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Old 03-18-2011, 01:37 AM   #89
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Originally Posted by varelov View Post
I am not a big fan of anything Apple but iPad 2 got me considering buying one. I'd love to get feedback from current owners on:
-eye strain from prolonged usage
-the inability to run Flash and any runarounds applied with this issue
-picture quality while video conferencing
I plan to sit on the fence until RIM comes out with their PlayBook and see what they offer in terms of features vs. price...
Eye strain is not an issue - just adjust the brightness.

Flash will become less & less important. Some big web site announced today that they were getting rid of their old flash content & moving to html5. The more ipads there are, the more irrelevant flash will become. Remember floppy drives?

Can't speak to the videoconferencing but the video quality I saw this afternoon when I went over to check the iPad 2 out at the Apple store seems fine to me.

Waiting to compare to the Playbook made sense to me before I saw the iPad 2. I was interested in the Playbook because I want a smaller tablet, but this new iPad seems oddly smaller despite being about the same size as the original. Still, you should probably wait & compare.
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