Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the new iPad?

[Saracen]

No, but none of the "no" options really fit for me.

Mainly, it's "no" because for what use I'd get, it's way over-priced and I'm not interested in paying through the nose for either a name or a fashion fad.

At the right price, and for the right product, I'd buy a tablet, and if that tablet had "Apple" on it, so be it. But I haven't yet seen the right product at the right price. And I'm not holding my breath.

[aidanjt]

No, I'm a PC, and I'm NOT holding out for Windows 8. Windows 8 can kiss my lilly white Irish arse. I've no interest in the mindless consumption-fest OSes at all.

[Barakka]

Possibly, there's two apps that could help both mine and my wife's businesses that fully exploit the convenience of a tablet and only run on iPad so the ROI is simple just need to earn the cash to pay for it

[crossy]

I won't be buying an iPad3 because there's nothing it can do that my current Asus Transformer can't - and conversely there's quite a few things that the Transformer can do that the iPad3 can't without extra outlay, (e.g. allow me to view/edit my digicam's pictures on a larger screen, do word processing*, etc).

(* yes, I know that the iPads can do some word processing, but I still think that on-screen keyboards are not suitable for anything other than a quick hunt n' peck session).

With that proviso, I'd say that the iPad3 was definitely worth a look if you were in the market for your first tablet, assuming you weren't already committed to Android.

[mikerr]

Yes, well "probably" after a while.

Reason ? I have an iPad1 and to me the ipad2 was more of the same so no reason to upgrade,
in fact I prefer the ipad1 square sides, as the buttons are easier to access in a case than the curved ipad2

One if its uses for me is for pressreader (newspapers) and zinio (magazines) - both those are bit hampered by the 1024x768 screen. You can nearly read a full page without zooming in, but not quite. ipad3's screen should make that much better.

Why only "probably" ? because the price point at £399 is too high for an instant purchase
especially as we now have many decent android tablets at < £200
While I can easily afford it, its not a buy now bargain.

[FRISH]

Tablets are probably held further away from your eyes than phones. So, retina display is probably still about as accurate as it ever was.

^This, also retina display is their own marketing so they get to define what is and what isn't classed as such.

[Mattus]

decent android tablets at < £200

Which decent Android tablets are <£200? I've seen a lot of Android tablets <£200, but none which I'd brand remotely decent.

[mikerr]

Which decent Android tablets are <£200? I've seen a lot of Android tablets <£200, but none which I'd brand remotely decent.

Ainol NOVO Elf:

Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
7" 1024×600 resolution
ARM A8 based 1.2GHz processor
Mali 400 GPU
1GB DDR3 RAM
8GB internal flash / microSD slot
Front facing camera

Amazing bit of kit (regardless of price - but more so for £120), which I often use in preference to my ipad1.

[Gordy]

Well I've just had my shipping notice for my new iPad. I wonder if I will get it on monday/tuesday instead of the 16th?

[MSIC]

Well I've just had my shipping notice for my new iPad. I wonder if I will get it on monday/tuesday instead of the 16th?

My pre order gave me a date of 30th march

[DR]

Anyone seen a more cost effective method than paying RRP for it?

[vicar]

Nope even if you (BBS) Beg, Borrow or steal, you will still have to pay the RRP for it

[spoon_]

Yes, definitely. Time to sell the cr*p Android Advent Vega tablet I bough few months back (big mistake) and get a decent (that's actually going to work) tablet...

Can't wait for the 16th!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Anyone seen a more cost effective method than paying RRP for it?

Not buying it??

[Mattus]

Ainol NOVO Elf:

I just watched an unboxing video of that. Firstly, it's 7-inch, and the utility of 7-inch tablets is arguably limited.

Secondly, it doesn't exactly ooze quality. It's from a no-name manufacturer which doesn't even appear to have a user-facing website, and comes in a box with lots of Engrish and Japanese writing on it. The build quality looks poor and thoroughly unexciting - it's must be about three times as thick as an iPad - and the UI looks pretty laggy.

What is the range of apps like? Don't you find it rather ugly next to an iPad? Who are you going to go to if it breaks? Wouldn't you rather have something from a well-known manufacturer? Is it ever going to get an OS update? Where is the infrastructure in terms of cloud services, etc.?

It's cheaper than an iPad because it's nowhere near as good as an iPad. The tech specs might be favourable, but as a complete solution it's absolutely nowhere. The chance of a product like that gaining any kind of mainstream popularity is absolutely nil.

[bobfoc]

I just watched an unboxing video of that. Firstly, it's 7-inch, and the utility of 7-inch tablets is arguably limited.

Secondly, it doesn't exactly ooze quality. It's from a no-name manufacturer which doesn't even appear to have a user-facing website, and comes in a box with lots of Engrish and Japanese writing on it. The build quality looks poor and thoroughly unexciting - it's must be about three times as thick as an iPad - and the UI looks pretty laggy.

What is the range of apps like? Don't you find it rather ugly next to an iPad? Who are you going to go to if it breaks? Wouldn't you rather have something from a well-known manufacturer? Is it ever going to get an OS update? Where is the infrastructure in terms of cloud services, etc.?

It's cheaper than an iPad because it's nowhere near as good as an iPad. The tech specs might be favourable, but as a complete solution it's absolutely nowhere. The chance of a product like that gaining any kind of mainstream popularity is absolutely nil.

Fanboy-much?