Which I find pretty amazing in and of itself. But glad that the new generation looks good.

and I would bet yours got a whole lot more use than mine. When it goes, I will replace it with another newer one, but for now the 1 is just fine for my casual use.

and I like the size. I had an iPad 1 and gave it to my bro. It was too heavy for me. I want to check out the Air one of these days. Is yours retina?

The screens are identical. It's the form factor they changed.

I see. I checked the Apple Store last night and see that the Air is retina. Good to know I actually spend more time reading on my iPhone 5 than my iPad. I guess because I always have it with me.

I bought an I-Pad less than a year ago, and find it heavy and awkward to handle; if I had known this new one was coming out I would have waited. They are too expensive to trade out this often.

That will be worth the wait to trade in my iPad 3 for.

For now, expect new iPhones in September and new iPads in November each year.

via Cult of Mac, Apple Insider, etc. But, yeah, too expensive to keep upgrading even though it is always tempting! I upgraded to iPhone 5 not long ago, now the S is out with a much better camera. Damn

I had a 4G mini last holiday season, gave it to GF and got a new full size for the real estate (screen size).

I like the feel of the new iPad but am committed to this one until it's another year or more old.

When they have a 500 GB drive I'll shift. I always max out the max HD in no time at all with movies and TV shows I save for air travel.

I copy mine from DVDs (that I own) using Wondershare. I copy them as m4v files and then put them onto the iPad via iTunes.

I have a selection of documentaries and movies that I copied long ago that I rotate, but most of what I keep are seasons worth of TV shows, like 30 Rock and the Office.

In HD they can take up quite a chunk of drive space.

I'll have to try Wondershare some time.

Thanks!