Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:59 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Cheers, I'll skip that one and get the WiFi only I think as its £100 dearer.

It's highly likely nowadays that she'll be somewhere near a free WiFi service of some kind, certainly most of the times she'll actually want to use it.

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:05 pm  

Standee wrote:

It's highly likely nowadays that she'll be somewhere near a free WiFi service of some kind, certainly most of the times she'll actually want to use it.

My thoughts as well. I saw people using them in the hotel in Mexico and Egypt, so around UK should be good for free signals. I have seen other similar things (not Apple), which seem a lot cheaper, might need to do a bit of research.

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:09 pm  

Standee wrote:

It's highly likely nowadays that she'll be somewhere near a free WiFi service of some kind, certainly most of the times she'll actually want to use it.

And you can always connect to a mobile phone for the odd time you need 3G

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:22 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

And you can always connect to a mobile phone for the odd time you need 3G

indeed

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:01 pm  

Been thinking of getting something to convert my tv into a "smart tv"

I've seen that you can get a raspberry pi system and install xbmc on it for things like iplayer and 4od

there are also android boxes available.

Ideally I'd like something cheapish and capable of streaming flash video's, Don't think the raspberry pi supports flash and I'm not sure about the android boxes either as it seems flash isn't supported anymore.

My tv has a usb connection which supports most video files so being able to play files from it isn't to much of an issue.

anyone got anything similar? at the moment I just connect to my pc through hdmi but my desktop has a 650w psu and is quite noisy so seems a bit overkill to be switched on for long periods just for watching media (plus my mothers not happy about the increasing leccy bill!)

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:08 pm  

Going to New York in about 12 days and was thinking about picking up the new IPad Mini while I'm over there. The only thing which will be different is the plug adaptor right? Which I could then buy one back here?
Another not sure wether I would be better off with a 32gb version or just the 16gb?
Would it be really worth while me purchasing it from over there or buy one from the UK?

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:15 am  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Going to New York in about 12 days and was thinking about picking up the new IPad Mini while I'm over there. The only thing which will be different is the plug adaptor right? Which I could then buy one back here?
Another not sure wether I would be better off with a 32gb version or just the 16gb?
Would it be really worth while me purchasing it from over there or buy one from the UK?

They don't come with the wall plug.

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:35 am  

Big Graeme wrote: They don't come with the wall plug. Eh? They do come with a wall plug, so yes if you buy one in the US you will have to either buy a travel adapter for over here or buy a replacement which are £15 from Apple. http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD812 ... r?fnode=3c

Big Graeme wrote: They don't come with the wall plug. Eh? They do come with a wall plug, so yes if you buy one in the US you will have to either buy a travel adapter for over here or buy a replacement which are £15 from Apple. http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD812 ... r?fnode=3c

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:56 am  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Going to New York in about 12 days and was thinking about picking up the new IPad Mini while I'm over there. The only thing which will be different is the plug adaptor right? Which I could then buy one back here?
Another not sure wether I would be better off with a 32gb version or just the 16gb?
Would it be really worth while me purchasing it from over there or buy one from the UK?

I have a 16gb one and have plenty of photos, music, apps etc on it and ive not got close to filling it. Id stick with the 16GB unless you have lots of photos or need for apps etc.

Im debating trading in my iPad 2 to get an iPad mini. Worth it?

Re: The Brand New Tech Thread... : Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:50 pm  

Ande wrote:

I have a 16gb one and have plenty of photos, music, apps etc on it and ive not got close to filling it. Id stick with the 16GB unless you have lots of photos or need for apps etc.

Im debating trading in my iPad 2 to get an iPad mini. Worth it?

Are there any differences other than the obvious ones? The Mini is a lovely looking piece of kit, it makes all the plasticky things on the market look naff, but there's nothing revolutionary about the tech behind it, right?