@kingfootWelcome to 2010.The new chipsets that are out in netbooks right now are rated at 1 watt consumption, putting battery life on the new ones at 15+ hours. It's ok though, don't bother changing an assumption that hasn't been right for two years.The chipset itself is made by intel though, so likely will end up in the next gen of iPad, which is what the thing should have been running off of in the first place.
Won't believe it's you until you take a picture of yourself holding it with a fish on your head and a poster in the other hand saying Glenn Beck is my hero
The 3G iPad has a GPS in it.<a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/ca/ipad/specs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/ca/ipad/specs/</a>LocationWi-FiDigital compassAssisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)And the iPad uses a section in iTunes to store iWork files, photos, videos... whatever you want. You can store anything and you are actually able to upload files in iPad Safari now. So in other words, the only problem you'll have is the glossy screen.Enjoy your new iPad!
I don't think that's a real GPS unit. We need someone to try it where there's no cellular coverage at all, and then weigh in. If they had a true stand-alone GPS chipset in these things, there's no reason the Wi-Fi models wouldn't have it.Apple doesn't seem to understand that "assisted GPS" doesn't mean "crippled GPS". The "assistance" is to help the GPS unit get a fix faster. It should still work without it."And the iPad uses a section in iTunes to store iWork files, photos, videos... whatever you want. "Hm, that's interesting, because just yesterday I couldn't download and store a PDF. And there's the lingering problem of third-party apps (and even Apple's own Bento) not being able to sync data between the mobile device and the computer (without a hokey Internet-based or wireless workaround). We'll see if the new OS finally addresses this major hobbling of the platform.
factsahoyApr 5, 2010
Cool story, bro. How's his sciatica?
dauntless1Apr 5, 2010
@kingfootWelcome to 2010.The new chipsets that are out in netbooks right now are rated at 1 watt consumption, putting battery life on the new ones at 15+ hours. It's ok though, don't bother changing an assumption that hasn't been right for two years.The chipset itself is made by intel though, so likely will end up in the next gen of iPad, which is what the thing should have been running off of in the first place.
nick9000Apr 5, 2010
Shame it doesn’t come with capital letters or apostrophes though.
kiki4nowApr 5, 2010
Wow this is like the internet fights you see in those really crappy chat rooms. digg is truly (to quote Alex Albrecht) Ah-mazing
fugeesnfunionsApr 5, 2010
Won't believe it's you until you take a picture of yourself holding it with a fish on your head and a poster in the other hand saying Glenn Beck is my hero
aquafellowApr 5, 2010
The Genius Bar has one solution for every problem they encounter: buy a new one. Brilliant.
galaxylanderApr 6, 2010
The 3G iPad has a GPS in it.<a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/ca/ipad/specs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/ca/ipad/specs/</a>LocationWi-FiDigital compassAssisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)And the iPad uses a section in iTunes to store iWork files, photos, videos... whatever you want. You can store anything and you are actually able to upload files in iPad Safari now. So in other words, the only problem you'll have is the glossy screen.Enjoy your new iPad!
factsahoyApr 6, 2010
I don't think that's a real GPS unit. We need someone to try it where there's no cellular coverage at all, and then weigh in. If they had a true stand-alone GPS chipset in these things, there's no reason the Wi-Fi models wouldn't have it.Apple doesn't seem to understand that "assisted GPS" doesn't mean "crippled GPS". The "assistance" is to help the GPS unit get a fix faster. It should still work without it."And the iPad uses a section in iTunes to store iWork files, photos, videos... whatever you want. "Hm, that's interesting, because just yesterday I couldn't download and store a PDF. And there's the lingering problem of third-party apps (and even Apple's own Bento) not being able to sync data between the mobile device and the computer (without a hokey Internet-based or wireless workaround). We'll see if the new OS finally addresses this major hobbling of the platform.