Apple Conference March 2nd 2011

[Fairy-Killer]

Anything on a new iphone? My upgrade is coming in june right on time. Lol

I think the only thing we can take from this conference about the new iPhone is the possible use of that A5 chip in it. (Which would be hella sexy as my contract goes at the same time as your's.)

Edit: Reportedly only 256 MB of RAM? Hmm...

[wyrmtung]

Apple products have a high resale value so don't expect much of a price drop for gen1. The first iPhones are still selling at about $100 and those are almost useless.

For me, the "neato" factor was the cover. Thought that was ingenious. The biggest improvement was the lighter weight. The original iPad gets pretty heavy after a while and I'm a macho he-man.

Oh, and a built-in personal hotspot. Does this mean customers don't need to buy the 3G version and pay a separate 3G contract if they already have an iPhone?

[Ratatapa]

The hotspur mean you can share your 3G

You create. Wifi on you iPhone and pcs or mobile connect to it, and gets the Internet from the iPhone 3G

Of course some ISP might sell th hotspot for additional fee

[Skidz]

Apple products have a high resale value so don't expect much of a price drop for gen1. The first iPhones are still selling at about $100 and those are almost useless.

For me, the "neato" factor was the cover. Thought that was ingenious. The biggest improvement was the lighter weight. The original iPad gets pretty heavy after a while and I'm a macho he-man.

Oh, and a built-in personal hotspot. Does this mean customers don't need to buy the 3G version and pay a separate 3G contract if they already have an iPhone?

Did you mean the thickness as the biggest improvement? I know its 33% thinner than ipad 1, but i thought it was only like .2 pounds lighter (not sure if I could even tell the difference that makes).

Also, I thought i read the hot-spot feature was for iphones only... will have to double check the engadget articles for that.

[shukudai]

The hotspur mean you can share your 3G

You create. Wifi on you iPhone and pcs or mobile connect to it, and gets the Internet from the iPhone 3G

Of course some ISP might sell th hotspot for additional fee

Stop me if i'm mistaken, but you can just jailbreak it, and then just tether your data from iphone to ipad, ya?

[Fairy-Killer]

Did you mean the thickness as the biggest improvement? I know its 33% thinner than ipad 1, but i thought it was only like .2 pounds lighter (not sure if I could even tell the difference that makes).

Also, I thought i read the hot-spot feature was for iphones only... will have to double check the engadget articles for that.

I believe the comment about the weight is correct. Also, my sister has never complained about the weight of her iPad, and she's no "macho he-man".

[Amastacia]

I do not have an ipad already, so would ipad 2 be worth it?

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Profoundly no.

The thing my iPad 1 has been most useful for is replacing magazines for shitter reading.

Mine was free from work (performance reward... would've preferred cash), I wouldn't own one if I'd had to pay for it.

It's not as good for e-reading as a Kindle, it's not as functional as a netbook or laptop (and forget productivity on an iPad), it's not as portable as an iPod Touch.

It's a cool toy, don't get me wrong. But it has no killer app (*rimshot*), most of the really useful apps cost money (and not $.99 either, frequently $5-10 each), and it's a very un-ergonomic form factor, especially for typing.

Kind of defeats the point to get a keyboard for it, since then it just becomes a ghetto-jacked netbook.

Edit: Take back the shitter reading part. Its Verizon FiOS app to be a set top remote control is pretty nifty. Can see your guide and set up a DVR and everything. So a toss up between surfing the web on the shitter and trying to find something on TV that doesn't horribly suck.

[Ratatapa]

Stop me if i'm mistaken, but you can just jailbreak it, and then just tether your data from iphone to ipad, ya?

Possible but i dont jailbroke


Like i sais the big use of it is exemple

you got a 6gig 3G data on tour phone and you got at a house thaï dosent have internet.

You activante hotspot you taie the 3 pc and plug them on yor iPhone wireless and bang, mini local network


But on 3G speeds

[Skidz]

Possible but i dont jailbroke


Like i sais the big use of it is exemple

you got a 6gig 3G data on tour phone and you got at a house thaï dosent have internet.

You activante hotspot you taie the 3 pc and plug them on yor iPhone wireless and bang, mini local network


But on 3G speeds

I understand typos, but Sir, I didn't even know that character existed.

[Mellema]

I understand typos, but Sir, I didn't even know that character existed.

ï is alt 139. No clue how to accidentally type that though.

[shukudai]

I'm looking at an iPad 2 from several perspectives:

- Student. The sucker has 10 hours battery life, if I want, realistically ball park it around the 7-8 hour range after conversations with people who have one and use it all day. This device will let me sit down in me 2-3 hour lectures, type up notes (yes, I would use a bluetooth keyboard, I already have two really nice, light ones), light browsing, maybe IMing, though half the time I don't use wifi in class because i'd like to pay attention to what the teacher says. One of those new cover/stand things is pretty much perfect, and the ultra light weight of it makes it no chore to carry around. Between classes, more browsing without a bulky laptop, or tiny netbook in hand, watch videos etc, and the keyboard on screen is fine for just messaging back and forth while i'm sitting around.

- Portable media player. I'm fine with an iphone for while i'm on public transport to listen to music or watch video, this isn't a device i'd want to use for stuff like that except on long rides, airplane trips, etc. But I think it's rather neat even at home, to be able to put video on it, (and i'm assuming it'll be able to stream video from your PC, at the least, Netflix), and just connect it to an HDTV in my bedroom or something, where I just have a DVD player. *especially* awesome if it can stream video from home PC.

- Cool random shit. Plenty of random neat stuff out now, and more to come. Definetly like the idea of tethering it to my iPhone if needed for internet access as needed, but I rarely find myself in many locations where I would use an iPad that doesn't already have wifi.


All of this for under the price of a laptop that runs 9 hours (realistically 6-7), and only about 200$ more than say a higher end netbook (counting the couple of extra peripherals, like the new cover/stand thing, HDMI video out wire thingie, etc)

[Amastacia]

-If you're going to use a bluetooth keyboard to type up notes, why not just get a netbook for cheaper? Typing for long on the iPad screen is uncomfortable and using a separate keyboard completely kills the rationale for a tablet. Battery life watching movies is pretty mediocre, in my experience, and isn't going to be a significantly more compelling experience than a netbook wtih VLC if you also need a compact note-taking device.

-Netflix streaming is one of the few genuinely cool things an iPad does, I'll give it that. iOS 4.3 should provide home streaming over WiFi, as well.

-Cool random shit lasted me about a week before my gen1 went back to mainly being used on the crapper.

For some of what you're looking for, an iPad makes a degree of sense. I still have an incredible difficulty in justifying the price for what functionality you can actually get out of it.

Also, I'll only get 7-8 hours of battery life with a relatively light workload. Anything that loads the GPU or leaving the screen on for extended periods does the battery life no favors. One of the things I do use my iPad for is tracking my budget and expenses, and doing a big update (e.g. lots of tabbing back and forth between budget app and browser to check bank data) will easily consume 30-40% of my battery in under 2 hours.

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Why is this thing not as good as an e-reader? Is it the type of screen which is not as easy on the eyes?

[archibaldcrane]

Proper e-readers are e-ink screens, where they aren't backlit. Prolonged reading on a backlit screen strains the eyes, but frequent BG-posters are all in front of backlit screens 18 hours a day anyway. ymmv

[Omniyoji]

Why is this thing not as good as an e-reader? Is it the type of screen which is not as easy on the eyes?

Yes, exactly (glossy screen + illumination) as opposed to ambient lightning.

[Omniyoji]

idk how this happened sorry :/

[Boyiee]

Kinda... It's not bad on the eyes, but nothing compares to a kindles screen for reading. It's almost like paper. It's just not as easy to read on an ipad.

[octopus]

Like the previous poster said, if you're going to get a keyboard for the ipad, you may as well get a netbook. Don't get an iPad to do what a netbook does.

The iPad is best for games, media consumption (especially streaming video like netflix), and web browsing. It's also an awesome facebook device (excluding games, of course)

Edit: for me, I mostly use it for bathroom reading, browsing on the bed, and watching videos when running on the treadmill.

[Headspace]

Like the previous poster said, if you're going to get a keyboard for the ipad, you may as well get a netbook. Don't get an iPad to do what a netbook does.

The iPad is best for games, media consumption (especially streaming video like netflix), and web browsing. It's also an awesome facebook device (excluding games, of course)

Edit: for me, I mostly use it for bathroom reading, browsing on the bed, and watching videos when running on the treadmill.

Ok so if you like all the portable media shit, but also want to take notes, then get an ipad instead of dealing with shit video on netbooks?

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[antihero]

still don't think i can do it, the resolution and screen is just disappointing. more of a sidegrade than anything else, i'll wait for 3