose machines - so how can that be a fault?


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