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Ann, I have the 64GB and that seems plenty big for me. I haven't had the chance to travel with it yet but plan on taking it with me to Maui in October. I have the WiFi only model and hope that won't be too much of a problem. I haven't really learned a whole bunch about the iPad yet but plan on trying my "Dish Anywhere" app before I go. I do have the Kindle app on it and I love it! I also have quite a few games which I really enjoy. I haven't tried magazines yet, but want to give that I try too. I hope someone else can be more helpful than I am! Let us know what you decide :)
Ann, I have the 64 IPad 2 and love it. I have it with 3G. And only pay for it when I need it, which was in June, when I went to Ca and the hotels I stayed
at didn't have free wireless. I payed for the month. I love my IPad and use it
all the time.
I'm too cheap to buy an iPad, but they're starting to switch some departments over to them where I work. DH bought me the bigger HD 32GB Kindle Fire which was unexpected. I haven't done anything with it yet, but loved reading magazines on my regular Kindle Fire, so think this one will be even better with the bigger screen.
I'm too cheap too, Melodie! But, the PC is older and a new replacement desktop model seems silly when I would rather have something more portable and I don't see the need for a laptop. The portability and ease of carrying it when traveling seems attractive. I expect it will take me a while to make up my mind, so want to be ready with my strategy.
I should have considered buying before the sales tax holiday weekend last week, so will probably wait for another one of those ;)
Susie: Hmm, a dish anywhere app. I suppose my cable company can't offer something like that. ;)Amy: I hadn't thought about just buying the cellular model and then getting a month of coverage if I was traveling somewhere there wouldn't be WiFi. Thanks for the tip!
Ann, you can check out IPad forums, there is a lot about the IPad on it
Other than the cost of an IPad, the only thing that would concern me is what features of Goodreads I wouldn't be able to use because I couldn't access the full version but only the app. I would want a laptop for when I was home, so I wouldn't be limited to apps.
Ann wrote: "OK iPad fans, IF I was going to think about buying one, opinions needed on the storage GigaByte options.What do you think about 32 GB vs 64 (or even 128?) do we really need that much space? I don'..."
i have the 64 gb and it's plenty of space. i have the wi-fi only model and only had a problem once in a hotel in boston that didn't have wi-fi..lol
i can also tether it to my mobil hotspot thru my cell service- i did that a lot during the storms we had here last year.
When I made the decision it was between a 16gb with 3G, or 32 with wifi. Got the 32 with wifi, thought it was more important to have space than being able to connect all the time. You do more audio than I, so I am not sure how much space that takes up, but keep in mind you can't add memory.
Such helpful advice! thank you everyone! Liz: An audio book downloaded from a CD can easily be 100-150 MB (Or more for BFB's) My current audio and music file size is 22 GB. Many of the audios I have from Audible.com are only on the Cloud and I download them when I am ready to listen.
I am figuring most of that 22 GB is from audio files. I can delete them when I am not listening or finished on a mobile device but don't want to have to do that all the time. I bet you are glad you went for WiFi and space!
Thanks for the tether suggestion, Sherry! I don't currently have one if those mobile hot spots setup but could consider it. I guess I better research those. My current carrier is slower than molasses with 3G Internet coverage that barely moves on my phone (Sprint) so how could a hot spot from them be fast I wonder.
Remember when 3G was first out and it seemed so fast? Data sizes have changed a lot since then. ;)
My wife and son have iPads and I'm about to buy a Google Nexus 7 (more features, less $$$), after the next release of the iPad Mini. Here's what I've learned about them in general:-My wife went from iPad 1 (broken) to 3 and sees no difference in the models.
-My son went from iPad 2 to 3 and sees a huge difference in the retina display.
-My wife gets along fine with 16GB, logging into a server at her office, emails, and web surfing.
-My son complains bitterly about the 16GB limit because he watches TV/movie downloads and reads books on it. (I gave him no sympathy.)
-Both prefer the 10" screen. My son for the TV shows, my wife for her middle-aged+ eyes.
-I'm going for the smaller screen because I read books more than anything else and don't like the heft of the bigger machine.
-Why Google Nexus? Less proprietary OS, more bang for the buck, more OS updates. (I'm keeping my iPhone 5 because I see nothing in that list worth switching for. But with a new device, Google wins.)
-Both my son and wife use their phones as hotspots for remote wireless after we upgraded to a shared-data plan (AT&T). We signed up for 10GB/month and use 3GB collectively. Why so little? We live in a major city and find wifi almost everywhere.
BTW: don't know if this would apply to you but my son left his iPad on an airline after camp. He traded in all his unused games and machines at GameStop for a refurbished iPad 3 and paid nothing in cash. Since it worked out, I couldn't yell at him for losing his iPad. I had to give him kudos for ingenuity.
Hope that's not too windy or unsolicited :)
Peace, Seeley
Thanks, Seeley! I appreciate the insight on a two iPad family and the differences in their needs for storage space. I also want the larger 10" screen for whatever device I add, we can call that middle-aged eyes! I have (and love!) my Kindle Fire 7" size screen and the android os.
The Nexus 10 with a multi user sign-on feature sounds intriguing! I would wonder about the availability of apps.
Steely, I appreciated your comments too! I love my iPad, but switched from an amazon kindle fire to a kindle paperwhite
Oops, hit send too early :(. Anyway, I mostly read on my paperwhite because I like the size and tote-ability. On my iPad I mostly do e-mail, Facebook, music, and games. Have my iPhone as well. And have been seen carrying all 3 from room to room. I do not use my computer much anymore, except when needing to do some banking, and to post several things on goodreads that I can't do on my mobile app.
Ann wrote: "Thanks, Seeley! I appreciate the insight on a two iPad family and the differences in their needs for storage space. I also want the larger 10" screen for whatever device I add, we can call that mi..."
There are just as many working apps on the Nexus. Apple's been around longer so it has a lot of college-student apps to fill in numbers, but if you look at major apps that you'll use everyday, they're on Nexus. And the future is Android because they own 78% of the market now.
Peace, Seeley
LizH wrote: "Oops, hit send too early :(. Anyway, I mostly read on my paperwhite because I like the size and tote-ability. On my iPad I mostly do e-mail, Facebook, music, and games. Have my iPhone as well. And ..."I am considering a paperwhite and skipping the whole pad business altogether. I have a super thin laptop that's the size of 2-pads, so there's not much to be gained and I'd lose the keyboard. Does the paperwhite battery last as long as the kindle Touch? That's the only device I never charge.
Peace, Seeley
Seeley: I got my Paperwhite on July 13 so it is just now 4 weeks or so old. I had to charge the battery approximately two weeks ago so a full charge lasted about 2 weeks. And that was while using it quite s bit and also was with the WiFi still on. It is supposed to be 8 weeks without WiFi turned on. I am going to check it for battery life again this week. I used my Fire over the weekend. Overdrive doesn't sync your progress between different devices and I am reading a library eBook that wasn't in Kindle format. I didn't want to switch devices from where I started.
Seeley, I am finding the same. About 2-3 weeks with wifi on, about 4-6 weeks with it off.
LizH wrote: "Seeley, I am finding the same. About 2-3 weeks with wifi on, about 4-6 weeks with it off."same for me with my paper white, altho i do "top it off" if i'm going to be away from home for an extended period.
What do you think about 32 GB vs 64 (or even 128?) do we really need that much space? I don't want to have to remove stuff to put a new book or audio on it, but hate to overspend for unused space. I would like to have magazines on it.
Any opinion about traveling with one without the cellular service option? (the only WiFi models)