Hard to say yet because it is a few mm's thicker. A few companies have already put up a few cases for order or preorder, but I imagine in a few weeks the market will be flooded with all matter of cases to choose from.
This is actually what I was coming to ask. Belkin has this snap case up for preorder on Amazon but it doesn't even give a release date (is this good, btw, a combination of the snap case and a smart cover?). Will I be better served going to a brick and mortar store looking for ipad 3-specific cases on Friday, or am I just going to have a naked ipad for a week or two?
Incidio and DoDo (I haven't looked around more than that) both have cases up for preorder, but if you're looking for options I think it's going to be a bit before there are a lot of choices. That said, once the public gets their hands on the iPad this Friday we'll start finding out what iPad 2 cases will fit. I personally could care less about the camera on the back, so if a case fits but covers part of the lens that's fine by me. I'll probably end up getting something like the Dodo Case Bookback (http://www.dodocase.com/products/bookback-for-ipad2) because I don't really want a a full on case.
though the iPad's capacitive screen isn't well suited to handwritten notes. The surface area required to register is larger than most folks handwriting; it's more akin to a low-fidelity writing surface like a whiteboard (thus, a chubby stylus like the cosmonaut.)
The graphics performance is most DEFINITELY improved.
140fps as opposed to 90fps on the iPad 2 on the GLBenchmark tool
Offscreen test went from 146fps to 250fps
That's a pretty big leap.
I was under the impression that the GLBechmark tool hasn't been updated to scale for retina resolution yet, so the tool is testing the new iPad at the iPad 2's resolution. So yeah, obviously the new iPad's quad core GPU is going to punish the iPad 2's at the same resolution.
though the iPad's capacitive screen isn't well suited to handwritten notes. The surface area required to register is larger than most folks handwriting; it's more akin to a low-fidelity writing surface like a whiteboard (thus, a chubby stylus like the cosmonaut.)
I've seen apps that shrink your writing to manage that. Doesn't make the writing any better, but you won't take up as much space per "page."
I dunno, I have some Amazon credit and wouldn't mind tossing $15-25 to try it out.
The same. All of the reviews I've read have indicated that Apple's estimates are really accurate.
EDIT: The Slashgear review claims they reasonably see 20 hours of battery life with LTE enabled, so that greatly exceeds Apple's estimates. I would take that estimate with a huge grain of salt though as most other reviews have said battery life is pretty much spot on with Apple's estimates.
Apple surprised everybody with the battery life of the original iPad, and managed to maintain that in the second generation despite slimming the casing and improving the processor. The new iPad devotes even more internal space to batteries, and does what, until now, has proved impossible: taming LTE’s voracious thirst for power.
Ten hours of active WiFi use is quoted, or up to nine hours over 3G/4G, and the new iPad actually managed to exceed our expectations. From a full-charge at 8am on day one, the iPad lasted heavy use through to the evening of the following day, with LTE powered on 95-percent of the time. In fact, we only turned off LTE to connect via WiFi for a FaceTime video call, which is still limited to WiFi connections.
A four hour loop of HD video continuously playing – with email, Twitter and other updates being pulled in over LTE in the background – saw the new iPad’s battery drop from 70-percent to 51-percent. Extrapolating from that rate, the tablet could last more than 20 hours.
The "4G" icon that's now appearing at the top of my AT&T network iPhone 4S doesn't actually mean anything, right?
It means that AT&T (or their money) talked Apple into believing that AT&T's "fourth generation" technology is just as "4G" as everyone else's even if it is a bit lot slower. That is "4G" == "our fourth generation technology" not "as fast as the fastest fourth generation technology."
This is what comes of deciding that marketing terms are just as informative as actual specifications.
what it means is that 4G and LTE are not the same thing
it means that 4G=HSPA+ speeds and the iPhone 4S did not accurately reflect that it was receiving HSPA+ speeds before
It was actually just released for iOS. In the past I've played around with other Dropbox-syncing text editors just as a simple way to keep notes, etc, in a place I trust. I've heard good things about Byword for OSX, and wanted to give it a shot.
As for Evernote, I get where you're coming from; I'm trying to get into the habit of using it more often. I'm hoping sometime this year to pick up a nice scanner like a SnapScan or a Doxie that does auto-OCR and Evernote import to make it super easy to get stuff into there and searchable. Right now I keep my insurance info, car repair/maintenance records, I've got a iftt-powered thing that throws favorited tweets into their own notebook for long-term storage.
It was actually just released for iOS. In the past I've played around with other Dropbox-syncing text editors just as a simple way to keep notes, etc, in a place I trust. I've heard good things about Byword for OSX, and wanted to give it a shot.
As for Evernote, I get where you're coming from; I'm trying to get into the habit of using it more often. I'm hoping sometime this year to pick up a nice scanner like a SnapScan or a Doxie that does auto-OCR and Evernote import to make it super easy to get stuff into there and searchable. Right now I keep my insurance info, car repair/maintenance records, I've got a iftt-powered thing that throws favorited tweets into their own notebook for long-term storage.
This reminds me, are there any good automobile record keeping apps available on iOS? I use aCar on Android and I adore it, but would like to maintain my records on my iPad as well when it arrives. Looking for something that's tuned (no pun intended) for US usage as opposed to more Euro/Asia friendly ones.
So Sparrow is out for iOS but lacks push notifications which can be remedied by using Boxcar. It's $2.99 and despite having to use Boxcar as a workaround to get push notifications I'm going to give it a try. It's only for iPhone and iPod touch for now with no immediate plans for an iPad version which is a shame.
On a side note, my new iPad has actually left the warehouse in PA and has arrived Newark, NJ to be transferred somewhere else.
It was actually just released for iOS. In the past I've played around with other Dropbox-syncing text editors just as a simple way to keep notes, etc, in a place I trust. I've heard good things about Byword for OSX, and wanted to give it a shot.
As for Evernote, I get where you're coming from; I'm trying to get into the habit of using it more often. I'm hoping sometime this year to pick up a nice scanner like a SnapScan or a Doxie that does auto-OCR and Evernote import to make it super easy to get stuff into there and searchable. Right now I keep my insurance info, car repair/maintenance records, I've got a iftt-powered thing that throws favorited tweets into their own notebook for long-term storage.
This reminds me, are there any good automobile record keeping apps available on iOS? I use aCar on Android and I adore it, but would like to maintain my records on my iPad as well when it arrives. Looking for something that's tuned (no pun intended) for US usage as opposed to more Euro/Asia friendly ones.
What kinds of records? MPG, Maintenance with reminders, etc? AppCubby's GasCubby is one I've been using for years and it's very good (make sure to use their cloud sync on a regular basis though; I lost a year's worth of info because I was dumb and didn't sync it up before switching to a new phone. Don't think it's iPad sized, however.
It was actually just released for iOS. In the past I've played around with other Dropbox-syncing text editors just as a simple way to keep notes, etc, in a place I trust. I've heard good things about Byword for OSX, and wanted to give it a shot.
As for Evernote, I get where you're coming from; I'm trying to get into the habit of using it more often. I'm hoping sometime this year to pick up a nice scanner like a SnapScan or a Doxie that does auto-OCR and Evernote import to make it super easy to get stuff into there and searchable. Right now I keep my insurance info, car repair/maintenance records, I've got a iftt-powered thing that throws favorited tweets into their own notebook for long-term storage.
This reminds me, are there any good automobile record keeping apps available on iOS? I use aCar on Android and I adore it, but would like to maintain my records on my iPad as well when it arrives. Looking for something that's tuned (no pun intended) for US usage as opposed to more Euro/Asia friendly ones.
What kinds of records? MPG, Maintenance with reminders, etc? AppCubby's GasCubby is one I've been using for years and it's very good (make sure to use their cloud sync on a regular basis though; I lost a year's worth of info because I was dumb and didn't sync it up before switching to a new phone. Don't think it's iPad sized, however.
Everything. Insurance and loan payments, fill-up records, service and maintenance records, and preferably stat tracking (like gas price fluctuations) with the ability to export all and/or select records to something like an Excel file.
ifixit's teardown article for the new iPad is live. Reading it made me feel pain, sadness, and anger.
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I had evernote installed and never used it.
Until I started using it for keeping work notes. I used to use emails to myself for that stuff, now it's all in Evernote.
Edit: My iPad's in Newark too. No early delivery for me, sadly.
I've heard "meh" regarding Sparrow from some people I trust... but let us know
I'm using Sparrow and I like it. I love the Mac version and I was really excited for this one, and while it's not perfect, it's got a lot going for it. It looks so, so much better than mail.app, and I'm finding the gestures to be pretty handy. Some quirks take some getting used to, like having to swipe right to left rather than left to right to delete a message, and the reply button being at the top of the screen rather than the bottom, but those are easy to overcome.
There are a couple pretty glaring flaws, though. No push is pretty big, though I don't have push enabled for mail.app anyway so personally it's not as problematic as it is for some other people. I do use fetch, though, so my options are either to keep fetching with mail.app then using Sparrow to actually read the mail, or switching to Boxcar. Not sure which I'll go with yet. Bigger for me is the fact that it automatically assigns colours to your labels, with no way to change them. Sparrow for Mac is able to import the colours from Gmail but the iPhone one isn't and I'm not sure why, but having labels that are the wrong colour is maybe more useless than not having labels at all, since I keep thinking a message is a different type than it really is. I'm hoping this will be fixed in an update soon. Also, not being able to set it as a default mail client is shitty, so whenever you click a mail link in Safari or something it'll open mail.app, but that's Apple's fault, not Sparrow's. I think I can deal with it, since usually I'll be manually opening the app to send mail anyway.
I'm going to give it a shot as my primary client for a few days and see if I like it enough to use it permanently. These complaints may be enough to keep me away, but I hope not, because it's so pretty.
If anyone here is new to the app store, I've made a post with a very short list of generally applauded apps that will look nice on the bigger screen. The whole thing is under $40 bucks, so it's not too bad on the wallet either. I even tried to get a broad range of prices for the really cost-conscious shopper.
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If anyone here is new to the app store, I've made a post with a very short list of generally applauded apps that will look nice on the bigger screen. The whole thing is under $40 bucks, so it's not too bad on the wallet either. I even tried to get a broad range of prices for the really cost-conscious shopper.
Any opinions on Chaos Rings? Both the first one and Omega are on sale this week while Square charges an absurd amount for Chaos Rings II.
Wondering which of the two is worth getting, and if either would benefit with the iPad 3 upgrade.
Also wondering if they'll have the update ready for FFT by then, but I highly, highly doubt it.
Edit: Just checked my tracking orders, both iPads are less than 30 minutes driving distance from where I live.
Oh man, I'm so excited/nervous. In addition to worrying about which color to keep, as well as the engraving, I read about a possible "yellow tint" problem.
Odds should be good that at least one of the two iPads will be perfect. Here's hoping.
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This is just for notetaking. I won't be using it to draw or anything.
though the iPad's capacitive screen isn't well suited to handwritten notes. The surface area required to register is larger than most folks handwriting; it's more akin to a low-fidelity writing surface like a whiteboard (thus, a chubby stylus like the cosmonaut.)
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hm omnifocus
i always try todo type apps and then never use em
i use almost all the rest of those on my phone already
The graphics performance is most DEFINITELY improved.
140fps as opposed to 90fps on the iPad 2 on the GLBenchmark tool
Offscreen test went from 146fps to 250fps
That's a pretty big leap.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I keep finding myself lounging around, reaching my arm out, only to grab nothing but air.
Two more days....:(
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I was under the impression that the GLBechmark tool hasn't been updated to scale for retina resolution yet, so the tool is testing the new iPad at the iPad 2's resolution. So yeah, obviously the new iPad's quad core GPU is going to punish the iPad 2's at the same resolution.
I dunno, I have some Amazon credit and wouldn't mind tossing $15-25 to try it out.
didn't sell my 2
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EDIT: The Slashgear review claims they reasonably see 20 hours of battery life with LTE enabled, so that greatly exceeds Apple's estimates. I would take that estimate with a huge grain of salt though as most other reviews have said battery life is pretty much spot on with Apple's estimates.
what it means is that 4G and LTE are not the same thing
it means that 4G=HSPA+ speeds and the iPhone 4S did not accurately reflect that it was receiving HSPA+ speeds before
now, it does.
It was actually just released for iOS. In the past I've played around with other Dropbox-syncing text editors just as a simple way to keep notes, etc, in a place I trust. I've heard good things about Byword for OSX, and wanted to give it a shot.
As for Evernote, I get where you're coming from; I'm trying to get into the habit of using it more often. I'm hoping sometime this year to pick up a nice scanner like a SnapScan or a Doxie that does auto-OCR and Evernote import to make it super easy to get stuff into there and searchable. Right now I keep my insurance info, car repair/maintenance records, I've got a iftt-powered thing that throws favorited tweets into their own notebook for long-term storage.
This reminds me, are there any good automobile record keeping apps available on iOS? I use aCar on Android and I adore it, but would like to maintain my records on my iPad as well when it arrives. Looking for something that's tuned (no pun intended) for US usage as opposed to more Euro/Asia friendly ones.
On a side note, my new iPad has actually left the warehouse in PA and has arrived Newark, NJ to be transferred somewhere else.
it probably shared a ride in the same truck
Still there. Damn thing better update soon.
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Or third wheel, perverts.
What kinds of records? MPG, Maintenance with reminders, etc? AppCubby's GasCubby is one I've been using for years and it's very good (make sure to use their cloud sync on a regular basis though; I lost a year's worth of info because I was dumb and didn't sync it up before switching to a new phone. Don't think it's iPad sized, however.
Everything. Insurance and loan payments, fill-up records, service and maintenance records, and preferably stat tracking (like gas price fluctuations) with the ability to export all and/or select records to something like an Excel file.
ifixit's teardown article for the new iPad is live. Reading it made me feel pain, sadness, and anger.
Until I started using it for keeping work notes. I used to use emails to myself for that stuff, now it's all in Evernote.
Edit: My iPad's in Newark too. No early delivery for me, sadly.
I'm using Sparrow and I like it. I love the Mac version and I was really excited for this one, and while it's not perfect, it's got a lot going for it. It looks so, so much better than mail.app, and I'm finding the gestures to be pretty handy. Some quirks take some getting used to, like having to swipe right to left rather than left to right to delete a message, and the reply button being at the top of the screen rather than the bottom, but those are easy to overcome.
There are a couple pretty glaring flaws, though. No push is pretty big, though I don't have push enabled for mail.app anyway so personally it's not as problematic as it is for some other people. I do use fetch, though, so my options are either to keep fetching with mail.app then using Sparrow to actually read the mail, or switching to Boxcar. Not sure which I'll go with yet. Bigger for me is the fact that it automatically assigns colours to your labels, with no way to change them. Sparrow for Mac is able to import the colours from Gmail but the iPhone one isn't and I'm not sure why, but having labels that are the wrong colour is maybe more useless than not having labels at all, since I keep thinking a message is a different type than it really is. I'm hoping this will be fixed in an update soon. Also, not being able to set it as a default mail client is shitty, so whenever you click a mail link in Safari or something it'll open mail.app, but that's Apple's fault, not Sparrow's. I think I can deal with it, since usually I'll be manually opening the app to send mail anyway.
I'm going to give it a shot as my primary client for a few days and see if I like it enough to use it permanently. These complaints may be enough to keep me away, but I hope not, because it's so pretty.
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UPS? Yeah mine too. Though I see that it departed at like 4:45 their time, so mine's now on its way west!
Went to Walmart and grabbed a Smart Cover. Was tempted by leather, but fuck paying another $30 for that.
Seriously considered a pink cover.
Any opinions on Chaos Rings? Both the first one and Omega are on sale this week while Square charges an absurd amount for Chaos Rings II.
Wondering which of the two is worth getting, and if either would benefit with the iPad 3 upgrade.
Also wondering if they'll have the update ready for FFT by then, but I highly, highly doubt it.
Edit: Just checked my tracking orders, both iPads are less than 30 minutes driving distance from where I live.
Oh man, I'm so excited/nervous. In addition to worrying about which color to keep, as well as the engraving, I read about a possible "yellow tint" problem.
Odds should be good that at least one of the two iPads will be perfect. Here's hoping.
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