Ars reviews the iPad 2: big performance gains in a slimmer package

The iPad 2 is an iteration on the original iPad in order to optimize the user experience, both inside and outside. Ars put the device through its paces to see how different it really is in our latest review.

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[Kethinov]

Add to the list of ugly: it is still impossible to install apps from any source other than the App Store. The day Apple allows users to opt-in to installing apps from non App Store sources is the day I become an iOS customer. And if they ever restrict OSX to an App Store only policy, I'm dumping Apple entirely.

 

[Kethinov]

They already have a jailbreak for it. So, yes, you can.

Jailbreaking is not an option. We've been over this dozens of times on this forum. Voiding your warranty with third party hacks is not an acceptable solution. Apple needs to provide a supported opt-in for folks who want to install apps from outside the App Store. You know, like Android. It isn't hard.

 

[Kethinov]

You don't have to root your Android phone to install non-Market apps. Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources. This does not void your warranty.

I've heard some carriers cripple this though.

 

[Kethinov]

You don't have to root your Android phone to install non-Market apps. Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources.

I've heard some carriers cripple this though.

Which is why I specifically mentioned it was an ATT android phone.

Which is not at all relevant to my gripe that Apple should allow users to opt-in to installing apps from non App Store sources, like Android. Android has the option. iOS doesn't. What carriers cripple because carriers suck is not in the scope of this discussion.

 

[Kethinov]

They already have a jailbreak for it. So, yes, you can.

Jailbreaking is not an option. We've been over this dozens of times on this forum. Voiding your warranty with third party hacks is not an acceptable solution. Apple needs to provide a supported opt-in for folks who want to install apps from outside the App Store. You know, like Android. It isn't hard.

Don't be silly - of course it's an option. It's just one you don't particularly like.

Having said that, Apple does seem to be making life a bit harder for jailbreakers - iBooks now doesn't work properly with JB'd devices, and I've encountered a few other instances of the same behaviour in other Apps.

Which is precisely why it's not an option. A company that will actively goes out of its way to restrict what I can do with my device doesn't deserve my business. I'm just glad Apple has not extended this Orwellian behavior to OSX. Hopefully they never will.

 

[Kethinov]

Um, why did DeltaOP make the same post 15 times?