I think buying into every other Apple product is a good way to go. I own the Ipad 2 and love it, nothing about the new Ipad is really blowing me away, just extra bells but no whistles. It would a be fantastic bump for 1st generation Ipad owners though.

If they really wanted to reach me they have to work on making the damn thing lighter.

@xyzygy said:

I'm holding out for a W8 Tab. It just looks like an infinitely more solid OS on every front.

Like the Xoo-

The touchpa-

The galaxy ta-

The Thri-

The Ideapa-

The tranforme-

The Ee-

Okay, I'll stop now.

Was giving the iPad 3 some serious thought and ultimately decided against it. There's nothing it does that my laptop, iPhone, Vita, or desktop don't already do. Will need more convincing than just a high res screen (which is now industry standard) to make the plunge.

I still don't get tablets. I have a laptop for everything my mobile doesn't do. A tablet would give me a larger screen whilst out and about, but who needs that? And if you do need that, a small portable laptop would be even better, as it's more powerful and versatile, and has a hardware keyboard. True, tablets are smaller and lighter, but if you're going to bring a bag with your for the tablet in the first place (assuming you don't intend to carry it in your hand everywhere), then just go for the laptop and do the same thing.

I know everybody's different, and obviously I am in the minority, especially as a tech geek, but like I say, I just don't get tablets.

Until they are way more powerful, come with a dock that turns it into a laptop (like that new one, I forget the name), runs Windows and gives me the same experience as a laptop, aka the best of both worlds, that is.

@Example1013 said:

@xyzygy said:

I'm holding out for a W8 Tab. It just looks like an infinitely more solid OS on every front.

Like the Xoo-

The touchpa-

The galaxy ta-

The Thri-

The Ideapa-

The tranforme-

The Ee-

Okay, I'll stop now.

All android devices, and the problem with them was usually the OS not the tech. I have a solid feeling that W8 Tabs will rock the shit out of the stagnant tablet market.

@gunslingerNZ: Touchpad was WebOS. Was supposed to "change the market" or whatever. Tons of hype on tech sites. Then it came out, and within a week companies were all giving them away.

If you have to justify it being on the site in the title, maybe reconsider posting it at all.

EDIT: @Everone who @'ed me

So apparently there's been drama about this before? I just thought the title was weird. Though I'm sure Alex appreciates you defending his honor so thoroughly

Jesus H Christ, when was the ipad ever fucking "revolutionary"? It was a big ass shinier iphone that had barebones features to begin with. If anything, the specs on this model seem a hell of a lot more enticing then the previous two models released. Fucking scumbags.

@Obinice said:

I still don't get tablets. I have a laptop for everything my mobile doesn't do. A tablet would give me a larger screen whilst out and about, but who needs that? And if you do need that, a small portable laptop would be even better, as it's more powerful and versatile, and has a hardware keyboard. True, tablets are smaller and lighter, but if you're going to bring a bag with your for the tablet in the first place (assuming you don't intend to carry it in your hand everywhere), then just go for the laptop and do the same thing. I know everybody's different, and obviously I am in the minority, especially as a tech geek, but like I say, I just don't get tablets. Until they are way more powerful, come with a dock that turns it into a laptop (like that new one, I forget the name), runs Windows and gives me the same experience as a laptop, aka the best of both worlds, that is.

Tablets are great in bed.

@gunslingerNZ said:

@Example1013 said:

@xyzygy said:

I'm holding out for a W8 Tab. It just looks like an infinitely more solid OS on every front.

Like the Xoo-

The touchpa-

The galaxy ta-

The Thri-

The Ideapa-

The tranforme-

The Ee-

Okay, I'll stop now.

All android devices, and the problem with them was usually the OS not the tech. I have a solid feeling that W8 Tabs will rock the shit out of the stagnant tablet market.

and the excuses keep pouring in. the prophecy of Example1013 post comes true.

@Jumbs said:

I won't be buying an ipad, but for gaming sites to ignore these devices would be incredibly stupid. The fact is, millions of people play (arguably bad) games on these things, and it's news worthy. So anyone complaining is stupid.

Yeah, I got an iPhone the other day and while browsing the App Store I had to go through waves upon waves of shitty iPhone games. There's not a single thing on there I'd ever consider buying. I even deleted my free Angry Birds haha

I've also been blocking people who send me Facebook games requests for years. I'll never understand the (massive) appeal of these things.

My screen is 2560x1600 @ 30inch. So no, it's not higher resolution. However what alex said remains true - about it being higher resolution than most users screens.

The thing is, it's kind of pointless. That's like saying I have to hook up my really expensive screen to a really low end pc (at best). Nothing would shine in even remotely the same way. Plus it can only play iphone games. Most of which probably won't run at a 1:1 ratio of that resolution. Video memory requirements become huge once you start heading into that screen resolution territory.

What I look forward to is the day they start downporting pc games (or console games at a higher resolution) to the ipad - and the ipad is powerful enough to justify that at 60fps.

That will be the day I go from my black and white, 40 dollar nokia phone to an ipad.

the new iPad would have more memory and higher resolution than either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, which sounds, quite frankly, insane

Uhm... just to put that statement into the right context: Resolution is not an performance benchmark, it's an option.

In the context of displays it's an performance benchmark, but the 360 and PS3 are not displays. They lack any display... they can only output stuff to displays. And even that is not an "performance benchmark" because HD consoles output resolution is mostly limited because Full HD TV's are limited to 1080p.

And having more memory then those ancient pieces of hardware is not really something really difficult. The PS3 and the 360 have been designed when memory still had somewhat more expensive (in an "how much you get for what money" sense). Nowadays memory production has become so dirt cheap that you can buy 8 GB of DDR3 ram for 30€.

Memory might be a performance indicator/benchmark but it's useless to have "lots of memory" when it's slow or when the remaining parts of the system, GPU and CPU, are not fast enough to supply the memory with actual data.

In short: No the next ipad won't be "something like a 360 or PS3 in terms of performance". Even trying to make that statement would be really difficult because on a hardware level it would be like comparing apples to oranges....

Nobody is going to want an iPad after Windows 8 comes out and you can buy one device that can be used as both a tablet and as a laptop, and will let you browse all the Flash-based porn websites you want without any difficulty. I say that even though I agree that Flash sucks.

continues to be priced out of my range...  i'd just rather use that money to get a cheap laptop instead.

Still too pricey, still no buttons, still no physical option for games, still no buy. I don't give a shit about Angry Birds type games.

Oh, and why are we surprised that the memory and power on this thing are better than consoles that are at least SIX FUCKING YEARS OLD? Apple releases a new one every single damned year, it better have more power.

@stinky said:

@gunslingerNZ said:

@Example1013 said:

@xyzygy said:

I'm holding out for a W8 Tab. It just looks like an infinitely more solid OS on every front.

Like the Xoo-

The touchpa-

The galaxy ta-

The Thri-

The Ideapa-

The tranforme-

The Ee-

Okay, I'll stop now.

All android devices, and the problem with them was usually the OS not the tech. I have a solid feeling that W8 Tabs will rock the shit out of the stagnant tablet market.

and the excuses keep pouring in. the prophecy of Example1013 post comes true.

How is that an excuse? It is a fact that all those devices listed are Android devices, which are clearly completely and utterly different than W8. Hopes are very high for Windows 8 tablets and if you look at some videos and previews of it the OS and interface are miles ahead of anything else on the market. And to use Windows Phones as an example, they will be speedy, reliable, slick and stable.

Cool, another overpriced Apple product I won't be buying.

Oh, and why are we surprised that the memory and power on this thing are better than consoles that are at least SIX FUCKING YEARS OLD? Apple releases a new one every single damned year, it better have more power.

I have fallen under the cult of the Apple, all started when the wife needed a new computer so I got her an iMac and from there I found myself buying a Macbook Air and now the newer/shinier/upgraded iPad is on order for her. Somebody save me from Apple TV please as I am weak and know no better. I had better go listen to sad songs on my iPod touch :(

@MattyFTM said:

I'm just going to leave this here:

Whats this about? Is that one of the fallout new vegas guys? I don't get what is going on.

hehe the new ipad will be released in Australia but its version of the 4G network is not compatible with our version of the 4G network something about it running on the wrong frequency or something.

@KZeni said:

@YukoAsho

Oh, and why are we surprised that the memory and power on this thing are better than consoles that are at least SIX FUCKING YEARS OLD? Apple releases a new one every single damned year, it better have more power.

The reason is that they have to worry about form factor & power consumption in ways that consoles don't. The tech driving it is probably more feature rich, but looking at raw graphical power for 3d rendering will probably fall in favor of the 6 year old consoles still.

That's a very good point, and well made. You actually bring up something I didn't think about. How long is this thing going to last between charges when playing graphically intense games? The 3DS and Vita are nearly Game Gear levels of laughable battery life, I can't imagine how quickly this thing'll go through power.

At some point, graphical power is going to have to stop being the sole focus for these things. We need better battery tech.