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So is it the "Best Browsing Experience" ?
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I agree wholeheartedly with this! I wasn't expecting much but I'm pleasantly surprised
You must be a very very young kid. Whilst you that may be something you'd say to a buddy in a jabfest - it's completely out of line on a forum with strangers. Grow up.
How's the speed?
On the same Wifi, can you guys compare the iPhone and the iPad loading the same website?
On the same Wifi, can you guys compare the iPhone and the iPad loading the same website?
I think I'm sold on it being a convenience device for around the house.....very freeing
Please stop saying it's "fast." Since there is no multitasking, um, you can have only one program opened at a time.
Calling a unitasker fast is akin to calling a circle "round."
Calling a unitasker fast is akin to calling a circle "round."
I am very happy with speed and performance of my new iPad. The browsing for a single tab browser is best I have ever used. Best way to describe is to say it is robust and immersive! Steve has another winner here. Going to take a minute to get used to size and feel but keyboard better than expected.
Could you be more specific? The browsing on all desktops and laptops have been really quick for years now (since the broadband arrived). SO, the experience is "different". How?
It looks like you guys are genuinely surprised that you can browse internet on this thing
The browsing experience is pretty nice. It's right up there with the laptop for speed of access and screen handling. The keyboard is very nice, but it's the landscape keyboard that is more impressive. The main thing that makes the on-screen keyboard a bit slower, is that you have to key a key to access the keyboard layout with numbers, the apostrophe and quotes. Otherwise, for typical stuff, I can almost type on it like I would on the Laptop. Bare in mind, the feel is a little different without physical keys, but the size and response of them allow me to type pretty fast.
Otherwise, it's really very good sans the flash support. Though it does have its surprises. Certain Facebook apps actually work on Ipad, when using the Safari browser to view it. Definitely not the heavier Flash apps like Farmville and such, but apps like Castle Age actually run on Ipad Safari. Something that fails on the iPhone safari. The only oddity being that whenever you issue a command, during the time Castle age is preparing the server to update your page and you see the swirly icon, it pops up your Ipad keyboard. But along with the finish of the page update, when the swirly wait symbol disappears, the keyboard goes away again. Nothing that gets in the way of the app, but just a presentation quirk.
Back to the browser. I would say that it won't beat the laptop for text entry, of course. Not with the on-screen keyboard. But it's quite arguably the best browser controls of the bunch, particularly for typical mouse-type activities. Plus it merges the nice bookmark bar functionality of the full-scale desktop/laptop safari in it. Performance-wise, the iPad eats safari for breakfast and then some. I think Apple is putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to the claim of Safari's web page performance.
Otherwise, it's really very good sans the flash support. Though it does have its surprises. Certain Facebook apps actually work on Ipad, when using the Safari browser to view it. Definitely not the heavier Flash apps like Farmville and such, but apps like Castle Age actually run on Ipad Safari. Something that fails on the iPhone safari. The only oddity being that whenever you issue a command, during the time Castle age is preparing the server to update your page and you see the swirly icon, it pops up your Ipad keyboard. But along with the finish of the page update, when the swirly wait symbol disappears, the keyboard goes away again. Nothing that gets in the way of the app, but just a presentation quirk.
Back to the browser. I would say that it won't beat the laptop for text entry, of course. Not with the on-screen keyboard. But it's quite arguably the best browser controls of the bunch, particularly for typical mouse-type activities. Plus it merges the nice bookmark bar functionality of the full-scale desktop/laptop safari in it. Performance-wise, the iPad eats safari for breakfast and then some. I think Apple is putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to the claim of Safari's web page performance.
hi all, i'm still going to buy it (when it's finally released in Australia) but I was just wondering if the safari for iPad allows any download of content or upload of files (ie yousendit.com etc)? thanks all you lucky peeps!
Could you be more specific? The browsing on all desktops and laptops have been really quick for years now (since the broadband arrived). SO, the experience is "different". How?
It looks like you guys are genuinely surprised that you can browse internet on this thing
The experience is a lot different, you should go to best buy and give it a try. Having the touch screen and pinch to zoom it is quite a unique experience on a large screen, i'm typing this on the iPad right now the keyboard is incredible, it's easier to type on than my laptop rofl never would have expected that. I think it's really one of those things you have to experience for yourself though, that's probably why you are having a hard time understanding.
It does have it's flaws though don't get me wrong not having flash sucks and some of my websites are defaulting to mobile versions and I can't seem to find a way around it to get to the full version website yet.
great question.....does it have a "hard drive"....I mean a place to store downloaded content
The iPad had turned out much better than I expected. My wife and I both wanted one but I was not to sure but after using it since this morning I will go get a second (32 gb) iPad next week. For me the last thing that would make it much better (besides multitasking) is the ability to access data across apps so that apps like printing apps can be used accross apps. If I work on a pages documents I would like to be able to print it directly from the ipad. But for now all is good.
There some, on really really long web pages it's possible to flick the screen fast enough that the rendering doesn't keep up and you will see the squares for a second. On the majority of web pages though you can't make it happen.