iPad problems
It seems that some of the 300,000-plus early adopters who now own an iPad have discovered not everything's peachy in new-gadget-land.
The most common problem that's been reported on chat boards is, ahem, challenges with Wi-Fi connectivity.
By challenges, I mean that some people complain that they can hardly use their Wi-Fi connection at all.
Others complain that they frequently and automatically get logged off a Wi-Fi network, and peskily have to sign in each time they want to surf the Web. Annoying!
The TechCrunch blog kickstarted the iPad Wi-Fi discussion on Monday with a post.
Meanwhile, Apple has posted a support document to its Website that coaches people on how to handle the Wi-Fi logout problem. But there's no official word yet from Apple on how people should handle the weak Wi-Fi signal problem.
Wonder if this will turn into a little PR nightmare for Apple.... Let's see how this turns out, shall we?
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Comments
I am having some wifi glitches with my base-model iPad. Mostly having to put in my WEP password every time I wake from sleep, which is a pain.
Apple claims it to be a dual-band router problem, But AFAIK, I do not have a dual-band router. (I have the original, base Fios router.)
And if all of my other devices play nice with the router, the iPad not staying connected is an *iPad* problem -- not a router problem.
I'm talking to you, Steve.
Posted by: David Hobby | April 7, 2010 2:39 PM
This is why I'm never among the first to own a new Apple product. They never work right, but the early adopters are also the biggest Cupertino apologists so they're more than happy to make excuses for why the gadget's so great even though it's frustrating the heck out them.
The rest of us wait until the second or third iteration when the company finally gets the product right and we don't have to make excuses for a shoddy release.
Posted by: brstevens | April 7, 2010 2:57 PM
Why do people buy a brand new product the second it's released when you know that there are going to be bugs at first?
I don't get it.
Posted by: Corey | April 7, 2010 3:49 PM
Talked about this on my blog (http://theamazingipad.com/ipad-problems/)
I remember when I had this error on the iPod touch. All I had to was change the network settings from DHCP to STATIC
Posted by: William | April 7, 2010 5:18 PM
AS soon as I saw the iPad and digested it, I said "Gen 4". That one should be nice.
Posted by: kenneth the menneth | April 7, 2010 6:20 PM
I purchased the 32G iPad only to have it crash within 2 days, It could not open any app nor would it shut down. I exchanged it for another one at the same apple store only for the same problem to occur. Apple's response was perhaps it was a bad batch. This time I asked for a refund. Maybe Apple should wait a little more time to introduce a new product. Unfortunately this was my first purchase of an Apple product.
Posted by: michael | April 11, 2010 8:45 PM
after many hours my solution was to return the iPAD to Apple.
Posted by: James Peffall | April 13, 2010 4:54 PM
I walked into an Apple store with my itouch. Standing right near an iPad used as a demo, I proceeded to play the same Youtube video on both devices. The iPad stopped ten times. The itouch played the video perfectly. I asked the Apple rep, who was without a plausible explanation.
Posted by: Arnie W. | April 18, 2010 9:56 PM