Does anyone have one of these?  The wifey got me an iPad2 for Christmas and I enjoy it a lot.  There are so many different things you can do with it, it's unbelievable.  I mainly use mine for ebooks, keeping track of my work stuff, astronomy, internet (of course), and I keep several old construction plans for airplanes on it just to study for the heck of it.  I do have some games, but honestly they're not serious games.  More like Angry Birds and such.

Great little device.  Made me want to get an iPhone, but my carrier doesn't support it. 

Why does everyone have the Ipad 2 or 1?

The samsung galaxy tab is actualy better in most things!
And the only things the Ipads win in are only slightly better.

I supose,the tab is probably more expensive...

Currently a Blackberry owner, but soon to back out of that market and move over to Android (probably the Motorola Droid RAZR)

I think the Android market offers a lot more - there are more competitors, so they have to work a lot harder to produce a better product. iPhone is an iPhone, iPad is an iPad, but there are dozens of Android devices, the software is constantly being updated (several entire generations of software in the past year). Besides, most Apple apps have a 'droid equivalent somewhere.


I try to keep the phone away whenever possible. Food time is food time 

Wing Nut wrote on Feb 21^st, 2012 at 11:26am:

There is a good solution to this. Everyone puts their phones/other electronic devices in the middle of the table face down, first person to pick theirs up to answer a call or message pays for the meal. Or if at home, does the washing up.

I currently have an Android smartphone, and I considered the iPad 2 when I was looking at Tablets,
but I decided on the Toshiba Thrive 10" for a couple of reasons...

1) Has both a full size USB port (flash drives, mouse, keyboard, etc.), a full size SD card slot (expansion), Mini USB and full size HDMI ports as well. I have a 32Gb SDHC card installed right now, the Tablet has 16Gb so I have 48Gb of space... enough for movies and music.

2) It's got a removable, user replaceable battery... big plus.

Good battery life (9 hrs.+), but it has a mini brick AC Adapter which is surprising. I can deal with it though.

I use it for work, and definitely for FS; with Aviation oriented apps (logbook, map/Wx/AFD/SIDS & STARS), it's the ideal size for the desk right next to my monitor. Turn on LiveATC for a little ambiance, put up a Sectional, and I'm all set for a flight!

machineman9 wrote on Feb 21^st, 2012 at 11:30am:



Stick with your Blackberry, some new software was released and some more things soon to be released. 'Droid app is now available on BB. RIM Headquarters are in my area and they employ over 10,000 local people and that many worldwide again. The spin offs from RIM are countless, from construction to software devs. RIM has donated to our universities in countless ways including the Quantum Institute which has the pleasure of having Stephen Hawking on board. RIM has been unfairly bashed by outsider investors of whom get their info from outside the community. Who was the first smartphone provider? RIM. Apple jumped on board at a later date and targeted teens. BB was made for bussiness and developed the security that so many countries around the world despise. One could say that a few Dictators fell due to the security BB offered. Now the new CEO of RIM is pushed into dumbing down the BB so it will appeal to a crowd that it never really intended to compete with from day one.

Steve M wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 2:39pm:

Hmm, well I'm aware of the Blackberry Playbook running 'Droid apps, but I'd heard nothing about the mobile devices.

However, there are a lot of stability issues and the such which have lasted for years. BB Push is a good service, but the lack of apps and lack of general features and things in general just annoy me.

I honestly don't know a single person who hasn't or doesn't want to get rid of their Blackberry... For people my age, the only feature we use is Blackberry Messenger, and copy-cat systems are coming out for all the other major brands.