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[NumberTwo]

So stoked. Cannot wait for the new iPad!

Be carful when you get stoked.

PSA for your benefit.

 

[Burger]

EMBARGO IS UP!

engadget first

"It might frustrate the competition to hear this, but it needs to be said: the iPad 2 isn't just the best tablet on the market, it feels like the only tablet on the market."​

Oh man the comments section is going to go mental.

 

[Buckethead]

Engadget is hilarious. It's like they hate their readers.
And rightfully so, most of them are d-bags.

The quieter speaker has me nervous. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

 

[Maklershed]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/09/ipad-2-review/


EMBARGO IS UP!

engadget first

" According to Geekbench, there's now 512MB of RAM in the iPad, bringing it up to iPhone 4 standards. That still seems on the low side to us -- a device in this class should probably be sporting 1GB, though we had no memory issues. "

DO WANT!

 

[NYR]

All right, I'm buying a smart cover.

The below apple videos confirm the cover can be folded to the back of the iPad when you hold it vertically like a book. My big concern was it didn't fild over correctly/smoothy and would become cumbersome.

http://movies.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/

 

[Buckethead]

Mosspuppet got the white one... EPIC FAIL BRO DUDE

 

[kehs]

Engadget is hilarious. It's like they hate their readers.
And rightfully so, most of them are d-bags.

The quieter speaker has me nervous. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

They certainly know how to pull page views, I'll give them that much.

 

[LCfiner]

I know this is a Nerd thing but I want a review to post some darn benchmarks of webpage loading, app loading, etc. all the reviews so far say it's faster but with no "hard data".

I gotta wait for Anantech to buy one these and do this shit on their own?

fake edit: Macworld did some tests

http://www.macworld.com/article/158.../article/158439/2011/03/ipad2.html?lsrc=top_1

NYtimes loaded up in 8 seconds instead of 16 on the ipad 1.

nice.

 

[neojubei]

"It might frustrate the competition to hear this, but it needs to be said: the iPad 2 isn't just the best tablet on the market, it feels like the only tablet on the market."​

Oh man the comments section is going to go mental.

oh yea i predict 20,000 comments in an hour

I'll drink some bitter tears tonight

 

[Anticitizen One]

sounds good but disappointed with the cameras. I'll still get an ipad 2 but how likely is it that ipad 3 will have significantly better cams?

 

[LCfiner]

smart cover review.

http://www.macworld.com/article/158447/2011/03/ipad_2_smart_cover.html

watch the video.

you can fold it up halfway on the back and it'll stick to itself and keep the rear camera visible

 

[badcrumble]

"It might frustrate the competition to hear this, but it needs to be said: the iPad 2 isn't just the best tablet on the market, it feels like the only tablet on the market."​

Oh man the comments section is going to go mental.

yessssssss delicious

 

[numble]

sounds good but disappointed with the cameras. I'll still get an ipad 2 but how likely is it that ipad 3 will have significantly better cams?

If the iPod Touch gets better cams this year, the next iPad should get better cams.

 

[Buckethead]

I know this is a minor gripe, but the Facetime and Photo Booth's icons are hideous.

For shame, whoever designed that.

 

[MikeE21286]

All right, I'm buying a smart cover.

The below apple videos confirm the cover can be folded to the back of the iPad when you hold it vertically like a book. My big concern was it didn't fild over correctly/smoothy and would become cumbersome.

http://movies.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/

which video are you specifically referencing?

 

[neojubei]

Wow the Android fanboys are on fire on engadget.

 

[Buckethead]

All right, I'm buying a smart cover.

The below apple videos confirm the cover can be folded to the back of the iPad when you hold it vertically like a book. My big concern was it didn't fild over correctly/smoothy and would become cumbersome.

http://movies.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/

Damn you. Those videos make the white iPad look really nice.

which video are you specifically referencing?

I think Safari.

 

[MikeE21286]

oh man, people are flipping out in the comments lol

I think Safari.

yep, thanks

 

[Burger]

sounds good but disappointed with the cameras. I'll still get an ipad 2 but how likely is it that ipad 3 will have significantly better cams?

For one, you won't be taking photos with this thing, this camera is for video chatting, nothing more. Although you CAN record video with it, you won't want to.

For video chatting, the cameras are more than adequate. I've seen no usage scenario that requires a tablet to have super high quality cameras.

 

[DrFunk]

Android fanboy nerd rage GO

 

[Anticitizen One]

For one, you won't be taking photos with this thing, this camera is for video chatting, nothing more. Although you CAN record video with it, you won't want to.

For video chatting, the cameras are more than adequate. I've seen no usage scenario that requires a tablet to have super high quality cameras.

Well I actually was planning to take photos with it.

 

[neojubei]

Android fanboy nerd rage GO

Don't go to engadget. Its scary there.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

One final wrinkle to the 3G buying decision: Only 3G iPad models come with GPS capabilities. There’s a good reason for this—iOS devices use something called assisted GPS to dramatically decrease the amount of time it takes for the devices to determine their location. (Despite the name, this is not some sort of phony GPS—the assisted just means that the devices look for nearby cellular towers to get a general fix on their location, which prevents a minutes-long GPS scan that would be required on a GPS device without the cellular assist.) In any event, if you dream of using your iPad as a jumbo GPS navigation console, you’ll absolutely need a 3G model.

Ok, someone explain this to me. I thought the original iPad had location-based services. Am I just dreaming that?

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Don't go to engadget. Its scary there.

The fury is so predictable, but also pretty scary.

 

[Burger]

Well I actually was planning to take photos with it.

Why not use a camera instead of a $499 tablet?

Ok, someone explain this to me. I thought the original iPad had location-based services. Am I just dreaming that?

Skyhook WiFi based location services.

 

[DrFunk]

I think

I think I may get one

 

[numble]

Ok, someone explain this to me. I thought the original iPad had location-based services. Am I just dreaming that?

Yes, but it will only use your Wifi network to guess your location. I wonder how accurate it is if you tether a phone to the iPad.

 

[Tobor]

Engadget is hilarious. It's like they hate their readers.
And rightfully so, most of them are d-bags.

The quieter speaker has me nervous. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

The readers are fine. It's the commenters, Marty. Something has to be done about your commenters.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Why not use a camera instead of a $499 tablet?

Well yea but I really want to get to the point where I can carry around one device that can do everything adequately.

For example, I was hoping I could make some cool photos of myself using photo booth and uploading them to facebook but now im not sure if ill bother if the pictures will come out relaly blurry.

 

[giga]

Well yea but I really want to get to the point where I can carry around one device that can do everything adequately.

You can't use the iPad as a phone.

 

[Buckethead]

The readers are fine. It's the commenters, Marty. Something has to be done about your commenters.

Yeah, that's what I should've said.

 

[Pctx]

Called it. 512MB of memory.

 

[Burger]

I'm reasonably sure that the iPad will receive near universal praise from most of the big review sites, just like the original iPad. Yet Engaget commenters still have no problem shouting "Bias!" or claiming Engadget was paid off.

Do they really think this is all a big conspiracy?

 

[Anticitizen One]

You can't use the iPad as a phone.

lol yes you can I used it as a phone when I went to costa rica last year.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Called it. 512MB of memory.

OK, Nostradamus.

 

[terrdactycalsrock]

alright Engadget just confirmed, in thier review, that the ipad 2 has 512 mb of ram. This means I will be getting it instead of a refurbished Ipad 1

 

[VitaminApple]

It's frustrating to see a tablet device have the same RAM as the phone or even less when the 5 will be revealed.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Was there ever really any doubt it wouldnt have 512 mb of Ram??

 

[LCfiner]

Called it. 512MB of memory.

Pretty much all of us "called it". it wasn't much of a stretch.

 

[Tobor]

Called it. 512MB of memory.

You and everybody else. Lol.

 

[giga]

lol yes you can I used it as a phone when I went to costa rica last year.

Let's be real. For real world everyday use, it's not practical to use as a phone. Third party apps and the form factor only go so far.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Do they really think this is all a big conspiracy?

Pretty much. They also blame Apple for their competitor's products being shitty and/or not successful.

Those reviews make me glad about my decision to pick up a cheap 16Gb 1st Gen Wifi yesterday. For existing users the new one sounds awesome and a nice step up, but considering I hadn't really used one until yesterday, I guess I have no point of reference for the improvements. Happy to save some money (for once).

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Was there ever really any doubt it wouldnt have 512 mb of Ram??

Nope. And they didn't have the balls to leapfrog their flagship iPhone product to 1GB unfortunately. I will still own one.

 

[Zeth]

from engadget review:

According to Geekbench, the CPU is clocked at 800MHz.

Interesting. First I've heard of this. Surprised fanboys aren't up in arms over their precious specs.

 

[Vanillalite]

I'm reasonably sure that the iPad will receive near universal praise from most of the big review sites, just like the original iPad. Yet Engaget commenters still have no problem shouting "Bias!" or claiming Engadget was paid off.

Do they really think this is all a big conspiracy?

No they just love to hate even on good products. That being said Engadget knows this and like a lot of review sites try and push the right buttons for the page views. They aren't stupid. Now whether you think this is right or wrong is your own personal call.

 

[Vyer]

Tech blog comments are always a cesspool, but over the last year or two Android fanboys have taken it to another level. EVERYONE who dares not worship Android is clearly biased. And it doesn't even have to involve Apple, they'll bring it up. They can't help themselves.

Still, it can make for some entertaining reading.

 

[giga]

from engadget review:


Interesting. First I've heard of this. Surprised fanboys aren't up in arms over their precious specs.

Clock speed is dynamic according to usage. Geekbench has measured my 4 from 600 to 800MHz. Here's slashgear showing it at 900: http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-2-review-09139014/

 

[Burger]

Well yea but I really want to get to the point where I can carry around one device that can do everything adequately.

For example, I was hoping I could make some cool photos of myself using photo booth and uploading them to facebook but now im not sure if ill bother if the pictures will come out relaly blurry.

Yeah it would be nice wouldn't it, except you'd look like a complete twonk taking photos with a tablet. There are good reasons cameras are the size of cameras. Besides, the old iPad had no cameras for $499, this one has video chatting cameras and is $499.

It's frustrating to see a tablet device have the same RAM as the phone or even less when the 5 will be revealed.

Frustrating for who? The review said "NO MEMORY PROBLEMS"

OK, Nostradamus.

LOL.

 

[LCfiner]

from engadget review:


Interesting. First I've heard of this. Surprised fanboys aren't up in arms over their precious specs.

Apple spec sheet says 1 GHz clocked A5

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

so either it was downclocked for some reason or geekbench reported an unreliable value and should be updated. Or Apple just lied their asses off in their ad copy.

OMG what if geekbench got the RAM amount wrong, as well?


edit: or what giga said

 

[NYR]

which video are you specifically referencing?

The safari one. When he is surfing the new York times, the smart cover folds to the back quite nicely.