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Just curious, anyone here collect/listen to 45rpm vinyl? I stumbled across about 1500-2000 of them today, but my TT doesn't play 45's however I can buy the add on to make it play them......worth it?
What's the quality like between these and 33's?
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Just curious, anyone here collect/listen to 45rpm vinyl? I stumbled across about 1500-2000 of them today, but my TT doesn't play 45's however I can buy the add on to make it play them......worth it?
What's the quality like between these and 33's?
this is just my opinion.. and may be way off. I never really collected 45's in the day.. as much as I did 33 1/3 albums.
my opinion is that a lot of people didn't care for their 45's as well as they did their albums. Albums came with a paper or plastic sleeve and sturdy cardboard album cover with artwork on it.... whereby 45's usually only came in paper sleeves. Your 45's may be in better shape though too.
I currently don't have any 45's at all.
most of these are beautiful, obviously some are not so good, but the kids need frisbees so they will all get use.
45's are pretty cool. I picked up an old Audiotronics record player they used to use in schools. On something like that they are awesome. On your standard stereo system they are just so-so. You need to match the quality with the system. I actually use the Audiotronics player output into my stereo system and that sounds great! Something about the old style cartridges and preamp they used makes all the difference in enjoyment.
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I used to own many 45's years ago...I don't know what happened to them. I do have on 45 rpm the complete collection of the Elvis "picture discs" brand new and never used in their original wrappers.
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Mark are you speaking of the 12" 45s or the little guys?
I have a bunch of the littleuns, but rarely play them anymore. Just too much work IMO.
I just picked up my first 12" 45 today at a yard sale. It's Soft Cell's "Tainted Love/Where did are love go". Man, this thing sounds pretty good. Kinda reminds me of the reel-to-reel decks. The faster they go, the better the sound quality.
My turntable needs the 45 rpm adapter too, and since I don't have any 45s, I don't bother. Plus I'm a noob at all of this, and being 23, I don't have any 45s "from when I was young." LOL.
I'm actually dedicating a room in the new house to 45 recordings, the victrolla and other old school recordings in the new house. At least I think I am. The only problem is I really would like to have the victrolla in the sitting room. I'm still all over the place in which room is deditcated to what.
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I have a many Reference Recordings which were typically pressed 45 RPM. "Cantate Domino" & "Church Music" are two that come to mind.
Many newly released/reissued LPs are coming out in 45 rpm. What would normally be 1 33 1/3 rpm LP are now 2 LPs @ 45 rpm.
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There are 2 VERY different type of 45's:
7" singles (and some 12" singles)
12" Audiophile pressings.
The 12" ones are just about the best pressings you can get. Kinda like reel-to-reel w/ a higher IPS, they can offer some improvement over 33 & 1/3... although I suspect that some of this is offset by the different stresses put on the turntable running at higher speed. Just out of curiosity, anyone ever see an audiophile turntable designed from the ground up for 45 rpm?
The singles tend to be terrible pressings. Every now and then you'll find a good one, but very little effort was put into materials or QC on them. Don't buy them for signal quality.
That said, the singles are a load of fun for just throwing on some random music- I picked up a lot of like 2500 for maybe $50. Some pristine, some scratched all to hell, most with a click or pop here & there. Close your eyes, grab a dozen, never know what you'll get.
I'd love to get one of those jukebox that play 45's and place it by the bar. That'd be cool.
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I'm into all things vinyl... or shellac. I want a bunch of 78s, too. :)
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12" 45's all sound great to my ears, I can't say for sure if it's because of the above or the speed.
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Where can I get me some??
Nice find.. who doesn't like a little Tainted Love? ;)
yeah Craig, slap that puppy on the cassette.... i heard Tainted Love just today on the radio..
I think people know I have a Onkyo cassette deck... but it didn't have much affect. ;)
I've heard that the recent Blue Note 45 reissues sound quite good. I wouldn't mind picking up a copy of Dexter Gordon's "GO".
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So, in percentage terms, to what extent does winning a medal at the last world championships before an Olympic games boost a skaters chances of winning an Olympic medal? From what Sarah Hughes is saying in the article, it evidently mattered a lot in terms of recognition as a contender, and in terms of her confidence. However, with others it seemed to have not mattered at all. For example, prior to winning a Silver medal at the 1992 Olympics, Paul Wylie had never finished any higher than 9th at a World Championships.Sarah Hughes was hardly a stranger to the international scene when she arrived at the World Figure Skating Championships in 2001. She had a bronze medal from the Grand Prix Final and, if she was not mentioned in the same sentence with Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya, she was certainly in the conversation.
By finishing third at the championships the year before the Salt Lake Games in 2002, Hughes burnished her medal-contending credibility with the judges, other skaters and the public.
A year later, she was an Olympic champion.
Getting the third place was really a breakthrough for me there, Hughes said. It was so hard and so difficult for me to get that third place. I was just fighting and fighting and fighting to try and get that recognition.
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I must say that this has got to be one of Carolina's best exhibition programs! I usually was never a big fan of her up-beat gala programs, I just like her lyrical much much better, but this is such a fun, charming and entertaining program! I hope we can get an HQ vid from All That Skate soon.
^ No, she said in several interviews that she will take her time to decide whether she will keep competing or not. I don't know when she will have the time to properly relax and reflect though, her schedule for the next couple of weeks is super busy and she has been very busy since Worlds too. I guess once GP assignments are released, we might hear something concerning her decision.
Here is a HQ version of "It's Oh So Quiet" at All That Skate. Brilliant, she totally rocks it!!!
Carolina is USSA's Athlete of the Month for April:
Congrats Carolina and thanks everyone for voting!
wow, she did. Great. She really deserved this honer
wow, Carolina looks great in that dress/hair. she should wear her fringe out more often.
I hope she stays and competes until Sochi.. I know she often screws up at the Olympics but she really has a better chance of winning a medal this time around, as she was never World Champion before either.
I think it's not only being a World Champion what will give her a better chance to win a medal, but also the fact that it looks like she has now learned how to control her nerves. And I admit a couple of years ago I thought this would never happen - sometimes it's just so good to be wrong.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
I wonder when she will announce whether she will stay competitive or not. GP assignments are released later this month, right? I know she has been terribly busy since Worlds and probably hasn't had time to properly sit down and reflect yet.
I guess there is a possibility that she will not do the GP but maybe come back for Euros? But on the other hand, the more competitions she does the better and more consistent she has become during seasons ...
I will miss her terribly if she decides to retire
^ me neither It's true, she has always said that either she will retire officially and then only do shows. If she stays in competition, she wants to do it 100%. I wonder when she decides ...
Some news
Carolina has been honoured by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano for her achievements: http://www.sportnews.bz/index.php?id...8c772808deae86
However, I hardly can imagine her doing service in a jailhouse.
(As the link is in German, for those not able to read the article - she has been promoted to the rank of a major jailhouse constable in relation to her service unit)
Some news, seems like Carolina hasn't decided whether she will continue competing or not, she signed up for the GP just in case. Here is a video for everyone speaking Italian: http://video.gazzetta.it/?vxSiteId=f...&vxBitrate=300
Opera on Ice 2012 will take place on September 22, starring Carolina, Stéphane, Evgeni, Aliona/Robin and Anna/Luca: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater
Photos of Carolina as testimonial of Axel Roma (no idea what that is): http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...7982315&type=1
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Can something be too light? When you're talking about a laptop, it's pretty hard to imagine that. But Sony's VPCSE2KGX/B S Series VAIO 15.5" laptop computer does its best to get there. Even though the VPCSE2KGX is only 4.4 lbs and less than an inch thick when closed, it's not a lightweight, easy to carry box— you get full large screen benefits and 256GB solid state hard drive power. Sony has just engineered out the bulk that normally comes attached to such high performance. And speaking of lightness, with a full HD 1080p LED screen, you get to enjoy bright, detailed images whether you're just watching your favorite DVD, sorting through vacation photos, or putting the finishing touches on a spreadsheet. Or maybe you're doing it all at once — with 4GB of RAM and the impressive Intel i7 dual-core processor, multi-tasking is a breeze. Plus, a built-in web-camera with microphone can help if the people you like to talk to most feel light years away; powered by the same Exmor sensor found in Sony's best cameras, you get great detail when chatting with friends and family. Sony may not have made the VPCSE2KGX/B too light, but with slim design, fast performance, and a clear display, it all add up to make a laptop that's just light enough to be just right.
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To put it simply you can get a computer that is better than this for a third of the price. I know its not a desktop but I cant even Update the graphics card because of the Sony software installed and I have Games that keep telling me I need to Update my driver because it is outdated. I spoke with Sony Support about this and all they say is that the Game is not compatible with the system, which should not be the case and pretty much means that due to their setup they have greatly limited what you can and can not do with the Graphics card that the boast about. I hope they create an update soon to fix the outdated drivers because if not I just bought a very expensive table weight.
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- Screen size: 15.5" LED 1920 x 1080p Full HD IPS technology display
- Processor: Intel Core i7-2640M dual core 2.80Ghz processor with Turbot Boost Technology up to 3.5GHz and 4MB processor cache
- Storage: 256GB Solid State Drive (128GB x 2 / RAID 0x4)
- Memory: 4GB (installed, 8GB maximum)
- Media drives: CD/DVD player/burner
- Inputs and outputs: HDMI output / headphone out / 2 USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 / Memory Stick Duo / Port Replicator Connectors / VGA out
- Networking: Wi-Fi adapter / WiDi Ready / 100BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T ethernet / Bluetooth integrated stereo A2DP (2.1 + EDR)
- Additional Hardware: backlit QWERT keyboard / built-in HD web camera powered by Exmor sensor with mic / 10-key numeric pad / touchpad (gesture supported)
- Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 6630M with 1GB dedicated memory (hybrid graphics card)
- Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 64-bit
Manufacturer Specifications
- Energy ratings: ENERGY STAR 5 / EPEAT Gold / ROHS compliant
- Supplied software: Norton Internet Security 2012 30-day trial / Microsoft Office Starter with reduced-functionality versons of Word and Excel / VAIO Care / Media Gallery
- Action buttons: VAIO / assist / web / speed/stamina (power) / wireless on/off
- Battery type: Internal Lithium Polymer batter
- Battery life: up to 6 hours (default brightness) / up to 3 hours and 30 minutes (DVD playback)
Dimensional Specifications
- Dimensions: 14.97" W x 0.97" H x 10.08" D
- Weight: 4.4 lbs (w/battery)
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Strathcona - Victor Westlund, 95, died on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 in Strathcona.
Victor Eugene Westlund, the son of Lewis and Mollie (Anderson) Westlund, was born October 25, 1908 in Deer Township, Roseau County, Minnesota. He moved to Huntley Township, Marshall County, with his parents when he was eight years old.
He married Florence Flaten on December 25, 1935 in Poplar Grove Church in rural Strathcona. They farmed in Huntley Township for many years until moving into the village of Strathcona in 1963. They operated the café in Strathcona for 11 years. They closed the café in 1974 and continued to live there.
Florence Westlund died on July 31, 1993.
Victor was very active in his community and was a member of several boards and committees over the years. He also was a past Mayor of Strathcona. Victor was a farmer, mechanic, electrician, hunter, trapper, plumber and well driller.
Survivors include three sons, Wayne (Dorothy) of Grand Forks, N.D., Lewis "Ted" (Connie) of Strathcona and Armand (Donna) of Strathcona; seven grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, Harlan; one brother; five sisters; two step-brothers; and one step-sister.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 22, at First Lutheran Church in Middle River. Pastor Curtis Matz officiated. Casket bearers included David, Brian, Kevin and Nathan Westlund, Adam Paulson, Scott Walker, Nathan Sapp, Casey Johnson, Peter Carlson and Brady Herring. Interment was held at Greenwood Cemetery in Strathcona.


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Space Florida wants to turn Shiloh into the world's first commercial orbital launch site for companies like SpaceX. Two vertical pads would accommodate up to 24 launches a year.
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Wommer. Greer. Short. McCluer. Ludwig. Fassbinder. Frazier. Mason.
Many of the families that formed the backbone of La Plata County in its first few decades came West following the American dream: to own their own land. This dream was possible in large part because of the Homestead Act signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862.
President John F. Kennedy, in 1962, called the law "probably the single greatest stimulus to national development ever enacted."
The act, with additional versions Congress approved over the next 50 years, allowed people to homestead anywhere from 160 acres to 640 acres by improving the land and building a small dwelling.
"By and large, people were coming for opportunity; they were coming to establish their families," said Ruth Lambert, the cultural program director for the San Juan Mountains Association, who has done studies in the county documenting older buildings. "They were not speculators."
It was a grueling task at best.
James Frazier homesteaded on the Florida Mesa in 1899, when the Ute Strip was opened for staking, and two people were killed in disputes about conflicting claims and boundaries.
He kept a diary for several years, and excerpts are included in Pioneers of the San Juan Country, a history of the area's early settlers.
"It might appear to some that homesteading would be an interesting experience and adventure," he wrote in 1904. "I do not think anyone who has been through the racket and privations would want another homestead on the same terms. To be shot at and cussed at and to fight a case of protest and worry, working and starving on a place that might all go to another fellow, is not an enjoyable condition."
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"I think it was just terrible," said Barbara Jefferies. Her family has several branches that earned homestead patents, or deeds, including the Wommers, who date back to the late 1870s in the Pine River Valley. "Everything was hard. They dug ditches by hand and wells by hand."
The Wommer Ditch, which still carries water from the Pine River to farms and ranches in the valley, was dug in 1879 by several homesteaders, including Nicholas Wommer, who started the original homestead with his wife, Elizabeth.
"He wasn't getting any water down the ditch," Jefferies said about her great-grandfather Nicholas. "So he rode up to see what was happening. Another homesteader shot him in the head and killed him."
Elizabeth was left a widow with six children in July 1882, and was still able to file final papers for her homestead the next year and earn her patent. The area was originally part of the summer hunting grounds of the Ute Indian Tribe.
Jefferies' sister, LaVina Mars, still lives on the Wommer homestead, although the original house is no longer standing.
"When they tore that down, it had bullet holes in it from the Indians," Mars said. "When there were hostilities, Elizabeth would take her children down by the river and hide them in pairs in the willows, so that if some were found and killed, she wouldn't lose all of them."
The Ludwig branch of the family had its own fatality over water: Henry Ludwig killed himself after killing his neighbor Abner Lowell in a shootout when Lowell blocked the water in the ditch.
The family, Jefferies said, thought "it would have been considered self-defense."
The Wommer family can now claim seven generations in La Plata County.
'On his 21st birthday'
Based in the southwestern part of La Plata County, the Greer family can trace its roots in La Plata County back to the Baker Party of 1860-61, the first European Americans who came to the southern San Juan Mountains. But it was the third generation, Pat Greer's father Frank, who homesteaded in the Marvel area in 1903.
Pat Greer, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in 2013, and his wife, Lila, still live on the homestead at Greer Corner.
"My father staked this homestead on his 21st birthday," Pat Greer said. "He took odd jobs, but was pretty big in cattle. He lost virtually everything during the Depression."
The homestead didn't get electricity until 1942 or refrigeration until 1952.
"We would butcher five or six hogs," Pat Greer said, pointing out the smokehouse that is still standing. "We would smoke hams and bacon, then my mother would can the fresh pork. We didn't waste anything."
Except for the nine months he lived in Durango while studying at the high school, he has always lived on the homestead where he was born. But Greer spent 33 years as an engineer for the highway department to support his family.
"It's a hard area to make a living, but a good place to raise kids," he said, looking across the acreage he knows so well.
'Sense of community'
"The isolation was so magnified in those past times," said Lambert, with the San Juan Mountains Association. "It was an all-day trip to Durango to get supplies for most of them."
But one thing in particular struck Lambert in her research into the early days of La Plata County's homesteaders, who had to depend on their neighbors in times of need, and their descendants, who still today are quick to help.
"The thing that really came through was the fact that these people have grown up together, gone through school together, tended to marry each other," she said. "They seem to have grown up with a sense of community and an understanding that's how you treat people."


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TiPb asks: What did you think of the iPad 2 event?
So after all the build up, the leaks, the anticipation, and the rumors Apple finally held their iPad 2 event today... and what did you think?
Were you overwhelmed, underwhelmed, or... just whelmed? Are the iPad 2 specs enough? Do you like the HDMI out and Smart Covers? Are iMovie and GarageBand must-have apps? Was it great to see Steve Jobs on stage?
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That's how I felt.
Great update for new buyers, not enough for current owners to upgrade in my opinion.
Completely agree! Who even uses FaceTime? Especially because it's still not an open platform.
Is the iPad 2 sweet? Definitely! But I just didn't see enough to make me throw my now iPad obsolete on eBay and take a loss to upgrade. The current iPad does everything I want it to. And as far as a camera, sure, its cool but I have a camera on my MBP and I barely use that. I have a camera on my iPhone and the size is a whole lot more convenient to use. Can you imagine holding up a 10" tablet for photo's? I guess some would say yes, I think thats just dumb. Facetime really isn't all that big of a deal to me but I can see how it is on a mobile phone instead of a tablet. My fear though is that better games are going to be developed and I am going to get jacked because of speed and graphics, but again to be expected when technology advances. I'll wait for the iPhone 5 and I think that will appease my tech needs for now.
New buyer here.
Skype/Facetime using the HDMI out. My kids, talking to their Aunt 1000 miles in FL, are going to love it on our 52".
WANT. Period lol.
The hardware upgrades were pretty much a given and while the iOS 4.3 features are nice I am disappointed that an iOS 5 Preview was not the "One more thing..."
I thought it was excellent. I was not expecting too much but it surprised me.
All of the things discussed were exactly what was expected, and frankly needed. Personally I am looking forward to the new unit being available, especially facetime. For those who are badmouthing the event, I have to ask what more do you want? Dual Core processors, dual cameras, slimmer, same battery life, same price? Oh, and that price is cheaper than the xoom or any other real rival out there (without a two year contract). I think they did a great job.
I want a revamped multitasking interface, ability to use more than 1 app in the screen, a special type of Finder suited for iOS, better notification system and an iPhone 4-like display.
Get a TouchPad.
The multitaking is amazing there is no need for a revamp, and also the mutitouch gestures in iOS 5 will be amazing. Only thing I Agree on are notifcations.
I hate having to wait t until ifixit gets ahold of one to find out if its 512 or 1 gig of ram. Its definitely an iterative upgrade but a good one. I don't have an ipad 1 buy the 2 is looking very tempting to as a 10 inch tablet to go with my 7 inch Nook Color. Now to convince the lovely wife. Any ideas on that?
Threaten to withhold your "services"!
Great Job apple. But I think ill wait. Then again the white iPad........
Dissapointed, they played safe, nothing really new, just a minor update.
Maybe iPad3?
But for now Motorola Xoom is superior.
Just curious, do you own a Xoom?
I own the Xoom and gave my iPad to my daughter,it was a good move.
Cool, I will probably get both.
Nah, no need for an iPad. I don't think I'll ever get one. Funny how they never mentioned the RAM.
Learn English plz. :)
It was ok, but nothing that made me jump onto my desk. The biggest things missing are in the OS now, IMHO:
- Flash: Still a handicapped "cellphony" web browser without it.
- File system: With more use cases, the disconnected, inconsistent, and inaccessible file systems for pictures, music, books, contacts, app data, etc become more annoying. I have to download pictures to the PC to move them into a folder? Come on...
- Printing: Haven't heard a thing about Air Print in half a year. Same printers support it as during the announcement. Dead?
- PC ITunes dependency: Moving stuff from IPhone to IPad will become more common. Hooking the devices up to the PC is sooo IPod...
I wondered how long it would take for some moron to cite Flash. No one cares. Developers have moved on from Flash and are pushing HTML5 and JS for video delivery. The only people that still complain about lack of Flash support are porn fiends. Admit it.
lol what? Shut up moron. No one uses HTML5 yet and the only people who defend the lack of flash are the brainwashed idiots that are too dumb to generate their own opinions and have to follow Jobs, like you.
Skyfire gives you flash video.
Most sites provide H.2xx video alternate streams.
Even on my desktop machines, I run flashblock on my browser so I don't see the crap unless I'm specifically looking for it.
Flash is a non-issue for iOS devices.
So matt, in other words you're a porn fiend?
As much as I want to live without flash due to its battery appetite, many websites that I care to still uses it. I would like to be given the option to use flash when I need to. Maybe they can ship it without flash or turned off by default.
So email the website. There's no excuse for a website to still rely on a proprietary plugin to deliver content.
Did someone say porn
Flash will never happen, but everything else you mentioned could very well be adressed in iOS 5. Since hardware between the major tablet manufacturers is now on a fairly level playing field, I'm guessing Apple knows the OS feature set and "experience" will be the thing that makes one tablet or the other stand out.
I wonder what all of the yawners here manage to accomplish each year. Not very much, is my guess. :roll:
The new iPad is, once again, way ahead of the wannabes. A+
haha...sounds like a fanboy. it is a yawn. you are a yawn.
As far as the device is concerned, no big surprises. Nice improvements, especially in speed and this new cover. It was definitely worth waiting for the second edition. Timing and roll-out are surprising- cool new device on the website, while still trying to sell an old ipad?? WHo in his right mind will buy the ipad1 now, especially since they come at the same price point. If I waited this long, I can wit another 10 or 20 days depending on my location. Great device, poor timing from a sales perspective.
The old ones are not still the same price. The old iPad is on SALE at the Apple web site for $100 off. See the closeout link. Get a brand new iPad1 for $399 right now.
When will Apple start taking online orders? I've got my card out and am ready to go. I waited long enough to buy one last year that it just made sense to wait for this 2nd gen model.
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I have an Ipad 32gb 3g and I'm on the fence. We don't KNOW that there's a newer/bigger/smaller/better version coming in the fall and this is a significant spec bump. One thing not mentioned was memory size. Same as original? I might get it just so I can up my capacity. 32gb isn't quite enough. Stays full.
iPad 3 will be next year. Steve Jobs declared 2011 as "the year of the iPad 2." It just would not be right if they came out with a iPad 3 in the fall after saying that.
Since you ask underwhelmed, very underwhelmed. Can't see it'll do much that my current iPad can't do. I had no interest in FaceTime when the iPhone 4 came out and I've still no interest in FaceTime.
You're pretty stupid, there will be a lot the currant iPhone won't be able to do, the processor alone is enough, the GarageBand, photobooth, form factor, the new cases, and everything makes it an amazing device, Which will stay above the competition, then iOS 5 will breath new life.
I mean iPad.
I'll wait for the iPad 3 with (hopefully) better screen and LTE.
~~ Think about it.....The iPD 2 IS FOR new Pad BUYERS, AND TO COMPETE WITH THE ZOOM ECT.,FOR NOW. The iPD 3 will be for the upgrade buyers, and they know it, and have set it up that way...... slam Dunk Apple and Company!!!!
Fully agree thats the Apple cycle. Was the same with the iPhone and the macbooks. New buyers go for it, the 3rd version will be for. upgraders
Rumors about iPad3 mean nothing. Anybody that would actually know anything about iPad3 would not be talking. I think iPad3 is not coming until next year.
Gotta see the video presentation first to get the full effect of the announcement.
somewhat underwhelmed, not enough for me to upgrade, my first gen iPad is more than fast enough and I have my iphone 4 for video chatting, photos and videos. can't wait to see what iOS 5 brings
Man. That's a smoking update. And just because it was pretty much what we expected doesn't make it any less remarkable. Apple could probably have been much more conservative at pushing hardware forward. Only concerns: rigidity/durability of rear, battery stamina (my guess is marginally less, in practice than iPad1), RAM. Only disappointment: convinced handling is less comfortable, just like with Touch 4 (edges are just too thin for my taste). I'm really impressed with the covers. Will be interesting to see what 3rd party rear cases will play nice.
I want to know how much memory it haz.
I think everyone already knew that the significant OS revision would come with iPhone 5 in the summer. Hardware is always going to be incremental. There is nothing that you can do in terms of hardware to blow anyone away anymore - save holograms or something truly space-age. The real excitement is on the OS side of things, and obviously that will come with the iPhone 5 and then find its way to this awesome new hardware set in due course. The point is that this new iPad has a lot of horsepower - so you know that somewhere down the pipe there will be a new iOS version that is going to exploit it. 4.3 is just that - an incremental revision - the real change will come with iOS 5.
No Flash, no USB, no SD, no thanks.
It's basically just an update that copies in some of the feature of current competitors.
Yes it seemingly "copies" the other devices, but that's just because Apple does one product release per cycle (read year). Thus, it's safe to assume that Apple even had this concept in mind last year BEFORE the iPad was even released. And also, these other tablets that the iPad "mimics" are not even out yet (with exception of the poorly selling Samsung Galaxy Tab and maybe one or two others).
which is lame. apple is so behind with times. like iphone. mms was avail long before they put in on their phone. they take what is already available and just called it revolutionary. the only thing they are good at is make it look pretty for the simple minded. i am sucker for pretty. they are just slow to make it pretty. iphone 4 features should have came with iphone 1. but arrogant to call the year of ipad.
Yea it looks nice I have the xoom and I think I'm sticking with it I think both of them are very good products different animals but the same' in a way,
I think the fact that there were commercials being pushed into the the TiPb coverage of the event was ridiculous. I mean, come on.
ya man , you aint kidding. I left their blog and went to engadget. The ads were ridiculous.
I'm keeping my original 64gb iPad WIFI/3G model... If I didn't have my original iPad I would've definitely gotten an iPad now. The only reason to upgrade IMO would be for a better screen, FaceTime just isnt enough...
"That's a smoking update" - to paraphrase a really lame MS ad, 'Really!?!!?!'
That's a lame-ass update. Megayawnarama, dood.
Apple did what they needed to do. This is a solid update, but not overwhelming, with the cameras really the only exciting new feature. (Annual bumps in size/speed/weight are nice, but expected in any new tech release.) It is not nearly enough to get me to trade in my first-gen iPad, but it is more than enough to keep the competition at bay for a while.
Damn! I want this device more than I want a safe place to live!!! I can't wait till I get some money, this is as good as bought!
This comment concerns me and makes me not only question the original poster about his financial priorities, since he himself admitted he doesn't have the money to buy it, yet, but will when he does, it makes me question America as a "gotta-have-it-now" consumer nation.No wonder our economy is in such turmoil as we don't seem to have much self-control when it comes to curbing our desires for things we can truly do without, as it can cause a noticable strain on our finances. Instead of thinking of more ways we can save money, we're usually lured by eye-catching advertisements of products we rarely have a real need for like this one. We should instead be asking ourselves if this device can truly enhance the quality of our lives with its usefulness beyond the the sheer whimsy of our fleeting desires. To the poster above, I beg you really take this advice to heart and consider more pressing finances in your life that beg your attention than the iPad 2, which is merely a distraction for the financially stable and well off, meaning those who're not in debt.
So true. Even though I have the resources to buy it, I thought to myself, "do I NEED this or WANT this?" Clearly it's a want since already have iPhone and laptop so will hold off till I believe I would be using it more than just an entertainment device once in a while.
Well I guess I'll be late on my mortgage payment this month
Was something actually announced?? Looked a lot like V1 with some average cameras thrown on in a last minute to differentiate..... bad excuse for a 'major' follow-on...
The most interesting part to me was when Steve said the iPad is not a computer but a post-PC device. Further cementing my opinion that it's just a jumbo-iPhone that I won't be buying.
I think this is going to be the stumbling block for all the copy cats who cram their tablets with SD slots, ports, Flash, and junk that will just slow it down and try to being the PC experience to a device that is not a PC.
However those things don't make the desktop experience. Flash is a major part of the web. SD cards make for portable memory when you can't be connected. Ports are something that are looked at on a universal need.
Bring the PC experience would be bringing a full desktop support and all that entails and a lot of what that entails is legacy support. None of the from-the-future-copycats have been providing legacy support in their tablets or trying for the PC experience. They have only been improving on the mobile experience and making it better.
Incremental update. Nothing too huge to get excited about. But the thing that struck me about the whole event...
Where was the freaking live stream?!
iPad 3GS
This is just the first piece of the puzzle for 2011. I think its a good update, the only thing that could of made it great would be a higher resolution display, but we might see that by the end of the year. The next piece of the puzzle will be ios 5. We should know all about that within a month from now. Thats when things should get really exciting. The final piece of of the puzzle will be what 5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 add on to ios 5 as well as if they upgrade the ipad 2 with a retnia display.
This announcement was ok but not mind blowing. It is was what everyone expected the next generation ipad to be. It is actually falling in line with the ipods and ipod touch. What I mean by that is the next gen is better but not enough to buy the new one if you have the old one. For example I have a second gen ipod touch and even though the next gens are better, I could not justify buying the new one.
The best part was the device will be released 10 days after the announcement so they are striking while the iron is hot. Hint hint HP, Android, Blackberry, etc...
It was nice to see Steve. I hope his recovery is going as well as it seems.
On the announcement side, the hardware was expected. The lack of an iOS update or something to do with the cloud disappointed. The two apps were nice as was FaceTime.
Overall, a nice refresh but about as much of an advance as there was between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS.
3GS did not get a whole new body, a 9 times video speed bump, a 2 times speed bump to the processor. It did not get a thinner lighter size. This is much more that a 3GS style upgrade.
The whole tablet experience is the software anyway. The other brands have specs but they do not have the software. The real upgrade to iPad 2 will come with iOS 5.
iPad 3 will see another spec bump next year but the real upgrade will be in iOS not in a spec bump.
If they do release another iPad this fall it will still have an A5 so if it has a High Res display then iPad 2 will be faster at graphics with that same processor. If they release an iPad this fall it will probably be a second model iPad Pro and not a replacement for the iPad 2, by fall this one will not even be rolled out to the whole world yet.
I was very underwhelmed by apple! First off, a VGA Camera! WTF! that's soo 2000 and Late! both camera's should be HD! the blackbery playbook has 2 HD cameras that do 1080P. the Xoom can do 1080p. for the same price as the Ipad. Skype is poised to beat out Facetime for video chat as an open standard not to mention Google is working on video chat openness as well! second! no iOS 5 preview with Iphone 5 in 3-4 months! a lot of people i talk to think apple may be hitting a wall now. Android is poised to overtake iOS in a couple of years. Underwhelmed is an understatement! Iphone 5 had better be more of an improvement to iphone 4 or Apple could be in trouble!
Some people would be underwhelmed at anything Apple could do because they don't like Apple. This iPad could have had a retina display, 1Gb RAM, Quad core processor, HD Front Camera, 5Mp Rear Camera, iOS5 relaased alongside it with Air Sync, Air iTunes, Air Disk, Air Streaming, and 4 finger swipe between open apps and you would still be underwhelmed. All of those things will come but you can't get everything all at once, there just is not time to do it all at once.
Worthless event, no live video feed? and the iPad 2 is just a facetime version.. Worthless upgrade for anyone with an iPad already, and side by side visually it doesn't hold up to the competition. They needed a major overhaul of iOS to really sell this 2nd generation one.. Hold out for iPad 3 or go honeycomb. I'll be going honeycomb and selling the ipads in our house as soon as one I like hits. The iPad 3 is going to be rushed to compete with he onslaught of new devices coming - so expect more issues there. Bottom line - I think apple has been caught with their pants down by the speed at which Android has caught up and now taken the lead in visual and advanced features. It's not going to get any better for apple this year, look at the ipad apps that came within a year.. the same is going to happen w/ android - and w/ more hardware to play with.
Specs are meaningless, if you have to have expertise to use the device.
Specs are also meaningless if there aren't compelling applications and media for the device.
Android and device manufacturers are nipping at the heels of Apple, which is good. In such a close race, though, I'd certainly not bet on the competition, not yet.
I'd certainly not even get rid of an original iPad for a Xoom. There's no compelling reason, yet. And as was pointed out earlier, how many people really use facetime enough to need the extra ability? The old one is good enough. The new one is better. Keep your original iPads; your family might give you grief if you get rid of theirs!
Can anyone tell if the iPad 2 supports HPSA+ for the GSM version?
Wi-Fi + 3G model: UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
That would be a "yes."
Incremental. It leaves me pretty much just whelmed. Selling the original for $399 on top of it is a good idea. Considering that need to get a contract to use the Xoom, and the other competitors being pretty much no-show at this time, I think Apple will keep the crown for now. User experience is the selling point here with the equipment solid though not mindblowing. Lots of games, books, music, video - and as easy to use as sitting behind the wheel of a car. The combination will bring in the customers. The also-runs (better specs or not) will sell, too, but few will be considered even slightly successful compared to Apple's volume.
I was a first gen iPad hold out and this one hits everything I was looking for, so I am pleased. If I have to nitpik (and what fun would the internet be if we didn't), I really hope the rear camera is better than the one found in the iTouch 4. I was really hoping for just a port of the iPhone 4's 5mp camera, but I'm guessing that didn't happen or they would have mentioned it. Fingers crossed whatever camera they did incorporate is better than the iTouch's, especially with all of the cool stuff iMovie is capable of. Either way it's not a deal breaker - the black iPad 2 will be mine!
No Jeffy C. no Hspa+ just HSPA 3G
I don't know about the need for a high MP rear camera on something like this but it definitely should have an auto-focus since a lot of people are probably going to want to use this for document scanning if they are considering it.
I loved it, never thought of buying an iPad until This event and the new update is going to be great for my iPhone 4. I'm happy the a5 is a dual core, it's going to be a beast, I'm a gamer on my iPhone and could use all the power.
I find it hilarious that we speculate and gossip for months and months, most of what was already rumored is announced today and now people are mad about what Apple didn't do. This was obviously going to be an incremental update, not something of the iPhone 4 caliber or anything. We won't see a complete redesign or anything like that until at least next release.
On a side note, I think that iOS 5 deserves it's own keynote address, not tacked on to the iPad 2 event. We'll see it between now and April.
I think iOS5, A5, and iPhone5 all happen together. So don't look for it until Late May or June.
iOS 5 should be the real killer for the iPad 2 because all hopes are that it includes iCloud for everything, Sync, Storage, Streaming, iTunes, and initializing a new machine.
not enough to justify the upgrade. Was hoping to see at least a retina display. I have to say though, for professionals wanting to use this as a laptop replacement - Video mirroring is very significant. That was one of my issues with the first iPad.
I decided that I want it so bad that I am going to prostitute myself right after work. Awesome~!!! It will be 100% worth it!!
I really hope you joking but in this day and age, you never know. Hopefully your self worth is worth more than an iPad.
I'll give u 10 bucks for 2 hours?
I love the new case, it's the attention to detail that makes me want everything Apple sells. I also loved the new features and cheaper price of MobileMe .... oh.
I think the iOS 4.3 announcement was better news. I like my iPad (1st gen.); I'll wait for iPad 3.
im wondering if apple will bring mobile me for free, because there was no sign of improved mobile me on ipad 2 event.
Sold...will be waiting at Apple store for my shiny new 2.0
Yes it's faster and thinner and all that good stuff but meh not overly excited. I'll pass on this one.
i hear ya but i like the speed and the cams so ill be getting one just cause of that
Just whelmed. Nothing overly surprising or exciting. I'd be more excited if it were available today!! :p
Since iOS 4.3 will allow you to turn your iPhone into a mobile wifi hotspot, will the iPad 2 be able to work off of that. Because if that's the case then is there a real need for a 3G iPad other than faster speeds?
just spoke with Apple, they said you will be able to do that. So I wonder if you have unlimited data for AT&T what the speeds will look like. Makes me want to just get the wifi iPad.
If you have a mere moral phone and no data plan, but you want a data plan on an iPad, then you'll need to get the 3G version. Otherwise if you have a hotspot phone of any kind, the iPad should detect it like any Wifi access point.
It will still cost you to turn your iPhone into a hotspot. Currently, I'm on AT&T's $30/mo unlimited data plan, and would have to go to $45/mo with 4GB data limit for the hotspot feature. If I decide I need the 3G for my iPad, I will still probably go with the iPhone hotspot feature; that will only cost me $15 extra (so long as I keep it under 4GB), whereas a 3G iPad monthly data is $15 for only 250MB. I have never used over 2GB on my iPhone, so the 4GB hotspot plan should give me enough for 2GB on my iPhone and 2GB on my iPad. To get that much with a 3G iPad, it would cost me an extra $25/mo (for the 2GB iPad 3G plan).
I'd look into it, but, I'm fairly certain that if you want to use the tethering/hotspot feature in the first place (from Att), you must switch to the 2gb data plan on the phone. I don't believe you can go from the $30 unlimited to the the 4gb $45 tethering without switching to the 2gb in the first place, they force it on you when you switch to tethering.
Nothing special for me. I dont care much about the cameras, I am not a gamer, so the speed/graphics are fine for me. Nothing made me say wow.
Would have been nice to see an SD card and more memory! Common Apple, how about something ridiculous like 500GB or 1TB. Enough of the 32gb and 64gb.
It's flash memory. Putting in à HDD, would just make to much noise. Inserting a SSD, would be way too expensive.
Still no usb, sd, or even the new thunderbolt...I like the screen cover though.
The camera is a nice addition for video conferencing, and the lighter weight and smaller form factor are also nice. However, it doesn't really seem like a major improvement to me.
I think the real improvement is probably one that won't be noticeable for a while ... the improvement in CPU and graphics. 6-12 months from now, amazing apps are going to start showing up that won't really run on the old iPad, and at that point I'll be wanting a new one (and hopefully by that time, the iPad 3 will be out :-) Hopefully with LTE support as well!
I held off for the iPad 2. I have an iPod Touch 2 gen, and 4.3 will not be supported by the 2 gen. The iPad 2 will work well for me. I think it looked like a basic update. Was wanting more "wow" I really want more specs on it. I know it's not Apple's only product, but after a year, seems there should have been more.
i agree with you.. there was no wow factor.. but ill still get one just to say i have one lol
I like the cameras, would have disappointed not to see them. How useful they are will depend on apps - takeing regular photos will be easier on something smaller, but for apps I that incorporate photos like evernote or a photo mark-up app called My Measures the camera will be great.
Hoepfully the weight reduction is noticible as well.
BUT, if you have the the grandfathered unlimited plan as I do, can that be transferred to a new ipad? If not, that alone may keep me in the 1st gen ipad for a long while.
I can't wait. I wish I could pre-order!!!!
i read more people are yawning here just like the the first announcement of ipad. sadly, people will buy ipad 2 as they did ipad. making it the year of fools....again. haha. i am so funny.
I'm probably going to wait for iPad 3.
For some reason, my iPad doesn't feel old yet.
im gonna wait also, simply because of the fact that when im able to afford this on a verizon contract, itll be already on the market for a few months. i dont want to be behind lol. because i got the verizon iphone knowing that theres a verizon iphone 5 coming out this summer. a mistake that ill keep kicking myself for until my upgrade in two years. basically, i want an ipad, when it comes out
I'm very dissapointed with the the speaker grille. I like the looks of the original better.
I second that. It's so ugly
Pretty much what I expected in terms of hardware improvements. The initial hands-on videos make the thing look ridiculously fast. "Disgustingly fast," as Topolsky put it.
Doesn't make any sense at all to increase screen size from 1024x768 to some intermediate size like 1280x960. That would be silly, since the actual end-user benefit would be near-zero. You don't notice much increase in sharpness until linear resolution reaches 2x that of the original.
The megapixel myth used to be a hot topic in digital photography. Kind of like the megahertz myth was big back when Intel, AMD, and IBM were one-upping each other's specs. Not any more. The megapixel myth is only now reaching the portable computing device market. Bumping the iPad 2's screen resolution just a little bit would have smelled of "press release engineering." Apple doesn't waste manpower on that. They don't care what the other guys are doing. They do their own thing, on their own schedule, and everyone else scrambles to catch up.
A minor screen resolution bump would have been just an interim step toward 1920x1440 (HDTV horizontal resolution) or 2048x1536 (2x linear resolution of iPad 1 and 2.) But it would still require iPad app developers to create all-new graphics. Which would immediately become obsolete the moment the full HD iPad is announced. And that may happen as early as this fall...
Lack luster , everything I expected that they should of done for the first iPad they did. The only thing I'm happy for is the HDMI/DisplayPort out because that will mean something for the iPhone iPod touches. I'm almost desperate for a HDMI out for the iPhone ... new HDTV doesn't do Component, only composite and HDMI...
Even though I have my iMac connected to my TV , I don't want to have my entire mac running , wasting energy.
edit: to clarify what I meant by ' have it running ' .. for example , if I want to watch a movie, theres no way I can turn the iMac display off while it streams to the TV..
Mmm i dont know, I love apple products but i cant get over the fact that my iphone does what i need, yes.. the ipad does it much better but still meh ....!!!
Great that Steve was on stage.
I am happy the ipad takes another step forward on its way to become the device that fulfills all your childhood sci-fi fuelled imaginings. I am amazed that Apple shaved half a cm of the thickness but in itself, not reason enough to replace the "one". Personally, I believe I'll skip the "two" as the one I'm holding now continues to be awesome and is 92% of the two. It will easily satisfy me for another year and meantime the people who've been holding off have a few more reasons to get on the wagon and help fuel the ipad revolution.
I also love my Iphone 3GS and have given the Iphone 4 a miss as well. I wont upgrade just because there's a new model code in the stores but I'll be back for more the next time around. I'm by no means dissapointed in the "two"; it is a necessary iterative step towards a new, higher level of ipadding which will be apparrent in another year or so. I could easily have lived with no new model for another year and then have seen a true leap forward but Apple will understandably want to keep competition in the rearview mirror. Moreover developers can now prepare even sharper apps which my ipad three will benefit vastly from.
Keep up the good work Apple, you are on the right track and I will keep on buying every other generation of supercool devices you genesize.
Its incredible how people are, with the first ipad , everyone said, no market for that , it will never sell, its just a big iphone and Boomm millions sold. Even those people bought one, now the same, ill hold off for the ipad 3 and ill see each and everyone of them with one in their hands in just a few months!
My iPad original does just fine. Thin is nice but it's not a phone that needs to fit in my pocket. It just goes into my backpack. The camera... I have the iphone 4 and do skype all the time, but that is on the go. When I'm at home just as well will use my computer for skype.
Why does apple charge so much for cables?
i cant do it. iPhone 4 retina has me hooked. 1024/768 looks like crap to me now. and for all that $$$ no thanks. march 2012 it is for numero tres. or the september iPad Pro surprise?
He kind of sold it short; admitted the graphics on original iPad are already good, the battery life is the same, the cover -- aren't we going to want to protect the ports and the back, so we can resell our iPad 2 someday? So most people will still be buying a case, whether or not they also get that smart cover. It adds cameras, which is just keeping up with the competition. It adds dual-core CPU, which is just keeping up with the competition. I don't see anything groundbreaking here except how thin it is, it's not that much lighter, so I think I'd rather have the sturdier and better-protected old one. iMovie is cool, Garage Band is just a toy. iOS 4.3, just another upgrade. Whoopppee, wait for the iPad 3, and hope the iPhone 5 is more of an update than this.
P.S. He was having a hard time continuing at the end, he's sick.
I want one for my birthday. :)
Sold. Amazed at just how thin it is. Also surprised and wowed by iMovie and GarageBand apps. Can't wait!
Cameras front 0.3MP back 0.69MP, no wonder apple doesn't advertise resolution on their website. It's something they found in the garbage and now charging premium for it. Way to go Apple...
I think I am satisfied with the release of the ipad 2, but I will refrain from my purchase until they come out with a higher res display, stereo speakers (equal to that of a laptop), SD slot, and usb port. I feel like these are all things that are going to destroy the ipad2 when competitors release them. We've seen it before every year with the iphone. Apple releases the latest hottest phone, then over the length of the year BB will release 3 new phones, with one of them kick ass. Then we all wait a year for the next iphone to clean up the mess, and they catch up.
So I'll wait for th iPad 3, and maybe in 3 months I'll pick up the original iPad on ebay for the reduced cost when people realize they can spend an extra 100$ and get the new one. You know, just to tide me over ;)
And as for the ios 4.3... I don't know what to say. It seems like a rather weak update considering it's a major update. airplay for safari and apps... wasn't that one of those things when we tried it the first time we thought something must be broken... "why isn't airplay working? Oh... cause apple doesn't let it..."
So that is them kissing ass hoping we overlook that they left it out in the original.
All in all, I feel like apple is just cleaning up the loose ends with this update. Things that the consumers felt they should have added in the first update (whichever update those features were first added).
So I'm hoping they are going to knock the competitors out of the water with the iphone5 in the summer and have some real kick ass features. Although, seeing as how the the iphone4 white wasn't discussed... makes me wonder if thats what will be released in the summer...
Good stuff, but I'm most interested in pending announcements for MobileMe and the NC data center.


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Darkside007 wrote:But what if the sides currently in control of Erfworld all subscribe to an evil ideaology? Than wouldn't the side overthrowing them be good?
Just because you fight an "evil side" does not automaticaly make you a "good side". A perfect example is WWII with Hitler and Stalin. Both human monsters that killed millions of their own people and tried to destroy each other. Evil often preys on itself.