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Old 16-03-2012, 11:50
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Can anyone recommend any great iPad apps/games I can download while I wait for the delivery.

Also having never had an iPad before, do you have to give it a full charge before using it? and will it charge off the PC or just the 10W power adapter?
It's will come with an adaptor so you can charge it directly from the mains.
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Old 16-03-2012, 11:57
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Just been to Currys, apparently they have 10 iPads in stock, and I was the first to come in and get one. Where is everyone, ha!
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:01
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Cards on the table... I'm in love! The screen is utterly gorgeous! Its heavy but yeah... picking up my Galaxy S2 after, its worth the extra weight for that screen.

In love! Oddly enough my case hasn't arrived with it. Not the end of the world but hey
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:06
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Mine's just arrived its absolutely brilliant I'm even using the dictation system to type this message into Digital spy
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:07
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Just been to Currys, apparently they have 10 iPads in stock, and I was the first to come in and get one. Where is everyone, ha!
They were all queuing at the local Apple Store for 6 days according to the news...
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:08
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Yep, the screen is fantastic! Haven't spotted any light bleed which makes a nice change, but I hope I haven't jinxed it by saying that! Yep, it is quite heavy isn't it!
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:23
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Just been to Currys, apparently they have 10 iPads in stock, and I was the first to come in and get one. Where is everyone, ha!
At home waiting for the FedEx* van I believe.


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Old 16-03-2012, 12:26
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At home waiting for the FedEx* van I believe.


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Bless, feel sorry for people who are still waiting, and still have to wait for another 2-3 weeks. To be fair, the Currys I got mine in didn't have any at all last year on release day so I'm not surprised people thought they wouldn't have any this time either.
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:37
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Sorry.

What do you mean by "quality and performance" then?

How have "the likes of Samsung, HTC and Asus" come on in "leaps and bounds to produce technology well in excess in terms of quality and performance than Apple"
Tegra 3. Nvidia have recently announced they wish to challenge Apple on their unsubstantiated (a smart looking graph projected in front of hundreds of Apple faithful is not a substantiated claim) claims at that A5x out performs the Tegra 3.Interesting to see the results.

Samsung even manufacture the Apple designed CPU of the "New iPad" and Apple have admitted that LG and Samsung are prime suppliers of other components including that display.....so much for the Apple Samsung war.

Apple don't, as you know, produce their own hardware. Its designed in Cupertino and produced in China, same place as ZTE and Huawei (who even design and produce their own system on a chip makign them part of an elite gang). I agree that Apple keeps Foxconn on a tight leash production quality wise.

Now I agree none of this proves the others produce equipment is in excess which is possible what you are referring to, but it also shows Apple are not up there alone on the summit anymore which is what they (Apple) would like us to believe.
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Old 16-03-2012, 12:40
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Yes it's here!! But i have a shed load of work to do before I can really play with it
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Old 16-03-2012, 13:15
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Can anyone recommend any great iPad apps/games I can download while I wait for the delivery.
Some here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...44&postcount=2

Also, a friend of mine from XBL has written a few blog posts going over apps and games:

http://theville.co.uk/2012/02/12/ipa...non-game-apps/

http://theville.co.uk/2012/02/19/ipa...rt-four-games/


Tegra 3. Nvidia have recently announced they wish to challenge Apple on their unsubstantiated (a smart looking graph projected in front of hundreds of Apple faithful is not a substantiated claim) claims at that A5x out performs the Tegra 3.Interesting to see the results.
To be fair, Apple didn't say it outperformed the Tegra 3 in everything, but that it outperformed it regarding graphics.

Some benchmarks here... http://www.anandtech.com/show/5663/a...new-apple-ipad

Not as high as Apple's claims, but still high.
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Old 16-03-2012, 13:29
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To be fair, Apple didn't say it outperformed the Tegra 3 in everything, but that it outperformed it regarding graphics.

Some benchmarks here... http://www.anandtech.com/show/5663/a...new-apple-ipad

Not as high as Apple's claims, but still high.
Cheers for the link. Will be interested to see what happens when Nvidia get their hands on a new iPad. I will be very disappointed if Nvidia skew the results though. I want one of them at least to play clean. I learnt that Apple conducted those Tegra 3 tests using an honeycomb device. Certainly a nod to your point that Anandtech's and Apple's results differ
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Old 16-03-2012, 13:33
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Bless, feel sorry for people who are still waiting, and still have to wait for another 2-3 weeks. To be fair, the Currys I got mine in didn't have any at all last year on release day so I'm not surprised people thought they wouldn't have any this time either.
I think the main reason why there are less people queuing or running around like mad men this year is because Apple did a much, much better job with pre orders and the amount of stock they had. I think anybody who was desperate to get one this year would easily have been able to preorder online for a 16th March delivery. where as last year the whole thing was very limited and not enough stock was available online. Which led to huge queues and the things selling out everywhere.

I was actually really surprised that anybody queued this year based on the above. They must just like the atmosphere or something?!
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Old 16-03-2012, 13:40
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Still waiting....
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Old 16-03-2012, 13:52
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Mine arrived earlier this morning. Love it
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Old 16-03-2012, 14:01
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What is missing from those Apple claims is the fact that the Tegra 3 CPU is 300%+ faster.
It is almost thus like a single core Celeron versus a dual core Core i5.

I don't really believe tablets will be used much productively yet many games do rely much on the CPU so bottlenecks will occur.
And obviously few decent games will run at full resolution, it is exactly the same as with far faster PC's.
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Old 16-03-2012, 14:06
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Got mine
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Old 16-03-2012, 15:17
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What is missing from those Apple claims is the fact that the Tegra 3 CPU is 300%+ faster.
It is almost thus like a single core Celeron versus a dual core Core i5.

I don't really believe tablets will be used much productively yet many games do rely much on the CPU so bottlenecks will occur.
And obviously few decent games will run at full resolution, it is exactly the same as with far faster PC's.
Shhhhh! You'll disturb the mass unboxing

Seriously though guys (and girls ?) .... enjoy your new toys

wouldnt be my choice of product but there is nothing (much) more fun in the world than opening up a shiny new gadget
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Old 16-03-2012, 15:46
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For games though it is still generally fast GPU is more useful than fast CPU.
As a quirky consumer device that is probably the right priority with its mathematically 33% faster GPU.
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Old 16-03-2012, 15:55
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What are you banging on about....?
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Old 16-03-2012, 16:22
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What are you banging on about....?
Well they all seem to be suggesting that Apple make good products .....

or was your question aimed at anyone in particular ?
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Old 16-03-2012, 16:25
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My question is for alanwarwic.....lol
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Old 16-03-2012, 16:37
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So is the screen worth the extra pennies if someone were buying a new ipad now?
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Old 16-03-2012, 17:14
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Something else puzzles the tech geek in me.

With monitors I subconsciously choose a viewing distance to suit the screen size and display resolution.
So, again ignoring all of the swooning, how much further away or even closer does one need to hold this New iPad?

I was already told that we had that perfected with iPads 1 and 2.
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Old 16-03-2012, 17:58
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Just had mine delivered 45 mins ago........The iPad has landed...at last!
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