New iPad?

[foreverducky]

I thought I heard rumors about a new iPad coming out soon. Anyone else heard anything like this?

My hope is to treat myself to an iPad after I complete my dissertation. Sadly, but it's coming down to bribing myself.

[lozzy]

I've heard that on the 24th February apple are going to announce dates for the iPad 3,

[foreverducky]

That sounds promising. Do they tend to present the future prices as well? Or just the general concept?

[Johnie]

Just to throw it out there......I bought myself an iPad2 last Oct. It's nice and I liked it a lot. However, I didn't use it nearly as much as I thought. I also had bought it as an alternative to taking my laptop to Disney but I could not connect to the internet on Disney property or at the condo. I ended up giving the iPad2 to my mother. She is using it all of the time!

I just purchased the Kindle Fire. It works better than the iPad did for me. The screen is smaller and it's heavier but it's WAY cheaper.

[foreverducky]

Hmm, that definitely gives me something to think about Johnie. I could be open to the kindle fire too. However, I would not use it for reading my kindle books as I like the paperback book look of the original kindle.

[Johnie]

Target carries the Kindle Fire (saw it in there tonight) so you could take a look and see if you like the feel. I was surprised I liked it so much.

[foreverducky]

That's definitely a good idea, will do. Thanks for the suggestion Johnie.

[foreverducky]

And come to think of it, I'm a prime member for Amazon, so that would add to the features of the fire.

[Keith]

To be honest there were rumours of an ipad3 before the 2 even came out There's bound to be one, and this year would make perfect sense (earlier than later IMHO) but as of rigth now, no one other than the people working on it in Apple know and they won't be talking.

I love the ipad2. I didn't use it much at first, I had to come to terms with it. Things like finding the right software for it, like using an airport express at Disney to convert in room broadband to wifi for it etc. I've ALMOST got it to the point where I can walk around with it all day and use it for my calendar, contacts, email, web and specialist work stuff instead of a laptop. For books, i'm completely converted and I now buy everything as a kindle book and read it on the ipad.

Now, all that's fine but Johnie's right, the fire is an amazing price and has great apps. Really nice size, nicer than the ipad really for most applications and really cheap! I've been really surprised how good the fire really is for the price.

[Dizneyblonde]

So does this mean I will have trouble connecting to wifi at Disney in August on the iPad?