I saw it on mainstream news last night and had a co-worker as me about it today. I let her feel my iPad which I was using.
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I saw it on mainstream news last night and had a co-worker as me about it today. I let her feel my iPad which I was using.
Awesome Animals
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I've had zero problems, and that isn't to say the problems don't exist, just not as commonly as the internet would have you believe.
I have had some gaming sessions, and done some netflixing (word?) on it, with nothing to note with regards to high heat.
Slurpy2k20
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My iPad has better wifi reception than any other device in my house. With 3+ million sold in one weekend, you're obviously going to get a percentage with issues, and even if that percentage is extremely small, it will be a relatively large number and they'll make noise about it. Everything should work as expected for the vast majority of people, there are no fundamental, inherent flaws in the device. Also, it's apple so something that wouldn't have warranted the attention of a single post for any other device will be milked and make the rounds of all tech blogs, etc until heave gotten all the potential click revenues.
Edit: I now prefer the iPad keyboard to my physical keyboard. Is something wrong with me? My apple keyboard now seems to require so much more effort in comparison, and autocorrect really does help typing speed.
I am not personally attacking you, I just feel like your opinion on secondapps is wrong, and I swear I remember you not knowing what the Eames chair was until the Pick-up thread told you (I could be wrong). And I understand wanting to see the site fully zoomed out, but I am not sure what you find on the "full website" that secondapps doesn't take care of.
Baconsammy
Banned
Noticed something with the Kindle app. I intended to buy book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire but clicked buy on the 4 book Kindle set instead. It got sent to the iPad, but then I went to amazon.com and immediately returned it since it wasn't what I wanted. Got an immediate refund from Amazon, but the 4 book set still resides on the iPad. Even after downloading the correct book to the iPad and updating the app itself last night, the set is still there.
Quite a lot, actually. The biggest difference in secondapps favor though is the ability to tap spoilers to view them. Otherwise the full site is very fast and very accessible. Just as it is on my laptop. Secondapps feels like a step down on the new iPad, but was a huge step up over my iPhone/iPad1.
Quite a lot, actually. The biggest difference in secondapps favor though is the ability to tap spoilers to view them. Otherwise the full site is very fast and very accessible. Just as it is on my laptop. Secondapps feels like a step down on the new iPad, but was a huge step up over my iPhone/iPad1.
I thought you took the iPad back?
crazygambit
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None of those are an option in my country, which is why I'm asking. If I buy an open it, I have to keep it.
I understand this. What caught my attention about the complaints was the side by side comparison with an iPad 1 and this one performing worse.
My iPad 1 is great at getting a signal though, so even if the new one is a little worse it could still be good enough.
Betta Lines
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I have to agree with Jtwo here... these tablet-optimsed versions of full sites are just weird. I'll take the full site every time.
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secondapps is great, I've been using it daily since 2008. Its just not what I want from a fullsized browser. I wouldn't use the secondapps site on my laptop so why would I use it on a screen that displays even more information than that one does? Its a ridiculous notion.
And lets not act like secondapps is 100% equal to the desktop site either. Its a fabulous creation and ckohler is a genius. But quoting and editing and all that stuff is cumbersome in comparison to the full site. The full site is just that, THE FULL SITE. The mobile site is tailored for smaller screens. Which this one is not.
Think my opinion is wrong and bring up misremembered events from the past all you want, but all it does is make you look like a tremendous asshole when I have a perfectly valid complaint.
I just bought a new product to browse the web on and it does something I consider to be very annoying on what is by far my most visited website. How could I be anything other than frustrated?
Huh, guess I just like secondapps better because I feel like it just handles this site better than the real thing on the iPad (Jtwo's complaint of zoomed in makes sense).
Oh I think you have a valid complaint, I just offered a valid solution as well. And I just brought up the Eames chair because that is how I remember your username and it was just funny, not trying to be a huge asshole or anything. Take it as an insult if you will, but I really don't mean anything harmful when bringing it up.
Gary Whitta
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A week later and I'm still stunned by how good text looks on this thing. It's just ridiculous.
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Yeah, GAF zoomed out in portrait mode is something to behold. Theres like 45 threads on screen right now. All perfectly legible.
Awesome Animals
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How do you multiquote in secondapps? I haven't figured it out yet.
Do you have the most recent update for the Kindle App? It is more recent than the Retina update and it fixed an issue with books not appearing on the app. It could be the opposite of that issue for you and not reported because it wasn't noticed by the bug fixers. I hope that makes sense.
But not in a way that's going to allow you to see more of the page at once on that 9.7 inch touchscreen. A touch-optimized, compact UI remains the better route, really.
planar1280
Banned
Ok can someone replicate this 'bug/feature'
1. Make sure the mute button is off
2. turn volume down to 0
3. touch the power button to lock the iPad
You should hear the locking click, when you slide to unlock you should hear the unlock click as well as any keyboard clicks.
Shouldnt 0 volume mean 0 volume?
1. Make sure the mute button is off
2. turn volume down to 0
3. touch the power button to lock the iPad
You should hear the locking click, when you slide to unlock you should hear the unlock click as well as any keyboard clicks.
Shouldnt 0 volume mean 0 volume?
Ha! Same thing.
This iPad can get hotter than the last one, it's one of the costs of the giant battery and new processor. But it's nowhere near a laptop.
Fuck, it's nowhere near an iPhone 4/s under heavy use!
Who knows? Perhaps apples carefully curated image of perfection will come back and bite them in the ass, after all everyone's expectation of perfection is subjective.
(by the way, I just dictated this whole post on the iPad feel like such a prick but sort of cool.)
secondapps.com/mockup will let you.
i prefer this over the website on the ipad.
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Its clear that there are just two camps on this issue. But the real gaf site is ridiculously better than the mobile site. Not to mention the more robust posting/editing. But just look at this. Its amazing. I don't know how you could prefer the mobile site.
(retina sized image
)My friend has an iPad one and I browse secondapps on it all the time and its great. Mostly because it has a lower res screen and less ram so the secondapps site is just much snappier and leaner. But this new iPad is a beast. It can handle it and it looks INCREDIBLE. Why deny yourself that.
Its just a shame it autozooms.
planar1280
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nevermind I hate to turn on the 'Change with Buttons' ON
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Its clear that there are just two camps on this issue. But the real gaf site is ridiculously better than the mobile site. Not to mention the more robust posting/editing features I mentioned. But just look at this. Its amazing. I don't know how you could prefer the mobile site.
(retina sized image
)My friend has an iPad one and I browse secondapps on it all the time and its great. Mostly because it has a lower res screen and less ram so the secondapps site is just much snappier and leaner. But this new iPad is a beast. It can handle it and it looks INCREDIBLE. Why deny yourself that.
Its just a shame it autozooms.
I also just want to point out that even if I preferred the mobile site the zoom thing is still an issue... Using a different website doesn't "fix" anything. Its just using a different website...
Awesome Animals
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OK, great, thank you. I had been using the other one. Is mockup being slated for a real neogaf.com/mobile type release?
At least we agree on one thing regarding NeoGAF on the iPad, portrait view for life!
My wife always views websites in landscape, no matter what, and it drives me insane.
Yup. Though keep in mind it was designed for mobile devices such as iPhones, rather than tablets. Though perhaps after it's launched, it can be further developed with tablet-specific optimizations (such as ad size, etc).
Baconsammy
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Yep, mine's gone. My wife still has hers, which also has yellow patches but hers is for work so there's no returning it, and shes not bothered by it as much as I am.
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Hmm, I don't really know much about how websites work but I suppose it is possible. Every other site I read looks perfect. Its only gaf that gets the weird halfzoom.
LOL, something must have gone weird in my google sync because my outgoing imessage picture is my exgirlfriends contact image. wut.
Dreams-Visions
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iTunes Movie Trailers updated for Retina.
Baconsammy
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Yep, and I assumed the new update last night was to fix the problem. Apparently not. I wonder if I can read three 1000 page books before they fix it.
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Finally past the first setup phase. Ugh. I hate setting up new devices. I always end up wanting to throw them out the window by the second google two step sign in. Finally got it semi up and running. Time to kick back and play with it. It sorta only just dawned on me that I just bought an iPad.
First tablet of any kind too.
First tablet of any kind too.
Awesome Animals
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I actually like the secondapps site for my iPad as well.
Just don't update the app! Also, by the time you finish book one, you won't want to stop!
The Elite
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Finally past the first setup phase. Ugh. I hate setting up new devices. I always end up wanting to throw them out the window by the second google two step sign in. Finally got it semi up and running. Time to kick back and play with it. It sorta only just dawned on me that I just bought an iPad.
First tablet of any kind too.
Setting up new devices is my favourite thing in the world.
mescalineeyes
Banned
srsly.
then again with the iPad all that magic is a bit gone.
"Do you want to restore the backup 'Nunu' on this device?" Hit Yes.
Watch it happen.
Boom, it's like I never sold mine.
acheron_xl
Member
My big two takeaways after almost a week and having migrated from the first iPad:
It feels much, much better in your hand than the iPad 1. I'm sure this isn't news to iPad 2 owners, but it still surprised me how much more I like it than the 1.
Comics look ridiculous on this thing. I was really excited to have digital comics on the iPad, but the old screen made zooming into panels necessary and really felt awkward to me, so I never really got into it. Reading them on the new one is just stupefying.
It feels much, much better in your hand than the iPad 1. I'm sure this isn't news to iPad 2 owners, but it still surprised me how much more I like it than the 1.
Comics look ridiculous on this thing. I was really excited to have digital comics on the iPad, but the old screen made zooming into panels necessary and really felt awkward to me, so I never really got into it. Reading them on the new one is just stupefying.
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To each his own i guess.
Still having some issues.. I have home sharing enabled but when I go to the more tab in the music app I can't see my computer. Same with the video app. Also I can't wifi sync I've plugged it into my computer and all that but when I go to wifi sync it says "will sync when MacBook pro becomes available" anyone know what that's about?
Split keyboard is great so far.
Finally past the first setup phase. Ugh. I hate setting up new devices. I always end up wanting to throw them out the window by the second google two step sign in. Finally got it semi up and running. Time to kick back and play with it. It sorta only just dawned on me that I just bought an iPad.
First tablet of any kind too.
The 2 step thing is so buried, Google should really make it easier.
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Haha this is so great. I love having my whole computer just a swipe away. I think I'm really excited about this thing.
Can't wait until my Vnc app gets updated for the new screen.
Does anyone have any tips on home sharing? It's up and running fine on my phone Nd I signed in on the iPad but it's not working. Same with wifi sync.
Can't wait until my Vnc app gets updated for the new screen.
Does anyone have any tips on home sharing? It's up and running fine on my phone Nd I signed in on the iPad but it's not working. Same with wifi sync.
Baconsammy
Banned
I finished book 1 yesterday. I can't imagine how shitty it must have been for people to wait 3 years for the sequel the way it just suddenly ended. I will start book 2 tonight and borrow the bluray of the HBO series. I heard it was great.
i also like how it automatically resizes photos to be more viewable.
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*cough*
Uhh.. Let me update iTunes and get back to you about my home sharing issues.
Uhh.. Let me update iTunes and get back to you about my home sharing issues.
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Kind of starting to freak out about how awesome this is. It's so fast. Soooo fast. And the multitasking gestures are great. I'm flying around this thing.
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Screens just did too! Ha!
Do we know if the pdf rendering engine is CPU restricted? or if it can be offloaded to the GPU? I wonder if the quad core GPU on the new iPad will offer any performance benefits for PDF readers.