iPad 2 - anybody getting one?
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Must admit im a computer geek so im a big Apple fan (imagine if Sony didnt have such involvement in recent films Bond would prob be using Apple gadgets like the iPad!)
Anyhow anybody impressed with iPad 2?? Was hoping we would get a preview of iOS5 and hoping it has better file system for work purposes, I guess this will come eventually
I decided to offload my iPad 2 months ago before its value plummeted (actually traded it plus a bit of cash for my Omega Seamaster).
My folks are off to the US later this month so may get them to pick one up, even with US sales tax its ridiculously cheaper then UK
Anyhow anybody impressed with iPad 2?? Was hoping we would get a preview of iOS5 and hoping it has better file system for work purposes, I guess this will come eventually
I decided to offload my iPad 2 months ago before its value plummeted (actually traded it plus a bit of cash for my Omega Seamaster).
My folks are off to the US later this month so may get them to pick one up, even with US sales tax its ridiculously cheaper then UK
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e.g 32GB iPad - $599 (add sales tax, for the sake of argument 10%) $660
UK - 32GB £499
At current exchange rate
$660 = £405
so roughly 100 quid cheaper if you visit the US! Of course importing it will add VAT and custom fees as well as postage so unless visiting prob not worth it!!
iPad 1 is a great bit of kit so imagine the second one will be exceptional. feel sorry for the competitors, they have not really developed anything to compete with the first one yet. They have great specs etc but the OS is a huge part of the Apple experience.
Because honestly, it's way too easy to do other things on the iPad. I had one for two weeks and I never read anything but a few NYT articles.
Waiting for mine to be delivered, miss my old iPad 1
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Mines in the post, got the Bond books ready to read on it!!!!
Yeah pricey toy however the amount of hours me and the missus spent on the iPad 1 does sort of make it worth while for us. My 5 year old wont get off the damn thing, bought quite a few educational apps!
Like I said - very nice - and I'd love one - just don't want to break the bank - and I'm not really sure where it's supposed to 'fit' ?
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Serious device for business?? Hmm possible but not there yet.
When I go away travelling on Business I still take the laptop however imagine in a few gens they might "close the gap"
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Laptops do that - and for a damn sight less money
I agree that they are cool though.
They will close the gap in a few years....and don't forget that the ipad 3 is already sat in a warehouse somewhere just ready for it's release next year
For certain kinds of businesses, the iPad does have promise. I've seen airport shuttle companies use the iPad to schedule shuttles more efficiently if there's a sudden influx of passengers looking for a van to drive them home. I've also heard of healthcare companies piloting the iPad as a care management and electronic health record tool for nurse practitioners and others in outpatient clinics and doing home assessments. The biggest issue for healthcare providers is data security - mobile devices not using https-type connections generally don't have the same encryption abilities that personal computers do, and mobile Internet browsers have fewer security measures. That, and removing viruses and spyware from mobile devices in generally is rather tricky.
I'm curious to see the future of touch screen technologies outside of smartphones and tablet computers - I remember seeing some demos on personal computer monitors a few years ago, but they weren't very point-sensitive. The trick is to making the user interfaces, well, user friendly. Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are the new industry trend on both PCs and mobile devices, moving away from clunky and confusing Microsoft Office-style layers of menus. The relative success of iPhone/iPad style apps among non-early tech adopoter types is the relatively intuitive mapping of gestures onto the interface elements. Admittedly, there's room for improvement in terms of the sizing of icons and the like, but the iPad is the most accessible device I've seen yet for older folks and people with disabilities as well as mainstream users.
Setting that aside, - the price is just too much. I could not justify that kind of expense on top of what I have and use already.
I own a Samsung Galaxy and while it isn't as powerful as an iPad it does do everything I want: basic browsing, checking email, e-reader, watching the occasional video and messing around with the occasional app, all in a form factor that is smaller than the iPad and thus easier to hold while still being easy to see. I also find Android to be a far more open and appealing operating system than IOS; people complain that Android sometimes feels too much like a PC operating system but that is part of its appeal to me; I prefer being closer to the hardware and having more control over how the device operates.
Going forward I'd be more inclined to look into something like a Motorola Xoom, which is at least as powerful as an iPad and features removable memory (as does my Galaxy), USB ports and other amenities which Apple refuses to incorporate into the iPad.