Official new iPad (3rd Generation) Announcement Thread (1 Viewer)

[Edwin-S]

One thing I wasn't sure about from watching the rollout video is whether you need the AppleTV box to connect to an HDTV. Do you?

 

[Sam Posten]

Trying out the dictation mode of iPad.
Hello mom.
Woks pretty goo!

 

[Sam Posten]

One thing I wasn't sure about from watching the rollout video is whether you need the AppleTV box to connect to an HDTV. Do you?

The old hdmi plug works fine or you can use any airplay enabled device.

 

[Edwin-S]

There are no usb3 macs.

Ok, sure but there are external USB 3.0 sticks. There are apps that you may want to store on an external drive. The "cloud" may not be available everywhere you go, so the higher access speed of USB 3.0 would have been nice for external storage.

 

[Edwin-S]

The old hdmi plug works fine or you can use any airplay enabled device.

Ok, that's good to know. Thanks.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Ok, sure but there are external USB 3.0 sticks. There are apps that you may want to store on an external drive. The "cloud" may not be available everywhere you go, so the higher access speed of USB 3.0 would have been nice for external storage.

Probably won't matter anyway since they're not putting a USB host adapter in these things. You won't be able to use your flash drive w/ it anyway unless you're also gonna use some sort of external host adapter to facilitate the file transfers.


BTW, is it easy (or even doable enough) to transfer files to/from the iPad both for full access w/in the iPad and for basic/"near-line" storage w/out having to go thru iTunes now? Is the only feasible alternative (outside of some potentially troublesome jailbreaking) to go thru iCloud perhaps?

Had forgotten to revisit that aspect while considering taking the plunge w/ this new iPad...

Thanks!

_Man_

 

[Nelson Au]

Well, I'm really nuts! I just walked into my local Apple Store here at noon time. The line was mostly gone and I waited less then 5 minutes, was escorted in with the card of the model I wanted, they got it, set it up and I was out in no time. I haven't even looked at one yet! This is my third one, now I have one of each. Well, my parents has one of them..
Remarkable in that I waited about an hour and a half for the first iPad, 8 hours for the iPhone 4 and for the iPad 2, I opted to wait 2 months as the demand was so high, I couldn't get it the first day. This time was a breeze!
I'll try it out after I synch it, no iCloud yet.

 

[Sam Posten]

Holy crap part 2:
http://thebestcamera.com/fbA

 

[KeithAP]

-Keith

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Sam,

Where exactly are you getting those download speeds and with what?

 

[Sam Posten]

 
 
 
Maybe I am missing something, but doesn't Apple basically state this on the iPad page. I don't understand all the hoopla about this.
 
 
-Keith

Wasn't clear you could use a Verizon iPad domestically with an AT&T sim.

 

[Sam Posten]

Sam,

Where exactly are you getting those download speeds and with what?

Little silver outside little szech, on a Verizon LTE iPad.

 

[DaveF]

Originally Posted by Edwin-S /t/319090/official-new-ipad-3rd-generation-announcement-thread/150#post_3907471
The other thing that keeps me back is the fact that Apple seems to be releasing these tablets on a shortened time table which obsoletes a 1000 dollar piece of equipment pretty fast.

Errmm...Once a year is too frequent? ...You'd prefer Apple wait two years between iPad releases?

 

[Edwin-S]

Errmm...Once a year is too frequent? ...You'd prefer Apple wait two years between iPad releases? 
 

Well, yes. I'd like these companies to engineer enough features and power into a device to get a 2 or 3 year life cycle out of it before it turns into electronic landfill due to obsolescence.

 

[TonyD]

Well, yes. I'd like these companies to engineer enough features and power into a device to get a 2 or 3 year life cycle out of it before it turns into electronic landfill due to obsolescence.

That'll never happen.
These arent obsolete in one year anyway. I still have the ipad two and intend on keeping it for at least another year or longer before getting the next one.
I think it's good they dont put these out the way the android stuff is put out. ONce a year is just right.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Wasn't clear you could use a Verizon iPad domestically with an AT&T sim.

Very good to know this w/ certainty. Makes it easier for me to just choose one and not be concerned about being stuck w/ either teleco forever. One thing though, how easy (and cheap) is it to acquire a useable sim card for/from the other teleco? Would I have to pay an arm and a leg for that? OR just a very nominal fee similar to an activation fee (or maybe they'd offer them for free since they'd be winning your business?)?

I've never tried swapping sim cards on my Verizon phones -- well, I've only actually had one (the BB Tour) that uses sim cards at all, so...

_Man_

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Originally Posted by Nelson Au /t/319090/official-new-ipad-3rd-generation-announcement-thread/150#post_3907575
Well, I'm really nuts! I just walked into my local Apple Store here at noon time. The line was mostly gone and I waited less then 5 minutes, was escorted in with the card of the model I wanted, they got it, set it up and I was out in no time. I haven't even looked at one yet! This is my third one, now I have one of each. Well, my parents has one of them..
Remarkable in that I waited about an hour and a half for the first iPad, 8 hours for the iPhone 4 and for the iPad 2, I opted to wait 2 months as the demand was so high, I couldn't get it the first day. This time was a breeze!
I'll try it out after I synch it, no iCloud yet.

Very nice to know they're readily available right now. I was hoping to score one w/in the next couple weeks, but wasn't able to commit to an online preorder earlier before they started listing it as available in 2-3 weeks...

_Man_

 

[Nelson Au]

Man,
I'm entering this thread using dictation on the new iPad.
I had a theory the new iPad would not sell quite as much as the iPad 2 because of the massive demand for the iPad 2 last year. And you could pre-order the new iPad. My thinking was that this iPad may not sell out at the Apple Stores as quickly. So i figured it was a little more availability today.
Dictation didn't get all my words right, so I had to manually retype some of the words and phrases! But not bad!
Nelson

 

[mattCR]

Dictation is very hit and miss for me.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

NOT entering this w/ dictation nor the new iPad since it's not for me, but for my wife.

But yes, I dropped by the SoHo Apple Store on this nice and sunny afternoon and scored a 64GB Verizon one on short order... quick and easy though there was a (very short) line that lasted maybe 5min... They had already run out of AT&T models, which I guess means most people don't realize yet that you can just swap the SIM cards on this version easy peasy... And yes, I checked w/ 3 different Apple guys there regarding the SIM card thing (though the one managing the line didn't know it can be done).

Broke down and added AppleCare+ since this is the top model and my wife probably could use the insurance (at a moderately tolerable rate of ~12% ). Wouldn't bother w/ that if it was for myself. Also got her the black leather smart cover -- they really know how to get people to choose the more expensive covers given the color options, don't they...

Also got her the dock thing so she can use it for whatever although I forgot to add the A/V output cable thing to hook up to HDTVs -- might be useful even on trips these days w/ most decent hotels equipped w/ decent HDTV panels for that. Will probably add a keyboard later, if she ends up needing one, but that would probably defeat much of the reason for getting an iPad in the first place -- my li'l sis ended up getting a new MacBook Air instead of lugging her iPad2 w/ keyboard everywhere...

Also picked up a camera connect kit so I can offload photo files, if needed during our occasional vacation trips like the one coming up next month -- so yeah, couldn't resist a little something for myself... sort of...

Did I forget anything else?

Oh... Setting things up on it for my wife now (in part w/ stuff I already collected from owning various flavors of iPods/Touch over the years plus whatever DCs I've actually transferred from various BD purchases in the past)...

And no, I didn't turn on Verizon data service just yet, so no data-gobbling LTE speed tests here in my neck of the woods (just yet?)...

_Man_