Members The Audacity Works Posted March 11, 2012 Members Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'll buy an ipad or equivalent when the display is the same size as a standard sheet of paper - that's 8.5X11 for the last 100 years or so - in case not a single mfr in the industry has figured that out yet.And why don't they have cupholders?! I'm flabbergasted no one's figured this out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted March 11, 2012 Members Share Posted March 11, 2012 The new one is thicker than the previous model. 8 1/2" x 11" is small laptop size and I seem to remember Microsoft experimenting with tablets in that size range and them never doing very well. The iPad is a nice size where you can use it while standing and walking, or read on it in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted March 12, 2012 Members Share Posted March 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piaknowguy Posted March 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks, Bernard! Smart Strings! Cool! I'm not sure about Jam session yet . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted March 13, 2012 Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would take one in a NY minute. It must be the 4G one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pdiddy Posted March 13, 2012 Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 8X11 is important to me for displaying my music charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Synthaholic Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 From what I know (which is limited when it comes to Apple products), this iPad 3 is the one to get. It has an enhanced HiDef 2048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 8X11 is important to me for displaying my music charts. What you need is a half-dozen 8X11 iPads all Scotch taped together at the edges so that you can lay the whole song out on your piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sRa Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 What you need is a half-dozen 8X11 iPads all Scotch taped together at the edges so that you can lay the whole song out on your piano. Brilliant!! . . . See? A musician's mind at work . . . Hmmm . . . I guess that's why we get paid the big bucks . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 I am in line at an Apple store to try and get one of these new thingamajigs, despite the fact that the screen is not 8 x 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pdiddy Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 Well.... I hope its worth the 8 or 11 hr wait in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 I was in line about an hour. Got a 32 GB WiFi model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinHines Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 A new iPad owner. My 64B Wi-Fi arrived at 10 am today. I really like my iPhone 4S Retina display so I couldn't resist the new iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crazyfoo Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 Got mine today. 64GB black with 4G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piaknowguy Posted March 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2012 Ooooooooooooo . . . I ordered the same one! Should be here any day now!! Well, not exactly the same one, just the same model and color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnewb1 Posted March 17, 2012 Members Share Posted March 17, 2012 got one this morning 64GB black with 4G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bad andy Posted March 17, 2012 Members Share Posted March 17, 2012 Strolled into Apple Store this evening while visiting brother this weekend. They almost did me in but they didn't have the 64gb LTE in black. My wallet has been saved, temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 17, 2012 Members Share Posted March 17, 2012 So I have had an iPad One from the first day they came out, and have just spent several hours playing with the "New iPad." The display on the first two iPads is very, very good. The display on the New iPad is very, very, very, very good. It is hard to imagine how anyone will ever invent a display that is better, unless it has some kind of matte finish without the glare that you get with the glass iPad screens. With most web pages and apps, the difference, however, is almost imperceptible. My wife can hardly tell the difference when putting the two side-by-side. You really have to look closely. HD movies that look excellent on the original iPad look spectacular on the New iPad. Ditto for high-res photographs. Ditto for high-res apps (especially games) that make use of the retina display. The New iPad gives me a camera, although since I have an iPhone 4S I don't know how much use it will get. The iPad screen certainly provides the world's largest viewfinder. Is it worth it to pay the extra $100 for the New iPad? Yes - long term, as more and more apps are designed for it, the graphics will be worth it. However, if you want to bring some HD movies on that long plane ride (at ~4 GB each), then you really want the 32 or 64. Personally, I skipped the 4G since there is Wi-Fi almost everywhere these days, and I use my iPhone 4S when on the go (traffic maps, directions, Yelp, Around Me, currency converters, foreign language apps, etc.). And I already have WAAAAY tooo many ongoing monthly subscription and media-related costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 Here ya go.........don't tell me I never give you fanboys anything :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 thank you Bonso, that was godawful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 I am speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piaknowguy Posted March 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 CRAP!! I missed my UPS Ipad delivery and have to wait until tommorrow morning to pick it up! That's the last time I take my wife out for lunch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 CRAP!! I missed my UPS Ipad delivery and have to wait until tommorrow morning to pick it up! That's the last time I take my wife out for lunch!! Yeah, get your priorities right.So, your sig is overly optimistic at the moment.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 I was in line about an hour. Got a 32 GB WiFi model. The Great Depression - people lined up for hours to get food. Today's Great Recession - people line up for hours to get the new iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted March 19, 2012 Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 The Great Depression - people lined up for hours to get food.Today's Great Recession - people line up for hours to get the new iPad. lol, very good point. Never thought of it that way. Reminds me of "Black Friday" here, where people sometimes even setup tents and camp for days in front of stores waiting for the doors to open, storm the place to hunt down playstations and what have you. When you observe such a scene from afar [at the 00:18mn mark for example], you'd think they're very poor people, starving and waiting for the food trucks to arrive and feed them, whereas they actually have money to spend... on everything but food. So you're right about the "Great Recession". It's anything *but*. [video=youtube;Dya7E-fg79k] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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