New iPad. (Page 1 of 2)

I still own an iPhone 3G. And I'm not retiring it just because I pseudo-need more real estate, screen-wise. The only potential uses I could see for one is reading Guitar tabs, and for on-location notes and scrip reading while shooting a film.

I know, there's tons of uses for it, just not one I need.

...Unless someone fashions an app and cable to make it into an external monitor etc for DSLR-cameras.

Last edited by Tomahawk (2012-03-15 12:10:52)

I'm still good with my iPad 2. Maybe I'll get next year's model.

Check this out.

I'm not sure it actually has a "live view" function, but I remember really wanting to get this back when I still had my D90.

Had to sell the iPad 2 for gas money last month, but between work and this year's tax return I was able to pre-order a new one.  Picking it up at my local Apple store after work.  Went for the same 16GB Wifi version, but I kind of wish I had gone for a 4G; 4G on my iPhone 4S is pretty impressive.

I was dubious about the iPad when it was announced, but the last year with the second generation has made me see just how invaluable it is.

Personally, I use mine a lot to stream media from my computer.  I ripped my entire DVD library for iTunes, so between that and a little app called Air Video, I can watch pretty much anything on my computer from the comfort of...anywhere in the house.

The only downside of my current setup, is that my otherwise portable Macbook Pro, is pretty much chained to my desk to act as a media server.  I think my next Apple purchase will be a Mac Mini to take over media server duties.  Eventually I'll be able to afford a decent TV, and I'll want a Mini to hook up to that anyway.

You can't tell me what to do!

/buy out of spite

You know what? I tried that on my iPhone. It's the same app, basically, but the stupid bit was that in order to work, the camera needs to be plugged into a PC/Mac running the host app, and the iPhone/iPad needs to be on the same WLAN. So, it kinda defeats the purpose for me, as that means I'll have to bring a laptop to the shoot anyway, and then what's the point of the iPad, right? The PC app for Canon cameras is pretty good as-is.

I've a 50" 1080p LG Plasma. Our couch is incidentally the most comfortable place in the house

That screen is one of the big selling points for me; I mean, short of full 3D holographics, I don't see how they're going to improve on the "Retina" resolution, at least in the next couple years.

//come on Apple, make me eat my words.

My 32GB LTE model should be delivered some time tomorrow. Managed to sell my first-gen for $200, too.

true dat

I don't even want to be in the same room with one. I love my original first-gen iPad and have no complaints about it, but I just know if I see the new one I'm going to spontaneously vomit all my money right out onto the floor.

... flavor

AT&T iPhones with 5.1 just sort of say 4G now, even if they're only on 3G. They don't have the antennas or means to parse a 4G signal. So you might not actually have 4G coverage, and your network is being a lying punk.

To be fair, this does dintiguish the actually-faster '4G' that AT&T offers from the really slow shitty 3G that Verizon offers. Before, both networks were indicated with the same '3G' in the corner.

Both, however, pale in comparison to the LTE I'm getting:

EDIT: Side-bar: shitty 3G performance on the Verizon is MORE than made up for by the FREE hotspot tethering they're offering in comparison to AT&T not even offering tethering.

Last edited by Gregory Harbin (2012-03-18 21:57:19)