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If you are moving from an older iPad (like me), then iCloud is a godsend. First you need to head into the ‘settings' menu on the other iPad and perform a full iCloud backup. This will take a couple of minutes.
Using the same Apple account on the iPad 3 means you will be presented with a full list of all your iCloud backup data. Apple cleverly list the newest at the very top.
It will then download the data from iCloud, which took around 3 minutes. This will vary obviously from user account to user account.
When this is finished, you are presented with wireless networks in your vicinity. After entering the password you are immediately ‘online'.
The initial set up is completed. All our data was passed over via iCloud without a problem. As a security precaution however Apple don't copy over email passwords, so you need to manually key that information into all of your accounts. We noticed that previously installed third party applications started to download directly from the Apple store on the iPad 3 after the initial set up phase. This is clearly to save time during the iCloud restore phase.
As a topic of conversation, the iPad 3 doesn't offer SIRI support, but there is a new voice recognition system implemented.
still waiting on mine to arrive, hopefully next week 🙂
I never bought an ipad, but ended up with a cheap android tablet. Its ok, but I want the new ipad 3. never used an apple product before so it will be fun.
Just ordered one this morning (32gb). will be a few weeks before I can tey it out 🙂
On the subject of Games, there’s a new Infinity Blade: Dungeons from Epic Games designed specifically for the iPad 3, and I believe Infinity Blade II has been updated to support the new Retina Display on the iPad 3 as well, but don’t quote me on the second bit. Also, expanding on the Graphics – They claim the GPU holds 4x the power of an Nvidia Tegra 3. Going by these Benchmarks, I’m quite inclined to believe that. If so, I believe this might just be the most powerful (Graphics-wise specifically) Tablet on the market to date.
4G is broken in Europe? Damn. 😐
Far as the Camera – Purists will never be pleased with anything built into a Smartphone, Cellphone, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop or anything else 😛
Think they’re avoiding a 128GB version because of the size. Or the cost. Not sure. There’s always iCloud for extra storage anyway.
Its the first one ive been tempted to buy…….. ill wait until stocks are more available, no rush.
thanks for the review 🙂
Very nice. photos dont seem bad for this either. whats the video recording like from it ? rubbish ?
The new screen is so much better than the iPad2 screen. I’ve uploaded some comparison photos here: http://www.13amp.org/newipad/
Remember, it’s really an iPad 2x 😉
I am interested in the faster processor. From what I can tell the iPad 3 has a better quality with its graphics compared to iPad 2. You also get a better battery. I will definitely be upgrading in the next couple of weeks.
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