Please convince me that I have not wasted almost £500 on an iPad Air

[Normal Rob]

I bought an iPad Air about 2 months ago as I truly believed that it would be the best tablet about. I really don't like it and it just does not appear to work well. For starters it is constantly searching for software update them mean any film/TV streams crash whilst watching and to be honest that was a major reason for getting one. Tonight I was wanting to watch film4 on it but cannot get that to work as it says that the device does not support flash player? Is it me, or is it really just a bad machine. My old nexus 7 was way better.

And please, I do not want this to be a Apple/android binfest, there have been enough of those. I just want to know if I am doing something wrong that is ruining the experience. I want it to work beautifully!

 

[scoobiewhite]

You're just not using it right!

You can turn off auto-update for apps.

You need to use 4od to watch channel 4 or film4 content

Also catchuptv will allow you to watch all free view channels with a couple if mins delay,

Search for the apps in the App Store or google the auto update issue.

I don't always like apple but do think that the iPad is not bettered by any android tablet.

 

[MissGull]

I love mine. You should be able to turn off the software update searches.

 

[Normal Rob]

How do I turn them off?

 

[TomandJerry]

Wasted £500

 

[Hiney]

You're just not using it right!

You can turn off auto-update for apps.

You need to use 4od to watch channel 4 or film4 content

Also catchuptv will allow you to watch all free view channels with a couple if mins delay,

Search for the apps in the App Store or google the auto update issue.

I don't always like apple but do think that the iPad is not bettered by any android tablet.

All of this

 

[Dorset Seagull]

I still have an IPad 1, love it

 

[Normal Rob]

Catchup TV does not appear to have film4

 

[clippedgull]

4OD doesn't carry Film on 4 content.

 

[Max Paper]

Yeah you've wasted £500, we've all done it, as luck would have it I desperately need one for spare parts for a
Kids science project, will give you £40? PM me and we'll sort it out!

 

[Normal Rob]

Thanks for the offer!

 

[Max Paper]

You're welcome

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

There is a browser called Photon which supports streaming of video through flash. I paid £2.99 for this so that I could watch the play off game while on holiday in the US and it worked okay.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Have you tried turning it off and on?

 

[Normal Rob]

Have you tried turning it off and on?

Lol. I appreciate that I am not the most tech. savvy person around!

 

[Stevie Boy]

Have you tried turning it off and on?

Traditional NSC answer

 

[Bozza]

It's not constantly searching for software update and, even if it were, it would not cause things to crash. The iPhones and iPads we have do auto updates because it's very convenient. Every night they silently just get on with updating themselves and if I didn't know they were doing it, I'd not know they were doing it.

 

[scoobiewhite]

Lol. I appreciate that I am not the most tech. savvy person around!

No worries at all but if you google some of your issues it's really easy to find the solutions and you'll get better at using the device at the same time. You usually find good tips you weren't even looking for as well.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I've had my iPad for 3 years now but have never used it to watch tv, I have a television for that.
Is the iPad designed to be used as a TV?

 

[clippedgull]

I've had my iPad for 3 years now but have never used it to watch tv, I have a television for that.
Is the iPad designed to be used as a TV?

Not so much a TV, but a second screen. Iplayer, 4OD etc etc just one of a myriad of things that it can do.