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I've had this thing for a few months now and am quite impressed. It has it's limitations, it's not a real computer, but the longer I use it, the more I admire the apple design philosophy. All the parameters of battery life, types and operation of the programs fall into place nicely.
While on a...
No. I have let it go down to 35% before charging but normally I charge around 50%. The screen is the heaviest power user followed by the radio. My screen goes blank quickly if I don't touch it unless a video is playing. I have streamed videos all day and have been pleasantly surprised at how...
My iPad2 is a WiFi version. I like how when it goes to sleep the battery use is nil and it wakes up immediately. I charge it when it goes below 50% or so. A lot depends on where I am going and what I will be doing the next day or so. I did buy a 2 amp car USB charger so it can be charged as I...
My black 64gb WiFi iPad2 came three days ago. By the end of day one I had 37 gb of music (5258 songs.) 40 wallpaper pictures, and 3 videos on board. Yesterday I attended a meeting, took notes and tethered the iPad with a thunderbolt phone to the interweb thingy and brought up a page that...
The iPad has to have a 2 amp current to fully charge the battery. Most Computer USB ports don't provide enough current, usually 1 amp, to charge and operate the iPad at the same time, if you turn the iPad off and leave the computer turned on for a few hours it will probably charge but maybe not...
I have thought about this issue quite a bit.
I actually purchased and returned 2 3G modems early in the year, the idea was to be able to set the modem on a window sill or even out of doors to pick up a stronger signal. That worked well by the way. I decided on a Thunderbolt with tethering so I...