When my wife and I ordered the newest iPads, we got one using AT&T service and one using Verizon … previously my AT&T iPads have showed just how poor AT&T coverage is, so this time I switched to Verizon. Well, a test near Walt Disney World in Florida reveals that Verizon isn’t so great either! [...]
For much of this month, my wife and I have been driving across USA; we started in Los Angeles and are currently in Texas having travelled via Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver … I was hoping to make good use of my iPad during the trip, and it’s been (negatively) interesting to see how [...]
We spent this weekend in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire, and AT&T basically has zero coverage there – just a little service in some towns, but nothing at all in many areas. So navigating with MotionX GPS Drive HD was challenging, at the least … The App knew exactly where we were, thanks [...]
Watching a video about Google TV, I once again had issues with the YouTube feed stuttering as the data does not arrive at my iPad fast enough (this on a fast Comcast cable internet), and I wondered what it would be like to watch via AT&T 3G (which at home here is quite good). Here [...]
After trying Google Maps on the way to work on my iPad yesterday, I looked around for any other iPad ready navigation Apps, and discovered there aren’t very many. But I did find MotionX GPS Drive HD (from MotionX), and at the price of just $2.99 I decided to try it – and wow am [...]
On my drive to work this morning, I kept the 3G iPad running, displaying the Maps App, zoomed in quite tight – through the whole drive, GPS navigation was perfect as far as I could tell, always showing my precise location relative to turns, side roads, etc; much better than my iPhone 3GS! Here for [...]
To compare 3G against my home cable internet speeds, I downloaded Speedtest X; it’s not a great program, but it did give some comparison data. First, a couple of runs on my WiFi iPad – already see there’s some variation from run to run. My cable internet is provided by Comcast and is generally quite [...]
I have plans to drive coast-to-coast in August, and I’d like to be able to use my iPad on the road, including navigation features – so I finally convinced myself to upgrade to a 3G iPad; and by luck I was able to get one today from my local Apple store! Moving from one iPad [...]
