i wouldnt get the ipad if you have a smartphone, because you can get all the apps basically on it on your smartphone. but if you want an e-reader kinda like the ipad. the Amazon Kindle Fire is coming out the 15th, its only $ 200 and you can download apps, read books, watch movies, listen to music, its pretty much and ipad except android and more about reading. for your wifi question, there are two models of the ipad, one is the 3g model and the other is the wifi model. the 3g model you have to pay a monthly fee and you get internet everywhere. while the wifi model is only internet when you have a wifi connection for ex. in your house, in starbucks, etc. and thats pretty much it. bet again i would look at the amazon kindle fire. its pretty nice im gonna get it.
me:) December 26, 2012
It just comes down to wanting it for an e-reader, I prefer the kindle. I have the iPad, but also have a kindle because I like the screen for reading on the kindle better than the iPad. It’s just preference though.
If you really want an iPad, then i would recommend it. I personally love mine and thought it was worth every penny. I use it more than my macbook. I only use my macbook for school purposes because i take a lot of online classes. So the money definitely won’t be a waste.The internet system is pretty basic. It uses safari. You can get it with just wifi, which is pretty much used everywhere, but if you want to go one step further, there is also the option of 3g. Personally, i don’t see any use for the 3g especially if you have a phone with a 3g plan. The only other option other than that, would be what size. If your going to use the iPad for movies, music, and your books, I would go for the 32gb. The 16 might be stretching it.
TheTruth December 26, 2012
Hi, hybrid7wolf5, iPad is a much better device that has a larger screen, two cameras, and over 500,000 apps/games in iTunes store. However, it is also much more expensive, heavier and less portable to take with you on the go. Kindle Fire is not a replacement as it is one underpowered device to be called a media tablet. Just released next generation Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble clearly is the superior device. It is $ 224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership or $ 250 without signup. Not just 11.5 hours battery life but 9 hours of video playback time – that’s vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire (even that 7.5 hours will not hold true in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading.) 1.0 GB RAM Vs. 512 MB RAM of Kindle Fire, 16 GB content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot. Fully laminated HD screen for reduced glare vs. no lamination of Kindle Fire. Bulit-in and optimized Netflix and Hulu plus with millions of movies/shows vs. 100K movies/shows of Amazon store. Many popular apps in Nook app Store (like Angy Birds, Pandora, QuickOffice, etc.) Nook Tablet has built-in mic for Skype voice conferencing and dictations to speech recognition software and it weights only 14.1 oz. Nook already has Cloud as all eBooks in your online library are stored there as well as downloaded to your device.
Also, If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi and you get free technical support in case of issues in any of the store.
Also, for anyone comfortable with technology – Nooks (since Nook Color) are the darlings of the root’ing community especially because they have microSD slot (not on Kindle Fire or iPad) thus Nooks can be rooted by burning OS image on the microSD card and booting off it without rooting the actual device and voiding the warranty. On Kindle, once you rooted there’s no coming back.
You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry’s, etc. stores and web sites.
agreesive December 26, 2012
Apple iPad 2 MC775LL/A Tablet.The iPad is not a laptop and is not principally a production computer, that is, a computer on which you are going to develop web pages, do serious graphics editing, or write a book.The iPad 2 is absurdly thin. More importantly than it’s thinness is its tapered edge which feels more natural in your hand. One of the biggest complaints about the original iPad was it really wasn’t tremendously comfortable to hold for long periods at a time
i wouldnt get the ipad if you have a smartphone, because you can get all the apps basically on it on your smartphone. but if you want an e-reader kinda like the ipad. the Amazon Kindle Fire is coming out the 15th, its only $ 200 and you can download apps, read books, watch movies, listen to music, its pretty much and ipad except android and more about reading. for your wifi question, there are two models of the ipad, one is the 3g model and the other is the wifi model. the 3g model you have to pay a monthly fee and you get internet everywhere. while the wifi model is only internet when you have a wifi connection for ex. in your house, in starbucks, etc. and thats pretty much it. bet again i would look at the amazon kindle fire. its pretty nice im gonna get it.
It just comes down to wanting it for an e-reader, I prefer the kindle. I have the iPad, but also have a kindle because I like the screen for reading on the kindle better than the iPad. It’s just preference though.
If you really want an iPad, then i would recommend it. I personally love mine and thought it was worth every penny. I use it more than my macbook. I only use my macbook for school purposes because i take a lot of online classes. So the money definitely won’t be a waste.The internet system is pretty basic. It uses safari. You can get it with just wifi, which is pretty much used everywhere, but if you want to go one step further, there is also the option of 3g. Personally, i don’t see any use for the 3g especially if you have a phone with a 3g plan. The only other option other than that, would be what size. If your going to use the iPad for movies, music, and your books, I would go for the 32gb. The 16 might be stretching it.
Hi, hybrid7wolf5, iPad is a much better device that has a larger screen, two cameras, and over 500,000 apps/games in iTunes store. However, it is also much more expensive, heavier and less portable to take with you on the go. Kindle Fire is not a replacement as it is one underpowered device to be called a media tablet. Just released next generation Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble clearly is the superior device. It is $ 224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership or $ 250 without signup. Not just 11.5 hours battery life but 9 hours of video playback time – that’s vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire (even that 7.5 hours will not hold true in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading.) 1.0 GB RAM Vs. 512 MB RAM of Kindle Fire, 16 GB content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot. Fully laminated HD screen for reduced glare vs. no lamination of Kindle Fire. Bulit-in and optimized Netflix and Hulu plus with millions of movies/shows vs. 100K movies/shows of Amazon store. Many popular apps in Nook app Store (like Angy Birds, Pandora, QuickOffice, etc.) Nook Tablet has built-in mic for Skype voice conferencing and dictations to speech recognition software and it weights only 14.1 oz. Nook already has Cloud as all eBooks in your online library are stored there as well as downloaded to your device.
Also, If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi and you get free technical support in case of issues in any of the store.
Also, for anyone comfortable with technology – Nooks (since Nook Color) are the darlings of the root’ing community especially because they have microSD slot (not on Kindle Fire or iPad) thus Nooks can be rooted by burning OS image on the microSD card and booting off it without rooting the actual device and voiding the warranty. On Kindle, once you rooted there’s no coming back.
You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry’s, etc. stores and web sites.
Apple iPad 2 MC775LL/A Tablet.The iPad is not a laptop and is not principally a production computer, that is, a computer on which you are going to develop web pages, do serious graphics editing, or write a book.The iPad 2 is absurdly thin. More importantly than it’s thinness is its tapered edge which feels more natural in your hand. One of the biggest complaints about the original iPad was it really wasn’t tremendously comfortable to hold for long periods at a time