asteroidblitz 12 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 FIFA 12 is now out on the iPad 2. Massive improvement on '11, and some canny new moves. Obertan is very handy. Unlike reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 After all my talk about the kindle fire. Picked up one of these today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 id love a android tablet i may get one one of thease days either a motorola tablet or samsung galaxy tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Nah you need the iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 wouldnt touch those cunterheads haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5891 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Tiger Woods 2012 is free on Ipad atm. Quality game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34207 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 9mm is on sale for 69p. Usually a fiver. It's meant to be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thing keeps crashing! Anyone else had any bother? Taking it back this week hopefully for a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34207 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Not exactly blown away by ios5 yet like. Maybe I'm missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 The Guardian App is currently free for the first 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 heh almost every app on the ios is not free your left really with the crap apps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34207 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Deadman, shut the fuck up will you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Maybe I'm in a minority, behind the times etc. but I just see an Ipad as a giant iphone. They look sexy and high tech, but they're no better than a laptop unless you want to walk around and pretend you're in CSI New York. The only advantage I can see is if you are someone who likes walking about and looking at a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The iPad's new screen is a stunner. That's really all you need to know about the new iPad (yes, that's the name). That, and a reminder that pricing still starts at US$499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model, with 4G starting at US$629. Â Forget all of the minor tweaks and incremental updates Apple has made to its third-generation tablet. The faster processor, the upgrade to 4G data, the improved camera--it's all housekeeping. It's the stuff it had to do. It's the stuff any manufacturer could have done. Â Now, increasing the iPad's screen resolution to 2,048 x 1,536 pixels that exceeds any current tablet or laptop--that's a move only Apple has the scale and industry muscle to pull off. At this point, if Apple decides that the next iPad will be made from unicorn tears, we wouldn't bet against it. Â But in this pre-unicorn era, we're stuck with the new iPad and a design that is virtually indistinguishable from 2011's iPad 2. The tablet's glass and aluminum construction is still 241.2mm tall and 185.7mm wide. Thickness is now 9.4mm, weighing in at 652g. You get the same home button on the bottom of the screen, and a volume rocker on the right side along with the mute switch/rotation lock. Up top you have the sleep/wake button and headphone output, and the bottom edge retains the 30-pin port. Â Apple knocked the camera quality up to 5 megapixels with 1080p video recording and backside illumination. The front-facing camera remains the same. Â The screen Remember the first time you saw an HD television? You were probably excited about the future but also a little sad that your current TV's days were numbered. For tablet fans, a glance at the iPad's new screen may offer this same emotional cocktail of envy and loss. Â But what did you expect? You take a product that is 90 percent screen and a company hangs its reputation on making the prettiest products around, and you're bound to arrive at this: The point when Apple ruins other screens for you. Â And let's be clear, here. Not only does the new iPad's QXGA screen wreck your expectations for tablet screens, but your laptop or desktop computer screen will also look shabby by comparison. If you think we're making too much of it, you can see for yourself soon enough. But as you find yourself wandering the Apple Store aisles wringing your hands together, whispering, "My precious", don't say we didn't warn you. Â Now, this isn't the first time Apple has played the resolution card with its product announcements. With the advent of the iPhone 4, Apple introduced its Retina Display, boasting a 960 x 640-pixel resolution that was remarkable at the time. But for all its beauty, the experience of looking at a 3.5-inch screen compared with the new iPad's 9.7-inch screen is like comparing a keyhole with a window. Â As such, they lend themselves to different content. A Facebook update is no more convenient on the new iPad than on any smartphone, but the Maps app on the iPad confers a feeling of omnipotence no other mobile device can match. Games, movies, photos, and magazines all take on a realism that seems almost absurd on a handheld device. It's only a matter of time before someone gets motion sickness from this thing. Â What else is new? OK, enough of our love poem for the iPad's new screen. Apple made a few other notable (if predictable) improvements to the iPad. Â The iPad's processor has been upgraded to an A5X. While the CPU remains dual-core, the graphics processor has been beefed up to quad-core. This seems to be a necessary measure for juggling four times the pixels of the previous model. Â We never thought the idea of Siri on the iPad was as natural a fit as it is for the iPhone. Luckily, Apple feels the same way. While Siri won't be coming to the iPad, voice dictation will. That said, voice dictation on a tablet still strikes us as weird. We're assuming you won't jog with your iPad and want to transcribe your every brilliant utterance, the way you would with an iPhone. Also, if someone asks you where to find great Thai food nearby, your phone is likely to be your first point of reference. Still, voice dictation is a welcome addition, and we suspect it will come in handy for dictating emails and bypassing the touchscreen keyboard when searching for information online. Â We still contend that it's a bit silly waving a tablet around to capture photos and video, but we understand the counterpoint and we'll admit that the iPad's screen makes a better display than any camera or smartphone. Â Bluetooth 4.0 is another feature that has trickled over from the iPhone 4S. With it comes the promise of one-touch pairing, and huge improvements in battery efficiency. Â And finally, for all of you jet-setting, mobile-data-devouring types, you can now buy an iPad that supports 4G LTE data, on either Verizon or AT&T. Prices for 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB come in at US$629, US$729, and US$829, respectively. Do note that the iPad is unlikely to work with LTE networks outside of North America. Â These iPads still support 3G data, including support for HSPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSDPA networks. Â Perhaps the most shocking part of the iPad's 4G upgrade is Apple's battery life claims. In spite of 4G data's reputation as a notorious battery-suck, Apple rates the Apple iPad + 4G at 9 hours of continuous use with 4G enabled--shaving just one hour from the 10 hour battery life you'll enjoy with 4G turned off. Â What's missing? As far as disappointments go, Apple could have been more aggressive with its processor performance, or perhaps brought the iPad's cameras up to iPhone 4S specs. Perhaps it could have gone thinner or done more to extend its lead in battery life, which Apple claims is still 10 hours, or 9 hours on 4G. Â Heck, let's also throw in the age-old complaints about Apple's reluctance to include microSD memory expansion, a dedicated port for video output, or a truly universal charging connection. Oh yeah, and Adobe Flash support while you're at it. Â Personally, there's really nothing we can point to and say, "Apple has clearly doomed itself". The company took its already excellent product and updated it with a gorgeous screen. Â We suppose the only missed opportunity we can point to is the lack of a Kindle-priced competitor. The rumor mill suggests that Apple may release a smaller tablet later this year, but until then, it seems that Apple's only answer to the budget tablet craze is its US$199 Apple iPod touch. Â Buy it or skip it? If you have an original iPad, by all means upgrade to the new iPad. The used market for first-generation iPads is still alive and well and will hopefully afford you at least US$100 toward the new iPad that is nearly half the thickness and four times the pixels as the original iPad. Â http://asia.cnet.com/product/apple-ipad-wi-fi-2012-model-apple-a5x-processor-9-7-inch-display-45880173.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Deadman, shut the fuck up will you. Â why you a apple fanboy who loves apples eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Holy shit! I ate an Apple today AND I ordered the new iPad! Maybe they have planted something in them there apples eh eh ! Â No idea what I'll do tomorrow when I eat a Kiwi like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 theres plenty of other tablets out there apples are just flash toys for shown off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34207 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The problem with Android tablets is that you might be buying a tablet that will be left on whatever version of android it comes shipped with indefinitely. The other problem is that the quality of apps just isn't there on android tablets. If you want a tablet an iPad is easily the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Not really Deadman most of the other tablets are crap and some are not only crap but a fair bit more expensive, ironically the iPad is one of the better priced tablet devices (unlike other apple products it's actually reasonable)  we just got a load of mobile stuff in for development in work few iPads, playbooks, some fujitsu tablet(2x price of an ipad and i wouldn't take it for free tbh, awful), new macbook air and a mix of the new smartphones.  asus tablets are the only thing i'd consider ahead of an iPad if i wanted one of those style of devices.  Apple as showy/overpriced as the macbooks etc can be, really do make some quality products, my 80gb iPod classic gets used non stop pretty much every day and has done for about 6years now, can't fault it, The problem with Android tablets is that you might be buying a tablet that will be left on whatever version of android it comes shipped with indefinitely. The other problem is that the quality of apps just isn't there on android tablets. If you want a tablet an iPad is easily the best choice.  look some may be true but who cares what tablet it is as long as it works. sorry but apples are becoming boring its the same look every time. also your wrong in saying that android tablets are expensive when there clearly cheaper than apples. il give you some examples below  apple ipad 2 cheapest version is 329 http://www.currys.co...933592-pdt.html   motorola xoom under 280 http://www.currys.co...752543-pdt.html  samsung galaxy tab under 280 to http://www.currys.co...983379-pdt.html Edited March 13, 2012 by DEADMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 why would you want to pay for something like that eh when you can get something cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 well if i get a tablet in the future i am not get ten anything thats got a apple logo on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34207 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The problem with Android tablets is that you might be buying a tablet that will be left on whatever version of android it comes shipped with indefinitely. The other problem is that the quality of apps just isn't there on android tablets. If you want a tablet an iPad is easily the best choice.  Not if you buy a decent one, obviously buying a £100 "android" tablet you'll have a piece of a shit, but the asus ones are brilliant like, and this new samsung one coming out is rumored to be great too (and considering what samsung do best the screen is likely to be the showpiece)  Aye but there's no guarantee with them that they'll continue to receive the latest versions of Android's OS. Look at the situation with the phones now - Ice Cream Sandwich came out in November and is still only on 1% of handsets. You could be left with a tablet that doesn't get updated often enough to stay current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 fair enough then i suggest you get one of the Asus ones iPad2/3 are nice kit though for the money, can cut your nose off to spite your face all you want but pending what you want the tablet for it's one of the best options like. Â dont want a asus a normal tablet will do me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 oh give it a rest i like the samsung galaxy tabs one of them will do me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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