Product ReviewsApple iPad 3rd Gen. 16GB, Wi-Fi, 9.7in - White

Very good actually but I have to say that overall I much prefer my laptop.

A very good piece of kit with a brilliant display but it depends on what you want/need it for. It has a great number of features & many useful Apps, a good number of them free. It is very fast when using the internet or eBay etc but the eBay & iTunes screen displays, for instance, are not in my view presented at all as usefully or conveniently as they appear on a laptop computer. Surprisingly the iPad lacks some obvious features that Apple should most certainly have included. First, it can only print to a compatible Airprint printer so many people buying an iPad will also have to fork out for a compatible printer. It also lacks a USB port &, astonishingly no memory card slot(s) either. I have found nothing on or for the iPad that compares with the facilities Microsoft Word offers. I do a lot of photography & I see nothing on, or for, the iPad either that compares with the photographic handling programs I have on my laptop. If you do prepare a document on the iPad's built-in rather poor Notes App, with no Airprint printer, you will have to send your document to your laptop/desktop to print it. The same with photographs or anything else, like received attachments you want to print. A simple alternative is to photograph the iPad screen with a digital camera & then put the camera's memory card in your computer to print it! The iPad camera, even on the 3rd generation model, is not that brilliant & the movie facility is handy but similarly, is nothing to write home about. I'll stick to my Lumix digital camera for photos & HD quality video. If you want to explore all the iPad features you will have to download the user's manual & I found that takes a LOT of paper! I have to say that my wife absolutely loves her iPad but I am less enamoured with mine & I am sorry to have to report that I very much prefer my Compaq laptop for all-round convenient use & as a workstation. That said I will take it on foreign holidays for internet, Skype & some Apps use. It will be great for that. I won't use it as a reader as I already have a Kindle. You can buy a very convenient wifi keyboard that also serves as a protective case that covers the front but the result is a bit heavier than I expected. You can buy a device that you can plug in to use memory cards etc but you shouldn't have to do that. Also, if you sync your iPad to a keyboard you have to unsync it before you can sync it to anything else! One important tip, if you buy a 2nd hand one, ensure that all photos are deleted first because any photos downloaded onto an iPad (from a computer) can, very strangely, only be deleted via the original owner's computer! Whether that is true of documents I am not sure. All in all, I actually do like a lot about my iPad but as you will guess, I will certainly be keeping my laptop!Read full review...

Moving from kindle to I pad

Just bought this second hand I pad, had a kindle fire ( my 3rd), before but in my mind I think kindle have a built in expiry time as they a seemed to stop working after about a year. Very happy with the iPad seems more solid and you can do a lot more with it, only thing I will say is the charging time on this 3 gen is a long time. The people I got it from were very good.Read full review...

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Great product so far, especially for taking out and about.

I love the look, feel and function of this iPad. My first tablet, so I don't have any previous experience to compare with this one, but I loved it from the very first use, and have no complaints. I bought a Grade A refurbished one and was most alarmed when it wouldn't start up at all, completely dead one day, and had to use another computer to research the problem on Forums etc and learned about the 'soft restart' which is a common issue with ipads and iphones apparently, which I didn't realise, and it seems to have been a one-off. I am otherwise delighted with the ipad. It is a little slow to connect sometimes, but generally no other issues and I now use it instead of the laptop for everything except where a lot of typing is involved, for which a keboard is better for me as a trained typist.Read full review...

Really Pleased - a good buy!

Bought as a refurbished item from Tesco Outlet. No signs of any marks or other usage. Value for money therefore rated as excellent as refurbished showed considerable saving to new!

Only used desktops / laptops previously but a lot of pressure from family for mum and dad / granny and grandad to get an ipad - so we did!

So far really pleased, wanted the bettr screen than ipa 2 without the cost of 4, and with software update to ios6 all is well - we can talk to it!!.

Purchased a photo / camera adapter which give us great pictures - here the higher res. screen comes into it's own. Still a lot more to discover but

Kindle app allows use of all previously loaded / purchased items.

Much more still to discover and use but really looking forward to that !!

Overall we are highly satisfied.Read full review...

Excellent tablet and excellent supplier!

Bought this as a Christmas pressie for my partner and she absolutely loves it. She already had an iPhone so it took no getting use to whatsoever. There are fantastic apps out there and we are currently working our way through some. So far have been very impressed with everything about the ipad In particular the visuals. The retina display is amazing! Very very happy with my purchase and would certainly use this site again as was much cheaper than others. Only tiny tiny niggle was that it comes with a 2pin charger and adapter which is a bit bulky in the plug socket. Will probably invest in a uk charger later in the future. All in all a very happy customer :-DRead full review...

the money is deserved to buy it

it is cool to use it looking at slides.The camera is perfect ,the photos are so clear, what's more, it is easy to use, you can use it on the way to everywhere, it is so light that you can take it to many places for fun.Read full review...

Ipad 3, I am 64 years old and this is the best thing I have bought

The IPad 3 is great I have never stopped using it since it arrived. I use it for for everything from taking notes or checking the time. The apps you can get for this are fantastic I could go on for ages talking of this but the best thing is to experience it yourself, if you want a computer you can carry with you any where, a camera that takes fantastic photos, a note pad that can write the notes for you as you talk and many many more things this MUST be what you are looking for. Get yourself one and have great fun finding out. If you enjoy it halve as much as me you will love it. I have already recommended this to a friend and they think the same as me.Read full review...

Long charging but the best tablet!

You all know the good things of this tablet. So I will talk about the negative things. The battery life is the same with the iPad 2 but it takes 3 times more time to be fully charged. Also, I would expect a few more new features to a new gen of iPads. Anyway, my overall expirience is excellent!Read full review...

Happy, happy happy

Excellent service and product downloaded loads of books and completed lots of shopping. Very quick, easy to use, also purchased the correct cover to look after the iPad. I like the white one as my husband now has my original black iPad, still learning and having fun. I particularly like the camera, grandchildren can use it easily also they like changing the look of the imagesRead full review...

Excellent iPad for those who want a retina display feature

This is an excellent product for those not wanting to carry a laptop everywhere. The retina display feature makes the viewing easier on the eye and no more headaches when on it for too long. The design is nice and the weight is lighter than ever. An excellent product by Apple.Read full review...