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May 11 / 11:23am

Speedtest.net 3G iPad Result

by Alex Sian
Walmart @ frankford & marsh. Carrollton TX

Test Date: May 11, 2010 1:21:30 PM
Connection Type: Cellular

Download: 2174 kbps
Upload: 220 kbps
Ping: 421 ms

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

Sent from my iPad

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May 7 / 11:21am

Speedtest.net iPad 3G Result

by Alex Sian
Irving/Coppel ear/nose/throat clinic at 635/macarthur:
Test Date: May 7, 2010 1:16:44 PM
Connection Type: Cellular

Download: 1270 kbps
Upload: 247 kbps
Ping: 237 ms

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

Sent from my iPad

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May 6 / 7:12am

Sony Dash: not ready for primetime.

by Alex Sian

Not sure when the SonyStyle site will publish my unfavorable review. Here is what it should say when it does post:

Not all features are delivered
Date: May 6, 2010
Pros: Impressive screen image and touchscreen sensitivity
Cons: The USB port is useless, for now. The speaker is not "sony" quality.
The website says you can: "Access audio, video or photo content stored on mass storage USB devices by connecting to the USB port" -- that may be true in the future, but it doesn't deliver that now. I'm disappointed because I really wanted to play my content on the Dash. This one is going back, and I might buy it again, when the USB port actually does something.

In that review I should have elaborated on my comment about the Dash's speaker not being "sony quality" -- what I meant was, the audio quality of the speaker did not impress me at all. And this is a SONY product? they should be embarassed to have something that costs $200, sound so mediocre.

       
Click here to download:
untitled-pFucjAvGiIaIffoFxflm.zip (2195 KB)

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Apr 30 / 12:45pm

ATT 3G iPad speed tests

by Alex Sian
Slowest speeds happen inside home/office

Decent speed inside living room

Best speeds are outside of house in front yard

Sent from my iPad

Filed under  //  3G   att   ipad   speedtest  

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Apr 30 / 11:41am

3G iPad arrived

by Alex Sian

Finally! the FedEx folks really had me watching my door today.
Didn't want to miss them and chase a truck all over town ;-)

Attaching a few photos to this post that show the packaging is very similar to non-3G iPad.

The only real difference is that Apple includes a special tool to extract the SIM card.
You should be able to see that tool in the photo showing contents of box.

My new 3G iPad took me about 3 minutes to register onto the ATT network but signal is so bad inside my house, I had to stand in back driveway to do it. I expected that... and I plan on doing speedtest to show ATT 3G speeds with weak signal, and signal improved by some Wilson Electronics wireless amplifiers that I will be testing.

For those curious about the process to register for ATT 3G service, check out this new Apple Support Doc

Right now, my new 3G iPad is synching up photos/music/apps/etc with my Mac Pro... so I'll report more on it, later!

         
Click here to download:
3G_iPad_arrived.zip (935 KB)

Filed under  //  3G   ipad   unboxing  

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Apr 29 / 7:00am

3G iPad is on its way

by Alex Sian
Just got an email from Apple that provided a FedEx tracking number that shows a delivery day of 04/30

Looks like Apple is living up to the promise of delivering pre-ordered 3G iPads by "end of April"

Just barely!

Filed under  //  ipad  

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Apr 28 / 9:06pm

HP buys Palm -- no Slate this year?

Posted by email 
Reports like this one

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-doesnt-have-to-worry-about-the-hp-slate-...

Are giving the impression that the HP Slate may be vaporware - for now, anyway.

Sent from my iPad

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Apr 22 / 1:56pm

Top10 excuses for guy who lost iPhone prototype

by Alex Sian

I'm going to spoil this for you because I LOVE excuse #1:

"it didn't work anyway, it was still on AT&T"

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Apr 20 / 10:54am

3G iPad arrives 04/30 - returned the iPhone

by Alex Sian

According to many news sites, Apple has announced that pre-orders of the 3G-enabled iPad will reach customers on April 30th.

I can't wait to see how well the local DFW ATT 3G service performs on the new 3G iPad I should be receiving, and am curious what side-by-side comparisons with an iPhone 3GS will reveal.

Speaking of the iPhone 3GS... I (finally) bought one right before my trip to Hong Kong last April, and I took the full 30 days to evaluate whether or not I could justify it. Sadly, I've returned the iPhone and think the 3G iPad makes more sense for me, simply because I don't make a lot of cell phone calls.

I'm also hopeful that VOIP calls on the 3G iPad sound good enough to be a viable alternative to using a cell phone at all.

We'll see!

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Apr 20 / 10:45am

Hands-on review of HP Slate: meh. its slow.

by Alex Sian

In my review I tried to convey that one of the things that amazes me about my iPad is its speed. Whatever I want my iPad to do, it starts doing quickly. The interface keeps up with me. I am almost never waiting on my iPad (with the exception of anything that internet speed can affect).

There have been some that said the forthcoming/rumored HP Slate would be a better option than the iPad and my opinion is that anything with an atom processor that tries to run a full windows operating system, will never feel as snappy as an iPad.

Folks who recently got their hands on the HP Slate "in the wild", did a hands on review and appear to confirm my suspicions.

Check out Engadget's summary at http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/

And the google-translated content at conecti-ca

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