Apple iPad event confirmed for March 7th in San Francisco

[jasey]

I feel exactly the same. I really don't understand retina display, quad-core or whatever else they're preaching but I really don't see the issue with the current iPad 2. I'm still astounded by the quality of graphics on it, and I have no complaints to make about the speed. What incentive is there to encourage me to buy new?

Exactly! I am glad I am not the only one that feels this way. The iPad 2 was a huge jump ahead of the original iPad but the third generation of iPad isn't much of a leap forward from the iPad 2 for most general users.

[Recursion]

I feel exactly the same. I really don't understand retina display, quad-core or whatever else they're preaching but I really don't see the issue with the current iPad 2. I'm still astounded by the quality of graphics on it, and I have no complaints to make about the speed. What incentive is there to encourage me to buy new?

People thought that when the SNES was out, now try comparing a SNES with a PS3

IMO If you have an iPad/don't have one, get the iPad 3, if you have the iPad 2 you may as well wait a year for the iPad 4.

[Mathew]

I remember the good old days where I'd play Sonic on a SEGA.



Exactly like this!

[jasey]

People thought that when the SNES was out, now try comparing a SNES with a PS3

IMO If you have an iPad/don't have one, get the iPad 3, if you have the iPad 2 you may as well wait a year for the iPad 4.

That's a bit misleading, though, since the next generation upgrade from the SNES wasn't the Wii or Playstation 3. I totally believe in improvement over time and while I will probably skip this iPad generation because it offers nothing that attractive to me that would incite me to upgrade. I am definitely loyal to the product and as long as they continue to make changes for the better I will continue buying Apple and iPads as I need them. This time, though, the changes don't really make me need or even want the new product.

[jasey]

I don't mean to double post, but I don't think this warrants a new topic. Apple just pushed the new iOS update (5.1) to my iPad 2. It is downloading now. I know my friend got the iOS 5.1 update on his iPhone 4S earlier today but I just thought I'd note this to let people know Apple is releasing it and it should be available.

[xxMATTGxx]

I don't mean to double post, but I don't think this warrants a new topic. Apple just pushed the new iOS update (5.1) to my iPad 2. It is downloading now. I know my friend got the iOS 5.1 update on his iPhone 4S earlier today but I just thought I'd note this to let people know Apple is releasing it and it should be available.

You're allowed to if it adds new information to the thread anyway! The iOS 5.1 update replaces the "3G" icon with "4G" on AT&T, not sure about other networks. The US have really ****** up the whole "4G" business.

[Chippiewill]

It's not like there's actually an official 4G technology, you could call 2G - 4G and still be in the clear with the FCC.

[Recursion]

It's not like there's actually an official 4G technology, you could call 2G - 4G and still be in the clear with the FCC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Requirements

There are definitely 4G specifications... the only two 'real' 4G technologies are LTE and WiMax:

• LTE Advanced standardized by the 3GPP
• 802.16m standardized by the IEEE(i.e. WiMAX)

In terms of mobile usage, the only viable 4G option is LTE due to the design of the specification/technology. Of course, we'll never hit any of these great speeds everyone touts for 4G because a) I don't see the backhaul to cell sites supporting it and b) the cell sites themselves split the bandwidth up between the amount of users on the cell.

[Chippiewill]

Right, but currently there's no actual 4G (fully) capable technology at the moment.

Apparently apple has been plummeting in Tablet market share, it's to be expected since they were basically first to market but they seem to be losing share faster than with the iPhone:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/07/ipad-tablet-market/

[xxMATTGxx]

Unless other companies start making tablets the same quality as Apple then I don't see them doing that well.