Users are finding the following problems with Apple’s new iPad:

• The new iPad (iPad 3) runs noticeably warmer than the iPad 2. Without a case, after about an hour, users are reporting that the new iPad becomes uncomfortably warm.
• There are reports from early adopters that the new iPad’s retina display has a more yellowish tint than the iPad 2. There are also scattered reports of screen uniformity issues with the new display.
• Battery life is another concern among some users. While Apple claims that the new iPad will provide 10 hours of life on a single charge–the same amount of time that a single charge would run the iPad 2–some are finding that the batter on the iPad 3 runs down at least 10 percent faster than the iPad 2′s battery.
• The battery is also much slower to charge than the battery of the iPad 2. Also, users are finding that the battery still gets drained when they attempt to charge the new iPad while using it. iPad 2 users could charge their units while in use and see battery life restored to full strength.

Are you finding other issues with the new iPad, or can you corroborate these? Please chime in.

The iPad 2 is a decent media and entertainment consumption device. But it has plenty of downsides that are not often discussed. Here’s my list:

1.  E-mail: There’s a built-in e-mail app that lets you check your mail easily enough, but there’s no spam filter in the iPad. To get one, you have to pay for an app.
2. At 1024 x 768, the iPad 2′s resolution is decidedly old-school. There’s talk of higher resolution on the iPad 3, but apps written to today’s iPad will have to be re-written to take advantage of it.
3. Most of the best apps are not free. Expect to spend a considerable amount on apps that you need or want.
4. While Apple touted the dual core processor in the iPad 2, in many ways the device is too slow. Things should happen instantaneously on the iPad 2, and they don’t.
5. Lack of Flash support is well documented, but I’ll say it again: It sucks. The Web is full of Flash. The iPad should support it.
6. Connection to iTunes: Buy an iPad 2, and you’re tied to iTunes in ways you may not want to be. iTunes is not intuitive for Windows users. In fact, the storage on the iPad itself is locked down in ways that Windows users won’t appreciate–or understand. Want to copy your MP3s or movies over to the iPad for viewing on your flight? Learn iTunes. Otherwise, you’re stuck.
7. On-screen keyboard: Yeah, you can get used to it, but not enough to make you think you can ever actually create content on the device.
8. Price: The iPad is ridiculously overpriced for what you’re able to do with the gadget. It’s a nice-to-have, not a must-have. If you think about all of the people in the world you could have fed with that $600, $700, or $800 (or more) you spent on this decidedly frivolous gadget, you’ll feel slightly guilty when you use it–and you should.

If you’re considering Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011, you are probably doing so in large part because of the operating system’s advertised ability automatically to back up all of the machines in your house every night. And it does that, with aplomb.

The trouble comes when you want to restore your data. The first release of WHS2011 (the one available as of this writing) is effectively broken when it comes to selectively restoring data from backups. The reason: restoring data proceeds at a snail’s pace. How slow, exactly? Well, reports vary, but everyone seems to agree that restoring selectively via WHS’s wizard is so slow as to be useless.

In my own test, an attempt to begin restoring 250 GB of data from a backed up computer took over three days just to “prepare to copy” all of the files. I never actually got to restore any files because there was a power outage at my place before the restoration could begin (somewhere in the middle of day 3).

Microsoft already angered a substantial portion of its WHS user base by removing from WHS 2011 the drive extender technology that was so popular in the original WHS. Some intrepid users bought WHS 2011 anyway, willing to give the new OS a chance. My advice: Don’t follow their lead, at least not until Microsoft acknowledges the WHS 2011 restore issue and, more importantly, fixes it.

As for me, once (or if) I get my 250 GB of data off of my WHS 2011 server, I’m going back to the original WHS until I can find a better backup solution that’s just as easy.

Have a first-hand experience with WHS 2011? Leave a comment.