What is there to do on an iPad? There are so many people saying how amazing this tablet is, but currently, I see almost nothing to do with it. Gaming is basically angry birds and ninja fruit. Web surfing is okay. New useful apps? I cant think or find anything.

So I decided to come by here and see if any of you can steer my point of view as to make this highly hyped up machine into something I find very useful again.

The reason I bought this is so that I can carry documents in a small, convenient form. But there must be something better to do with it. PM me, reply here, anything is appreciated.

What makes your iPad important and interesting to you?

Presentations. I dont need to carry my heavy laptop anymore.

I use it to web surf, check and reply brief emails, handle some simple office tools and light gaming..

An iPad is much easier to lug around than a laptop..

Touchscreen does help a lot in making some tasks much simpler too

Just my 2 cents!!

*show off*

BTW, i use my iPad mostly for web surfing , checking emails as well as reading lecture slides and presentation. In the preparation of presentation, still i will use my laptop and not iPad.

This post has been edited by christcwl9: Jul 7 2012, 09:18 PM

for me...

1. web surfing. nk baring pun boleh.
2. read email/pdf files/doc files
3. light gaming
4. astro otg

astro otg gud?

good if good internet speed.

I tell u what i do on my ipad

Web surf - find what i need to find
Download movie or stream movie
Games all big game and play online
Do alot of email file transfer to client
Music? Ohh forgot to sync my music on ipad 3 hahahhaa..

Chating on YM,imasage,and whatsapp* hehehe..
Read some book also can baring2
Alot i can do to make the ipad useful...just u have to find it ur self not to boring with it..
When u start boring then ur hand start to gatal2 to sell the ipad coz u ady boring with it...

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Added on July 7, 2012, 10:09 pmMy speed on my ipad 3 is 12.95mbps in my room.. I even can get up to 17++mbps


This post has been edited by dragon360: Jul 7 2012, 10:09 PM

WOw, u r using wat internet package ? Mine fastest is 7.2Mbps with Maxis @.@

p/s i play online game in ipad a lot as well

It's for my wife. Main purpose Skype when I work abroad. Secondary purpose for leisure. I personally think an android tablet is more practical for business

This post has been edited by ramz: Jul 7 2012, 10:59 PM

Umobile....hehehehehehe!!!

This post has been edited by dragon360: Jul 8 2012, 12:21 AM

agree on this, most ppl is this .... *show off* ....

what online game u play on ur ipad...
can you recomend me?

games games and more games.. oh and dropbox. plus a bit of lecture slide

Half of my A-levels class in UCSI are using iPads for viewing of slides and stuff.. We download textbooks online as A-level textbooks (including the revision guides, etc) for 3 subjects costs a little over RM 1,000, might as well get an iPad.

Are you kidding me ? haha

I play sims free play, dark chess online, zynga poker mainly use game center as the medium to connect with others

I do heard that there are 1 RPG online game, but i don play that due to im using 3G and don have limited quota per month

My business usually is 1 to 1 meetup and presenting my slides via Ipad is more practical tham fumbling with a laptop. Also i use the vga adapter to present if thw group is bigger.

Even on the plane, i can do my work in a confined space.

It's much easier to check emails, surf the web, update Facebook, not to mention that if you have certain account membership, you can view its content and etc, without leaving the bed in the morning. Of course it can be done with a laptop but consider its boot time and loading script, I think the iPad wins, hands down. The iPad's weight is convenient for portability and it's dimension is great for working in space constraint environment.

The iPad is no substitute for laptop but it does a decent job, given the right app.

Agree !! I personally find it checking emails in iPad is way way more convenient than using laptop I can log in to several email accounts and check them all at once with just 1 single tap in the iPad

the online game u playing kinda bad to me...
i looking those like PC....
none are up to pc standard...i try many of it..but all very bad interface and game play...

Tried NOVA 3 ?

modern combat 3

Modern combat 3 the best game i ever play now... Its like u playing the old counter strice game at cc coz of u play online and the best part is when u are palying online the quota on ur broadband it not eat much... Just a little bit let say u play online about 2-3 hour its just only 10-15mb

NOVA 3 is not those like MMORPG ....
not my taste...

really ? @@ 15 mb for 3 hours playing ?

yup you have the game bro?

Yeahh realy bro... No kidding one ahhahahaaha....

No, i dont I tot it gonna eat a lot quota so i didnt buy it Waiting for price slash now

i have unlimited quota and JB my ipad...but sadly no game up to my expectation

Hahaha .. u should just stick with your PC and give this iPad to your gf/wife/ son

ya...now is my 2 years daughter and son playing my ipad and tab most of the time
they alway go in youtube

perfect timekiller in the toilet. every morning and evening. lol!

agree...i alway bring my ipad to toilet and sit inside for 20-30 min

Hahahaha !! Same !! BUT BE CAREFUL, i dropped my iPad once because i bring it to toilet

i work in a hospital, sometime overnight. The ipad is perfect for me as i can use the staff wifi to surf internet. if boring with internet, i listen to podcasts. I also have radio app like tunein radio, ooTunes to make the night bearable. some music videos, sometimes i just put in movies and play it using avplayer hd without need convert.

i also have some books and powerpoints to learn. some ebook of novels to read.

size is good, i dont even use cover, only SP. Once i receive call, i just let it sleep and put it in my bag, then attend to business.

i game less now, more focus on pc gaming rather than ipad.

once i retreat to my quiet corner, alone, and needing some relax time it is my main friend!

good companion for light surf, check emails, view youtube and play some games. use it every morning after coming out from the toilet. before going to sleep, i use my ipad to online too.

i had to advised you against it. that habit can caused hemorrhoids

but unfortunately it is a great poo-poo toy!

We used it for presentation - awesome keynote apps
and also is an awesome baby-sitter

read newspaper

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I use it mainly for my work

This post has been edited by pyangaox: Jul 13 2012, 11:47 PM

It's nice to see people are really fully utilize their devices instead of showing off or "becoz' people have I have lor" kinda attitude.
BTW, nice work

Mine majoring in reading... Like a lot since don't have bring lot of book anywhere and you can zoom the font... Didn't stress my eyeball..

im use skmm maxis ... unlimited .. but dnt know what online game ... and where to get online game ...

Flipboard to get fresh new articles in magazine form every morning. Pocket to read articles I've accumulated from PC or Flipboard. Book reading (PDF textbooks and Kindle). Exam preparation app, timetable app, Dropbox to bring all my important files with me wherever I go (can view many different file types internally), Jango for music, Plaintext and Notability for note taking, CNN for news, and lastly, Chrome for web browsing (continue from where I left off on PC.

Everyone's usage is different, depending on which field you are in, and your profession. The iPad is good for staying on top of things, fast. If you're not too lazy to read, you'll benefit from it. Also, the are many free courses in iTunes U. so you can learn a thing or two if you have the time and determination.

Most the of uses described here can be fulfilled with a Android tablet as well, no?

Haha actually yeah ! But i dont like that most current android tabs have touch input lag. Thankfully, jelly bean has fixed those issues .. I'll be jumping ship the next time i buy a tablet with android 4.1

Fixed ... I seriously think tablets are still a luxury item ... watching anime in toilet ? surfing on the bed ? come on ... lol ... well i agree on the lansi part .. definitely getting it if i can afford it haha

As long it's focus on leisure use it will be a luxury item. For now generally it is. But slowly that trend is decreasing

1- internet
2- games
3- reading (once a week)

agree la..mostly ppl wan to lansi and buy tablet....
like chinese ppl say "new toilet good to Sh|T"...after u bored u will throw aside...cos u cant do anything easy compare to laptop

yup .. it's funny how 1 other guy say "glad people fully utilize thier tab" ... Ok i guess there are a few occasion where iPad are really useful ...

1) I travel alot and I guess it's SUPER USEFUL in airports and on plane .. especially when the plane got no nice movies ? ... if you go airport almost everyone is holding iPad ...
2) Those working night shift and bloody bored ?
3) Maybe presentation people ? Look more cool and 'high-class' la ... good image i guess ...

Good time waster in toilet and and watch anime on bed all is just ....

Just like me, back to desktop for important stuff, more practical

No one use xbmc? I simply use xbmc to stream my media off a media server that i run 24/7 at home... So no media ever going to fill up my storage, the whole 16 gig is solely used for apps.

Yeah, it's funny how people make a comment when he never really read and understand the whole sentence.

1. record guitar tracks
2. SNS
3. Flipboard
4. Mail
5. Movie

my top 5 things-to-do with my ipad2

Guys, for those who watch movie via iPad, you all use the default video player or others ? Can recommend me some good 1 which don require me to convert all movies into mp4?

"Oplayer" or "BuzzPlayer", just drag your files to the Apps File Sharing panel and you're good to go.

GAme.. Totally GAme... -,=
I find ipad touch screen very amusing and helpful when playing with game that require many touch or multiple touch its just move what ur finger do.. great without lagging.. Just soft touch needed..

aceplayer good too!

This post has been edited by booooster: Jul 17 2012, 05:53 PM

Every morning read financial daily
share market updates n live quotes
light games

Thanks a lot bro ! Will try it out now

P/s put a lot of movies inside already now. Using Oplayer Left 8GB from my ipad

oplayer bit buggy
sometime didnt show you what you have in your computer itunes, but check back in my iPad, things still there

Those movies you can't see in the iTunes Apps Sharing Panel are downloaded directly from your iPad or transfer from your computer's iTunes?

all transfer from itunes
funny things is i try to transfer another files, then that one can see
then i check in ipad, both the missing files in itunes and the one just transfered already in ipad
still in itunes only shows the one i just transfered

This is weird, why not "christcwl9" tell us about his experience with OPlayer?

No. Get this instead.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1351478

What do u mean ? so far so good for me with Oplayer LOL

checking emails...doing work using smart office..
reading pdf files...games..

i sometimes spend the whole day trying to figure out itunes. its a real marvel.

it's a trend nowadays, bring iPad anytime anywhere. show off maybe?

buying song through itunes store is so addictive

im wondering what can we show off with ipad? show u r rich? no...ipad nowadays issint that expensive, with rm1500 u can get 1, it is even cheaper than some smartphones like HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy and etc. What else to show off?

i think ppl birng ipad or watever tablets with them just to kill their time such as playing some casual games, reading, watching movie, listening music, web surfing etc....that wat i normally do with my tablet...lol

This post has been edited by xDingx: Jul 18 2012, 12:00 PM

I was just refering to the forumer who complain that the OPlayer was buggy.

Precisely, there's nothing to show off since a lot of peple can afford and you can see that a lot of people are carrying one around nowadays. It's just a trend, not a Premium devices as luxury as stated and to show around that you afforded one.

Problem ppl still thinking it is expensive...
And my house have 6... outside ppl show of with 1 lol...
Now my iPad all use by my kid... I rather bring ultra book...cool , expensive , more practical, light and small .. .. almost the size of a tablet.. lol

Yea, that's the mentality of Human main because iPad is APPLE PRODUCT And in everyone's mind, APple is the signature of Premium brand for the high class people

Instead of showing off in Starbucks by showing others your ipad, why not just tell all the people there that you treat them all for the drinks ? This round is mine !! Then everyone will clap ! LOL

good idea
which starbuck u wan to treat us.... i will be there on time

LOL! But unfortunately i am not goin to show off Some more i am poor and unable to show off hahaha

Answering to the TS question

I find it useless so i gave it to a girl... (oh well, i got it for free too... haha)

Browse internet while i shit. THat's it. I leave my ipad in my bathroom all the time charging

agree ....the most need time for ipad is toilet time

I personally feel 'can afford' and 'luxury' is 2 different thing .. can afford means not luxury ? how many of us here can afford a kancil ? Not many if assume mostly here is teenagers? So kancil is luxury ?

I feel it's luxury because you pay alot for something that you don't need, as in you already have PC or laptop. I'm pretty sure EVERYONE with iPad has at least a PC or laptop (dun count baby playing la). HP like one X and all ... if you don't have a phone .. what can replace the phone ?

To Joelles .. i feel like there is some fire in your replies oredi .. so 1st i apologize for my 1st reply .. i didn't meant anything on you (didn't even noticed it was you who said what i quoted) and it was in a joking manner .. in fact i'm saving for this so called 'luxury' iPad myself ... so please don't get me wrong Just a simple discussion on what we all think about the iPad ... in fact that's the topic of this thread right ? Peace out ...

This post has been edited by GymBoi: Jul 18 2012, 07:31 PM

Lol...hmm, maybe my post are misleading and I am not really English literate, so you have so much misunderstanding. Here I make it short and clear so you misunderstand with my post:
1) I did not get offended at all
2) My post never backfires you and I never even though you felt all my post was intended to you at all...lol
3) I quoted your post just to hope you understand what I am posting in a joking manner as well, no big deal. In fact I have read through the whole thread to double confirm that it was referring to me before replying....lol
4) I agree "affordable" and "luxury" are both different things and whether luxury or not is depends on the eyes of the beholder. I just refer to those who think that the iPad is luxury to them so they can to "Show Off" to those who are not affordable.
5) I am a 40 years old uncle, maybe I am too old to understand the attitude of the new generations now.
6) Peace and Out

I was once as skeptical as you. Then something happened that made me need get one.

First I used it for that something- a particular iOS-only eBook.
Then Games. No big deal, right. Every tablet can play games and if that eBook was a more bog-standard PDF or EPub instead of an iOS app (a platform exclusive no less), it would be readable on every tablet too.

Then comes IPTV and VOD. E-Banking. Online shopping and auctions. Youtube. Always-on e-Mail, Instant Messaging (via IM+) and compulsive Web Browsing (no Flash? Puffin fixes that problem)- because I don't leave my computers on overnight, but the iPad would still be left on standby and sometimes I'll get up at 3AM to want to check forums because cannot sleep, but too lazy to crawl to my computers. Then comes piping cheesy music to my headphones via Bluetooth-to-Laptop link during Team Fortress 2 matches so I don't burden my laptop processor with an MP3 player running in background and can actually control the music without leaving the game, or risking not being to hear anything in the game with the laptop muted and my headphones connected to a MP3 player (trust me, if you play TF2, you WANT to be able to hear alltalk, because that's how people warn their teammates about sepai disguises).

So yeah, I bought it for one use, I eventually found endless amount of uses for it.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jul 18 2012, 10:39 PM

Mainly i use it for education & leisure. iTunes U, iBooks & News stand help me a lot on that matter and do presentation using keynote. i do play games occasionally and they do offer lots of console quality games. As i do not own a laptop i use my iPad to access my desktop and control it whenever I'm away from home.

Most people just use for gaming, including me, haha.

Sometimes to navigate, reading e-book and normal web surfing.

Only for social networking and web surfing

And email

This post has been edited by SomeoneElse: Jul 19 2012, 04:30 PM

mine ipad is to collect dust... ipad and ipad2 totally dusty now n still got touch my new ipad for youtube on bed oni...

if ur ipad n ipad 2 are collecting dust...then y u still get the new ipad? -.- youtube n web surfin can b done by ur old ipad..

a lot of us can afford, but don;t u think there are still peoples out there can't afford?
LOL LOL to xdingx

This post has been edited by xjukie: Jul 20 2012, 04:15 PM

used to be Facebook but then i quit FB...
so now it's like 70% of time for Flipboard... 10% of the time for web surfing and check email a while...
and about 20% remaining time for watching movies lor...

that's all...

not really useful for productivity work like office etc....

See movie and play games! And surf the internet on bed...

Steve Jobs would've cried tears of joy in his coffin reading this.

iPad probably the most useful tool next to iPhone which is first place. I'm a heavy internet user, Chrome is probably the best app for iPad. I use it every time I go out, I rarely use my iPhone when go out. Only Instagram-ing because most of my social stuff do in Blackberry.

I hate to bring my Retina Macbook Pro out because it just isn't as portable as iPad. So mostly in home I use it on couch and bed. Other than that, almost every time I go out also bring it in case I need it for semi-serious stuff.

Of course it can replace my Mac due to I do heavy stuff on my Retina Macbook Pro (VMs, programming etc)

For me, iPad have endless of function. So does iPhone I just love how everything is sync together.

many people mentioning their purpose using the ipad. soon i will get it. whether wifi only or 3g

If your budget allow, i will always recommend you to get a 4G version other than just the wifi only version. WHy ? I regret when i bought my iPad 2 wifi only and now when iPad 3 out, i get the 4G version

4g for what ? same rite ? or am i wrong

i noe 4g moar faster then 3g. but 3g edi enough. me like ipad 2 only. dun want latest ipad. tired edi maa. enough with note and bold4.

The latest ipad changed the 4G to Cellular already, Sorry for the updated info @>@ haha

Well, in Malaysia we are able to use 3G only , in fact, other than USA, i think the latest iPad only capable of up to 3.5G.

You mean you wanna buy the 16gb iPad 2 either 3G or wifi only ?