Comments on: New iPad Review (3rd Gen)

By: calden74

calden74 — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:42:00 +0000

Well I’m happy you enjoy it. I personally prefer having a tablet that has a file-manager, MiniSD card, an open OS, being able to mount my device on any computer with a USB port as a normal drive and not having to deal with a music player that only supports two OS’s to transfer files, codec support for all popular formats and not just the ones that your media store needs, paying less then 50% over the build cost just because it has a fruit symbol that glows, lighter, thinner, longer battery. I’ll stick with my Samsung 7.7 WiFi addition with a 12 hour battery that dual boots into Android 4.04 and Ubuntu 11.10, is 7.7mm thick and I have full control over it.

By: randomss

randomss — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Oh boy, Apple re-releases the same product (again) with slightly better screen quality, that is largely unnoticible to the average consumer in differeance to the iPad 2. Oh yeah and it has 4g! Which many people may use wifi anyway :insert golf clap: And if it by now didn’t have 4g, would be a major flaw on Apple’s behalf. Why do people want the new iPad again? Oh yeah cuz it’s apple, and thier friend is buying one. I’ll choose not to waste $600 for an oh-so-slight increase.

By: Vinos

Vinos — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000

Wow. You managed to connect tablets with food in Africa in a tech blog. I hope you realize these are not food tablets. It’s amazing how superior someone suddenly feels because they care about “food in Africa”!

By: InnoviTab

InnoviTab — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:34:00 +0000

This VINCENT NGUYEN is a flat-out PAID publicist for APPLE. He just gave bias, weak and baseless judgements on the phenominal Galaxy Note while everybody including former iPhone users are in love with it. And from what I read, he heaps praises on just about every apple product he touches. So much for credibility. I AM NOW OFFICIALLY TURNED OFF FROM READING SLASHGEAR REVIEWS! PRAISE RELEASES FOR APPLE ALL THE WAY!

By: Flatulence

Flatulence — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:12:00 +0000

800 bucks for that? what a rip

By: 98kj

98kj — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:41:00 +0000

Have you used the new razr? Best batt life for LTE

By: Jason M

Jason M — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Someone hasnt used ICS. Has performed flawlessly for me since release.

By: Jason M

Jason M — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:27:00 +0000

3rd degree burns are just part of the fun!

By: Soemoeaung21781

Soemoeaung21781 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:34:00 +0000

I’m live in Myanmar and most of young people like to use Apple’s products. But very expensive at here. Because we’ll have to give double charges at these products .
So how can we solve this case.

By: Paul N

Paul N — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:50:00 +0000

Wow, what a thorough review.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:02:00 +0000

The writer was obviously (painfully so) talking about the ratio of the screen itself, not the played video material. That this even needs explaining to you is somewhat worrying, though I owuld hesitate to call yowua dumbass. Ok fine I wouldn’t, you’re a dumbass.

By: Cembandit

Cembandit — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:40:00 +0000

LoL. The prime will end up like the Xoom, slate, Dell streak, galaxy tab, play book, touchpad, kindle fire. Just another failed iPad killer. Hater tears are sweet tears.

By: Karl Klept

Karl Klept — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Awesome insight into what Steve Jobs thinks about iPad 3. Any word if he’s still going to spend every last dollar Apple has trying to obliterate Google?

By: Larandfran

Larandfran — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:05:00 +0000

I love the new iPad. I had an iPad 2 but decided to upgrade to get 4 LTE. I will never be without an iPad again. They are wondeful and convenient. They can do everything thatI need are are easily portable.

By: Scruff

Scruff — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:36:00 +0000

You do realize that iPads can use a Bluetooth keyboard don’t you? Sort of nullifies your argument…

By: Jason Le Blanc

Jason Le Blanc — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:17:00 +0000

to be honest… seeing the color uniformity issues in the images, the low quality contrast and saturated images, and the rather bad flare in bright environments makes me wish they put a better camera in it. How hard would plopping the iphone’s rear facing 8mp camera be? seriously. Apart from the camera, all i’m getting is that its a better processor, screen, and a paltry upgrade in the camera department. I’ll wait for their 7.85 inch mini table to see what’s really up!

pity though, i really wanted the ipad 3rd gen. next time around it’ll be better!

By: X-Man

X-Man — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:31:00 +0000

Get a ASUS Transformer Prime with a keyboard dock. You don’t have to buy both at once if it’s too much. Get the keyboard dock later and think of it as an upgrade. It’s a great setup that gives you 18 hours of battery. I’ve found that being able to use the touch screen and keyboard at the same time is a great way to interact with the device. It’s the beginning of a new input paradigm.

By: X-Man

X-Man — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:21:00 +0000

Garageband? LOL Everyone that I know who has an iDevice has never used it. That’s a joke as a measure of superior software. On the other hand there are many games on Nvidia site that are Tegra 3 optimized. And you have not only the Android Market but Amazon as well. Amazon free app of the day is great. The Prime comes with Polaris Office, a number of good widgets to control data usage and power management. And you can easily connect peripherals like mice and game console controls both wired and wireless. How do you like them apples?

By: CyberGusa

CyberGusa — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Laptops weigh more but they’re made to be productive and not just to have fun with… Performance for example can easily be 10x or more a iPad’s, which can’t even handle 64bit or even run a desktop OS. So you couldn’t even run OS X if you wanted to on a iPad because it’s not powerful enough yet.

The A6 may bring it to that level but even then we’re only talking entry level like around the performance of a netbook for CPU. GPU of course is a bit better but even that doesn’t go anywhere near the range of what a gaming laptop are capable of, though they can rival some embedded GPUs and game consoles, though note those consoles are a few years old now and these tablets need quad core to even enter that range of performance.

All the higher performance of laptops will of course also use more power. So run times will be less with the same size battery but they have laptops that can use a battery slice and main battery for a total of up to around 23 hours continuous use and have the benefit of swapping batteries for extended use.

So let’s not confuse the laptop and tablet markets. The iPad is good for basic usage, consuming content, and generally having fun. While laptops are for those either wanting to play PC games, up to games like Crysis, on the go or just want to work or even just to not rely on the cloud.

Mind also once Ivy Bridge comes out we’ll also see lighter and thinner laptops that will make the weight difference less of a issue. While Haswell will bring SoC to Ultrabooks for even more compact and more energy efficient designs.

While many are considering the hybrid design of tablet that turns into a laptop as the compromise for future systems.

By: CyberGusa

CyberGusa — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:40:00 +0000

Same can be said for iOS and tablets in general… Mobile OS are limited by design and tablets are better for content consumption than creation. It’s why services like Citrix offers are so often used to give access to desktop apps and why keyboards are one of the most popular accessories for tablets.

By: Mario Irelan

Mario Irelan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:59:00 +0000

hey greedy people stop worrying about pointless technology and donate money to a good cause like a charity….

By: Mario Irelan

Mario Irelan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:58:00 +0000

do you not know what an actual music creator program on the computer can do? create REAL music. I cant believe that shit

By: Mario Irelan

Mario Irelan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:57:00 +0000

calm down… fragmentation isnt bad its kind of hard to stop it when its tons of companies making android phones. not just one (apple) making one phone

By: Mario Irelan

Mario Irelan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:55:00 +0000

you cant really stop fragmentation when there is so many different choices out for android. isnt that what we want is choices in america. in places like africa they cant even afford food so donate some money instead of worrying about pointless software

By: Mario Irelan

Mario Irelan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:54:00 +0000

android does suck because people dont put out very many updates or even one for their tablets like lenovo, acer and especially samsung. buy a good tablet from people like asus who ACTUALLY update. i have the asus transformer prime there has been tons of updates, its not perfect but its getting there

By: RobertPerez1

RobertPerez1 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:15:00 +0000

THIS was the iPad2 we were all expecting.

By: LEo

LEo — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:15:00 +0000

You act like there is something wrong with something that basically works perfectly out of the box. I don’t want to tweak my phone or tablet. Only a small percentage of people want to do that (geeks) which is fine but apple caters to the majority not the tiny percent of people who need control over everything. This Apples bread and butter.

By: coolfool

coolfool — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Yes that is what spec sheet says but if one doesn’t see that difference the majority of the time when using it how much does the screen difference really matter?

By: Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:20:00 +0000

Apple “evangelists” are reminiscent of Fundamentalist Christians — every word from the Book of Jobs must be revered
Frankly, this review (whether paid for or not) is obviously biased. The reality is that the iPad, like all Apple products, is quite good for people who have trouble with technology. But, rather basic and over-priced for the more technically inclined.

By: The1Llama

The1Llama — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Michael,

I too have an iPod Touch (32gb) and still use it for 50% of my daily computer (internet, email, music) use. I also have a 3 year old MacBook Pro ($2000+ new) that I ONLY use maybe ONCE a week. I have a used desktop make that I use for everything else. I found a used iPad1 last year after the iPad2 came out for less than $200, and it changed my view that the iPad was just a BIG iPod Touch!

The way the iPad is advancing I don’t think I would ever by a laptop again. They are too heavy, the battery only last 1/4 to 1/3 of an iPad, and anything I thought I needed to do on my desktop or laptop I can do on my iPad. My Ipad1 can almost load web pages as fast as my huge desktop and I can’t believe I paid $2500 for it new when it came out in 2008.

I guess I would tell you to SAVE your money you were going to spend on a laptop and WAIT until the next iPad model comes out at Xmas or early next year. I’m beginning to believe the RUMORS that Apple will release a 7″ iPad (or Super-iPod Touch!) AND the NEXT iPad (4?) with the same HD screen, but with a A6 (true Quad-Core!) processor.

This would make the new iPad(3) $100-$200 cheaper and bring the price of the iPad2 (still a very good tablet) down to $199.If you still can’t do without a laptop, I would NOT get ANY laptop that doesn’t have an SSD drive. Yes, 500+GB SATA drives are cheap, but they are a battery hog and not worth the extra weight.

PEACE!

By: A B

A B — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:24:00 +0000

You test and review video capabilities by shooting a scene consisting of a white background with no color and no object except for a small black iphone?!?? Where’s the common sense?

By: Michael South

Michael South — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:36:00 +0000

I would love to have an iPad, but it just costs too much. I
can’t justify buying one when I can get a great HD laptop for the same price
that has 500+GB storage and HD screen, plus the utility of getting exactly what
I want out of a laptop, instead of 3 versions of the same thing with different
storage options. I’m not completely shutting out Apple, I have a 32GB iPod
touch that I completely love but that boils down to the fact that it fits in my
pocket. Personally I can’t quantify spending $600 bucks on and iPad.

By: Will Frame

Will Frame — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:29:00 +0000

Was the Note you tested AT&T’s speed on connected to LTE? I have never seen a result that low on AT&T’s LTE network. Even HSPA+ comes in faster than that here.

I certainly hope AT&T mirror’s Verizon’s hotspot policy. I wanted AT&T’s faster speeds, but I’ll regret it if I miss out on the free hotspot.

By: Jacklyn Villanueva

Jacklyn Villanueva — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:18:00 +0000

That is just funny when you say “million clocks and dorko widget”.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:49:00 +0000

Can you comment on whether the new iPad supports the 5 GHz band of 802.11n?

By: Formul

Formul — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Just the best screen of the industry … on a tablet … that is 99% screen and almost nothing else.

By: Eleeflyguy43

Eleeflyguy43 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:16:00 +0000

point taken. Android tablet manufacturers better hurry up then, eh? it is a tough for Android hole to climb out of when the promise of “sunrise” is only in the Asus. while I encourage and wish that Anroid and others would give Apple a run for its money, the truth is that Apple has the overall edge and its shows in the reviews and consumer satisfaction. Not to discount some users’ desire for more productivity and flexibility in filing, sd card slots, Apple’s core functionality in web surfing, apps, mobile gaming, and their harmony with its hardware is still ummatched. Motorola, Sony and Samsung are handicapped in the sense of having to rely on new differentiated features that they CAN control such as legacy Playstation One games or $10 worth of universal TV remote control features to add value to their devices. Admirable, but only smoke and mirrors to divert peoples’s attention from the areas that count.
I uses all of the major tablets, such as the perk of my job, but in the end, boredom of the iOS UI aside, the feeling of confidence I have with iPad is not present when I use the Sony, Samsung 10.1, 7), HTC, Touchpad, Playbook, or Asus. the Samsung 7.7 has the smoothest, most “comfidence” inpiring performance next to iPad2, so I think it is a matter of a year before ICS and Honeycomb is mated with hardward that can fully support them

By: Eleeflyguy43

Eleeflyguy43 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:01:00 +0000

i agree that the 7.7 is worth a look at. i use the international 3g version and love the fact that it also has VOICE? swapping out my iPhone’s sim car allows me to not sacrifice calls and not pay extra for a data plan.
that being said, it alsonhas the best Android experience on a tablet so far, not thqt it is any comfort knowing that Samsung’s hardwqre has to overcome flaws in the OS. i still experience am few glitches here and there, but not nearly as apparent as on my other android taglets.
the overqll tablet experience crown still goes to Apple and I would not consider even attempting to teach my family to switch to Android tablets at this point in time, but the Galaxy 7.7″ is the only choice if a smaller tablet is needed.

By: Daniel P Garrity

Daniel P Garrity — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:17:00 +0000

android is next to useless for content creation.

By: Daniel P Garrity

Daniel P Garrity — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:16:00 +0000

Garage band, evn for iPhone is literal sex and the best mobile or tablet DAW that exists. Shit is crazy good. Full featured. Not hobbled for mobile at all but a complete and fantastic and easy to use experience. The power of iOS Garage Band just blows my tiny little mind. I can’t believe the shit I can do on my goddamn phone, let alone an iPad. Android may let you have a million clocks and a dorko widget to monitor your CPU, but I can actually get shit done with iOS.