Monday, March 26, 2012

New iPad... A Week In

It's been a little over a week since I ripped the plastic off of the latest and greatest iPad... dubbed simply... iPad. This beauty sports the 'Retina' display as well as 4G/LTE cellular connectivity and a few other minor bump-ups on the internal specs. Overall, this is definitely an iPad, largely similar to the the iPad 2 with the same functionality and purpose, just a bit prettier and faster.

The first thing that I did once I got the new iPad (besides delicately opening the box and removing the plastic,) was restoring from the backup of my iPad 2, the method I chose was via iCloud, which I found to be a lot longer process than I figured. This was likely due to the fact it was the new iPad's launch day and Apple's servers were probably getting slammed by people like me, updating their devices. Nonetheless, I would say that most of my apps and settings were restored within about 2 hours, if not less (I left the unit alone for a bit while I did some chores around the house.)

Once I finally got my grubby little hands on this device, the resolution didn't immediately blow me away... I mean, I could tell it looked more clear, but I wasn't in shock at how amazingly brilliant the display looked... that is, at first. I updated some apps that started offering retina graphics, and I changed my background to a more HD graphic, and then things started making sense. When I put my wife's iPad 1 next the new iPad, the difference is clear as day. It's true what they say, once you go 'Retina' you won't go back. The old iPad display now looks quite blurry.

That's pretty much the jist of my review, simply because it is largely the exact same device, and I've been using it the exact same way... it's just more pleasant to look at.

I haven't used the 4G/LTE as of yet, simply because we don't have AT&T LTE in our area yet, and I haven't really taken it away from wi-fi at all. This upcoming Summer I'm sure I will end up using it at the beach, so I can review that in depth then.

Well, that's it... This is something like the 8th iPad I've owned, and I love this one just as much as I did when I got my first iPad :)

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