prudhivisekhar
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Sell it off and buy android one or laptop.
^theres an entirely different way to use the iOS ecosystem
all of these problems are because of a expectations of what the device should be
yeah you have to pay for your apps. the best game you can get on the iPad is World of Goo, and it was available for $1 during a sale. You have to watch the store every hour for sales, and that's when you buy the apps
no, dont think of FPS games on a tablet, there are some hack n slash TPS, a few free to play MMORPGS, the racing games are good, but the trend is totally casual/social games so dont expect a good good game with a story and plot you can play-through for hours at home, mostly titles with repetitive gameplay (one rare exception is sword and sworcery EP)
yeah many of the apps are premium, or the HD version costs more
try the podcasts and vidcasts features, you might like it, you can download stuff, watch it, and it gets deleted when new subscribed content gets in. there can be a constant stream of media depending on what you like
dont think of options here, Safari is the best browser, nothing else works because nothing else is as well integrated into the system
apple is in fact leading in the ePub standard, which allows all sorts of rich interactive media to be displayed in eBooks
there are a bunch of apps, that plug into a bunch of free and paid sources
essentially, dont even think of putting your own data from outside sources in the iPad, why would you want to do that? yeah watching gigaresolution photos on the retina display is wonderful, but that novelty fades soon
the trend is totally casual/social games so dont expect a good good game with a story and plot you can play-through for hours at home, mostly titles with repetitive gameplay
Yup, this is the ipad in summary pretty much.but that novelty fades soon
The state of internet in India. The cost of bandwidth that basically prevents you from heavy streaming. The context of piracy. The state of free apps. The lack of a definite market unlike smartphones, laptops or PC's, which would prevent devices like the ipad from really becoming a "hit". Internet really isn't part of everyday life in India in the same way it is in developed countries for very obvious reasons. For example - would you honestly stream media (a movie for example) in India ?also what Indian context are you talking about?
Sell it off and buy android one or laptop.
^hmm ur conclusion is correct tho, its not yet time for tablets
dont think it ever will be, smartphones are getting good enough
still, iPad games get high scores on metacritic boards, droids are not even tracked
so world of goo is rated higher than portal 2, skyrim and Arkham city for 2011, its the timing of the perfect platform for the game available a couple of years after the game release that allowed this to be possible
iBlast Moki, contre Jour, Anomaly: Warzone Earth... best games
its breathing new life into genres suitable for the platform, particularly tower defense games
The state of internet in India. The cost of bandwidth that basically prevents you from heavy streaming. The context of piracy. The state of free apps. The lack of a definite market unlike smartphones, laptops or PC's, which would prevent devices like the ipad from really becoming a "hit". Internet really isn't part of everyday life in India in the same way it is in developed countries for very obvious reasons. For example - would you honestly stream media (a movie for example) in India ?
Compare this to how commonplace netflix streaming is in the US or EU. Does anyone in their right mind think that netflix or a comparable service would ever take off in India ?
Just trying to be realistic about a variety of issues that are specific to India, hence the comment about indian "context".
A good example - icloud tries to back up your entire ipad on the internet. That's 10-12 gigs of data easily. How feasible to you think that is given how painfully slow internet is in India, and the ridiculous limits on bandwidth. iCloud or any cloud services for that matter are a total joke when bandwidth is so awful.
11) The Browser isn't that good. Neither safari or dolphin (the favorite web browser app) come anywhere close to the likes of IE9, Opera, Firefox or even Chrome. It's really odd that there's opera mini for smartphones but none for the ipad.
The post below is more or less the story of the whole post. why so much negligence?
App Store - Opera Mini Web browser
This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
But so are many other tablets, smartphones and laptops, so should the companies not launch them in India ? And is it Apple's fault that you have a slow internet connection ?
And you are comparing a tablet with a laptop............................ even though they are similarly priced but they are very different things with different purposes and can be compared for web browsing at most.
Ipad became successful just because of its marketing hype in US and other EU countries. And its a well known fact that Indians are now pathetically trying to imitate the same lifestyle of people of US. Whatever sells well in US will definitely be a hit in Indian market. Even if its a bag of Sh!t...just saying..
IMO you should have gone for an android tablet with good build quality like from SONY or the galaxy TAB considering the ways you were planning on using it. ( like external memory , viewing video files without the hassles of specific format support....etc)
1. monkey see, monkey do. monkey skin color brown. monkey like white.
this pretty much sums up most of the earlier guys who have replied here
2 .screw tablets. get a galaxy note and a decent laptop. best of both worlds. and dont forget the gaming rig.
@OP : this is good advice
and research before wasting your money
+1
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I really want to say a lot of things but I think there will be a World War 3 then so I am keeping my mouth shut.
+1.first thing i did was to send a link of this page to all my iMessage friends so they can have a good laugh too, like i did! okay just kidding!
either you're trolling, or you didn't really know what an ipad is. you specially got me at the point where you were disappointed that it doesn't fit in your pocket! it's a tablet, it isn't supposed to fit in your pocket.
almost all good games/applications for any platform are paid, and are in fact expensive as well. most platforms allow you to run pirated copies, apple doesn't. and i totally respect that. at least they're offering great apps! (have you played infinity blade?) i used nokia for years, with everything free, from games to apps, but hardly any of them were worth playing, and by no means comparable to apps in the itunes store. snake was one, i guess bounce was one, but other than that? well good things cost you money, and you can't really claim your right to piracy, can you?
no cd/dvd support? umm. well i dunno what to say to that!
you mentioned gaming? well ipad has the best gaming among the tablets in the market. if you compare it's gaming capabilities with a PC, you're definitely gonna be disappointed.
typing on any new device is uncomfortable at first. give it time. and even then it'll never be as comfortable as typing on a physical keyboard.
you should have done your research well. you're complaining about 16GB? didn't you know how much space that is beforehand?
well now since you've bought it, use it expecting tablet functionalities from it - it's not alienware