RockyMtn
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Either I'm the unluckiest gal in the world or BB's sales staff sucks.
BB's sales staff sucks. That's why there are Apple stores!
Either I'm the unluckiest gal in the world or BB's sales staff sucks.
Though now, there are some rumors that they're raising prices by $80 for each configuration.
New one will have better video streaming (must be a faster chip), sharper screen (think hd), better camera and that Siri lady that talks to you. Other than that I'm not sure there is a whole lot different than Ipad2. Best Buy supposedly cut price of ipad2's by $50 today. If you don't have one and don't need the new bells I would run to Best Buy.
Me, I'm stickin with the ipad2 I have.
I think the display will be noticed for reading and photos, videos too.
If you look at a book printed on nice paper and compare that to text on the screen, do you notice the difference?
The new screen won't be as sharp as print on a book but if you can see the difference between print on paper and on a computer or iPad display, then your eyes may not be as bad as you think.
I will say, if you bought the iPad 2 recently, there isn't as much of a need to upgrade. And if as you say, you're not using the iPad enough, then certainly it makes no difference to upgrade. Maybe in a year or two, you'll be using the iPad more and may decide whatever new design they roll out is tempting. If not, then maybe you'll have recovered more of your investment by then.
Nothing wrong with the Kindle Fire, but you get what you pay for. Unless all you want is a reader (in which case the Fire & the Ipad are overkill/not well suited), there's no comparison if you give them both a test drive...Guess I'll go ahead and buy a Kindle Fire since Apple has no response to it. Seems Apple is determined to keep their prices (profits) high.
I know the Ipad is more general purpose and a nice piece of technology.Nothing wrong with the Kindle Fire, but you get what you pay for. Unless all you want is a reader (in which case the Fire & the Ipad are overkill/not well suited), there's no comparison if you give them both a test drive...
Having neither iPad nor Kindle, I feel well qualified to say....
I want both!
And I don't see it as an either/or decision.
One careless download of a 1080p high-definition movie from the iTunes Store over 4G could eat up your entirely monthly plan and then some. In fact, if you could achieve download speeds at the theoretical maximum 72Mbps of LTE, you could blow through a 5GB plan in just under 10 minutes, and Verizon's largest 10GB tier in about 20. Real-world speeds of course are actually going to be somewhat lower, but we're still talking about the potential to obliterate your entire expensive monthly data plan in much less than a single day.
If you're going to watch HD movies on your iPad, you're probably better off using a high speed WiFi connection anyway. This has always been the case. Movies use a lot of bandwidth, period, even on 3G.Is this the gift that keeps on giving (back to the carriers)? Interesting article on how quickly one might go through a data plan with the new iPad:
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