Apple iPad event confirmed for March 7th in San Francisco

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Originally Posted by Jordy

Exactly. There is "no real improvement" in battery life as it is the same 10 hours. I just outlined how I'm sick of the pedancy so I don't appreciate yet another condescending post from yourself when nothing I've said is factually incorrect.

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You said it as if it was Apple's fault, they did pretty well to get 10 hours out of that thing considering the new tech. I'll also be leaving this image here, seeing as you seem to be on one tonight ;)

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Originally Posted by Recursion

You said it as if it was Apple's fault, they did pretty well to get 10 hours out of that thing considering the new tech. I'll also be leaving this image here, seeing as you seem to be on one tonight ;)

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I think the real technology section badass's are the pedants who sit there attempting to correct people to boost their own ego and come off as slightly more intelligent but hey ho.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Well no, it's quite a big improvement to the battery life when you take into account it has LTE and that "Retina" display which will both suck on that battery like the world's ending.

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That's an increase to battery not battery life.

I shudder to think the hours they'll be able to get out of it when all the new battery tech comes out in the next couple of years though (Gaps in batteries to improve ability to hold charge, graphene batteries etc.).

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Originally Posted by Recursion

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I was half tempted to pull that one out on Matt.

In any case, I think that most can agree that while this is a great leap forward for those who are concerned with the Retina Display and faster processor, this isn't a 'knock out of the park' for most iPad users that will give incent to purchase the new one if they already have a very good specced iPad 2. It is definitely something that people will be buying if they don't already have an iPad and something that a minority group of users will upgrade to because they are very concerned with the hardware updates but for the most part I think Apple fell a bit in the middle with this next generation.

I don't know much about technology but i read an article about this new iPad and there's something that intrigues me. There's this new microphone icon in the

keyboard that can dictate emails. :O

This new iPad makes me wanna ditch my iPad 2 and get the new one because it has a better retina display and 5 MP Camera :( My iPad 2 camera is just horrible!

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Originally Posted by EricYong!

I don't know much about technology but i read an article about this new iPad and there's something that intrigues me. There's this new microphone icon in the

keyboard that can dictate emails. :O

This new iPad makes me wanna ditch my iPad 2 and get the new one because it has a better retina display and 5 MP Camera :( My iPad 2 camera is just horrible!

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*everything* has voice dictation, in fact, the iPad has had it since it was first released, it just wasn't on the keyboard lol.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

*everything* has voice dictation, in fact, the iPad has had it since it was first released, it just wasn't on the keyboard lol.

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Oh. I'm so noob. lol.

but i guess it's more convenient for the users if the voice dictation is on the keyboard :P

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Originally Posted by EricYong!

Oh. I'm so noob. lol.

but i guess it's more convenient for the users if the voice dictation is on the keyboard :P

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ye, it's under Accessibility Options or something.

I can't imagine using the dictate settings - they're good for children or those with accessibility difficulities, but for everyone else it's best to avoid it like the plague. It's about as annoying as talking to your phone to do mundane, simple tasks you can do with a stroke of your hand and then it talking back to you. Imagine how annoying that would be ;)

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

I can't imagine using the dictate settings - they're good for children or those with accessibility difficulities, but for everyone else it's best to avoid it like the plague. It's about as annoying as talking to your phone to do mundane, simple tasks you can do with a stroke of your hand and then it talking back to you. Imagine how annoying that would be ;)

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I think it's more aimed at the users you said in the first line more than anything :P