iPad iPad2: same price as old and now thinner and more powerful

[HarryT]

I'm afraid I don't understand. How does the presence of a camera affect the availability of apps? Sorry if I'm being dense!

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thinner is a mistake; and it's still 10", which is too large. 7" is a more convenient size for carrying around.

I'm still waiting for a 12" or larger w/ pen input.

As for thinness, how about a 55" TV that's even thinner? Samsung

[SCION]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

That is the whole point.
There is one interface, anyone comfortable with one product will be comfortable with another.

You're absolutely correct. That is the intent. It's also why many pass on buying "one" when they have "one" already. It's not like you can customize the screen(s) for each device to give it a unique flavor. No, I'm not talking about shuffling app icons around the screens.

Does iOS have the ability to provide widgets and other goodness that Android provides?

To those who don't know me, I'm not bashing. I have Apple products.

[athlonkmf]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The Kindle doesn't have cameras and the iPad 2 does. I have an iPod touch 4 and it's too thin to hold the cameras found in the iPhone 4. The result is a fixed-focus mediocre camera that prevents an app like Google Goggles from being used.

I suspect the iPad's new thinness is also responsible for its mediocre camera set.

Have you ever handled a 9,7" device as a camera? (Not that the quality is anywhere near your cheapest compact camera)
I don't see the facetime-users during the handson having any trouble using that...

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

Have you ever handled a 9,7" device as a camera? (Not that the quality is anywhere near your cheapest compact camera)
I don't see the facetime-users during the handson having any trouble using that...

I'm not interested in photography on a tablet. It's app use I'm talking about.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm afraid I don't understand. How does the presence of a camera affect the availability of apps? Sorry if I'm being dense!

Take this app for example - Google Goggles. It's a great search tool. You take a picture with your device and the app will identify the object or translate the text or find stores selling it, etc.

The problem is, Google requires an auto-focusing camera in order to use this app. That means I can't use it on my iPod touch 4. It also means the new iPad won't be able to use it. The Galaxy Tab on the other hand can use it, as with most of the newer smartphones.

Lack of a compass or GPS also prevents me from using some cool apps.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by SolRaven

As for thinness, how about a 55" TV that's even thinner? Samsung

Wow! That's thin. I have no problem with thin, as long as it doesn't cripple functionality.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Take this app for example - Google Goggles. It's a great search tool. You take a picture with your device and the app will identify the object or translate the text or find stores selling it, etc.

The problem is, Google requires an auto-focusing camera in order to use this app. That means I can't use it on my iPod touch 4. It also means the new iPad won't be able to use it. The Galaxy Tab on the other hand can use it, as with most of the newer smartphones.

Thank you, I haven't come across that.

Lack of a compass or GPS also prevents me from using some cool apps.

The iPad 1 (3G) has both GPS and a digital compass. Has it been removed from the iPad 2?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The iPad 1 (3G) has both GPS and a digital compass. Has it been removed from the iPad 2?

Still there.

[HarryT]

That's what I thought, hence my question about your comment about their lack meaning that you couldn't run some apps. Were you referring to the WiFi-only iPad when you said that?

[carld]

Originally Posted by boswd

ummm why didn't you put it in "Article View"?

ummm, I was looking at a display model for about 5 minutes. There's no magic indicator that an "Article View" exists or how to activate it.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by jocampo

I would not compare a Nook Color against an iPad. if you are comparing as a pure ereader, which of course are not, both are tablets, an iPad provides a better reading experience: bigger screen and no need to hack.

Better reading experience for magazines maybe, but the extra weight of the larger device can easily make for a worse reading experience.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

Who cares for the interface. 99,9% of the time you spend on the iPad will be inside an app.

The worst part of the interface for me is the stuff they have changed such as the multitasking menu that feels really clunky and tacked on rather than being natural like it is on other oses.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by SCION

Can't they make the interface unique to each device (iPhone, iPod, iPad)? There's no real distinction.

Why would they want to do that? This way, you learn to use one, you can use them all.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by HarryT

That's what I thought, hence my question about your comment about their lack meaning that you couldn't run some apps. Were you referring to the WiFi-only iPad when you said that?

Sorry for the confusion, but I was referring to my iPod touch in that last sentence. I don't have an iPad.