[Quick]

So I bit the bullet and picked up a red Smart Case. It's quite a bright red, but I like it a lot.

[Gamecocks625]

So I bit the bullet and picked up a red Smart Case. It's quite a bright red, but I like it a lot.

How is the fit? Can you easily remove it?

[Quick]

How is the fit? Can you easily remove it?

The fit is snug, but easy to put in and remove.

It's a soft shell case, so you can bend the back a little when putting it in.

[animlboogy]

The fit is snug, but easy to put in and remove. It's a soft shell case, so you can bend the back a little when putting it in.

It's snug for you? There's a pretty noticeable gap, with lots of room for the iPad to slide around on mine and every one I've seen.

[Crazymoogle]

It's snug for you? There's a pretty noticeable gap, with lots of room for the iPad to slide around on mine and every one I've seen.

iPad2 or iPad3? I always wondered if the slight thickness difference affected that...

[buhdeh]

Does anyone use only their iPad for college with a bluetooth keyboard? If so, is it comfortable to use and does it feel like it's a compromise? I'm thinking about selling the MacBook Pro that I'll get in a scholarship, so I can purchase the new iPad. The reason I want the iPad is so I can play tablet games and browse the web at home. However; is Pages a good replacement for Word?

The iPad is completely useless as a productivity tool. There will be people who try to tell you that it'll work but the whole time you're using it, you'll be wishing that you're doing whatever work you're doing on a PC.

Personally I don't even trust Pages on OS X to replace Word, let alone on the iPad.

[Weenerz]

Anyone having issues with not turning on? Happened earlier, where I used it for a bit, and locked it like I normally do with the button on the top, 5 minutes later, I try to start it back up using the home button didn,t work, I tried the power button, still nothing. I basically have to hold down power and home for almost 30 seconds for it to start up. Has happened a few times this week.

[Quick]

It's snug for you? There's a pretty noticeable gap, with lots of room for the iPad to slide around on mine and every one I've seen.

Yeah, snug. I did read about the looseness from reviews, but it seriously fits fine. I tried out an Apple Store employee's iPad with the Smart Case and his was a bit loose. Maybe I have a "defective" one? :lol

iPad2 or iPad3? I always wondered if the slight thickness difference affected that...

I'm using the new iPad. Fits like a glove, but easy to take off.

The iPad is completely useless as a productivity tool. There will be people who try to tell you that it'll work but the whole time you're using it, you'll be wishing that you're doing whatever work you're doing on a PC. Personally I don't even trust Pages on OS X to replace Word, let alone on the iPad.

Agreed. I used to think that the iPad can be a standalone laptop replacement (not a whole computer replacement in general), but after my trip this week, I'm against the idea of it being the primary portable to bring to school.

I brought my Macbook Pro with me just in case, with the intention of using the iPad most of the time. I was typing things down, editing some photos, and writing some e-mails, and I just couldn't do that on an iPad. It ended up being used on the airports, planes, and killing time in general, but for everything else, Macbook Pro.

Granted, I didn't use a bluetooth keyboard to type on the iPad, but I already know that it won't change my decision on it. If you're set on getting an iPad, just go with a pen and paper for notes. With how fast profs write on the board and erase, the iPad isn't ideal. You could always grab their notes online, but some of them don't do that to get people to go to class.

[Cheebo]

The iPad is completely useless as a productivity tool. There will be people who try to tell you that it'll work but the whole time you're using it, you'll be wishing that you're doing whatever work you're doing on a PC. Personally I don't even trust Pages on OS X to replace Word, let alone on the iPad.

I've written and worked on multiple projects for work creating documents and excel files using the OnLive Microsoft Office emulator program with my iPad and external keyboard. How is it useless?

The office issue is kind of null seeing how by every indication Microsoft is going to release Office on iPad fairly soon.

[Palette Swap]

Hi guys, has anyone here tried the bookbook cover? I'm looking for a robust, functional and good looking cover and it looks like a good solution.

[alekth]

Does anyone use only their iPad for college with a bluetooth keyboard? If so, is it comfortable to use and does it feel like it's a compromise? I'm thinking about selling the MacBook Pro that I'll get in a scholarship, so I can purchase the new iPad. The reason I want the iPad is so I can play tablet games and browse the web at home. However; is Pages a good replacement for Word?

I use mine like that in college, but it's just for taking notes (and I use Evernote, having switched not from Word but from OneNote on my laptop for those purposes - I wasn't doing heavily formatted notes in the first place so switching wasn't really a problem). Though I switched to tablet mainly for reading through scanned textbooks and spare myself carrying several of them.
Should be seeing MS release Office for it end of the year (though no idea whether I will get it as I only use it when the time for submitting papers comes), I haven't tried Apple's Pages/Numbers etc.

[Vormund]

I normally use mine to take notes in work meetings which I can then grab off my Mac via iCloud. Works for me.

Also I just started using a stylus that came with my case. It's not bad actually. (borderline sacrilege to most though)

[LukasTaves]

My main grip about producing content on ipad is that the best editors (apple iwork suite) have no dropbox or skydrive support, and that the ones who does usually are lacking in usability, interface and compatibility with office on desktop...

Hopefully, the long rumored office for ipad will have both issues fixed...

[coldfoot]

My main grip about producing content on ipad is that the best editors (apple iwork suite) have no dropbox or skydrive support, and that the ones who does usually are lacking in usability, interface and compatibility with office on desktop... Hopefully, the long rumored office for ipad will have both issues fixed...

I doubt MS Office on the iPad will support the cloud outside of SkyDrive.

[SteveWD40]

The iPad is so close to being a great laptop replacement, I think by the time Office comes out it will be (they reckon November, giving Win8 RT tablets a month headstart).

It just needs better file management and email software, being able to send multiple attachments on one email (possible with the right app) should be baked into the default mail app for example. Accessing files / storing files outside of apps would be nice but I would settle for proper support for Google Drive / Dropbox in all productivity apps.

[Greyface]

Took them long enough...

Next Issue for iPad

★ All yours for one low price - read as many magazines as you want with our Unlimited Plans - Immerse yourself and discover the breadth of great stories, writing and photography within our catalog. All without the hassles of magazines piling up at home, lugging them on trips or recycling. Available magazines include: All You, Allure, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Appétit, Brides, Car and Driver, Coastal Living, Condé Nast Traveler, Cooking Light, ELLE, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Essence, Fitness, Fortune, Glamour, Golf, Golf Digest, GQ, Health, InStyle, Money, Parents, People, People Style Watch, Popular Mechanics, Real Simple, Self, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated, Sunset, The New Yorker, This Old House, TIME, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired plus more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk079o_2FHo

[bananas]

Hey guys! Got my iPad today! 16GB Verizon model (though I'm not using cellular currently). So excite!

[Cheebo]

Took them long enough... Next Issue for iPad

How much is the unlimited monthly plan supposed to be? Any word so far?

[Greyface]

How much is the unlimited monthly plan supposed to be? Any word so far?

USA only
$9.99 for all monthly magazines
14.99 for all monthly magazines + all weekly magazines

NB: The weekly magazines are
Entertainment Weekly
People
Sports Illustrated
The New Yorker
Time

Poor app is already get 1-star reviews because users can't understand why there isn't a sign up page or link to the website in-app :|

Edit:

iPad®: Why isn't there retina screen support for iPad3? All our magazines are currently delivered in standard resolution across all iPad models since that is the format used by the majority of our magazine titles. However you can expect to see us add the higher resolution capabilities as the title selection increases later in the year

*blurgh*

[Vyer]

No retina tempers my enthusiasm considerably.

Hey guys! Got my iPad today! 16GB Verizon model (though I'm not using cellular currently). So excite!

Congrats, commence trudging through all the app reccomendation threads! :)

[Community Forum]

*blurgh*

No kidding.

New interactive issue of Edge is glorious by the way, and it's on sale for $2.99.

[Number45]

Not sure if this is the best place to ask (entirely new ground for me so I don't which part of GAF to ask!), but is there a way I can get hold of the Ghost In The Shell material for the iPad? English obviously.

Don't have my iPad with me right now so I can't search the app store (and searching appshopper hasn't been fruitful).

[jobber]

I've never seen this thread until now. I have 2 3rd gen models 32 gig wifi and 32 gig wifi+at&t

I'm pretty sure it's an easy answer for this but does the podcast app for ios sync with itunes podcast? I've been reading some post on apple's help board about it not working but those post were from a few weeks ago.

[GhaleonEB]

Not sure if this is the right thread to ask in, but I have a question about our iPad 2. We used it entirely at home over our password protected wi-fi, and then for a month on vacation using mostly 3G. Now we're back home, and the iPad is unable to sign onto the wi-fi network at home, and is stuck on 3G.

Opening Safari does not prompt the password, and when I select our network from the Settings --> Wi-Fi options, I get the message "Unable to join the network". But it doesn't bother to prompt for the password (which is still in effect, and the wi-fi is working, on our laptop).

Any ideas? I'm not sure how to get the prompt to enter the network password; it used to pop up on its own.

[Quick]

Not sure if this is the right thread to ask in, but I have a question about our iPad 2. We used it entirely at home over our password protected wi-fi, and then for a month on vacation using mostly 3G. Now we're back home, and the iPad is unable to sign onto the wi-fi network at home, and is stuck on 3G. Opening Safari does not prompt the password, and when I select our network from the Settings --> Wi-Fi options, I get the message "Unable to join the network". But it doesn't bother to prompt for the password (which is still in effect, and the wi-fi is working, on our laptop). Any ideas? I'm not sure how to get the prompt to enter the network password; it used to pop up on its own.

Have you tried tapping on the arrow beside your WiFi network and selecting "Forget this network" and just reconnecting it again from scratch?

[GhaleonEB]

Have you tried tapping on the arrow beside your WiFi network and selecting "Forget this network" and just reconnecting it again from scratch?

Nope, I thought that would make it harder to reconnect to that one. Just did it, and was able to connect from there. Thanks.

[Vyer]

I've never seen this thread until now. I have 2 3rd gen models 32 gig wifi and 32 gig wifi+at&t I'm pretty sure it's an easy answer for this but does the podcast app for ios sync with itunes podcast? I've been reading some post on apple's help board about it not working but those post were from a few weeks ago.

Seems like its it's own standalone thing, at least I don't see anywhere in the app to sync.

To be honest it's been so long since I plugged my iPhone into iTunes (I've never connected my iPad) I don't think I have any subs to test with.

[Quick]

Nope, I thought that would make it harder to reconnect to that one. Just did it, and was able to connect from there. Thanks.

Glad that worked for you. Usually the best course of action (for me, at least) when you have a connection issue with a Wi-Fi network.

[Greyface]

TouchFire: The iPad’s Keyboard Gets Physical

Last November, I wrote about TouchFire, a Kickstarter-funded gizmo that aimed to make iPad input comfier, faster and more accurate by letting you type on a clear piece of silicone rubber with cushioned “keys” that sit on top of the iPad’s on-screen ones. At the time, it was supposed to ship in December, but a series of unexpected design and manufacturing challenges–chronicled by its creators on Kickstarter–delayed its release. TouchFire is finally ready. It’s $49.99, works with all three generations of iPad and is now for sale. The company provided me with one for review...

Meh?! This seems so ancient after Microsoft showed off the Surface keyboards.

[Talon]

Meh?! This seems so ancient after Microsoft showed off the Surface keyboards.

We've yet to get any actual use of those keyboards. Let's hold our horses until that happens.

[Cheebo]

Looks like iPad might have sold 20 million last quarter. Which would be an absolutely insanely huge number.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/...e_quarter.html

Only a matter of time before it leaps past iPhone and never looks back.

[davidcotton]

Hi

So I'm curious. I'm still "slumming" it with the 1st gen Ipad. Considering all I use it for is a bit of light youtube, net browsing and a bit of light gaming is there THAT much more reason to get the 3rd gen atm?

I know about the improved screen etc, was just wondering

Thanks.

[animlboogy]

Hi So I'm curious. I'm still "slumming" it with the 1st gen Ipad. Considering all I use it for is a bit of light youtube, net browsing and a bit of light gaming is there THAT much more reason to get the 3rd gen atm? I know about the improved screen etc, was just wondering Thanks.

The resale value is already pretty low on those, so I'd just hold onto it until there's some app you want that doesn't support that model, or if you decide you want Siri when that update hits.

Honestly, as much as I enjoy my iPad, the retina screen is a mixed blessing. Performance isn't where it was on the iPad 2 with certain tasks, which, if that's more important to you (and you seem to have little interest in the retina screen anyway), is another reason to wait on upgrading. If you do, a used iPad 2 is probably the best choice.

[Flying_Phoenix]

I know this has been asked a million times most likely, but is jail breaking...safe? I mean are there any downfalls at all what so ever?

[SuperPac]

I know this has been asked a million times most likely, but is jail breaking...safe? I mean are there any downfalls at all what so ever?

You should take that question to the thread about jailbreaking. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405737

[Gamecocks625]

How many of you guys are going to continue on th upgrade cycle? I had an iPad 2, then got the 3rd gen. Will probably go back to 64gb with the 4th gen and keep that one for a few years.

Hi So I'm curious. I'm still "slumming" it with the 1st gen Ipad. Considering all I use it for is a bit of light youtube, net browsing and a bit of light gaming is there THAT much more reason to get the 3rd gen atm? I know about the improved screen etc, was just wondering Thanks.

The screen really does make a huge difference. The 3rd gen is also going to be lighter and thinner than the 1st gen. You would likely use it more than your current one. That said, you could probably find a cheaper iPad 2.

[Number45]

How many of you guys are going to continue on th upgrade cycle? I had an iPad 2, then got the 3rd gen. Will probably go back to 64gb with the 4th gen and keep that one for a few years.

This is my first - I went with the 64GB to be safe, at the end of a year (or two, let's see what next year brings) I'll see what my usage is like and adjust accordingly.

[Crazymoogle]

How many of you guys are going to continue on th upgrade cycle? I had an iPad 2, then got the 3rd gen. Will probably go back to 64gb with the 4th gen and keep that one for a few years.

At current pricing a yearly upgrade is probably unsustainable so I will likely move to an every-other-year strategy. I like to have the most recent model for development reasons, but it's pretty unlikely I would get an 8" iPad, for instance.

For current/new users, the iPad 2 really is remarkable. Perfect thinness, minimal weight, no heat. I love the iPad 3 for features but the iPad 2 is clearly the king in external appeal.

[Quick]

How many of you guys are going to continue on th upgrade cycle? I had an iPad 2, then got the 3rd gen. Will probably go back to 64gb with the 4th gen and keep that one for a few years.

I'll probably skip the 4th gen and jump on the 5th. A yearly purchase would kill my wallet.

Same with my iPhone. Already got a 4S, so I'll probably jump on the 7th gen iPhone.

[animlboogy]

I went back to my Smart Cover after a few weeks with a Smart Case. The thing is too wobbly when used as a stand, and I started getting scuffs on the back of my iPad from it sliding around with all the extra give the case has; there is too much room for debris to sneak in, which kind of defeats the purpose of a case. It looks great and goes on and off easily, so I'm going to use it whenever i throw my iPad into a bag. But around the house, where 90% of my iPad usage occurs, it's just not as good as the standard cover. Back to making sure I put my iPad cover side down around the house, i guess, but that's not such a bad trade off for getting a stable stand out of the deal. It is deeply unpleasant watching your iPad faceplant every few days because you breathed in its general direction.

Maybe the next wave of Smart Covers will work better. I really wouldn't recommend them at all, it was nice at first, it just hasn't panned out long term.

For current/new users, the iPad 2 really is remarkable. Perfect thinness, minimal weight, no heat. I love the iPad 3 for features but the iPad 2 is clearly the king in external appeal.

I have to agree. My new iPad gets hot, the battery seems to wear down faster, its thicker... But I still can't give up that amazing screen. If I didn't already have it, though? I would have been happy sticking with the iPad 2. I know people have been accused of being delusional when saying this, but the iPad 2 really is the best tablet/price ratio on the market. A smaller version of that, which the mini seems to be, would be really great. It's a really dependable, useful, powerful device for the price.

As for keeping up with the new models, I tend to stick with the cycle. Even after a new model is announced the previous model holds value fairly well and I end up spending very little for the new model. Last time it was $100. I'd rather spend that every year than risk spending $250 or more to upgrade when I really need to. It seems like 2 models behind is the kiss of death for the iOS line (contrasted to OSX PCs, which hold value like crazy).

[Quick]

I'm liking the Smart Case a lot. Probably not as durable as my Intellicase, but it's a lot lighter. I think I'll go back to the Intellicase for any long trips I'll be going to in the future.

[Cyport]

Brought an iPad (3rd gen) with a smart case the other day. Haven't had any issues with the case and my iPad fits into the case snugly. It's quite hard getting it into and out of the case but there aren't sliding issues and it's really worth getting in my opinion!

Just been researching apps for playing avi or mp4 files with srt support but not very clear on which app is the best. What would you recommend?

[kinggroin]

Thinking of returning the iPad 3 for a new one, selling it, and buying an iPad 2 and nexus 7. Never thought my android phone would give me better performance than my iOS device.


The 2, damn what a beast. I think I could live without the higher res display anyway.

[fna84]

so is it still a good time to buy an ipad or should i just wait a few months to see if a new ipad is announced?

[Number45]

so is it still a good time to buy an ipad or should i just wait a few months to see if a new ipad is announced?

If a new iPad is announced later this year it seems certain to be a smaller size, so I'd factor that into it - I can't see them releasing a new 10" model before normal time next year.

[Christopher]

I wish their NES, Genesis, and SNES games that were on the iPad that would make me really happy that I would have these games forever (on the cloud) and all on one platform.

[Fuu]

Brought an iPad (3rd gen) with a smart case the other day. Haven't had any issues with the case and my iPad fits into the case snugly. It's quite hard getting it into and out of the case but there aren't sliding issues and it's really worth getting in my opinion! Just been researching apps for playing avi or mp4 files with srt support but not very clear on which app is the best. What would you recommend?

Check AVPlayerHD or OPlayerHD (has a free lite version).

[bob page]

I just got an amazing handmade leather briefcase from Guatemala but it's too small to fit my chunky Dell work laptop. It would be a perfect fit for an iPad or 13" air/macbook, though, if anyone's interested:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...postcount=6614

[coldfoot]

Gave mine to my Dad, took the HP touchpad that I gifted to him and installed android on it so I have something to watch movies on when I go to work out.
iPad is definitely superior with dat screen, but it was a bit too heavy for me. Will buy the 7.85" iPad when it comes out.

[Canis lupus]

I love the screen resolution, its as if screens shouldve been like that from the beginning.