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Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:14:43 PM
Good news everyone, they shaved six months off the lifespan of iPads
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Brehvolution on October 23, 2012, 01:17:10 PM
I'm hoping for $250 but I'm expecting $350.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 01:22:37 PM
If it's actually reasonably priced I might consider upgrading from the nexus.  I really like the smaller tablet form factor.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 01:23:45 PM
(http://i.minus.com/iYpk42IbJpPt2.jpg)
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:42:36 PM
all right, ichabod, we get it, ipad sells a lot
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:48:25 PM
they sure do love to drag this shit out
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 01:49:14 PM
ipad 4
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 01:50:27 PM
you guys got trolled hard
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 23, 2012, 01:50:35 PM
I'm pretty content with my Ipad 2. I'm going to spend my monies on that Samsung/Google thingie instead.

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:50:53 PM
"Hey everybody who bought an iPad 3 six months ago, got a magical message for you: GO FUCK YOURSELVES"

wow
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 01:51:07 PM
has it even been a year since the ipad 3 came out?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:51:40 PM
man, apple can eat a dick

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 01:52:18 PM
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8929/ipadmini_0505.jpg)
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8931/ipadmini_0499.jpg)
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8932/ipadmini_0508.jpg)

ipad mini

~surprise
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 01:52:51 PM
WHAT A TWIST
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8935/ipadmini_0532.jpg)

iPhone 6

suck it, samsung
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:55:15 PM
look at how beautiful and thin it is

amazing

IT'S A FUCKING iPAD 2
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 01:55:28 PM
1024x768 and 7.9 inch screen

ok, maybe $300 is realistic
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 01:56:01 PM
why so butthurt feelbad
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 01:56:29 PM
I don't even need to shill for MS here
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:57:06 PM
because devs will start targeting the new hardware, which in turn will make this goddamned thing i paid $600 for obsolete even sooner
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 01:58:00 PM
dude your ipad 3 is more than worthwhile for a few years.  my dad still games on his first gen ipad

is this your first apple product or something
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 01:59:29 PM
not to sound like andrex, but the nexus 7 isn't that heavy, dude

i mean, you'd have to be pretty weak-wristed to get tired holding it
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 02:01:12 PM
"fuck bezels!"

(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8939/ipadmini_0544.jpg)

"...I mean on sub-8 inch tablets!"

 
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 02:01:44 PM
new new ipad next year will cut the bezels I garner
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 02:02:11 PM
so mini yet bigger than our competitor

not to sound like an andrex but come on now
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:03:11 PM
dude your ipad 3 is more than worthwhile for a few years.  my dad still games on his first gen ipad

is this your first apple product or something

nah, ipad 2 still has better performance in certain areas

and you say that, but ipad 2 already didn't get certain features of iOS 6

i know tech moves fast, but i expect a solid year out of my electronics

in conclusion, fuck apple
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 02:03:23 PM
really dude

mini...in regards to their line of products.  you don't need to be so obtuse about this
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 02:04:19 PM
u mad, banana grabber?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Robo on October 23, 2012, 02:05:34 PM
You don't garner, you reckon.  But mostly, you suck.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 23, 2012, 02:06:05 PM
as someone who upgraded from iPad 2 to iPad 3: FUCK YOU APPLE
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 02:06:40 PM
no I ain't mad, I love my nexus 7.  but as an apple developer I think this thing is gonna be huge.  new market with an existing environment of nearly 300,000 apps?  shit's gonna be eaten up
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 23, 2012, 02:06:49 PM
Another iPad?  Seven months later?   :lol

Masterful trolling, Apple.

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: MCD on October 23, 2012, 02:07:22 PM
$329
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 02:08:11 PM
November 2

(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8966/ipadmini_0639.jpg)


phew! I don't regret getting the nexus 7 now.  I'll wait for a retina version next year three months from now.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 23, 2012, 02:09:15 PM
kindle fr hd is cheaper and the same
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 02:10:01 PM
boo, was hoping it would be 299.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:10:15 PM
yeah, but unless you root and rom it the amazon app store is dreadful
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 23, 2012, 02:10:50 PM
Android tablets live another day.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 23, 2012, 02:12:15 PM
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8966/ipadmini_0639.jpg)

EDIT: Already posted, I see.

Yeah, if I were to buy a small tablet, I'd go with Google, thanks for making it easy Apple.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:12:45 PM
i bet craigslist is getting hammered right now
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 23, 2012, 02:12:55 PM
The one thing you can say about the Ipad products, they really hold their value well.  So, if you feel like you got stiffed, you can probably get most of your money back via Ebay.

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
unless some jackass has buyer's remorse and makes shit up to get the paypal payment blocked
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 02:15:59 PM
iPad 3 has been written out of history.  Well, I guess that's why it was never officially called the "iPad 3"
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Dickie Dee on October 23, 2012, 02:16:25 PM
iPad 3 off the market wha??

:lol.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on October 23, 2012, 02:17:26 PM
wellp it's a good thing I didn't hold out for this guy like I was planning to, $329 is just ridiculous. $250 or $279 would have been a great price.

I might get the iPad... 4 (?)
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:18:36 PM
apple products are a rich man's disposable toy

hopefully google starts getting their android shit together faster, because it looks like android is the neighborhood i'm gonna have to live in from now on

i can smell the rice a roni and hamburger helper coming out of the windows already  :-\

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:20:16 PM
or i can rent a room at the microsoft hotel, at least they have office
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:25:05 PM
you'll see it in about six months, when games and apps made for that A6 run like shit on your year-old iPad
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Dickie Dee on October 23, 2012, 02:27:50 PM
apple products are a rich man's disposable toy

hopefully google starts getting their android shit together faster, because it looks like android is the neighborhood i'm gonna have to live in from now on

i can smell the rice a roni and hamburger helper coming out of the windows already  :-\

:rofl
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:27:52 PM
iMad
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Dickie Dee on October 23, 2012, 02:29:55 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/ireAd.png)
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: cool breeze on October 23, 2012, 02:30:45 PM
You weren't kidding about the ipad mini being a shrunken ipad 2.  Same specs, resolution, and all.

I'm glad I didn't wait for it.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 23, 2012, 02:31:23 PM
I guess the high end ipad games will just run at quarter res on the iPad 3 vs the 4.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:33:10 PM
i mean, i am gonna keep it for a while, i pretty much have no choice because i have no money and am reeeeeeeeeally gunshy about selling shit on ebay thanks to aforementioned paypal jackass, but i am certainly not happy about being sold an expensive stop-gap product while they finished working on this
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 23, 2012, 02:34:39 PM
stock

"buy on the rumor, sell on the news."

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on October 23, 2012, 02:36:34 PM
i mean, i am gonna keep it for a while, i pretty much have no choice because i have no money and am reeeeeeeeeally gunshy about selling shit on ebay thanks to aforementioned paypal jackass, but i am certainly not happy about being sold an expensive stop-gap product while they finished working on this

please make a reactionary cruncheons episode tonight
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:40:35 PM
oh don't think i'm not gonna shit all over this next time we record a show
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 23, 2012, 02:55:21 PM
Watch them release the "real" iPad 4 next Spring, too.

you'll see it in about six months, when games and apps made for that A6 run like shit on your year-old iPad

Three months.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 02:55:57 PM
look how quickly they're sweeping the numberless, six-month old iPad under the rug:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad/ipad3/wi_fi
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Brehvolution on October 23, 2012, 03:41:10 PM
oh don't think i'm not gonna shit all over this next time we record a show

:hyper
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: huckleberry on October 23, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
I've always wanted a smaller ipad but now they've finally made one I don't really think I want it anymore. 

apple fatigue.  :'(
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 23, 2012, 04:23:19 PM
Bought my iPad 3 less than 4 months ago. So mad.
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 23, 2012, 04:28:14 PM
I love the thread title, btw.
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 23, 2012, 04:31:25 PM
I love the thread title, btw.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 23, 2012, 04:37:37 PM
Shaka loves the thread title, btw.
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 23, 2012, 04:39:55 PM
My poor iPad is so upset about its new siblings it started stuttering :(
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 23, 2012, 04:49:58 PM
not to sound like andrex, but the nexus 7 isn't that heavy, dude

i mean, you'd have to be pretty weak-wristed to get tired holding it

Limp wristed skinny jean wearing hipsters are the targets of these, keep in mind.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 23, 2012, 04:54:42 PM
and, you know, parents and children and teenagers and senior citizens

the same group of people who are the target for regular ipads
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 23, 2012, 04:56:05 PM
There's already so much hate in here I can't really do much except just watch. So I won't make another post ITT~
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 23, 2012, 05:45:22 PM
If what that dude said was true, the A6 processor has double the performance of the A5X used in the iPad 3. App devs, particularly game devs, will start targeting those specs as soon as possible (and they will, no matter what anyone tells you). The numberless iPad 3 from earlier this year is still bested by the iPad 2 in a couple of performance areas, because Apple chose to go with the bare minimum spec upgrade to push that 2048x1536 retina screen. Because the iPad 3 still has to push that screen resolution on that bare minimum, apps made for the iPad 4 A6 processor are gonna start having worse performance sooner, kind of like graphically intensive apps on the iPad 1 run now.

There's a reason they're clearing them out on the Apple refurb store at rock-bottom prices, and it doesn't even exist on the Apple product page anymore. It was filler.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: headwalk on October 23, 2012, 06:25:55 PM
people complain that ios is stale and outdated so apple bring out a new ipad and all you do is bitch.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Positive Touch on October 23, 2012, 06:38:43 PM
sucks that the ipad hd was underpowered, but if you dont have a lot of cash and always wanna do things legally then keeping up with the latest tech is a fools game
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 23, 2012, 07:41:49 PM
I love apple.  Every time they put out a new device and I decide to pass makes me feel so smart.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 23, 2012, 09:46:08 PM
apple products are a rich man's disposable toy

hopefully google starts getting their android shit together faster, because it looks like android is the neighborhood i'm gonna have to live in from now on

i can smell the rice a roni and hamburger helper coming out of the windows already  :-\

:rofl

i can smell the rice a roni and hamburger helper coming out of the windows already

goddamned quote of the thread
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 23, 2012, 09:51:08 PM
man, Feelbad always gets the shaft even when playing the safest bets in town

I don't mind the new one at all though...wasn't even considering an upgrade 'til next year anyway. Double the CPU power isn't gonna help the battery life, is it? the Mini would be a major MAJOR hit with the kid so may look at that for Xmas. But she spends too much fucking time on the old iPad anyway.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: pickle on October 23, 2012, 10:01:37 PM
I still don't understand why iOS 6 is available for the iPhone 3GS but not the first generation iPad (which I happen to own.)  :-\
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: DCharlieJP on October 23, 2012, 10:04:48 PM
no troll here, my son has dumped the ipad for the vita.

I guess his vast brain has already clicked that playing games without proper controls is for wankstains. ;)

(he's playing touch games on the Vita .... he's also a WS of the highest order then. Anyone want to swap an ipad3 for one only mildly soiled son?)



on the Apple front - i'm getting sick of their bullshit to be honest. The 3G i had all those years back dropped in battery/performance with each upgrade as each step added more bloat and more battery sucking sh1t. Downgrading it via hack restored it to perfect working order and fast as well, but hey - here we are, with my Iphone 4S and from the last upgrade i'm, once again, starting to get shitty battery life and slow performance in basic apps that were working perfectly fine. I -was- getting through a day -easily- on one charge, and now from doorstep to work (which takes, say, 2 hours) i'm now down to about 35% by the time i'm at work. Yes, i've switched off location services - the only difference that made was i'm at 35% and not 0% :/ . No doubt a couple of updates later and it'll be a crawling sack of shit but - hey - you can effectively update for free* to the Iphone 5s (locked in for another 2 year contract)

Meh, time to just jailbreak and take this sh1t out of their hands.

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Huff on October 23, 2012, 10:14:16 PM
I almost always get the newest iPad (my grad school is all up in apple's sniz and basically requires it) before chickening out and thinking the next one will be that much better. Maybe I'll get the 6th gen one next year
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on October 23, 2012, 10:15:33 PM
no troll here, my son has dumped the ipad for the vita.

I guess his vast brain has already clicked that playing games without proper controls is for wankstains. ;)

(he's playing touch games on the Vita .... he's also a WS of the highest order then. Anyone want to swap an ipad3 for one only mildly soiled son?)



on the Apple front - i'm getting sick of their bullshit to be honest. The 3G i had all those years back dropped in battery/performance with each upgrade as each step added more bloat and more battery sucking sh1t. Downgrading it via hack restored it to perfect working order and fast as well, but hey - here we are, with my Iphone 4S and from the last upgrade i'm, once again, starting to get shitty battery life and slow performance in basic apps that were working perfectly fine. I -was- getting through a day -easily- on one charge, and now from doorstep to work (which takes, say, 2 hours) i'm now down to about 35% by the time i'm at work. Yes, i've switched off location services - the only difference that made was i'm at 35% and not 0% :/ . No doubt a couple of updates later and it'll be a crawling sack of shit but - hey - you can effectively update for free* to the Iphone 5s (locked in for another 2 year contract)

Meh, time to just jailbreak and take this sh1t out of their hands.

Good lord. 65% drop in two hours? Push mail/status updates...etc?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: DCharlieJP on October 23, 2012, 10:24:49 PM
Quote
Good lord. 65% drop in two hours? Push mail/status updates...etc?

everything that could possibly be causing it is off -

i am doing nothing different on my walk in - in fact, even THAT isn't true because now i don't check twitter on the way in.

All since the update.

Prior to this i'd listen to streaming radio on the way to work, tweet the odd tweet, do an instragram photo or two and have about 70% left. Now it's just borked. If i tweet/instragram or whatever then the battery gets utterly f*cked.

NOTHING other than an update has changed. I've been told by an ex Apple employee that this usually means that I'M doing something wrong, but yeah. There's a pattern emerging
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: huckleberry on October 23, 2012, 10:33:38 PM
I've been told by an ex Apple employee that this usually means that I'M doing something wrong

Next Apple or ATT employee that tells me that shit and I am going to hoosgow.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 23, 2012, 10:35:07 PM
What's wrong with my iPad 3 now? Spell it out for me.

Nothing except it has 2x slower CPU than iPad 4. We will not be able to enjoy Infinity Blade 3 and/ or FF13 port from Square-Enix :(

Let's be real, no one was going to "enjoy" that :smug
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 23, 2012, 10:35:14 PM
no troll here, my son has dumped the ipad for the vita.

I guess his vast brain has already clicked that playing games without proper controls is for wankstains. ;)

(he's playing touch games on the Vita .... he's also a WS of the highest order then. Anyone want to swap an ipad3 for one only mildly soiled son?)



on the Apple front - i'm getting sick of their bullshit to be honest. The 3G i had all those years back dropped in battery/performance with each upgrade as each step added more bloat and more battery sucking sh1t. Downgrading it via hack restored it to perfect working order and fast as well, but hey - here we are, with my Iphone 4S and from the last upgrade i'm, once again, starting to get shitty battery life and slow performance in basic apps that were working perfectly fine. I -was- getting through a day -easily- on one charge, and now from doorstep to work (which takes, say, 2 hours) i'm now down to about 35% by the time i'm at work. Yes, i've switched off location services - the only difference that made was i'm at 35% and not 0% :/ . No doubt a couple of updates later and it'll be a crawling sack of shit but - hey - you can effectively update for free* to the Iphone 5s (locked in for another 2 year contract)

Meh, time to just jailbreak and take this sh1t out of their hands.

Interesting.

My 4S's battery life is going to shit too; I just assumed they packed in the cheapest battery so that after a couple of years, it's totally shot.  Then you have no choice but to upgrade to the latest and greatest iShit that is pinched out onto the market.  And I definitely agree that iOS 6 has been a step backwards in terms of performance as well.

That's interesting that there may be more to it than a cheap battery.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 23, 2012, 10:41:07 PM
My wife's 32GB iPad 1 sells for $300 on Amazon. I will give her my 64GB iPad 3 and buy the iPad 4. I am sure if I left her with the iPad 1 and sold the iPad 3 instead I would make even more money.

If you sell your old shit frequent refreshes are fine, people pay out the ass for used Apple stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00365F6EG/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1351045499&sr=8-1&keywords=ipad+1+32gb&condition=used


iPad 3 is worth $625. My 6 month rental cost $75
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00746UR2E/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1351046519&sr=1-1&keywords=ipad+3+64gb&condition=used
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 23, 2012, 10:42:46 PM
And pay out both asses for new Apple stuff.  I know I did with my mac book pro.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 23, 2012, 10:43:40 PM
Paid $700 for iPad 3 in march
Sells iPad 3 for $625 in October
Buys iPad 4 for $700
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 23, 2012, 10:47:23 PM
Just don't update - there's nothing worth updating for anyway. I don't have iOS6 on any of my devices
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 23, 2012, 10:47:55 PM
basically everyone is pissed off and I am serene because I have embraced doing absolutely nothing
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Positive Touch on October 23, 2012, 10:51:14 PM
my ipod touch 3 dips to 20% power after an hour's worth of twitter in the morning :-\
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on October 23, 2012, 10:51:24 PM
Quote
Good lord. 65% drop in two hours? Push mail/status updates...etc?

everything that could possibly be causing it is off -

i am doing nothing different on my walk in - in fact, even THAT isn't true because now i don't check twitter on the way in.

All since the update.

Prior to this i'd listen to streaming radio on the way to work, tweet the odd tweet, do an instragram photo or two and have about 70% left. Now it's just borked. If i tweet/instragram or whatever then the battery gets utterly f*cked.

NOTHING other than an update has changed. I've been told by an ex Apple employee that this usually means that I'M doing something wrong, but yeah. There's a pattern emerging

 :lol I love the suggestion by Apple employees that YOU'RE doing it wrong. Had a similar experience with my sister's macbook when it was clearly a hardware issue.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: pilonv1 on October 23, 2012, 10:53:13 PM
Well a Genius wouldn't be wrong would they?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on October 23, 2012, 10:54:34 PM
Well a Genius wouldn't be wrong would they?


:lol :lol :lol Guess that's why it's called the Genius Bar! I should know better than to argue with a former Starbucks employee (NTTAWWT).
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Post by: chronovore on October 24, 2012, 12:09:16 AM
(http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/8935/ipadmini_0532.jpg)

iPhone 6

suck it, samsung

:rofl
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Diunx on October 24, 2012, 01:24:51 AM
lol apple.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: DCharlieJP on October 24, 2012, 06:03:21 AM
Okay - my Facebook page is fucking hilarious

lots of high profile Nthings accussing Apple of ripping them off with "knowingly obsolete tech"

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKing hell - i haven't laughed so hard in years.

Previously, on MASSIVE HYPOCRIT CLUB : "well, i'm absolutely thrilled at the free roms and the Ambassador rosette!" "i have to say, that even though we don't know what spec the X720/PS4 is, i can say i'm not interested in it at all" etc etc

these people SHOULD KNOW BETTER


Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 24, 2012, 09:23:55 AM
...........................................why are you friends with Ninthings on Facebook?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 24, 2012, 10:23:37 AM
do i even want to know what a 'high profile Nthing' is

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 24, 2012, 10:51:44 AM
I'm a high profile, PC flash gamer.

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 24, 2012, 10:56:05 AM
i always found john tv's nintendo apologism really grating for some reason, like he actually KNEW better but chose to indulge it nonetheless
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 24, 2012, 10:56:29 AM
i don't consider sporks a real person
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 24, 2012, 10:57:44 AM
Shh, if you say his name three times he'll appear.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: MCD on October 24, 2012, 12:50:05 PM
http://www.neowin.net/news/goophone-at-it-again-releasing-99-ipad-mini-clone

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: headwalk on October 24, 2012, 02:34:13 PM
i don't consider sporks a real person

you just don't know what it's like to be the bad man.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 24, 2012, 02:42:27 PM
i don't consider sporks a real person

you just don't know what it's like to be the bad man.

What about the sad man?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Verdigris Murder on October 24, 2012, 06:14:00 PM
I'm going to ask Kanye West to write an extra-special letter to Jim'll Fix It regarding this matter.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rman on October 24, 2012, 10:13:39 PM
i always found john tv's nintendo apologism really grating for some reason, like he actually KNEW better but chose to indulge it nonetheless


JohnTV is pretty big on Apple actually.  At least that what you notice from the 8-4 podcast. 

I'd a big as an Apple wanker as I am, I still haven't been sold on iPads.  My iPhone and laptop is enough really.  I still holding off on a Retina Airs, which come next year or so.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 24, 2012, 10:20:21 PM
I don't listen to 8-4 but having known the guy for like 12 years, John is basically just a lover not a hater. He loves Sony, Apple, Nintendo, gives MS their props too once in a while.
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 24, 2012, 10:21:12 PM
JohnTV is good people, but he's definitely a lover aka apologist.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: pilonv1 on October 24, 2012, 10:21:24 PM
Every time JohnTV mentions Apple or Nintendo on twitter I start to think about unfollowing him. It seems so out of place.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 24, 2012, 10:24:05 PM
Why? He works with Nintendo. He has loved their games since he was a kid. There is nothing shocking to me about him being pro-Nintendo on any forum
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rman on October 24, 2012, 10:39:00 PM
I agree.  Jaded cynism has its place on the Internet, but its gotten a bit old.  Not everyone is a curmudgeon.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 24, 2012, 10:50:06 PM
I mean, i fucking hated the Wii, I will pillory it at any opportunity. But I don't doubt or begrudge John's love for Monster Hunter or Mario or Zelda in any way. He's put in the hours and that's his opinion.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2012, 12:51:20 AM
I agree.  Jaded cynism has its place on the Internet, but its gotten a bit old.  Not everyone is a curmudgeon.

I think jadedness, cynicism, passive aggressive behavior, and sarcasm are basically easy ways out. There's nothing wrong with liking something and experiencing joy. People are too afraid that someone else will make fun of them for it.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 25, 2012, 02:46:41 AM
Wait the GPU is the same in the iPad4? So why would games run at a different resolution?

The only lag I've heard of in the iPad3 is image processing and photoshop type of things. I can't imagine an Infinity Blade type of game using a lot of CPU power.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 25, 2012, 03:00:43 AM
I agree.  Jaded cynism has its place on the Internet, but its gotten a bit old.  Not everyone is a curmudgeon.

I think jadedness, cynicism, passive aggressive behavior, and sarcasm are basically easy ways out. There's nothing wrong with liking something and experiencing joy. People are too afraid that someone else will make fun of them for it.

if you enjoy something as much as an adult as you did as a kid, i will mock you.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Reb on October 25, 2012, 03:08:59 AM
You sure seem to enjoy mocking...
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 25, 2012, 03:29:36 AM
I'm not a big fan of cynicism but not really into childlike wonder either, I just stuff. I mean if a wave of childlike wonder comes my way I'll ride it, sure why not
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 25, 2012, 03:34:55 AM
Part of the joy of raising a kid (pretty much the only joy) is in vicariously experiencing childlike wonder.
Title: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 25, 2012, 03:34:56 AM
"I just stuff."

Lawl
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 25, 2012, 08:17:26 AM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411368,00.asp

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PC Mag: Why Angry iPad 3 Owners Are Being Stupid

The most ridiculous tech meme of the day is "angry iPad 3 owners." You started seeing them on Twitter as soon as the fourth-gen iPad was announced. They're the fatally confused folks who think that just because Apple gave its tablet computer a spec bump, somehow it launched a remote kill switch and turned all of their existing devices to useless piles of slag.

The insane idea is that every Apple product buyer gets a magical yearlong period during which they are a special snowflake with the Best Device Ever. First of all, they never were. Second of all, welcome to the real world. In the real world, device makers rev products all the time. How many times has Samsung revved its phone lineup this year? Can that even be counted?

...

So what do the iPad 3 whiners want? I don't think $100 would satisfy them, because their complaints are more existential. Do they want Apple to not release new products so existing device owners can get some sort of exclusive period knowing that they have the absolute hottest gadget on the block? Do they understand how absurd that is?

...

Complaints about fast product cycles are valid if the fast product cycle makes older products obsolete. But that's just not the case with the iPad 3, which will be well-supported for at least the next two years. It is not "obsolete," "old" or "out of date."

As an iPad 3 owner, you don't have to worry about case makers abandoning it, because it's the same size and shape as the fourth-gen. And you don't have to worry about app developers supporting it, because two of the three iPads still being sold (the $399 iPad 2 and the iPad mini) use the same A5 CPU (albeit without the "X" graphics acceleration) as the third-gen iPad.

Apple's trying to move away from the 30-pin dock connector, but that will take years. The iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPad 2, all currently on sale, all use the 30-pin connector, ensuring 30-pin accessories for the future.

So the iPad 3 will have tons of cases. The iPad 3 will have tons of apps. It will have tons of accessories. All it is missing is special-magic-snowflake-bestness.

I don't agree with him.  I'd be feeling pretty burnt if I had recently gotten an iPad 3, too- a CPU that's twice as powerful and 4G seems like a pretty big deal to me.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Shaka Khan on October 25, 2012, 08:31:48 AM
"Welcome to the real world"

More like STFU :maf
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 25, 2012, 08:38:38 AM
corporate apologist, i've seen pretty much the same article in a few other places, and later next year when iPad 3 gets skipped on a bunch of iOS 7 features it can't handle, or next Summer when some game comes out that makes your year-old tablet chug,  i'll bet these people won't bother writing articles about it

i'll use it until the battery completely dies or updates slow it to a crawl (like what's happening to iPad 1), but this will be my last ipad, and i won't be investing any more money in their ecosystem

again, people spent $500-800 on something they've completely erased from their product history and blown out the doors in a fire sale six months later, while the 2011 model is still being sold new

they know it's going to have problems in the future, because they skimped on the chips to get it out the door at the expected time as an "in-between" unit

fuck 'em

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 25, 2012, 09:07:00 AM
My father wanted to get an iPad Mini for my mother to use.  As soon as the specs were revealed, he said "I'm just going to wait until Spring 2013, when they release a second gen model with a retina screen and faster processor." 
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2012, 11:35:03 AM
I bought an iPad 3 last month. I don't feel burned that they announced iPad 4, but I do think they've failed to consider the consequences of this acceleration, in the minds of consumers. 6 months? Really? People who are on the fence about purchases will feel more justified in waiting.

This should have been the iPad 3S, as someone earlier mentioned. It's not like the iPhone 4S sold less because it wasn't numbered "5."
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2012, 11:36:08 AM
I agree.  Jaded cynism has its place on the Internet, but its gotten a bit old.  Not everyone is a curmudgeon.

I think jadedness, cynicism, passive aggressive behavior, and sarcasm are basically easy ways out. There's nothing wrong with liking something and experiencing joy. People are too afraid that someone else will make fun of them for it.

if you enjoy something as much as an adult as you did as a kid, i will mock you.

I think I enjoy Honeycomb cereal and strawberry Pop-Tarts every bit as much as I did when I was a kid.

MOCK AWAY!
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 25, 2012, 11:41:46 AM
You sure seem to enjoy mocking...

He's a bitter old man, what is there left for him to experience joy from?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: headwalk on October 25, 2012, 11:43:35 AM
I agree.  Jaded cynism has its place on the Internet, but its gotten a bit old.  Not everyone is a curmudgeon.

I think jadedness, cynicism, passive aggressive behavior, and sarcasm are basically easy ways out. There's nothing wrong with liking something and experiencing joy. People are too afraid that someone else will make fun of them for it.

if you enjoy something as much as an adult as you did as a kid, i will mock you.

i'd say the overall experience of sex with adults is better. though i do miss being rewarded for it.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 25, 2012, 12:08:13 PM
TOUCHE
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Verdigris Murder on October 25, 2012, 05:23:00 PM
Good call Van Cruncheon. But I've noticed my IPad 3 having serious home button issues. Sometimes it just doesn't work, and it really suggests justified anger.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: pilonv1 on October 25, 2012, 10:09:37 PM
Good call Van Cruncheon. But I've noticed my IPad 3 having serious home button issues. Sometimes it just doesn't work, and it really suggests justified anger.

Both mine and the gfs iPhone 4 do this too.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 26, 2012, 08:51:10 AM
Actually my Ipad 2's home button is shit also. Have to press it 3-4 times just to get it to respond. I guess I can take it to the Apple store and they will fix it, but the nearest one is 50 miles away.


But hey, it looks sleek. :/

Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 26, 2012, 10:34:31 AM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Buttons. ::)
[close]
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 26, 2012, 10:38:36 AM
I bought an iPad 3 last month. I don't feel burned that they announced iPad 4, but I do think they've failed to consider the consequences of this acceleration, in the minds of consumers. 6 months? Really? People who are on the fence about purchases will feel more justified in waiting.

This should have been the iPad 3S, as someone earlier mentioned. It's not like the iPhone 4S sold less because it wasn't numbered "5."

The spring 2012 model was not called 3, and I don't think this one is called 4.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: chronovore on October 26, 2012, 02:30:08 PM
I bought an iPad 3 last month. I don't feel burned that they announced iPad 4, but I do think they've failed to consider the consequences of this acceleration, in the minds of consumers. 6 months? Really? People who are on the fence about purchases will feel more justified in waiting.

This should have been the iPad 3S, as someone earlier mentioned. It's not like the iPhone 4S sold less because it wasn't numbered "5."

The spring 2012 model was not called 3, and I don't think this one is called 4.

OK, thanks.

I should additionally state that I don't feel burned that a speed-bump iPad has come out in the 1/2 year since the iPad 3 shipped.

To the butt-hurt peeps, welcome to high-tech gadget purchases.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on October 26, 2012, 02:51:24 PM
I bought an iPad 3 last month. I don't feel burned that they announced iPad 4, but I do think they've failed to consider the consequences of this acceleration, in the minds of consumers. 6 months? Really? People who are on the fence about purchases will feel more justified in waiting.

This should have been the iPad 3S, as someone earlier mentioned. It's not like the iPhone 4S sold less because it wasn't numbered "5."

The spring 2012 model was not called 3, and I don't think this one is called 4.

OK, thanks.

I should additionally state that I don't feel burned that a speed-bump iPad has come out in the 1/2 year since the iPad 3 shipped.

To the butt-hurt peeps, welcome to high-tech gadget purchases.

I remember briefly seeing a article on Gizmodo where recently-purchased iPad 3s were accepted at Apple stores for exchange for the new one. Might be worth a shot!
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 27, 2012, 06:08:52 PM
Dcharlie, try putting your phone in airplane mode or at least turn off mobile data. It sounds like it might be constantly losing and reseeking connection.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: huckleberry on October 29, 2012, 12:16:23 PM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os87PLlyU4k
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 29, 2012, 12:29:50 PM
sucks that the ipad hd was underpowered, but if you dont have a lot of cash and always wanna do things legally then keeping up with the latest tech is a fools game

++
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 29, 2012, 12:39:49 PM
Anyway I'm going to say that there is some esoteric supply-chain / logistical reason for this. I don't know how much you know about the consumer electronics business (I'm an expert), but supply chains and logistics are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in enterprise software where you become successful by maintaining a well-defined support lifecycle.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 30, 2012, 09:15:49 AM
it's just a slight spec upgrade, just a slight bump

http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2012/10/early-ipad-4th-generation-benchmarks/

(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2012/10/ipad4benches.png)
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 30, 2012, 12:20:53 PM
Basically, the iPad 3 has a Retina display but not nearly enough power to push it. Developers are going to drop it like a hot potato and owners are SOL.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rman on October 30, 2012, 12:54:50 PM
Basically, the iPad 3 has a Retina display but not nearly enough power to push it. Developers are going to drop it like a hot potato and owners are SOL.
You could say the same for most tablets. We're pushing way too much pixels for mobile hardware to deal with, but boy do those fonts look smooth, though!
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 30, 2012, 01:31:18 PM
Basically, the iPad 3 has a Retina display but not nearly enough power to push it. Developers are going to drop it like a hot potato and owners are SOL.
You could say the same for most tablets. We're pushing way too much pixels for mobile hardware to deal with, but boy do those fonts look smooth, though!

Resolution scales:

iPad2=1/4 iPad3=1/4 iPad4

GPU power scales:

iPad=1/2 iPad3=1/4 iPad4

The problem is that it makes the most sense to try and get iPad2 and 4 to run well at their native resolutions and just let the iPad3 upscale the iPad2 res. This really only applies to the graphically intensive games and apps, and I'm guessing the iPhone 4S didn't make apps run like shit on the iPhone 4.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Rman on October 30, 2012, 01:48:23 PM
Basically, the iPad 3 has a Retina display but not nearly enough power to push it. Developers are going to drop it like a hot potato and owners are SOL.
You could say the same for most tablets. We're pushing way too much pixels for mobile hardware to deal with, but boy do those fonts look smooth, though!

Resolution scales:

iPad2=1/4 iPad3=1/4 iPad4

GPU power scales:

iPad=1/2 iPad3=1/4 iPad4

The problem is that it makes the most sense to try and get iPad2 and 4 to run well at their native resolutions and just let the iPad3 upscale the iPad2 res. This really only applies to the graphically intensive games and apps, and I'm guessing the iPhone 4S didn't make apps run like shit on the iPhone 4.

I was talking about graphically intensive apps and games, hence my quip about fonts.

For text heavy stuff high resolutions are great, but it's everything else that may have a bottleneck.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: bork on October 30, 2012, 03:52:17 PM
I own an iPad 3 and I just don't understand what you upset owners thought you were entitled to. Future proof tech?

You don't think this upgraded version, six months later, came too quickly?
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: chronovore on October 30, 2012, 03:59:51 PM
I own an iPad 3 and I just don't understand what you upset owners thought you were entitled to. Future proof tech?

You don't think this upgraded version, six months later, came too quickly?

No, it's natural. It happens all the time with PCs and phones and girlfriends.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 30, 2012, 05:16:47 PM
I own an iPad 3 and I just don't understand what you upset owners thought you were entitled to. Future proof tech?

You don't think this upgraded version, six months later, came too quickly?

No, it's natural. It happens all the time with PCs and phones and girlfriends.

my girlfriends always come too quickly :(
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Tasty on October 30, 2012, 06:39:05 PM
I own an iPad 3 and I just don't understand what you upset owners thought you were entitled to. Future proof tech?

You don't think this upgraded version, six months later, came too quickly?

No, it's natural. It happens all the time with PCs and phones and girlfriends.

my girlfriends always come too quickly :(

Borys's don't come quickly enough. :(
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 30, 2012, 06:47:44 PM
No, GAF would be where people tried to dictate or slag off the opinions of other people. You don't like ours, don't fucking read them. Hit that fucking ignore button as hard as you can and move on with your life. It's pretty much that goddamned simple. I'm pissed because I bought something 4 months ago based in part  on the prior release history of the product, and had no reason to think otherwise.  When your shit starts chugging in the next few months on newer games and apps designed for the much faster chipset of the 4, then you'll know what we already know - the 3 was an overclocked 2, and will be obsolete faster than even the first gen. You'll never admit it, because no one ever admits they're wrong on the internet, but you'll know.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on October 31, 2012, 12:40:37 AM
Since this is the de facto iPad thread, what cases do you guys have on yours? Planning to pick the new one up Friday. Is a smart cover good enough? I'm not dumb enough to buy an official apple one, I'll get one of those $6 ones on Amazon.
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 31, 2012, 12:43:22 AM
I have this one, works great

http://www.amazon.com/STM-Grip-iPad-Black-dp-2195-01/dp/B007FTEHF8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351658563&sr=8-1&keywords=stm+ipad+case
Title: Re: Honey, I Shrunk The iPad 2 (and told everyone with an iPad 3 to eat shit!)
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 31, 2012, 01:08:44 AM
I own an iPad 3 and I just don't understand what you upset owners thought you were entitled to. Future proof tech?

You don't think this upgraded version, six months later, came too quickly?

No, it's natural. It happens all the time with PCs and phones and girlfriends.

my girlfriends always come too quickly :(

Borys's don't come quickly enough. :(
I hear that's hard to do when his wife is yelling at him beside the bed.