iPad Early Complaints – Poor Wi-Fi?
There has been so much excitement when early adopters got their hands on their new iPads. As they expected, the new gadget can do almost everything what their iPhones or iPods are capable of, plus a lot more other tasks that the iPad offers. But there are also some complaints that initially came out, the most prominent of which is the alledged weak Wi-Fi performance of the device. Most feedbacks from Apple users discussion forums say that the iPad receives a weaker signal compared to iPhones and other Wi-Fi capable devices, with all of the devices located at the same distance from the access points. There are speculations that the poor Wi-Fi performance could be due to the shell structure of the iPad, which has an aluminum rear enclosure that somehow could have affected the effectivity of the built-in antenna. Another possible cause, according to some, is the power-saving scheme of the new device has reduced supply of power to the Wi-Fi module, thus affecting its performance. Whether the Wi-Fi problem is valid or not and regardless of the cause, there is no comment yet from Apple (maybe too early).
April 7, 2010 10:08 am 
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