A Forum Regular's Experience with New iPad

My new iPad was delivered today. It was hard working a regular day, when it was sitting in the box on the kitchen counter waiting for me. So, what are my impressions? Stunning. It was a breeze to set it up via iCloud. You tell it what language you want, what your iCloud ID is, your wifi encryption code and then sit back while everything migrated over seamlessly. All I had to do was enter a few passwords on a few apps, and then everything magically appeared in place, where they should be. All my pictures, albums, music, contacts, were put in place. It took about 45 minutes for everything to download.
The screen resolution is nothing short of spectacular. Reading a magazine is amazing and my pictures, which were all taken with a DSLR are stunning.
I'm not experiencing any unusual warmth, even after 5 non-stop hours of use.
I am VERY happy with how smoothly the transition went and how terrific the new iPad is.

rbry .... she told me to go for it last weekend. Now she is actually bugging me to buy the new iPad. I think that she wants my old one now! So my plan is to head out this weekend and pick one up. There is a Best buy store very close to where I live and they seem to be in plentiful supply everywhere. We checked them out last weekend at the Best Buy store and they looked spectacular to me.
I'm not a true iCloud believer just yet and I still use iTunes primarily - but I do have backups in iCloud and iTunes as well. Most of my music is ripped from CD's and I am not going to pay for iTunes Match. IMO - and I am an old man now who is set in his ways - there is now way that I need to pay Apple to store music for me when I can do it myself. I can't ever imagine being in a postiton where I think to myself - "oh my god if I cant hear "Truckin" by the Grateful Dead right now I am just going to die and I forgot to sync it to my iPad". The instant musical gratification just isn't a big need for me. I don't Photo Stream either so the cloud has no great appeal other than for using Pages - at least right now.
But enough of that .... I may not even make it until Saturday ......

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No problem! Have a read at this most interesting article which has special significance as regards your models!
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/05/tech/gaming-gadgets/ipad-wi-fi-issues/index.ht ml
However, I attach an extract from another thread for your perusal. You can disregard any suggestions/links you have already explored -
created by Texas Mac Man in Using iPad - View the full discussion
Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
Additional things to try.
Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Change the channel on your wireless router. Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
 Cheers, Tom ;)

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
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Hi,
I was looking to get some insight from experienced users on the best way manage photos with the new iPad Air. Oviously, im not too familiar with the subject as, i do not use any iPad and i am trying to set one up for someone else who recently purchased one.
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Disappointed with new iPad 3 ;(

Scrolling through folders (pictures) is choppy and stalls for a few seconds. I tried everything that was suggested by tech support. Even without apps running it still is choppy. For a Quad core, this shouldn't happen. I'm sure it's a future update.
iPad runs HOT! This worries me due to a possible hardware issue in the future.
I don't see a huge difference between iPad 2 and iPad 3. Sure it offers a few upgrades, but comparing the two, I still prefer my old iPad 2. For the price, it should be much more.
I hope everyone else has better luck.
G.

Businesses have a variant of the phrase "being in the leading edge" as related to implementing new technology: Being on the bleeding edge
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I actually will probably log in to this forum every day if only to see what effects the latest "software upgrade" is doing to OSX. I do not like life on the "bleeding edge".

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