[RohitHarshvardhan]

Hahah.. all it proves is that both Android and iPad are hot. Just because iPad are as hot as Android tablets does not mean its not hot. Dude 100F will make me sweat in summer.

[snookasnoo]

RobertoRecine, on 26 March 2012 - 05:45 AM, said:

No mention that all those other tablets cost less. Isn't the most expensive product supposed to be superior? I think my Transformer Prime is superior and cost less. I can customize it, play Flash, thinner, lighter, laptop dock (18 hour battery), live wallpapers, Widgets, Amazon FREE daily paid app. ipads nice screen not sufficient for me. There is no perfect tablet out there, then why not use what costs less and does more?

Still clining to the play Flash bit? Even Adobe gave up on that.
Wow, Amazon free daily app. Have you seen the iOS store?
Live wallpapers? Really? This is all you've got?

[snookasnoo]

ushere, on 23 March 2012 - 10:26 PM, said:

obviously pc magazine has been bought by apple - more (favourable)apple stories than anything else....

totally agree with bozzified

I'm not surprised since you are both teenagers with Android phones that daddy bought for you.

[snookasnoo]

artzy65, on 24 March 2012 - 11:19 AM, said:

Bozzified, on 23 March 2012 - 09:59 PM, said:

Ah there we go.. apologists to the rescue.. Gotta help Apple sell those iPads so you'll do whatever you can to defend them.

It's truly sad what PC Magazine has become.

The article merely lists the heat differentials between the latest tablets. Who are you, Mel Gibson? A conspiracy around every corner, right? LOL

He's just another Android kiddie upset that iOS blows Android away.

[perpetuity]

YellingMelon, on 24 March 2012 - 01:56 AM, said:

They've had to double the screen resolution because their OS has a major limitation: lack of resolution independence. The result is an amazing display that requires a lot more graphical processing power. This has resulted in the reported heat regression. Apple are not magic, they have to obey the laws of physics.

Er. Not sure you are right here, unless you have some semantical dig at how "resolution independence" is defined ...

https://developer.ap...-animation.html

The hooks are in the API for providing different bitmaps and certainly vector and font scale to resolution.

[YellingMelon]

deasys, on 26 March 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

YellingMelon, on 24 March 2012 - 01:56 AM, said:

It seems to me from your figures that the new iPad runs pretty consistently hotter than most of the competition

Let me help you out with that first, I just want to say that I've never seen lukewarm temperatures described as hot...

And you haven't seen lukewarm temperatures described as "hot" in my post either. I described them as "hotter" than cooler temperatures. A comparative adjective. But fine, substitute in "warmer" if you like.

deasys, on 26 March 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

Anyway, in 8 of the 12 tests, the new iPad was less than 5 degrees warmer than the warmest Android tablet. In fact, in 1 of the 12 tests, the iPad was actually 1 degree cooler than the warmest Android tablet and in no case was the temperature difference ever greater than a mere 6 degrees. Big deal.

Five degrees isn't completely insignificant. The human body is quite sensitive to small fluctuations in temperature. Also, the way you summarise the figures - by always comparing to the hottest warmest competitor (rather than, say, the average) - biases your conclusions in favour of the iPad, and the iPad still "loses" in 11 out of 12 tests (and comes within 1 degree of being the warmest in the remaining one).

These results suggest that, most of the time, the new iPad runs noticeably (but not massively) warmer than most of the competition (including its predecessor). No way near enough to make it unusable, but enough that using one will occasionally be a bit more uncomfortable than if you had a different jab-screen on your lap.

As I say, there is a risk of overblowing the issue. The new iPad is a great product. It's just not better in absolutely every detail than absolutely every competitor. It runs a bit warmer than many other tablets (including the iPad 2). It's more expensive than many other tablets. These statements should be pretty uncontroversial to most people, except for readers who experience an emotional reaction whenever they read any slightly negative comment about an iPad at all.

[DlBetty]

Bozzified, on 23 March 2012 - 09:59 PM, said:

Ah there we go.. apologists to the rescue.. Gotta help Apple sell those iPads so you'll do whatever you can to defend them.

It's truly sad what PC Magazine has become.

I'm becoming ashamed to be an android owner because of these kind of statements whenever Apple is mentioned. I have an iPad also and a windows device. ALL could play nicely! Why shouldn't people who have purchased and IPad or that might purchase an IPad see this news since the first reports were glorified all over the web, and made owners and buyers nervous or upset. I know I was until I used my IPad and found it does not even get warm, never mind hot. I use it hours at a time. We have android, Apple and Windows devices in our home. No one insults another or makes snarky comments to each other over the device we use or own. Perhaps try playing nice and not being rude, it actually has the reverse effect that you want unless you use android ONLY it seems I am very happy to learn the newest of our devices receives a good report! I am sure you would also if it involved one of your devices, or device...