iPad Would you change or return your current iPad for the iPad2?

[pagansoul]

I will try to control myself for another year but it hurts I have the covers that I love and hate go have to go through the test faze again with another machine. I tell myself that for what I do I have no need for an upgrade. The screen seems the same and I'm not into the white. Lighter and thinner are nice but not needed, I don't even use my iphone camera much.

[jocampo]

Well, I used my negotiation skills and was able to return mine, which I recently bought cash in a store (4 weeks ago).

I mean, is a no brainer. Same device, at same price but with couple of improvements. I would not do that with something I have for several months already though.

Let's wait and see if it was a good move or not.

[Caltsar]

Originally Posted by harakiri

a dual core processor is only useful when

- you have software that supports two cores
- you have an OS with true multitasking

Number one will come at some time. Right now its a non issue.
Number two is probably not the case until Apple really changes its OS. I guess iOS 5 could do this.

As for Safari, the forthcoming iOS 4.3 will change some parts in Safari and its supposed to run faster because of this. Apparently all devices running 4.3 will benefit

I am looking forward to iOS 4.3 for my iPad 1 next week

iOS has had full multitasking support since the beginning... at least under the hood. The issue Apple has is balancing the battery life, RAM, and processor use on a rather limited set of hardware. If you have any experience using a Symbian or Windows Mobile device before the iPhone came out, you may remember how much of a pain it could be to track down what application was running in the background and draining your battery in 3 hours.

As devices get more powerful you can see the trend of Apple opening more and more of that multitasking support the OS has to the user. Right at this moment, the support for limited multitasking in iOS is completely an artificial restriction based on managing the standby battery life (which I'm grateful for after being a windows mobile user), and the lack of a really good UI for managing multiple running tasks (which I'm sure SOMEONE at Apple is working on... and may or may not take cues from Android).

I don't doubt that someday the iPhone's multitasking will be more available to the user though, but I'm also grateful of the fact that apps are forced to relaunch every time... it does put a lot of pressure on the devs to make iPhone apps as responsive as possible, and when we do get real multitasking, that will hopefully carry over into that feature as well.

[craig8128]

Originally Posted by devastat

I still hope tho that garage band will also work on iPad 1

Me too! I thought the best part of the iPad 2 announcement was the stuff about iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad -- $4.99 each (!).

I have the original iPad and I love it, but (like many people, I think) I can't justify the cost of upgrading. I halfway suspect that Apple doesn't really expect to see lots of people upgrade -- instead, the iPad 2 is an attempt to snare all those people who couldn't /wouldn't justify buying an iPad without a camera or two. How many of you have heard friends or colleagues say "well, I'm going to wait for the version that has a camera"? And guess what time it is now?

That said, I'm a bit leery about the short product cycle on the iPad 2.

I think that the (rumored) iPad 3 will be the one that's intended to get people to upgrade. If they put a higher resolution / Retina screen on it, I will definitely plunk down the $$$.

Craig

[The Terminator]

But lots of things are like that take for instance VHS upgrade to DVD, tube TV upgrade to flat screen HD TV, DVD to blu-ray blu-ray to 3D blu-ray,LCD & Plasma TV's to LED TV's, I think if the one you got first was good enough then why isn't it good enough a year later? though I do like DVD over VHS we did that switch but none of the others. We actually have a 1080p tube TV so we could go to blu-ray..........except they changed the plug in on the back of the TV to HDMI cable so were out of luck on that and DVR as well!

[Danielle]

I didn't vote because I currently do not own an iPad. When I was at both Target and Best Buy yesterday they both had the iPad on sale. I held one in my hand and was sooo tempted to say "SOLD!" But then I remembered all the talk about iPad 3 coming out in September -- well I wanted this long what's a few more months!

[JimKal]

Like many others, I'll keep my iPad. Maybe the next generation will add the retina screen. I recently got an iPhone4 and the screen is amazing. Easy to read on and I can take it with me everywhere.

[tlrowley]

We are selling our version 1 iPads through Gazelle.com. Apparently, we did this ahead of the crowd and got a very nice offer of almost $1000 for a 32 GB and a 64 GB wifi-only. I'm not sure, yet, what we're going to get to replace them - I know hubby is getting one, but he's not sure about 32 vs 64 (funnily enough, his v1 was 32 and he mocked me for getting 64!) I may wait a little while - shocking I know! Of course, if I go to the Apple store with him on Friday, I may pick one up, say "oooh, shiny!" and walk out with one

My biggest complaint is the weight. I know that they haven't addressed this (much) in the new version (and with a piece of glass that large, not to mention all the batteries, I'm not sure how much they can shave off) but I'm hoping that the balance has changed a bit. I know people don't seem to find the Kindle DX heavy, and this new iPad is closer in weight and almost exactly the same thickness, so I'm hopeful.

I took advantage of the clearance sell on iPad 1s and picked up a 16GB WiFi only for $399 at Best Buy. I'll upgrade to a iPad 3 or 4 if they make it worth the while.

[bZkindle]

Originally Posted by craig8128

Me too! I thought the best part of the iPad 2 announcement was the stuff about iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad -- $4.99 each (!).

...snip...
Craig

they do work on iPad 1.
well, garage band does anyway.
I can say that for sure because I just installed it!
and AFAIK iMovie does as well.

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by petermillard

What? Not everyone wants or needs HDMI out on a tablet (or anything else); why shouldn't the people who want it pay for it - including any of the 15million+ existing iPad 1 users out there??

I have HDMI out on my phone and never use it but I do use DLNA on my phone. I'd rather have DLNA on my iPad as well, but alas... it has neither.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I just got the first edition on Saturday! But other than the faster processor, none of the new enhancements are things I need or even want (in the case of the cameras). So I'll be sticking with Gen. 1.

I ordered a iPad 1 a few days ago. I was going to get the 16GB version, since it was such a good price, but then I figured that since the prices were so much better, perhaps I should get the 64GB version for the price of a 16GB.

Originally Posted by digital_steve

Nah
I thought this was going to be a big update; seems there may be truth to the rumour of a September iPad 3 release.

Hmmm... I wonder if it's being released in time for school. Especially since iPad has been working w/ textbook publishers and school districts to replace heavy textbooks.

Originally Posted by THE TERMINATOR

But lots of things are like that take for instance VHS upgrade to DVD, tube TV upgrade to flat screen HD TV,... ...We actually have a 1080p tube TV so we could go to blu-ray..........except they changed the plug in on the back of the TV to HDMI cable so were out of luck on that and DVR as well!

I've finally succumbed to upgrading the TV's. It all started when we got a big screen for the new man/movie cave. At Christmas time I had to move the 32" tube out of the corner so I could put the tree there, and was hoping that it would fall and break onto the tile while I was sliding it over. It didn't. Now it's sitting, in a corner, by the front door waiting for my gf to find a way to get it back to her place. We were going to put it into the bedroom because the screen is bigger than the 27" CRT that's in there, but my SO and I realised that the next place that TV is going, is out the front door!

Originally Posted by tlrowley

I know hubby is getting one, but he's not sure about 32 vs 64 (funnily enough, his v1 was 32 and he mocked me for getting 64!)

Did he ever run out of storage w/ the 32? If I didn't get such a good deal, I probably would have gotten the 16 and assumed it would be enough storage.

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by SolRaven

Did he ever run out of storage w/ the 32? If I didn't get such a good deal, I probably would have gotten the 16 and assumed it would be enough storage.

Personally I'm down to about 4GB on my 32GB iPad. I'm glad I didn't go with the 16GB!

[MsAstoria]

Nice on the Gazelle price, tlrowley. When I checked a few days ago, they were only offering $280 for my 32gb 3G model, so I'm auctioning it off on eBay. I should get around $400 for it.
Got iPad 2 on order through apple store with 3-5 days to shipping.
Part of the weight loss is thinner glass so may be more prone to breakage if dropped. Batteries are the same so no savings there.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by petermillard

What? Not everyone wants or needs HDMI out on a tablet (or anything else); why shouldn't the people who want it pay for it - including any of the 15million+ existing iPad 1 users out there??

Not everyone wants or needs cameras on a tablet. Why shouldn't these be separate add-ons?

[petermillard]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Not everyone wants or needs cameras on a tablet. Why shouldn't these be separate add-ons?

Absolutely; I've said it before, but a camera 'module' that fits into the dock connecter would be an ideal iPad1 add-on for a lot of people, I'm sure - maybe even offer a higher-res module for all those people who seem to want to use a tablet-cam as a DSLR replacement lol

Seriously though, with 15million+ iPad1s out there, I'm surprised nobody's come up with this already <shrug>