iPad vs ?

[MacLawn]

One thing I strongly suggest is to get the iOS device with the most memory available, even if it seems excessive at the time. I know too many people who "saved" $100 when they bought their iPhone 5 or 5S with 32G instead of 64G because they didn't see how they could use that much memory. Now they can't install iOS updates for lack of memory, unless they delete pictures or music. Which means they have to upgrade their device sooner than expected, so the savings was false.

If you buy the most memory available, even if it seems like a stretch at the time, you will postpone obsolescence by probably a year or maybe more (I still get great use out of my 64G iPad2).

:thumbsup: I made that mistake with wife's iPhone 5. She's loaded the thing with so many apps... We get more memory one next time. She can work around it, but more memory is better. Pay now or pay later as they say in Tangyangyika.

 

[xtn]

Problems with IOS 8 on iPhone 4s, and how to roll back to IOS 7:

iOS 8 Downgrade to iOS 7.1.2 for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 possible for now | BGR

Also you can google up lots of articles detailing how to improve specific problems if you don't want to roll back.

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[Fordman1981]

If you're already using iPhone, get an iPad. It's just like the iPhone except you can't make a phone call. Learning curve =0

Actually with iOS 8 your iPad or Mac can use your iPhone to make phone calls. I use it all the time on my MacBook Pro and it works very well.

 

[Fordman1981]

You said 8.2 but didn't mean 8.1.2 correct? I have that update waiting for a week now that I haven't done yet.

No iOS 8.2 will be released in early 2015. I'm running iOS 8.2 beta 2 now. 8.1.2 was a very minor update did nothing to help the iPhone 4s and the iPad 2.

 

[M E Race]

Wife said something the other day about an iPad. Was just wanting opinions on it or others. We have iPhones. 4s with iOS 8.0x. Didn't have any problems until the new iOS came out. Now we are starting to have some issues. It may be the age of our phones. As they aren't as big as the new phones. Any help or suggestions.

If you alredy have I-Phone you don't need to pay for Wi-Fi when you leave home. Simply turn on the mobil hot spot on your I-Phone and you have Wi-Fi anywhere you have cell service.

 

[farmer2009]

If you alredy have I-Phone you don't need to pay for Wi-Fi when you leave home. Simply turn on the mobil hot spot on your I-Phone and you have Wi-Fi anywhere you have cell service.

How do I do that? Tried it last month while DSL was on the rocks. And phone said to contact service provider.

 

[Fordman1981]

How do I do that? Tried it last month while DSL was on the rocks. And phone said to contact service provider.

Some providers charge extra to tether some don't. I would guess your provider does being your phone told you to contact your provider.

 

[Country Geek]

If you alredy have I-Phone you don't need to pay for Wi-Fi when you leave home. Simply turn on the mobil hot spot on your I-Phone and you have Wi-Fi anywhere you have cell service.

Yeah but be very careful with that.

Most software assumes that wifi means unlimited data. It doesn't know the wifi is being backed by your cellular connection. So for example a Windows laptop could download a Windows update in the background while tethered to your cell phone's wifi. Or a cloud service like Dropbox might do some background synching. If you have an iPad with iCloud synch active on that wifi, it might synch your pictures and data (iCloud is designed to only synch when on wifi).

These things are pretty invisible to the user as they are happening, but can eat up your cellular data plan in a BIG hurry.

 

[M E Race]

My bad, forgot to mention that you need to turn off auto synch and auto downloads. If you have one of the old ATT unlimited data plans on your I-Phone then just go for it. My wife has both I-Pad and Kindle, neither of which is cell capable. She has used them all over the country when no Wi-Fi was handy. We share a 10 gig monthly plan and have never gone over.

It's not meant to replace your home Wi-Fi, but when your in the shop at the farm with no Wi-Fi it sure beats squinting to see that parts diagram on your phone.

 

[SirReal63]

Toni and I both have iPads, for me it is a love/hate relationship. All three are cell capable but we never got a plan for them. I have a Droid Razr and can broadcast my WiFi to the iPads and with my unlimited data plan it is no big issue. My biggest complaint with Apple is we have a first gen 64 gig iPad and they stopped offering updates when it was less than 2 years old. It currently is little more than a glorified Kindle that cost big bucks when it was new.