Coss Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Lads, and those of the 3rd kind: I have an iPhone, I have a Macbook Pro, do I need an iPad2? I'm gonna be doing a fair fetch of traveling, and whilst I'm taking the phone and laptop, I wondering whether the tablet would provide me with much usefulness. Specs, platform and cost are all acceptable to me. The laptop is too big for a plane, movies are too small on the phone, but I'm only gonna have 4~8 flights. I guess I'm looking for an excuse to buy one. What are the absolute must have functions of the iPad? I don't see many. Any comments welcome, even derisive jibing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Probably a nice toy to have but if you've already got a laptop which does everything and a lot more than the ipad then it's probably not worth it and it's somthing else for you to carry around with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, I want one, but I agree, but then the iPad3 is supposed to have a killer 2560x1920 or something of that nature, resolution, making the movie experience phenomenal. But again, just for movies I'd buy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Plenty of movies on the planes now. Emirates had well over a hundred this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Hi, Yes, I want one, but I agree, but then the iPad3 is supposed to have a killer 2560x1920 or something of that nature, resolution, making the movie experience phenomenal. This would only impact the quality of the movie if it too is in such a high res and it almost certainly will not be seeing highest res now is 1080. So it would just be upscaled to 1920 res, no additional quality. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, I want one, but I agree, but then the iPad3 is supposed to have a killer 2560x1920 or something of that nature, resolution, making the movie experience phenomenal. But again, just for movies I'd buy one? It really depends on your habits. iPads are not for productivity like writing longer emails, producing Word docs or Excel sheets, manipulating/organizing images e.g. IMHO it is the perfect tool for people on the road: Reading newspapers and magazines like New York Times or The New Yorker, checking travel guides and maps, watching movies while, controlling travel expenses, taking short notes, keeping a calendars, reading emails, showing photos to other people, e.g., it is an absolutely great tools - especially since you can keep it in sync easily with your other Apple products. PS: Macrumors says that the iPad 3 might come out in October: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPad. But my guess is, that we'll have to wait until 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Also good and handy for mobile use of dating sites in Asia, you can keep the bevvy of women updated as to your preferred movement whilst on the run each time you hit a WiFi free zone ... but oops, you're a married man again, so that useful benefit is almost redundant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi, This would only impact the quality of the movie if it too is in such a high res and it almost certainly will not be seeing highest res now is 1080. So it would just be upscaled to 1920 res, no additional quality. Sanuk! True, but as I'm finding on the iPhone 4, with its 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 dpi (which is 4 x what's needed for the size of the screen) it makes for a better experience, more life-like if you will, so if you're putting multiple pixels where one is required, you get a nicer image. Contrast a pic printed in a magazine with one printed at 4800 dpi on a fine art printer. Cheers Coss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 IMHO it is the perfect tool for people on the road: Reading newspapers and magazines like New York Times or The New Yorker, checking travel guides and maps, watching movies while, controlling travel expenses, taking short notes, keeping a calendars, reading emails, showing photos to other people, e.g., it is an absolutely great tools - especially since you can keep it in sync easily with your other Apple products. PS: Macrumors says that the iPad 3 might come out in October: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPad. But my guess is, that we'll have to wait until 2012. Yes, if I get a "2", I'l get instant buyers remorse 'cause they'll release the "3" the next day.. Mind you it would make a fine and dandy present for MyLaoGirl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi, so if you're putting multiple pixels where one is required, you get a nicer image. No, you don't. If you double the screen resolution, 4 pixels would be used to display 1 pixel before *however* those 4 pixels take up the exact same amount of space on the screen. As a result the image looks the same. Only if you start adding anti-aliasing does the quality increase. Don't think this is done for movies though. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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