*** The Official iPad (Early 2012) Thread ***
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Have you tried the Carphone Warehouse down by Cutty Sark DLR station?
If so, either Westfield Stratford, or one of the shops in Canary Wharf is the best bet, unless any of the shops towards Greenwich Peninsular/ the O2 sell them? There is a shop between Sainsburys and B&Q that will
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A reason to get an iPad - Draw Something.
So much better on it!
So much better on it!
I wonder what the USB cable can actually carry current wise.
2A is quite a lot as it stands
It seems 18W (vs 10W) is not out of the question:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5688/apple-ipad-2012-review/10
Charging
Despite the significant increase in battery capacity, Apple continues to ship the new iPad with the same 10W USB power adapter as the previous two models. You can charge the iPad via a Mac/PC USB port that implements the USB charging spec, however doing so will take a minor eternity to fully charge the tablet. Just as before, the new iPad will not charge off of a USB port if the tablet is awake; it will only charge when locked/asleep. The convenience of having a USB based charger is evident, but you'll want to stick with the 10W adapter to actually charge the iPad.
Charging the larger battery does take longer. If we measure from a completely dead state to when the iPad indicates that it's fully charged the increase in time is approximately 50%, from 4 hours with the iPad 2 to 6 hours with the new iPad. ASUS' Transformer Prime, by comparison, requires only 2.5 hours as it ships with an 18W charger. And no, you can't use ASUS' charger to speed up charge times on the new iPad - when connected, the TF Prime charger will only supply 9W to the iPad.
The story doesn't end there however. While the iPad 2 will draw 0W after its 4 hour charge cycle is complete, the new iPad will continue to draw around 3W after it claims to be fully charged. This will continue for roughly another hour at which point the power adapter will draw anywhere from 0.1 - 0.6W.
Note that when running at full brightness and with a heavy GPU load (e.g. Infinity Blade 2), the power adapter can't supply enough to keep the iPad charged and drive the display/internal components.
There's no good solution here other than for Apple to start shipping the iPad with a higher wattage power adapter. I do believe faster charge times are going to be necessary if Apple is keen on sticking with this larger battery, not to mention the usage issues of not being able to maintain charge equilibrium under load.
Despite the significant increase in battery capacity, Apple continues to ship the new iPad with the same 10W USB power adapter as the previous two models. You can charge the iPad via a Mac/PC USB port that implements the USB charging spec, however doing so will take a minor eternity to fully charge the tablet. Just as before, the new iPad will not charge off of a USB port if the tablet is awake; it will only charge when locked/asleep. The convenience of having a USB based charger is evident, but you'll want to stick with the 10W adapter to actually charge the iPad.
Charging the larger battery does take longer. If we measure from a completely dead state to when the iPad indicates that it's fully charged the increase in time is approximately 50%, from 4 hours with the iPad 2 to 6 hours with the new iPad. ASUS' Transformer Prime, by comparison, requires only 2.5 hours as it ships with an 18W charger. And no, you can't use ASUS' charger to speed up charge times on the new iPad - when connected, the TF Prime charger will only supply 9W to the iPad.
The story doesn't end there however. While the iPad 2 will draw 0W after its 4 hour charge cycle is complete, the new iPad will continue to draw around 3W after it claims to be fully charged. This will continue for roughly another hour at which point the power adapter will draw anywhere from 0.1 - 0.6W.
Note that when running at full brightness and with a heavy GPU load (e.g. Infinity Blade 2), the power adapter can't supply enough to keep the iPad charged and drive the display/internal components.
There's no good solution here other than for Apple to start shipping the iPad with a higher wattage power adapter. I do believe faster charge times are going to be necessary if Apple is keen on sticking with this larger battery, not to mention the usage issues of not being able to maintain charge equilibrium under load.
My 32g wifi arrived yesterday after waiting 2 weeks on apple store. My first iPad and I'm really enjoying it atm!
What's everyone's preferred ebook consumption method, kindle or iBooks or stanza? I'm not sure which I prefer yet but the kindle app does seem rather polished.
What's everyone's preferred ebook consumption method, kindle or iBooks or stanza? I'm not sure which I prefer yet but the kindle app does seem rather polished.
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iBook and kindle, just buy from whichever offer the book cheapest.
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This +1
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Kobo is quite good as well. They have an ipad app with a reader linked to your account. You can also download the book epub directly into Adobe Digital Editions and 'import' it into Calibre with the appropriate plugins installed.
P.S. Kobo 45% discount code that worked for me is c4auto45
Eurgh.. when using paper I have discovered 1 dead pixel. I am not sure whether to carry on using as it takes me a good few minutes to find it normal use. I don't want to take it back and get a number of other flaws on it too.. so confused :|
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1 dead pixel is within their tolerance, and if you had got it on launch then you are just outside 14days.
Besides, you might get one with 3 dead pixels.
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Best I can find is £39.99Am I being thick
or have I just missed the deal?
Looks like the auction ones went up.
I must say having the iPad has turned me back into a reader.
Not having to "think" about reading, and instead clicking on a book reading a few pages and continuing about my day has made reading books so much more accessible.
Few pages on the train, during breakfast, whilst watching TV, before sleep.... really enjoying it
Not having to "think" about reading, and instead clicking on a book reading a few pages and continuing about my day has made reading books so much more accessible.
Few pages on the train, during breakfast, whilst watching TV, before sleep.... really enjoying it
Bugger
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Whereas I'm having the opposite problem. Need to leave this thing on my desk, rather than on my bedside table. It's turning into a distraction... Hopefully the novelty will soon wear off.
Bugger
Yeah sorry, looks like he's realised he was onto a good thing and jacked the price up. It's still decent value even at £40 as that's under 7 quid a month for 3GB. Might be worth putting an offer in of £36 (10% off) as I did that on the initial auction and it was accepted instantly and automatically so he may have done the same with this one.