Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:24 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]>wrote: > Be this neither scientific or reliable so I'll publish it anyway. > > I always understood that the first car race was when Henry Ford built the > second Model T, most likely, so how does that differ from a race between > Apples and Oranges, or AT&T & Verizon? > > I have the original iPad on AT&T, max. memory and 3g. When Verizon came > out with the iPad I waited until Ver. 2 of the iPad was released and got my > wife that model, max memory and 3g. > > So the results will be unfair due to the boxes themselves but what I found > today was interesting. > > When I first purchased the second iPad from Verizon I laid both in my lap, > had both open to the same website, and simultaneously hit the refresh > button. No contest, the Verizon unit was considerably faster and that I > attributed to the dual processor as they both were on the same WiFi. > > Today was the first trip we had taken since having both boxes, I took each > unit with us. We were out in the boonies, somewhere between Ferdinand & > Jasper Indiana. Two lane road with not much but cows and water. Both > boxes had two bars so I held the AT&T unit in front of me (naturally I > couldn't see the road.......I expect some hollering) and I went to a site > that has a table as it's display and several graphic items as well. Both > boxes had been to the site many times so if there is a cache they each would > have the same advantage. > > I used the AT&T first, it took literally 5 min. + to load the site, so long > that my wife ask me what I was reading. I didn't think about using the > clock to time this thing or I would have done so, whew it was slow. > > Once done I picked up her Verizon model and loaded the same site, well > under a minute. I couldn't believe it. This thing is fast, even with just > two bars and 3g rather than 4g. Once we reached our destination I used the > camera on the iPad for the first time. It opens instantly, and I can only > compare that with the camera on my 3gs iPhone, which is very slow to open, > the iPad was instant. I took the picture then emailed it to the person we > had met earlier in the day, thanking her for her help. By then we were in > Montgomery, IN and not much there but a gas station and Amish. The photo > inside the email left almost as fast as if doing it on WiFi. > > I was impressed and wanted to share the improvements in the latest model, > no wonder this thing is getting great reviews. > > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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