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There is also no way to fix things when they break: One of the iOS upgrades (7 or 8) brought massive performance problems, on a normal OS you would just downgr
by edwintorok 12y ago
There is also no way to fix things when they break:
One of the iOS upgrades (7 or 8) brought massive performance problems, on a normal OS you would just downgrade but there is no such option on iOS.
Alternative browsers are also very slow, it looks like Chrome isn't able to take full advantage of V8. An Android device that costs less than a third than the iPad can run Chrome much better than an iPad2 can.
The iPad2 (WiFi) also has a GPS device, but it only works when you are connected to WiFi: I couldn't get it to work without WiFi which limits its usefulness.
Android devices with GPS always worked offline, you even have the option to download AGPS data when you're connected to a WiFi to speed up TTFF, but even without that it works it just takes (a lot) longer to get a fix.
Try finding the equivalent of a commonly used application
from Linux/Windows on iPad that isn't filled with ads, or limited features (unless you do an in-app purchase). For example is there a usable VNC client?
In the end the iPad is useful only for: web browsing (with default browser), reading emails, playing games.
An equivalently priced Android device can be much more useful, and you have a wider selection of useful applications.
With all these problems I couldn't recommend anyone to buy an iPad (much less an iPhone), and I'll probably sell mine at some point.
- huxley 12y agoThe iPad 2 WiFi didn't have any GPS, it uses WiFi Positioning to geolocate hence the need to have WiFi on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system There are several good VNC clients for iOS, here are a few paid and free ones: http://www.thetechgadget.com/top-vnc-client-iphone-ipad-ipod/ http://www.thetechgadget.com/top-vnc-client-iphone-ipad-ipod...
- superdude 12y agoChrome has never used V8 on iOS. All browsers on iOS use the built-in WebView with custom UI and with iOS 8 all 3rd party browsers have access to the same full-speed Nitro Javascript engine that Safari uses. WiFi versions of iPads do not have GPS. Only the cellular versions. And those cellular models can use GPS even with no cellular connectivity. Complaining about iOS apps with ads is laughable when Android is just as bad or worse. And god forbid that developers make any money with a 99 cent app or in-app purchase. And it's obvious you didn't even try a simple Google search for "iOS VNC" as there are plenty of worthy apps.
- edwintorok 12y agoLooks like they haven't updated Chrome to the new API as the benchmarks here still show it as significantly slower: http://octane-benchmark.googlecode.com/svn/latest/index.html http://octane-benchmark.googlecode.com/svn/latest/index.html I agree about the Android market, but at least there are alternative sources like f-droid which usually have a selection of better apps. I tried 'vnc viewer' and 'vnc client', neither of which worked too well. There are probably better ones if I would've kept looking
- archagon 12y ago> The iPad2 (WiFi) also has a GPS device, but it only works when you are connected to WiFi Testing on my iPad3 right now, and it seems to work fine. iPad2 should really be considered a legacy device at this point (even if Apple still sells it). > Alternative browsers are also very slow, it looks like Chrome isn't able to take full advantage of V8. An Android device that costs less than a third than the iPad can run Chrome much better than an iPad2 can. And you can't use Safari at all on an Android device! Gasp! As for the JS engine, I'm pretty sure all apps have the ability to use the full-speed one now, and if Chrome is lagging behind, the blame lies with Google, not Apple.