People weren't entirely sure what to make of the first i-pad, and with good reason. It's a really clever piece of technology, but it seemed to be creating a niche for itself instead of actually addressing an area that people wanted. It's not portable enough to really be a i-phone, or sound enough to be a 'real' computer that you can use for extended periods of work. And as a large portable entertainment device it seems a bit gawky and embarrassing, leaving you little room to hide from fellow commuters.
So is the i-pad 2 cool? The stats are impressive. One of the most compelling of these is the sheer power of the little decide. A duel core setup with two A5 processing chips is enough to make any tech hipster's mouth water, and it means that the pad can now run much more graphically impressive games as well as be generally better at the surfing and multitasking demands that you'd expect of a smartphone device. It also means higher quality on video feeds, which is one of the main selling points of the pad as a commendations device.
The pad 2 is also lighter, so the criticism about pads not being portable has been addressed to some extent. In addition the grandly named smartcover can act as a stand as well as a sheath for the pad, meaning you can type on it more effectively and use it in house more without feeling like a laptop would do the job better.
Where things get less cool are the way that the phone is being pitched on say, Apple's website. The device is capable of real-time video chat, which is fantastic, and the duel camera setup of the pad 2 makes this even more impressive, but calling this 'facetime' seems hilariously uncool. Are we to call typing 'handtime'? Surely it's enough to put 'i' in front of everything. Also the fact that they're shamelessly trying to force the fun makes for suggestions like chatting 'in the middle of a friend's party or with your family on the sofa.' This is so uncool it's depressing.
But website blurb aside, there really is a lot to shout about when it comes to Apple's new baby. It's set to make the pad a more appealing device than ever.
So is the i-pad 2 cool? The stats are impressive. One of the most compelling of these is the sheer power of the little decide. A duel core setup with two A5 processing chips is enough to make any tech hipster's mouth water, and it means that the pad can now run much more graphically impressive games as well as be generally better at the surfing and multitasking demands that you'd expect of a smartphone device. It also means higher quality on video feeds, which is one of the main selling points of the pad as a commendations device.
The pad 2 is also lighter, so the criticism about pads not being portable has been addressed to some extent. In addition the grandly named smartcover can act as a stand as well as a sheath for the pad, meaning you can type on it more effectively and use it in house more without feeling like a laptop would do the job better.
Where things get less cool are the way that the phone is being pitched on say, Apple's website. The device is capable of real-time video chat, which is fantastic, and the duel camera setup of the pad 2 makes this even more impressive, but calling this 'facetime' seems hilariously uncool. Are we to call typing 'handtime'? Surely it's enough to put 'i' in front of everything. Also the fact that they're shamelessly trying to force the fun makes for suggestions like chatting 'in the middle of a friend's party or with your family on the sofa.' This is so uncool it's depressing.
But website blurb aside, there really is a lot to shout about when it comes to Apple's new baby. It's set to make the pad a more appealing device than ever.
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