Original iPad with iOS 4.3?

sachinwalia · 03-09-2011, 05:27 PM

I wanted to check how is original iPad performing with iOS 4.3 as I am planning to buy one instead of iPad 2. Please do share if it is slow or pretty much same. In general I am interested in performance of Kindle app, safari, mail, iBooks and bluefire reader.

Thanks.

ApK · 03-09-2011, 05:42 PM

Same as what?

EDIT

sachinwalia · 03-09-2011, 05:54 PM

Sorry to not make it clear. I meant is there any noticeable performance increase since the last OS update (4.2.1).

ApK · 03-09-2011, 06:09 PM

Ah, I get you now.

bZkindle · 03-09-2011, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachinwalia

I wanted to check how is original iPad performing with iOS 4.3 as I am planning to buy one instead of iPad 2. Please do share if it is slow or pretty much same. In general I am interested in performance of Kindle app, safari, mail, iBooks and bluefire reader.

Thanks.

er, I can let you know when I try it. I don't want to brick my jailbreak though, so it may not be for a while.
I'd reckon it's pretty much the same performance wise as 4.2.1 with perhaps incremental improvements to the OS. I haven't checked exactly what they are yet..
So yeah - about what you'd expect I guess!
/obvious

athlonkmf · 03-09-2011, 06:42 PM

Safari is amazing. Snappy and fast. Even memory problems are now in the past http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=12099941

Hoyt Clagwell · 03-09-2011, 07:33 PM

I can confirm that there is a definite increase in speed with Safari and Gmail. Cannot discern any noticeable changes with any of the book apps. Then I never had a problem with their performance in the past.

Victoria · 03-09-2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by athlonkmf

Safari is amazing. [/url]

I have to agree - I'm using it right now, and am amazed with how much quicker it is. I found Safari painful before so went back to my laptop when checking in on mobileread - but it's a new beast after the upgrade. Really remarkable.

harakiri · 03-10-2011, 04:56 AM

first thing I did is change back the way the switch on the right side worked to lock the orientation again. Its such a small feature but kind of essential to me

Safari seems snappier. I had no big complains before but it feels better.

So far this is what I realized (and I did the upgrade 10 minutes ago)

I can't see any issues with the performance of either Mail or iBooks.

morean51 · 03-10-2011, 06:24 AM

there are not lot changes after updating the o.s. but slight difference there in the performance

rcuadro · 03-10-2011, 08:46 AM

Safari seems faster but as for the reading apps, seem the same to me.

athlonkmf · 03-10-2011, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcuadro

Safari seems faster but as for the reading apps, seem the same to me.

well.... did you UPDATE your reading apps? No? Then why'd you expect those to change?

harakiri · 03-10-2011, 09:06 AM

I guess everybody is a bit concerned that this update would slow down the original iPad to a crawl, similar to what happened to the iPhone 3GS with the iOS 3.2 upgrade.

Nobody expected these apps to get faster, but everybody feared that the upgrade would slow them down ....

rcuadro · 03-10-2011, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

well.... did you UPDATE your reading apps? No? Then why'd you expect those to change?

this is true... even though you answer is a tad sarcastic...

On a side note I have experienced overall speed improvements when device software have had updates... everything from iPod touch to iPhones to kindles to computers... so an iOS update may have had an overall speed improvement on the iPad itself and that would cause the Kindle app to increase its speed as a result...

Just saying

kjk · 03-10-2011, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harakiri

first thing I did is change back the way the switch on the right side worked to lock the orientation again. Its such a small feature but kind of essential to me

Safari seems snappier. I had no big complains before but it feels better.

So far this is what I realized (and I did the upgrade 10 minutes ago)

I can't see any issues with the performance of either Mail or iBooks.

So happy about the orientation switch too!
Safari feels very quick. Nothing seems slower, but as others have noted, other apps don't feel faster. The Home Sharing is really great.

03-09-2011, 05:27 PM	#1
sachinwalia Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 26 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Device: iPhone 4, iPad, Kindle Fire, Kindle SO	Original iPad with iOS 4.3? I wanted to check how is original iPad performing with iOS 4.3 as I am planning to buy one instead of iPad 2. Please do share if it is slow or pretty much same. In general I am interested in performance of Kindle app, safari, mail, iBooks and bluefire reader. Thanks.

03-09-2011, 05:42 PM	#2
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sachinwalia Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 26 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Device: iPhone 4, iPad, Kindle Fire, Kindle SO	Sorry to not make it clear. I meant is there any noticeable performance increase since the last OS update (4.2.1).

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Hoyt Clagwell Not an Addict Posts: 301 Karma: 5678807 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: The blue one next to the fish.	I can confirm that there is a definite increase in speed with Safari and Gmail. Cannot discern any noticeable changes with any of the book apps. Then I never had a problem with their performance in the past.

03-10-2011, 04:56 AM	#9
harakiri Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 464618 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Oasis 2	first thing I did is change back the way the switch on the right side worked to lock the orientation again. Its such a small feature but kind of essential to me Safari seems snappier. I had no big complains before but it feels better. So far this is what I realized (and I did the upgrade 10 minutes ago) I can't see any issues with the performance of either Mail or iBooks.

03-10-2011, 06:24 AM	#10
morean51 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	there are not lot changes after updating the o.s. but slight difference there in the performance

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rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	Safari seems faster but as for the reading apps, seem the same to me.

03-10-2011, 09:06 AM	#13
harakiri Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 464618 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Oasis 2	I guess everybody is a bit concerned that this update would slow down the original iPad to a crawl, similar to what happened to the iPhone 3GS with the iOS 3.2 upgrade. Nobody expected these apps to get faster, but everybody feared that the upgrade would slow them down ....

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