[SteveWD40]

16gb is ok, I would always say the more the better but as stated, most apps are far smaller than even 500mb.

[Vyer]

I've used up 16 gbs rather easily. I have a 32. No music or much video to speak of.

[MasLegio]

have 64 gb and do not regret it,

free space varies between 3-9 gb

I had a 16gb ipad one before and had to do constant app management on it due to its size limit

[animlboogy]

I manage my content regardless of the device's size, so I never fill anything up. I delete games I finish as well. You can easily access a list of purchased items, so there's no reason to have a standing mass of 1 GB+ games. Like, I'll install those giant Final Fantasy games again when I have time to play them.

[Reg]

hmm. I don’t know about 1024 x 768 but I ran it on an older plasma that was 1366 x 768 and it worked fine. In fact, are you sure the res isn’t 1366 x 768? a 1024 x 768 set would be 4:3 like older TVs. I don’t know of any HDTVs that ran at that res (maybe an old CRT set?) anyway, it is the original ipad’s native res so it should work.

Thanks for the quick reply. It's this samsung set.

But ya you're right it matches the original ipad resolution. So it should work.

[Crazymoogle]

In fact, are you sure the res isn’t 1366 x 768? a 1024 x 768 set would be 4:3 like older TVs. I don’t know of any HDTVs that ran at that res (maybe an old CRT set?)

The majority of Plasma TVs in homes today are 1024x768 with non-square pixels. 1080p Plasma is a fairly recent invention and while it's standard for 50" sets, most 42" sets are still 1024 as it's the cheaper option. (Plasma sets almost always have good scalers onboard so 720p/1080p/i inputs are always accepted)

In the case of something like the iPad, I've used the HDMI adapter with my Plasma just fine. (Although, upon getting iPad 3 I did need to go swap the HDMI adapter at an Apple store...) As far as the TV is concerned it's receiving a 720p (well, for iPad 2) signal so it still shows up widescreen.

The only trick to the adapter is that usefulness varies among models. On the iPad 2 and iPad3 you get direct interface mirroring - all apps and the main screen port to the TV. On the original iPad you need to be using a compatible app like the default Apple video application.

[Ken Masters]

16 is fine for me and it'll be even better with iTunes match supporting streaming in ios 6.

Can't wait for this, still bullshit to have to wait until fall until it's released

[Gamecocks625]

Still amazed at the display. Got a look at an iPad 2 again at work the other day....yikes!

[SeanR1221]

Still amazed at the display. Got a look at an iPad 2 again at work the other day....yikes!

Yeah it's funny. Lately I've been setting up iPad2's for clients and when I look at the old screen it's definitely noticeable. It's amazing how your eyes play tricks on you the first time you see retina. "Oh it looks good I guess." Then you go back to the old screen after extended use..."Hold shit that resolution sucks!"

[sfedai0]

I had started my tablet experience with the Touchpad, and even during the short tenure I had with it, I knew the resolution was terrible. So when I received the new iPad, it was like experiencing tablets all over again. Recently, I had the chance to use an iPad2, and I was shocked to see it was just as atrocious as a Touchpad, as far as resolutions are concerned.

[AstroLad]

Yeah it's funny. Lately I've been setting up iPad2's for clients and when I look at the old screen it's definitely noticeable. It's amazing how your eyes play tricks on you the first time you see retina. "Oh it looks good I guess." Then you go back to the old screen after extended use..."Hold shit that resolution sucks!"

this has always been the curse of higher resolution. i mean ten years ago i thought a component display ps2 was the most amazing TV i'd ever seen, now it's barftastic. and the first time i saw hd fuhgedaboutit now it's like UGH what res is this game at?

[centracore]

Can anyone recommend a good app to stream video from my computer to my iPad on the fly? I have been using Air Video since the days of iPad 2 but it hasn't been updated since last year and the non-retina icon / UI is starting to irk me.

[GringoLOCOo]

Going to be getting my very first IPad tomorrow and was to get the 16GB but then i was told by my friend who has an IPad 32GB that 32GB is the sweet spot for an IPad.

is that true ?

I've currently got about a 1.55GB of Music and 5.48GB of Apps

and 1 Movie

what do you guys think 32GB or 64GB ?

[rezuth]

Going to be getting my very first IPad tomorrow and was to get the 16GB but then i was told by my friend who has an IPad 32GB that 32GB is the sweet spot for an IPad. is that true ? I've currently got about a 1.55GB of Music and 5.48GB of Apps and 1 Movie what do you guys think 32GB or 64GB ?

32

[Yaboosh]

Going to be getting my very first IPad tomorrow and was to get the 16GB but then i was told by my friend who has an IPad 32GB that 32GB is the sweet spot for an IPad. is that true ? I've currently got about a 1.55GB of Music and 5.48GB of Apps and 1 Movie what do you guys think 32GB or 64GB ?

16GB has always been fine for me, but I don't care to keep media on my ipad. I stream any media if I want it on there.

[GringoLOCOo]

yeah seems like 32Gb it well be :)

How is the IPad in general i mean is there more to it then just being a big IPod touch ?

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

yeah seems like 32Gb it well be :) How is the IPad in general i mean is there more to it then just being a big IPod touch ?

Groan.

There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

[dream]

At least he didn't call it an "iTouch."

[Clayton Bigsby]

Groan. There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

Well, it really is a big ipod touch. But it being bigger allows you to do a lot more with it.

[foomfoom415]

Groan. There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

It pretty much is a big iPod. There really isn't much more to that because there doesn't need to be. Being a big iPod is pretty damn substantial.

[Copernicus]

Groan. There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

That is the reason people are buying it.

[hirokazu]

Can anyone recommend a good app to stream video from my computer to my iPad on the fly? I have been using Air Video since the days of iPad 2 but it hasn't been updated since last year and the non-retina icon / UI is starting to irk me.

I use StreamToMe, which was updated a few months ago to stream 1080p video for Retina iPad. Very similar to Air Video, but I think I like it better.

[hirokazu]

It pretty much is a big iPod. There really isn't much more to that because there doesn't need to be. Being a big iPod is pretty damn substantial.

I'd disagree, because apps designed for iPad set it apart from the iPod touch/iPhone. What the larger form factor and apps designed for it enables is a very different experience. The iPod touch is an iPhone without cellular and phone functions, the iPad is more it's own thing now.

[Bboy AJ]

Groan. There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

It sure is the reason.

[Cheebo]

That is the reason people are buying it.

No it's a tablet computer. A full blown computer that can be a complete PC replacement for many people.

[Copernicus]

No it's a tablet computer. A full blown computer that can be a complete PC replacement for many people.

Your not tobor, I'm not falling for this.

[Tobor]

The iPod Touch is a handheld computer.

The iPad is a bigger handheld computer.

[Copernicus]

I refuse to be the meat in you guy's fallacy sandwich!

[Yaboosh]

Groan. There are Apple Stores everywhere, and I don't think people are still buying it in bigger numbers three years later because it's a big iPod.

It is literally a big Ipod touch.

[Cheebo]

Your not tobor, I'm not falling for this.

It browses the internet, checks e-mail, plays games, able to create word/excel/powerpoint document types, etc. And does a damn great job at all of the above. All things 99% of people need their computer for. How is it not a personal computer?

[Mecha_Infantry]

My safari is the pits right now. Constant crashes, constant tab reloads, slowarse tabs

All after installing spotify. Guess it really goes eat up a lot of memory.

[Ken Masters]

It browses the internet, checks e-mail, plays games, able to create word/excel/powerpoint document types, etc. And does a damn great job at all of the above. All things 99% of people need their computer for. How is it not a personal computer?

Can't download music except through iTunes

[Mecha_Infantry]

Can't download music except through iTunes

There are people out there where this is not foreign

[MasLegio]

It browses the internet, checks e-mail, plays games, able to create word/excel/powerpoint document types, etc. And does a damn great job at all of the above. All things 99% of people need their computer for. How is it not a personal computer?

still shit at multitasking when you need to do serious work (research, writing etc.)

[Cheebo]

still shit at multitasking when you need to do serious work (research, writing etc.)

That doesn't mean it's not a computer

[Copernicus]

That means it's an appliance.

.

[Cheebo]

.

So the original Mac wasn't a computer? iPad is better at multitasking than it by far! Apparently multi window support is how one defines a computer and that alone now.

[Ken Masters]

So the original Mac wasn't a computer? iPad is better at multitasking than it by far! Apparently multi window support is how one defines a computer and that alone now.

For very basic things it can replace a laptop, but so can a phone.

Why are you getting upset?

[Cheebo]

For very basic things it can replace a laptop, but so can a phone. Why are you getting upset?

It's just a joke to try and claim its not a computer, especially now.

[planar1280]

For very basic things it can replace a laptop, but so can a phone. Why are you getting upset?

No. Phone screen is too small for what ipad can do


Also the ipad case is becoming too heavy for me. Anyone know a cover which is cheaper than smart cover but cheap and minimally invasive

[animlboogy]

The iPod Touch itself is a computer. What a silly argument to be having.

[sfedai0]

For me the issue is screen real estate. I can not read a fucking book or comic on a phone, nor stare at a tiny screen hours on end viewing media.

[giga]

Mozilla 'Junior' browser: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/30...ad-web-browser

iOS is a platform where Mozilla has yet to make an impact, he admits. "There are a lot of reasons we should be on iOS even though we can't bring our rendering engine there." It's also here that Limi claims Google will soon be shipping a version of Chrome for Apple's OS, a rumor we've yet to come across anywhere else lately. Ultimately he says Junior was born out of necessity: as of now, Mozilla has "no vehicle on one of the biggest consumer platforms in the world."

[Good Job Bob]

Mozilla 'Junior' browser: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/30...ad-web-browser

Haha, can't wait for Andrex to have a meltdown once Google releases Chrome for iOS.

"bu..bu..but they can't use their V8 JS engine on iOS so they will never do it!" :lol

[Copernicus]

Mozilla 'Junior' browser: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/30...ad-web-browser Ultimately he says Junior was born out of necessity: as of now, Mozilla has "no vehicle on one of the biggest consumer platforms in the world."

What a ridiculous statement to cover up their lack of initiative. These guys just don't want to put in the hard work necessary to compile a package that will be executable within iOS computers.

[Quixzlizx]

Anyone have any experience with this case?

[Greyface]

BeeKeyboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6BpOtJIwo

[AstroLad]

For me the issue is screen real estate. I can not read a fucking book or comic on a phone, nor stare at a tiny screen hours on end viewing media.

Hence the need for a giant iTouch! Well provided you're not mostly reading books. If you're doing that, then just get a Kindle.

[TechSamurai]

Just upgraded from my 1st gen iPad to the "new iPad" . Wow, what a huge improvement! I loved my first iPad, but I agree with the idea that this version of the iPad makes good on the promise of the iPad. (To be fair the iPad 2 probably did as well, but I haven't used it)

[hirokazu]

Mozilla 'Junior' browser: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/30...ad-web-browser

Disappointing. It's so dumb that Apple won't allow third party HTML rendering engines on iOS. i want a proper Firefox. And Opera Mini manages to skirt around that dumb rule too.