phyl The Samsung and Motorola Tablets running Android have quite a few MORE features than Apple's products can offer; namely FLASH PLAYER. Although it doesn't seem all that necessary and Apple has gotten away with it since the beginning of their time, if you have a device such as a tablet with a screen that big you should be able to watch shows on your tablet rather than your computer but much of that is powered by flash and therefore can't be done on an iPad. There are comparible app downloads for some shows but again, it's limited.I am getting my son and I a table this Spring and it is very difficult for me to go with an iPad other than the facetime option, it just doesn't seem to offer what I want/like. A 5mp camera? Seriously, fix that. No one releases 5mp cameras anymore on the high-end of technology it should be 8MP or higher... AND like many have pointed out, Apple's products tend to be higher priced all because of their name... That's silly.

BobbiOlsonphyl I thought I wanted a smartphone a while back. It seemed silly to buy an iPhone when I could get the Samsung for less, so I bought the Samsung. To make a long story short, it ended up in a drawer (where it still is). I decided that smartphones were too glitchy and went back to a phone that was less smart but not such a pain in the neck. In the mean time, my son bought an iPhone and couldn't understand why anyone wouldn't want a smartphone. Not so long after that I bought an iPad. That's when I understood why Chris was so happy with his iPhone. This iPad always does exactly what I want it to do with no frustrations whatsoever. It reminds me of when I switched from using Microsoft based PCs to the Mac. There are lots of ways I could describe the experience but I'll say it in just these few words: The Mac is friendly and predictable, and never produces those frequent nasty surprises that can drive you right up the wall.

And do you know what's really silly? Believing that Apple products are higher priced simply because of their name. And by the way, in my experience those higher priced Apple products actually cost you less over the full life of the product.

My iPad is the iPad 1. I will get an iPad 3 (no camera in my iPad 1). Being a bit of a camera buff, I'd be perfectly happy with 5 MP (I have no plans for really large photos where the difference using a camera with a smaller pixel count might be noticed). But I'm guessing the iPad 3 will have a higher number of pixels, not so much for higher quality, but because of people's perception that a higher pixel count always means better pictures.

One other point, one of my local news stations display its videos using Flash. Darn! But then again I can't think of other times I've needed it. Nevertheless, it would be nice if Apple allowed it. The problem was (other than sparks flying between Apple and Adobe) Flash has been too power consuming. Apple would have had to lower its advertised battery life if they had included it.

instantlover

I totally agree with you. I've only just bought my iPad 2. Have the iPhone 4. Can't afford to upgrade every year. Yet when apple release a new device even though the iPad 2 is not even a year old it makes you feel it's "old". The iPad 1 is that old either and that will be obsolete. Where and when does it stop!!!

instantlover I don't have an Ipad, I'm waiting for it to become a decent machine, It hasn't matured enough for me. Might be the one that comes out. I don't want lag when I take notes, Paper is still superior to electronic writing for now but when I'll be able to write and draw precisely without lag I'll switch to ipad because I don't want to carry all those notebooks and manuals with me. I don't think i'm the only one to think like that.

ethracinstantlover My first reaction to your comment was, "have I been experiencing lag and not realizing it?" So I picked up my iPad 1 and checked out my note taking apps. Ghostwriter - no lag .. Adobe Ideas - no lag .. Notes - no lag. Could you maybe provide us with an example of where this lag you speak of occurs.

instantlover if they are like me they'll sell back the older model to get the new one

Your_Connection - it's very entertaining to see people, time and time again, describe Apple as being this drug pusher of tech that delivers sub-par equipment upon first release, only to release better products during said product's life cycle just to continue to make profits.FYI, you just described the vast majority of EVERY FREAKING TECH COMPANY ON THE PLANET. Much of what you saw in the original iPad was due to economies of scale, availability of technology at the time, and - BIG SURPRISE - market demand! No one else - at the time - was offering anything even remotely comparable. It would have made absolutely no sense to just release something with all the bells and whistles during first release.Just felt I needed to point that out, as I constantly see this reoccurring "theme" in forum posts like this one. Oh and - I still think that Joel Fernandes article here is a load of crap. It's an opinion piece presented as fact, and that's just bad journalism.

Your_Connection When I interviewed at Fairchild R&D the interviewing scientist pointed out his tie tack. He explained that it's a silicon wafer and that each of those little squares is an integrated circuit, and that each of those circuits contain 13 transistors. I was blown away. Gordon Moore's office was just down the hall and Andy Grove's was upstairs.

I worked in the industry all those years since and I'm going to tell you right now, no one holds back. There's no planned obsolescence. And when you say that Apple doesn't get it right the first time, just know that Apple built its reputation on not releasing product until it's right. That fact alone has resulted in Apple standing head and shoulders above its competition.

I won't even comment on your Moore's law misunderstandings and math issues.

kcooper35Your_Connection Lol, ya I think that a bit more close to the truth. I think, People in general( me too) tend to like believing in all sorts of conspiracy. Sure, the economic system tends to make company presidents do things they probably would not have done in a system where profit wasn't so important but they are humans after all. I mean...Its not all that easy to pack a 7000mha battery, a dual processor, 512Mb of ram, a 9,7 inch screen and a GPU in a 0.34'' thick tablet. I truly think that the engineers at apple aren't five steps in advance and the company slowly releases stuff to make extra profit. The Ipad is a piece of art. Plus everyone is able to use their reason to determine weather they need something or not. Obviously if you've been working on a project for a year and you get your product out you'll want to advertise it as being the most awesome thing, there's nothing wgrong with that. ALL IM TRYING TO SAY IS: STOP COMPLANING ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND THE COMPANIES AND USE YOUR REASON TO MAKE THE GOOD CHOICES. YOU DONT NEED TO LET YOUESELF MANIPULATED BY THE BETTER THINNER FASTER COMMERCIAL, BUT DONT COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM DOING SO, IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMFORT YOU DO TODAY, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN PLACE, STOP COMPLAINIG ABOUT COMPANIES REALSING NEW PRODUCTS, THATS HOW OUR ECONOMY ROLLS! WE ARENT COMMUNISTS YET.

rkay48 You mean .. Make them so they can compete with the iMac, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air?

kcooper35 Sure, why not? It's supposed to be as powerful as a desktop, right? Folks want tablets, so give them one that is more "useful"

rkay48 Businesses are using iPads for specific dedicated tasks. But for business computing, or even home computing, the screens on these tablets are just too small.

rkay48 I have a gadget now that plugs into my iPad and takes USB and multi type card inputs. I am not a tech savvy person like you guys, just a happy old lady I like a PC for my computing and I love my iPad for my pleasure. I have a son that constantly rags on me that I should saify to a MAC......not going to happen! The combo works for me and I like both LOL you guys are WAY too excited and serious about your own opinions :)

JosephSmith I also have an overclocked Core i7 920 but according to the person who wrote this article we wasted hundreds in hot and power hungry electronics that are matched in performance by the great iPad 3.

Why people who doesn't know shit about technology are allow to write about it. This is terrible, this is just gas to the fanboi fire, now they will rise their swords and attack saying "...dude I'm telling you check tehtechlabs.com and see for yourself, is as powerful as a core i7"

JosephSmith

Can you take that wonderful desktop wherever you go, use it ON THE GO... you gonna drag that thing around with you?? The whole point of a tablet is PORTABILITY and still be able to do EVERYTHING portably that you can do on a desktop.....and automatically sync with iCloud to your desktop, iPhone, laptop....anything Apple/Mac...wirelessly and automatically....but anyway, back to the whole point and idea of a tablet........PORTABILITY!!Did you SMOKE some crack before writing your post??? LOL

JosephSmith ok put in a half inch by 10 by 12 enclosure, let see how it works? you all say technology. IPad is a technololy placed in that small enclosure, get that kids.. stop whinning about IPad, If you don't want one, then don't buy. who cares about you people...?

JosephSmith Yeah but can u take ur PC everywhere u go there Joseph. I hate Apple products too. I'm juz saying buddy!!. I got a screaming PC with the best video card out there u can find.

lilpupdoggyJosephSmith But Joseph is right; if you don't like Apple products 'do not buy them, no one is forcing you to buy them and don't tell me advertisement is making you do so.

Lakers247 It is rumored to be 4g.

Lakers247

I certainly hope so.

JMattHicks Yeah but, you realize there's no way in hell that there will be a '3D feature" on the iPad 3??? This article is complete opinion based with very little basis in fact.

kcooper35 There will never be an iPad as powerful as any high-end desktop computer. To even suggest such a thing is laughable. Unless you mean in comparison to a high-end desktop computer from 10 years ago...

EnochLightkcooper35 This link is about what's going to happen to computing in the near future. It's actually not that laughable dog.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/95319-ibm-and...

bobdobbs No one is doubting that computing will continue to make massive leaps in processing power. What I am saying is that an iPad will always be inferior to a high-end desktop during the same product cycle.Hell - my cellphone in my pocket has more processing power and RAM compared to my high-end audio/video workstation desktop from 12 years ago...

carbonated_turtle Ah fandroids, you guys are hilarious. Maybe that's why Microsoft and Google (among many others) keep on following and copying Apple's every move.

Apple is great, a UNIX based operating system, fantastic hardware, a very strict and high-quality framework for developers, excelent use of resources, etc. Maybe it is you who should know something about technology before posting. You would've stopped making a fool of yourself years ago.

I had a great, long, unbiased response to this comment but accidentally deleted it. In a nutshell, Microsoft flourished for years while Apple was in the dumps, and Google is a search engine branching out. Only recently has Apple pioneered anything. Microsoft still does and probably forever will dominate the working world due to ease of programming. Apple was made for the simpleminded consumer. Apple's only advantage is their vastly superior marketing skills, and sees fit to overprice each of their products as a result. You can buy an iMac for $2000+, but that same $2000+ invested in a high end Sony/Dell/Anything else for that kind of money will generate a machine with far superior specs than Apple can produce. The performance of an Apple device is often no better than that of anyone else's. Lastly, Google is a multibillion dollar company trying to expand, and competing with iOS is not difficult. iOS isn't special in the slightest, for it is simply too restricting, whereas Google's Android version x is open to anyone's desires. For you to say everyone "{keeps} on following and copying Apple's every move" is utterly ridiculous and false.

bagginsfrodo52 Only recently has Apple pioneered anything? How about the first commercial computer with a GUI? Or the first mouse? Or the first PDA (Newton)? Or the first spreadsheet (VisiCalc)? And judging the quality of a computer solely by its electronic components is very short-sighted. Things like OS integration and software efficiency matter, and that's why Apple is way more expensive. It like expecting to pay the same for a 6-cilinder Ford car than for a 6-cilinder BMW car.

bagginsfrodo52 Ever wonder why so many of us who were locked into Microsoft for those years have been moving en masse to Apple. It's simple really. Microsoft never released a product that was ready for market. Those who bought new Microsoft products were, in essence, Beta users. And by the way, when help was needed it was there, but those conversations were long and tedious .. and .. they required long distance calls (ultimately costlier than the product itself). Looking from the Apple side .. When they release a product, it's ready for release. And it always turns out to be amazingly excellent.

By the way, I'm truly sorry you accidentally deleted your first response. I'd like very much to have read your 'unbiased' posting.

almagubagginsfrodo52 Xerox Was the first Mouse

almagubagginsfrodo52I meant to respond to this comment earlier, but got tied up and Gregory beat me to it. I also had a long comment typed up last night in response to your original message, but somehow it never ended up posting. Fortunately, bagginsfrodo said everything I wanted to.

First off, I'd like to point out that you know about as much about cars as you do computers. Have you ever seen a Ford with the same V6 as a BMW?

Second, Apple didn't invent the PDA, GUI, mouse, computer, phone, mp3 player, or most of the other things Steve Jobs took credit for. I could post links to prove all of this, but frankly, I don't have time right now, and it's all information you can find with a simple Google search. Jobs was not an innovator, he was a repackager. Putting something that already exists into a white case with nice rounded edges isn't the same as inventing something. That's a common fanboy mistake.

I hope this has taught you to do some research before talking out of your ass about your shitty iToys.

carbonated_turtlealmagubagginsfrodo52carbonated_turtle you are so silly, you have no idea what your talking about, i used to think the same way you did until i gave apple a chance, i can tell you that its not about the hardware, its about osx running on proven and tested hardware, as a computer engineer i think i should know