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iPads and Tablets
14-01-2012 4:35 PM
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To be honest, I have always also been loyal to Microsoft and find it hard to think of siding with the Devil !
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14-01-2012 7:58 PM
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Quote old technology within 12 months !
The rumour is the iPad 3 will be launched in March so you may want to hold off any decision until then.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/13/bloomberg_ipad_3_production_underway_to_launch_in_marc...
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14-01-2012 8:53 PM
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They "just work" as I believe Apple say in their publicity. They aren't sold as a computer and you cant change anything apart from downloading APPs but for my wife that's perfect but it wouldn't suit me. But I work overseas and I want something which works straight out of the box and I dont have to maintain it
I believe Apple have the largest range of APP's available of any of the tablets and there seems to be one for whatever you want to do.
The strangeness of the IPOD is no USB, you cant install a printer, you cant transfer files with windows computers, you cant network. No it just logs in to your router and acesses the internet
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15-01-2012 9:59 AM
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15-01-2012 10:15 AM
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I personally only own 2 ipod's no other apple equipment. The Google Market has 100K's of software for free on it, don't know about the apple one. You can't put any other f/w on an apple but the Android tablets have a blossoming mod market (all free).
If you want a device to surf/view the odd video/utube and are not itn the first case above then get an android tablet.
There are 2 main types of device, resistive & capacitative screens the latter are better and a more expensive (generally £200+ tablets). You want at least a 1Ghz processor and the amount of on board ram is up to you as they all take sdcards.
7" are fine for general use, but if you want to read magazines the 10" would be better, but more cumbersome,
For me I spent my xmas money on a 7" 2Gb resistive one (£50) I is a bit slower (800MHz) than I wanted but the price was right, for what I want it for this will be fine (email and odd web page).
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15-01-2012 11:06 AM
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One question about Android tablets - I assume that there would be the same functionality as an iPad - in other words, could one watch TV occasionally on wi-fi with Android devices ?
Please keep the comments coming. I still have a lot to learn and cannot yet decide which way to go.
Thanks.
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15-01-2012 11:10 AM
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16-01-2012 5:02 PM
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Quote from: shermans I would be interested in any views / recommendations on the subject of iPads versus Tablets or similar devices.
An iPad is a tablet.
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16-01-2012 5:47 PM
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You might also want to read this <a href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/apple_suppliers_audits/">Child labour, lost wages uncloaked by Apple factories audit</a> about Apple's far east companies, and their use of child labour to keep cost down (Production cost, not end user obviously). Another reason for not buying Apples toys.
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17-01-2012 5:02 PM
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With that said, I sold it back on eBay after a couple of months. Every task that I could think to use it for, my existing netbook could do it quicker. That in itself was not necessarily my reason for getting rid, the deciding factor were hardware flaws with the device itself such as poor battery life, awful viewing angles on the screen, inconsistency in the screen sensitivity towards the edges (capacitative, but a poor capacitative). I imagine that spending a bit more on the Motorola Xoom or Xoom 2 is a wiser choice.
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23-01-2012 6:51 PM
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Is this either normal or due to bandwidth ? - I have up to 8 mb only as I am in a rural area and get about 4 mb on speed tests. If this is an indication of the quality I am likely to get, then it is probably not really going to be a solution for me. But hopefully, I am missing something and need to tweak the computer.
Any suggestions ?
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23-01-2012 10:22 PM
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If you download the programme and play from disk, this should "cure" the problem.
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24-01-2012 7:30 AM
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02-03-2012 6:01 PM
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02-03-2012 7:35 PM
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You get the best of both worlds with a fully fledged tablet which can be docked with a keyboard.
The tablet has a MicroSD slot which the IPad doesn't, and when docked you get a SD card slot and USB.
Also, the keyboard dock has its own battery which gives an extra 8 hours of use and the dock will recharge the tablet.
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