In the life of every device, there's a moment when you start to wonder whether it's still useful. Everything becomes old, and obsolescence is all but assured in the world of technology. But 'old' is not the same as 'obsolete.' It's been more than three years since, the first tablet and the one that opened the floodgates to all the tablets that have followed. Then in March 2011, Apple discontinued the iPad, -- the same model that Apple still sells for $399 (Amazon price at press time ).

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With the arrival last month of the, and the rollout this week of, it looks as if time has passed the original iPad. In fact, since it arrived, there have been four major updates, each iteration offering better specs than the model before it. [ Further reading: ] Perhaps the most damning change -- at least as far as the iPad's longevity is concerned -- was the move away from the decade-old 30-pin connector to the new 8-pin Lightning plug. Just like that, accessories built for the new models were instantly incompatible with older iPads, unless you bought. Almost as important, OS support for the original iPad stalled with iOS 5.1.1; Meanwhile, iOS is, features a new interface design and has higher hardware requirements.

Franck Piano Quintet Program Notes For Classical Concerts more. Adding to the iPad's woes: Its built-in RAM is limited to 256MB, which means switching between modern-day apps can be laggy and slow -- especially frustrating on touch-based devices, which need to be responsive -- and many of the latest games require more recent hardware. If you're an original iPad owner, it's easy to conclude that the first-generation iPad () has moved well beyond obsolescence, straight past the Hanging Gardens of Babylon: In short, it's ancient history. But has the original iPad really outlived its usefulness?

In The Groove 2 Pc Game Download. Absolutely not. There are still a plethora of uses for the iPad, including the sacrifice play. At the very least, you can usually trade in an old iPad -- even the first model -- for savings on a new one. Numerous retailers now offer bounties for older iPads. Places like Walmart, Target, and Amazon are offering money or gift cards for tablets in good, working condition. Amazon and T-Mobile also offer trade-ins for credit and T-Mobile even offers a free 200MB data plan for all customers in an effort to push iPad Air purchases. Even if you've got a newer iPad at home, keeping the original may be a better idea than getting rid of it -- especially if your household has more than one computer user or you have tech-savvy friends.

It's a fact that iOS users are pretty quick to update to the latest version of iOS, with 71% of the entire base moving to iOS 7 within the first month of release. Apps get updated continuously, and it's been my experience that they generally have a remarkable life span, even after several iOS updates.