By now you have probably heard of the alleged Facetime freezing and backlight bleeding issues facing iPad 2 owners. There is no indication these glitches are casuing serious problems for consumers. We can only acknowledge that people are discussing the issues online -- and promise to keep tabs on them.
Here is a quick rundown of a few possible iPad 2 issues that are drawing chatter on support forums and elsewhere.
Finicky Face Time
As reported earlier, Apple's support forums are seein a growing number of complaints saying Face Time Video chat freezes after being used for the first time. The problem is solved by restarting the iPad.
Backlight Bleeding
More problematic than glitchy Face Time software are the reports of iPad 2 backlight leakage. Some iPad owners, perhaps most famously Cult of Mac's David Martin, have noticed uneven patches of light showing up around the edges of the tablet's display.
Martin took his original model in to be replaced and an Apple Genius noted that the replacement also suffered from the same problem. Sounds like a manufacturing problem that will need to be resolved in the future.
Camera Issues
Cult of Mac heard reports of wonky colors popping up in a few frames of video. Writer Brain Sweet said he noticed the problem in his iPad 2 since launch day. He is not sure if the problem is hardware of software-related.
Sweet took a two and a half minute video driving through a car wash and noticed the issue popped up three times.
iPad camera records a car wash
Digital trends complied a roundup of other noteworthy issues that people are reporting online, including wireless woes, UK web order glitches, yellow patches due to wet bonding glue, dead pixels, and speakers getting stuck in headphone mode.
So, iPad 2 users, what are you encountering? Let us know if you are experiencing glitches or idiosyncrasies, and what you -- and Apple -- are doing about them.
Finicky Face Time
As reported earlier, Apple's support forums are seein a growing number of complaints saying Face Time Video chat freezes after being used for the first time. The problem is solved by restarting the iPad.
Backlight Bleeding
More problematic than glitchy Face Time software are the reports of iPad 2 backlight leakage. Some iPad owners, perhaps most famously Cult of Mac's David Martin, have noticed uneven patches of light showing up around the edges of the tablet's display.
Martin took his original model in to be replaced and an Apple Genius noted that the replacement also suffered from the same problem. Sounds like a manufacturing problem that will need to be resolved in the future.
Cult of Mac heard reports of wonky colors popping up in a few frames of video. Writer Brain Sweet said he noticed the problem in his iPad 2 since launch day. He is not sure if the problem is hardware of software-related.
Sweet took a two and a half minute video driving through a car wash and noticed the issue popped up three times.
iPad camera records a car wash
Digital trends complied a roundup of other noteworthy issues that people are reporting online, including wireless woes, UK web order glitches, yellow patches due to wet bonding glue, dead pixels, and speakers getting stuck in headphone mode.
So, iPad 2 users, what are you encountering? Let us know if you are experiencing glitches or idiosyncrasies, and what you -- and Apple -- are doing about them.
