Apple iPad 2 review: Love and hate 2.0

23 March 2011
The Apple iPad 2 is about to hit European shelves, fresh form a diet and exercise regime that’s helped it shed weight and build muscle. Faster, thinner and lighter is an accurate account of what’s been going on in the year that divides the two editions of Apple’s...

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  • 31 Mar 2011

Why are none of the bigshot review sites reviewing Notion Ink Adam? It was announced in 2009 and launched in dec 2010, with shipping in jan. feb and march 2011.
In CES it was pretty much touted one of the biggest competitors to iPad, with dual core Tegra 2 chipset and Pixel Qi screen (with WiFi and 3G options). I'd really like to see a review of that device on gsm arena and at least some acknowledgment as a competitor of the iPad and Xoom

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    • AnonD-5017
    • tVq
    • 31 Mar 2011

    I do like their phone as their os is damm fast and lots of applications written for it, However still looking forward for allowing for surfing website that with Flash!

    Good for Child !

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      • Anonymous
      • q{L
      • 31 Mar 2011

      Anonymous, 31 Mar 2011I need help what to get tablet wise? I dont want apple due ... moreIf you don't like IOS, the only choice is ANDROID

      Go Xoom or Galaxy tab

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        • Anonymous
        • TSD
        • 31 Mar 2011

        I need help what to get tablet wise? I dont want apple due to the restrictions so what do you recommend? and dont try and convince me for apple. Thanks

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          • philh
          • nEF
          • 30 Mar 2011

          The smart cover is just about the only thing related to this crap I would call 'good idea'.

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            • Anonymous
            • DIx
            • 30 Mar 2011

            Anonymous, 29 Mar 2011even others agree or not i stick to the point what steve jo... moreMaybe Itunes is good useful software on a mac but my experinece on PC's is it is awful. it demands huge bandwidth as it constantly is upgrading itself. The menu titles use obscure, poorly defined words. It is hugely difficult to infrequently operate. I need to schedule mutliple hours to do the most mundane task (copy a few new photos onto a device).

            My real complaint of apple products is there massive expense. To properly use an iPAD one is force to pay for a newer "real computer" and a broad-band data at home and on your iPAD. After these expenses, voice and sms is poorly supported without additional expenditures for a cell phone.

            As far as data backup is concerned, Android tablets are recognized as mass USB devices by most all computers thus it is Very easy to keep at least three copies of your data, one on device one on PC and one on PC backup mechanism (External Hard Drive or network based backup).

            Another easy lower cost option for backup is to buy flash memory card, insert in device, copy data to it, remove card and store in safe place.

            I believe the Android data concept is to store data remotely and access/ upgrade your data remotely by your device. loosing ones data is not an issue in this model.

            I do understand and recognize the value of a WiFI IPAD instead of a netbook as a third or fourth device in an affluent home. In such applications data restoration is not an issue.

            without owning a computer, how does one backup data on an iPAD?

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              • kenakaren
              • u{E
              • 30 Mar 2011

              really ?, 29 Mar 2011what u watch with flash ? youtube is there on ipad......... moreU mean u just watch vids on youtube..... lol. There's plenty of other sites that needed flash to play vids. Ipad is just a beautiful device with an awful specification. I would never be stupid enough to waste my money on Ipad, its so overrrated, just watch vids on youtube..... i would be darn bored within a day.

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                • AnonD-3713
                • L4D
                • 29 Mar 2011

                really ?, 29 Mar 2011what u watch with flash ? youtube is there on ipad......... morePlenty of Hotel websites are flash-based.
                Flash is not only for Youtube videos.

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                  • really ?
                  • ut3
                  • 29 Mar 2011

                  kenakaren, 27 Mar 2011Ppl bought the ipad basically for surfing the web. And surf... morewhat u watch with flash ?

                  youtube is there on ipad......

                  speaking honestly android smartphones are dying after streaming flash videos 2-3 hours.
                  iphone stays on youtube for 4-5 hours.

                  so go get a life......

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ut3
                    • 29 Mar 2011

                    even others agree or not i stick to the point what steve jobs said about tablet during ipad 2 keynote

                    Things :
                    Easy to Use.
                    Should not be too complicated like pcs or macs.
                    TABLET IS NOT A PC/MAC.

                    yes this is really good point what i heard from apple and this is the first and last good point made by apple maybe ?


                    even though i saw many tablets on market coming........
                    none of them are easy to handle or easy to use.

                    for example i lost entire data on an ipad...
                    what will i do ?
                    go to itunes and restore everything including saved games and saved projects inside my applications.

                    what about android ?......once u lose data not even single ounce of ur saved projects/games are coming back to u.even u may get install apps afterwhile and what about ur settings/saved data for them ?.

                    itunes do everything......even if ipad lost entire OS in it
                    itunes loads up entire OS within 5 minutes and restores whole data.

                    itunes autoinstalls apps and also keep them safe.
                    itunes can update apps and it can sort out videos.

                    in most tablets there is no options for sorting videos like tv shows, seasons,music videos etc etc.

                    how can other tablets re easy to use ?

                    honest opinion


                    but to be honest all tablets are just big sized smartphones.
                    not just the ipad.even samsung since galaxy 7 inches still opens mobile versions of sites ^^

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                      • Anonymous
                      • S2D
                      • 28 Mar 2011

                      AnonD-1825, 26 Mar 2011You shouldn't buy that, it's got cancelled or getting cance... moreNo. Not just "that" I'd say ANY. All tablets are way too much overpriced and useless. He should be buying a lightweight laptop instead. It's nearly the same price. Stop being advertisement and fashion puppets, people. Start using your own brain, at least a bit....

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                        • kenakaren
                        • u{E
                        • 27 Mar 2011

                        Ppl bought the ipad basically for surfing the web. And surfing without flash is pointless and boring. I don't understand why the ipad is selling like hotcakes is it because the ui is darn great, I don't think so, I think its more of a brand power apple has whatever apple brought out has to be good? Surfing without flash really?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 2Ga
                          • 27 Mar 2011

                          Anonymous, 25 Mar 2011come onnnnn you keep writing the same cons for all apple p... moreitunes required?! trust me its better than samsung's "standard" system
                          no standard usb?! this port is being used for +10% of all US phones
                          no replacable battery?! no need..my ipod is 4 years old and still has the best battery ever
                          micro sim?! some day we'll all use those

                          that "standard" system is what it is it is the standard.
                          this port being used for +10% of us phones is an insanly high percentage isn't it?
                          my ipod is 2 years old and the battery fuckin sucks now i have to buy a new one
                          some day we will all use micro sim but if you haven't noticed it isn't that day yet

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                            • ideveloper
                            • vGS
                            • 26 Mar 2011

                            A, 25 Mar 2011Sales dont mean squat to someone who wants more than a weak... moreYou must create a tablet for yourself and then use it the way you want.

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                              • AnonD-1825
                              • mhT
                              • 26 Mar 2011

                              Anonymous, 26 Mar 2011i prefer moto xoomYou shouldn't buy that, it's got cancelled or getting cancelled (read news), its aready dead.

                              If you dont want iPad go for new galaxy tab, it's much better choice than XOOM. Xoom get's bad reviews everywhere and people don't buy it.

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                                • AnonD-2255
                                • p8c
                                • 26 Mar 2011

                                The usual argument i get here is that iPad sells more than it's competitors, so it's the best tablet in the world. In that case the 100 dollar Eken Android Tablet from China must be better than iPad, cause it sells 30 times more than iPad.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • L6Z
                                  • 26 Mar 2011

                                  i prefer moto xoom

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • sxt
                                    • 26 Mar 2011

                                    Anonymous, 25 Mar 2011come onnnnn you keep writing the same cons for all apple p... moredude, stop barking here. Yours maybe different from mine especially from the battery. I live here somewhere in middle part of Asia and it's terribly hot in here. And if you are wise enough, you'll know that one of the greatest enemy of batteries are extreme heat. And what is the use of these gadgets when you can use it for merely an hour? DUH.

                                    And that crappy port? Compare placing a micro usb cable to an Apple USB cable on your pocket and see irritating it is? Convenient isn't it?

                                    And since when is it convenient also to use the iTunes compared to just dragging files to your device?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • QKp
                                      • 25 Mar 2011

                                      come onnnnn
                                      you keep writing the same cons for all apple products?!?!
                                      itunes required?! trust me its better than samsung's "standard" system
                                      no standard usb?! this port is being used for +10% of all US phones
                                      no replacable battery?! no need..my ipod is 4 years old and still has the best battery ever
                                      micro sim?! some day we'll all use those

                                      apple will standardize all of these things like they did with every single thing they used

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                                        • mmmmm
                                        • Mx@
                                        • 25 Mar 2011

                                        As for hitting shelves give it a couple of weeks for Apple to sort there crap out, dont hold your breath people