The iPad2 but essentially the same interface as the iPhone is, just bigger, so that it is comparable with the screen forth a netbook. I've bought the iPad2 on the release date (25.3.2011) and write my review with the experience of four months usage, which I have the iPad2 in daily use.
The possible uses of the iPad are manifold, thereby quite substantially, access to the Internet. The principle can be reached via WiFi or even a cellular line (3G). I opted for the Ipad with both Access and am satisfied with it. For the 3G access I have a contract for 10 euros a month and an Internet flat rate to 1 GB, then it is not expensive, only more slowly. When I'm traveling, I use 3G, home is equipped with WiFi, of course faster, said Ipad automatically detects WiFi and selects.
Very useful are GPS and gyro. The use many apps and it seems to me that to be quite well developed.
To surf the Internet using Safari, the Ipad is wonderful. This is actually the same as on the PC, but just suffer from the advantage that I can always go fast times on the net. Here I use the mail function to retrieve my mails when I am on the road or the computer is off. This I find very comfortable.
The applications on the iPad often correspond to those of the iPhone and are quite varied. The larger display is very pleasant as you look up on information in size of a book page. The resolution of the iPad with 1024x768 so just okay, but as there is only a 9.7 - inch - diagonal has, everything looks very sharp. I use it now also for reading the book in which the eyes do not get tired even after prolonged reading.
Word processing is also quite good, because the visual keyboard is wide enough so that you do not ever get the wrong letters. I use the Ipad the pages programs for word processing and Numbers for spreadsheets. These programs are very similar to Word and Excel and cost under 10 euros each. On Ipad are wonderful to use and I no longer like to miss.
Games there are also enough even free. Now the iPad is indeed no game console, but the GPUs are very considerable. The games prices are moderate and it gubt little games that cost more than five euros. Highlights for me are Dungeon Hunter 2 (similar to Diablo), Pirates! (Sensational conversion from the PC, my favorite game) and Cat Physics, an interesting puzzle game.
There are many other uses of the iPad, but I do not want to listen. That is why only once a summary of the advantages and disadvantages:
Benefits:
- It is at all times on the Internet, can retrieve information quickly
- The unit is very quiet, does not heat up and boot in a few seconds
- Ipad2 weighs only 600 grams and thus can be loosely taken anywhere
- The device is less than a cm thick and therefore very handy and portable
- Ipad2 rushes at me not at all, depends on never and always works, even
without stuttering even with HD video
- The battery life is sensational, with me agree the ten hours per charging and I can see videos and games
- When traveling, you can read eBooks instead of thick books to lug around
Disadvantages:
- The Steve Jobs so enthusiastically acclaimed cameras are not fit much. The resolution is bad, the images can be forgotten. Here the Iphone cameras are much better
- The iPad is incompatible when you leave the Apple world. So a USB port could have treat ourselves at least, but is not there
- Printing from a network printer in WiFi is only chargeable additional apps that do not even work for me. From the PC I print loose with XP or W7, but with my iPad is not easy. This is also unnecessary
- The display reflects very uncomfortable and unusable in direct sunlight.
In order to assess:
For me, the iPad is so versatile that the purchase was worth. In its current form it is stable, convenient, handy - but not perfect.
The ignorance Compatibility me going too far, in WiFi can not print and not to use USB is kind of ridiculous.
Otherwise, the iPad is a marvel of engineering! 600 grams, a computer's performance like a PC in front of almost five years, while only eight millimeters thick, that's sensational.
Four stars fit in my view, Retina display with more than 1024x768 pixels should be possible and the Steve Jobs is not to celebrate the cameras, but use themselves, because then he will insist that the will-to-date.