iPad iPad2: same price as old and now thinner and more powerful - Page 5

SCION · 03-05-2011, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SCION

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Does iOS have the ability to provide widgets and other goodness that Android provides?
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I guess the answer is no.

SolRaven · 03-05-2011, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

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

The only place that I can see that TV being a good idea is if you have it hanging on a wall where it will sit flatter than a picture frame. I have this one sitting on a mid century modern dresser. The TV looks just as good off as when it's on. I wish I could buy that gorgeous stand separately and use it with my other TV's. However, I would not recommend it for anyone w/ kids, unless they mounted it flat onto a wall.

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Originally Posted by Harmon

I was kind of wondering about it being so thin, too. I guess I'll actually have to hold one to see if it's a good thing or not.

I agree with you about 7 inches being better for carrying around. I figure that would be about the size of the Kindle 3.

It seems to me that, given the wieght and thickness reductions on the iPad 2, a seven inch iPad is a kind of natural progression in the iPad universe. Happened with the iPod.

It would feel solid because it has an aluminum body, and the thinness would remind me of my Sony Readers. I'd want it for textbooks, so any weight would be less than those. I have a softcover textbook that breaks up the reg. hardcover into 2 parts. Just one half is 3.5 lbs and it's lack of hardcover make it very flimsy to try and hold. Every time I pick it up I wish I had a tablet.

Crowl · 03-05-2011, 07:33 AM

I'd bet that apple won't come out with a 7" tablet, they will make one slightly different so they can claim they addressed what made 7" doa in that idiotic earlier proclamation, the closest paper size works out to just over that size so perhaps they will do a 7.2" and declare it works because it is using a6 paper size.

RJK · 03-05-2011, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by leebase

200 million credit card backed iTunes accounts

More like hacked iTunes accounts. My wife thought she'd try out iTunes this year and started with an Enya album. A short time later she was called by the bank because of a series of suspicious iTunes and Netflix purchases - someone had been using her credit card on the net.

Never had credit details stolen before! I ran literally over 20 different types of malware scans on both computers, wondering how on Earth it happened, and couldn't find anything after days & days of continuous scanning. Then we found out from the BBC that iTunes hadn't properly protected thousands of people's account details. Gah...!

You'd think they'd apologise to each customer affected by their negligence or something, but ... nothing. Not a good first experience.

Harmon · 03-05-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

How about an iPad micro?

Got one of those. It just does not lend itself to heavy duty reading, at least for my old eyes. But I do a lot of short form reading on my micro.

I just want a Galaxy Tab, done by Apple. The Tab feels cheap, and cost more than I think it should, and besides, I want to stay in the Apple ecosystem.

Crowl · 03-05-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmon

I just want a Galaxy Tab, done by Apple. The Tab feels cheap, and cost more than I think it should, and besides, I want to stay in the Apple ecosystem.

It does look like the best 7" tablet is going to be the one from blackberry that is out fairly soon.

kennyc · 03-06-2011, 09:38 AM

Well it's thinner, but just wait til it gets WINGS!

Harmon · 03-06-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowl

It does look like the best 7" tablet is going to be the one from blackberry that is out fairly soon.

Price will be the issue. Apple's smart move was to have a $499 iPad. Will the Playbook cost less?

kennyc · 03-06-2011, 10:25 PM

It's going to be great to see what the 7" Honeycomb tablets are capable of and their price of course.

injapan · 03-06-2011, 11:00 PM

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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.

yes, I tend to agree, a great piece of equipment though, nice
but, yes, its a big iTouch

wannabee · 03-07-2011, 05:41 AM

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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.

24" wheels on a pushbike, what a mistake. Give me 18" any time. What was Malvern Star thinking

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Originally Posted by drofgnal

No USB interface, no need for more speed, hence, I won't be upgrading.

OK. . . . . . Can't really see how a USB port would make much of a difference when the only cable that comes with it has a USB plug on the end of it.

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The camera is there basically for video conferencing; the iPad really isn't a terribly practical form-factor for photography.

iPad 3 should be a DSLR with interchangeable lenses.

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Photography isn't my point, app availability is.

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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!

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Take this app for example - Google Goggles.The problem is, Google requires an auto-focusing camera.

Tubie, We get it mate. It's not the tablet for you. Do you think it might be the tablet for some of the rest of us?

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Originally Posted by RJK

Then we found out from the BBC that iTunes hadn't properly protected thousands of people's account details. Gah...! You'd think they'd apologise to each customer affected by their negligence or something, but ... nothing. Not a good first experience.

Wahh!! I hadn't heard of that!!!!! Very worrying

Bluebaize · 03-07-2011, 09:56 AM

Apple have said they want their products to be available to everyone, not just those with more money and that's why they are doing an iPhone Nano - A cheaper cut down version of the iPhone.

Once all the other companys have released their tablets and believe they have caught up with the iPad, Apple will release an iPad Nano

Being cheaper they will undercut the competition and move ahead again in market share.

pdurrant · 03-07-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluebaize

Apple have said they want their products to be available to everyone, not just those with more money and that's why they are doing an iPhone Nano - A cheaper cut down version of the iPhone.

There have certainly been plenty of rumours, but Apple have not said that they are going to make an iPhone Nano.

kennyc · 03-07-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

There have certainly been plenty of rumours, but Apple have not said that they are going to make an iPhone Nano.

tubemonkey · 03-07-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmon

I was kind of wondering about it being so thin, too. I guess I'll actually have to hold one to see if it's a good thing or not.

I agree with you about 7 inches being better for carrying around. I figure that would be about the size of the Kindle 3.

It seems to me that, given the wieght and thickness reductions on the iPad 2, a seven inch iPad is a kind of natural progression in the iPad universe. Happened with the iPod.

I have a 7" Android tablet (Nook Color) and I just love the size. I wouldn't want anything larger. I'm sure a 7" iPad would sell very well.

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03-05-2011, 07:33 AM	#63
Crowl Wizard Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition	I'd bet that apple won't come out with a 7" tablet, they will make one slightly different so they can claim they addressed what made 7" doa in that idiotic earlier proclamation, the closest paper size works out to just over that size so perhaps they will do a 7.2" and declare it works because it is using a6 paper size.

03-06-2011, 09:38 AM	#67
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Well it's thinner, but just wait til it gets WINGS!

03-06-2011, 10:25 PM	#69
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	It's going to be great to see what the 7" Honeycomb tablets are capable of and their price of course.

03-07-2011, 09:56 AM	#72
Bluebaize Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 160 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: in a house Device: iPad	Apple have said they want their products to be available to everyone, not just those with more money and that's why they are doing an iPhone Nano - A cheaper cut down version of the iPhone. Once all the other companys have released their tablets and believe they have caught up with the iPad, Apple will release an iPad Nano Being cheaper they will undercut the competition and move ahead again in market share.