Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by ioan

Why is there a need to upgrade anything in the first place?

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Where would the human race be without constant improvement!

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IMO a device OS does not need upgrades every 6 months.
Apple are the ones who invented this marketing scam with getting a new iOS every other month, where the differences are minimal yet one believes that they get valuable upgrades and so on.

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iOS major version number upgrades happen once a year. And they are free. What are you complaining about here?

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Especially when you consider that every 2nd upgrade they bring has serious issues that only become obvious when you're in the middle of an update.

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Never had any issues myself.

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On any PC doing an update (new OS or even better a new SP) every 12 or 24 months is more than enough, which is about the lifespan of a tablet nowadays.

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As long as its not Windows 8.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Where would the human race be without constant improvement!



iOS major version number upgrades happen once a year. And they are free. What are you complaining about here?



Never had any issues myself.



As long as its not Windows 8.

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Woah there, what's the need to get so offensive? Why do you take it personally?!

PS: Is really every new OS version (iOS or Windows) a step ahead? I do not think so.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s2oYUy_cVY

sheesh am I glad I didn't see any today in the Apple store in San Marcos :D

M u s t r e s i s t t e m p t a t i o n . . .

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Originally Posted by ioan

Woah there, what's the need to get so offensive? Why do you take it personally?!

PS: Is really every new OS version (iOS or Windows) a step ahead? I do not think so.

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Not taken personally at all :) . Just I quite often see the likes of "iOS upgrades which you have to pay for" which isn't true as there's never been an iOS release you had to pay for - apart from the hardware to run it on of course :) .

Certainly not every release is a big step, major version number changes in iOS have been significant in various ways. But the likes of 5.0 > 5.1 has made very little difference at all.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

sheesh am I glad I didn't see any today in the Apple store in San Marcos :D

M u s t r e s i s t t e m p t a t i o n . . .

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Apple stores are a bit **** aren't they. Why all the effort to hide the tills and get receipts from under the table?! They just feel rather oppressive :|

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

Yes, but you're still young and your eyes can still focus on smaller print, I assume. I have an iPod Touch, and while I love it for what it is, if I was reading a manual or doing any sort of work that required me to use it for more than half an hour solid, I would definitely HAVE to have that larger screen/font size. But the portability of the iPod is one of the main reasons I haven't gotten an iPad yet. ....

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So what is an iPOd? How do you use it. I have always had an iPod, and am on my third now (touch), recently upgraded to OS 5.01.
For me it's primarily portable music. Yes, it does much more, but I would still likely purchase one if it was only a music player.

I can’t see an iPod in any way a more portable iPad :s

Depends on your own use case doesn't it! Like for example I probably use my iPhone in the way you'd be more expected to use an iPad. But I personally think iPads are too big. I'm hoping the rumours of a smaller iPad later in the year are accurate.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

:cornfused:
So what is an iPOd? How do you use it. I have always had an iPod, and am on my third now (touch), recently upgraded to OS 5.01.
For me it's primarily portable music. Yes, it does much more, but I would still likely purchase one if it was only a music player.

I can’t see an iPod in any way a more portable iPad :s

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From the get go, I've used it pretty much as many/most people use their iPhones (which means I don't use it for phone calls :D ): checking the news and weather, email, music player, scheduler, banking and brokerage, watching YouTube and other videos, and a big use when I first got it was using FaceTime chat with my girl (as we live some distance from each other). But now I use the iMac for that. It is a great music player, but I would have probably gotten a lower priced model if that was the primary reason I wanted it.

As for portability, being the same size as an iPhone, I can stick the iPod in my shirt pocket - the iPad is just too big to be carried (practically) in that fashion. There are times, sitting in a hotel room, that I would prefer the larger screen size of the iPad. But I'm traveling less & less these days, so the iPad would come out at home. And at home, I have the iMac inside and I carry the iPod when I'm outside. My cell phone is right at 10 years old now. So I will probably get the next generation iPhone later this year. But as long as I can make do with the ancient Motorola flip phone and the iPod Touch (WiFi is almost everywhere that I go), it's rather hard to talk myself into paying more for that service plan.

I have nothing against the iPad. I bought one for my girl last year and she absolutely loves it. It's just not something that I need or could make good use of right now.

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

From the get go, I've used it pretty much as many/most people use their iPhones (which means I don't use it for phone calls :D ): checking the news and weather, email, music player, scheduler, banking and brokerage, watching YouTube and other videos, and a big use when I first got it was using FaceTime chat with my girl (as we live some distance from each other). But now I use the iMac for that. It is a great music player, but I would have probably gotten a lower priced model if that was the primary reason I wanted it.

As for portability, being the same size as an iPhone, I can stick the iPod in my shirt pocket - the iPad is just too big to be carried (practically) in that fashion. There are times, sitting in a hotel room, that I would prefer the larger screen size of the iPad. But I'm traveling less & less these days, so the iPad would come out at home. And at home, I have the iMac inside and I carry the iPod when I'm outside. My cell phone is right at 10 years old now. So I will probably get the next generation iPhone later this year. But as long as I can make do with the ancient Motorola flip phone and the iPod Touch (WiFi is almost everywhere that I go), it's rather hard to talk myself into paying more for that service plan.

I have nothing against the iPad. I bought one for my girl last year and she absolutely loves it. It's just not something that I need or could make good use of right now.

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Yeah, I kind of get all that, but I personally find the iPod (and likely the iPhone) simply too small for much of that.
Web browsing, e-mail, etc... The screen is just too tiny (simply "typing" my password is a chore :s ). I do, however, find the facetime app usefull from time to time.
The iPad, due to its size, is much more versatile. Having said that, I'm still not convinced that it's worth the price when a Samsung tablet is just as versatile and far cheaper.