Not especially - saves 30 quid over the Apple Store

As noted, though, iPad 3 is out soon and then iPad 2 prices should drop to clear stock if you don't fancy the 3. No one knows with Apple what's coming; but most figure the retina display will be included (ie. much, much better display)

Posted By: BerlinCanary on February 22nd 2012 at 14:17:36

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wrath ipad advice ... is this a good deal?: (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 22, 14:03:17
- Not especially - saves 30 quid over the Apple Store (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 22, 14:17:36
  - They won't drop that much though. I'd expect 75 to at most 100 quid each (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:19:37
- What do people use their iPads for? (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 22, 14:17:06
  - Drinks tray (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 22, 14:35:59
  - That's what I thought until I bought one. Best use is for quick stuff as is instant on (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:20:05
    - General surfing (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 14:29:06
      - That sort of thing, social media, surfing, online banking, checking news, reading e-books, (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:35:24
        
        I haven't been able to watch online footy (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 15:00:39
        
        LOF works. They have a separate page for iPad / iPod with non-flash format (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 15:56:36
- Wait until end of month. iPad3 will be out (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:05:35
  - do you know what the upgrades will be? (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 22, 14:07:18
    - Nobody knows until released. But educated guesses are retina display, processor upgrade, (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:22:34
      - Oh and probably also supporting LTE (4G). Not that we care as there are few networks (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:24:44
- I was on the assumption that this is the best tablet out there (General Chat) - pants, Feb 22, 14:05:10
  - By the way, the absolute best technically was the HP Touchpad. Just no software. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:36:22
  - Just noticed. 450 quid for 16GB without 3G is fairly pricey (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:26:19
    - ?399 in tescos (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 14:30:20
  - Transformer Prime's out now (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 22, 14:25:30
  - Bloke at work's got one of them, it is ***very*** nice. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 22, 14:09:27
  - without clicking on the link... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 22, 14:06:57
    - tsk! you try to be helpful (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 22, 14:08:05
      - oh.... but... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 22, 14:20:50
        
        Speak for yourself Chelts, I certainly don't need it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 22, 14:26:26
        
        ^he doth protesteth too much! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 22, 14:29:17
  - No the iPad is (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:06:07
    - ...for more reasons than you would think. Basically... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:10:38
    - Yeah, but it's apple (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 22, 14:09:32
      - 15 years ago the Android clan were wanking over Apple and anti-Windows. Funny how (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 22, 14:19:11

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