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Details About The New Apple iPad 3 ( 3rd Generation )

History And Beginnings

iPads are a range of portable tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple inc. primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games and web content.

The 'original' or '1st generation' of iPads were revealed to the world on 27th January 2010. It was available in 6 versions, 16GB with WiFi, WiFi & 3G, 32GB with WiFi, WiFi & 3G, 64GB with WiFi & Wi-Fi & 3G.

Released for sale in April 2010 the 'original' or '1st generation' iPads sold 3 million units in 80 days. In 2010 14.8 million iPads were sold worldwide, they made up 75% of all tablet pc's sold that year.

The iPad2 was unveiled on 2nd March 2011 and was released on sale later that month worldwide. It is also available in 6 versions the same as the original iPads; 16GB with Wi-Fi, 16GB with Wi-Fi & 3G, 32GB with Wi-Fi, 32GB with Wi-Fi & 3G, 64GB with Wi-Fi & 64GB with Wi-Fi & 3G.

The 3rd generation iPads were unveiled in the US on March 7th 2012 and went on sale the same month in the UK.

Why Is The iPad The Best Over Other Tablets?

If you’re thinking about purchasing one of the iPads, you’ve more than likely already noticed that it's more expensive than nearly all other tablets that are on the market. If you don’t know much about Apple and the iPad, you might be asking yourself “What’s so great about it?” Well, I’m going to tell you it's one of the best tablets on the market at the moment.

Support – When you want to buy a relatively expensive product, you want to know that if anything were to happen to it that it would be repaired quickly and without charge, right? Well, this is exactly what you get with Apple. Apple is well-known to provide an unbeatable customer service, so if you buy one of the  iPads you can have the peace of mind that if it needed any repairs, Apple would gladly help you out.

Applications – This is one of the major things that iPads have over any other tablet, the number applications available. There are so many applications on the “App Store”, you’ll be spoiled for choice. Other tablets may have a few thousand apps available, but the App store has many, many more! There’s literally an app for just about anything that you can think of.

Design – I don’t think any other tablet can compete with iPads in relation to its design or looks. The design is slim and stylish while still feeling strong while you’re holding it.

Performance – Since the new iPad3 has a quad A5X core processor, there’s no need to worry about whether it can handle running several applications at once. As well as having a faster processor with more cores than the iPad2 it also has twice as much RAM, so if you ever used the original or 2nd generation iPads and thought they were fast, you’re in for a great surprise when you get your hands on one of the new 3rd generation iPads!

Software – Personally, I think that iOS (the operating system that runs on iPads) is one of the best operating systems that’s available today. There are so many added features compared to older iOS software. As well as this, Apple are constantly coming up with new ideas of how they can improve the operating system, so you’ll always have something to look forward to if you buy one of the new iPads.

Battery Life – You can get roughly ten hours of battery life from all of the iPads, which is very good for a tablet. This means that most people can get days and days of use without the need to charge it.

Two Cameras – Very few tablets have two cameras, especially cameras that take a decent picture too! The 2nd & 3rg generation iPads have both of these features, the camera at the front is also great for chatting to friends and family online.

Top uses for an iPad

You can do just about anything on iPads. The days where you needed a laptop, an mp3 player and a console to play your games on is long gone. Once you have one, you can do nearly anything that you want. If you’re asking yourself whether it’s worth it to purchase since you’re not too sure what you’d actually use it for, here are some things that you could use it for:

Music – If you love music it could be the perfect gadget for you. Some people don’t really think of it as a music player, but it’s one of the best ones around! Think about it, since it’s made by Apple you have access to the iTunes Store which will allow you to buy basically any song that’s out as well as not needing to buy any speakers to play your music on since they already have built in speakers which are very loud for the size of the device. If you’ve ever used an iPod before in the past, you’ll know how easy it is to create playlists, play songs by a particular artist and so on. It’s the exact same case with these.

Games – There are thousands upon thousands of games that have been specifically made for iPads. No matter what type of games you like, you can be sure that you’ll find it. By using the App Store you can download a wide variety of different type of games, whether they’re free games or games that you have to pay for. Another bonus is that many games that are popular on consoles such as the Nintendo Ds are available on the App Store but at a much cheaper price.

Online Browsing – No matter what you love doing on the internet, the iPads have got you covered. If you spend loads of time on Youtube, you can use the Youtube app to watch all the videos that you want, if you want to go on any website that’s on the internet, you can use Safari to go to it, if you constantly check your email address for new emails, you can use the Mail app to always know if you’ve got an email or not.

Reading Books – Many people also use their iPads as a way to read the latest books. With iBooks (which comes pre-installed on your device on the latest iOS) you can read books just like you would with normally, by flicking pages to go to the next page etc. There are a lot of books which are completely free to download as well as some books that you’ll need to pay for to read. What makes it so much better than other e-book readers is that you can do multiple tasks at once. For example, while you’re reading a book you can listen to any song.

Are they worth the money?

There are so many people who ask whether purchasing an iPad is worth the money that Apple charge for them, but how can you decide? It obviously depends on how much use that you’ll get from it, but in my opinion I think that they are worth the money. Some people assume that because they are seen as an expensive gadget to buy, it’s not worth the money – but this couldn’t be any further from the truth. Anyway, I’m going to mention some of the reasons why I think it’s worth spending that little bit extra on this amazing bit of technology:

 
Travel – If you travel a lot, getting one of the iPads could be a good idea for you. You might be thinking to yourself that you already have a laptop, so why bother getting another gadget so you can browse the web? But it’s simple really, there’s no hassle carrying one around all day long since they are so light, where as laptops can be quite heavy, especially if you’re carrying it around all day. If you just use your laptop or desktop computer to check emails, read the news online and so on, I’d seriously recommend that you think about getting one, it just makes life so much easier.

Quality – The quality of the products are great. That’s one of the main reasons why Apple put a high price tag on their products since they want to make sure that it’ll last a relatively long period of time. Other gadgets may seem cheap, but there’s a good chance that it’s a false economy since you’ll more than likely have a problem or two with them over the following year or two. With iPads though, you can be nearly certain that nothing will happen to your device, and if it does, Apple are known to actually care about their customers unlike most other large brands.

Easy Access To Wireless – There has never been a device on the market before which makes it so easy to access wireless networks wherever you are. Take this for an example, you’re in a hotel and want to use their wireless connection to check your emails. You have two choices, either set up your laptop which takes a couple of minutes, mess about with connection settings to get in to the wireless network etc. Or, you could just tap the mail icon and check your emails straight away! I know which one I’d choose.

3G – If you have one of the 3G iPads, you can go online no matter where you are. This means that you can go online when you’re in the car, on the train or even while you’re out shopping for example.

New iOS 5 Update, What’s New?

Apples newest software release has recently been released. It’s been called one of the best updates so far, but what can you expect from it? Well, there are loads of new added features, some of which are obvious once you install the new update, but there are also some new things that most people probably haven’t even noticed after having iOS5 on their device for a number of months! So, here are some things that you can look forward to seeing in the new operating system for iPads:

iCloud – I’ll start off with one of the biggest changes that Apple has ever implemented so far. Within the last couple of months, you may of heard people talking about storing files in “the cloud”. If you aren’t sure what this means, it’s basically a way of storing files ranging from music to word documents so that you can have access to them wherever you are. So, let’s say that you are on holiday and want to check one of your documents, you’ll be able to do that on any laptop! iCloud is the same, except it’s built specifically for Apple devices. Every user gets 5GB storage free of charge and if you need more it’s around £20 per year.

Notification Centre – Notification centre is a new way of checking on things that you may have not noticed. It lists messages that haven’t been read yet, application notifications (such as a message on Facebook) and more. You can access notification centre by sliding your finger from the top of your device down to the bottom of your device.

Syncing – Syncing is now much easier on iOS5, you can now sync your music, pictures etc. without the need of connecting to your laptop / Macbook and so on. You can do all of this wirelessly now, which saves a lot of time.

iMessage – iMessage allows all iOS5 users to message each other over the internet at no cost. This is really useful if you have one of the 3G or 4G models, since you’ll be able to message people no matter where you are. It’s really simple too, just go to the messages app and choose who you want to send a message to.

Twitter – Twitter is now a lot easier to use on your iDevice. There’s no need to launch Safari or any other browser to go on Twitter since it’s now built in to the operating system. This makes it much easier to send messages to all of your friends on Twitter.

Camera Changes – There have been a few changes made to the camera in Apples new software update. One of the most noticeable differences is that you can go straight to the camera without needing to unlock your lock screen and then tapping on the camera app. This ensures that you’ll never miss out on a special moment again! That’s some of the new improvements that have been made in iOS5 for the iPads, there are plenty more but these are some of the most important changes which Apple have made.

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