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Using an iPad to Play Games on The Go

Posted on the 24 April 2013 by Nrjperera @nrjperera

The fact that most people see gaming on mobile devices to be something that will only increase in the future can be seen from the fact that sectors such as the online casino industry are doing everything possible to entice mobile users to play casino games on these devices by downloading software or apps from mobile casino sites. However alongside standard phones, tablet devices such as the iPad device from Apple are increasingly being used for gaming, and they have both good and bad points when it comes to this.

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One of the primary benefits that gaming on a tablet such as the iPad has over, say, using a home games console, is that the most recent versions of the iPad will offer you far greater levels of processor power than you can get from a console. With many games increasingly requiring considerable power, this is a definite advantage; however it is not the only one. You can play casino games – or any other kind – from any location, whereas with a console you can only use it from your own home. Of course you can do this with a phone as well, but tablets such as the iPad also offer the advantage of a bigger screen compared with that found on most mobile phones.

That is not to say that there are no disadvantages to using a device like the iPad for gaming, and the most notable one is the fact that you only have the option of touch screen controls, same as with an iphone casino. This is fine for games which require little more than simple taps to play them – examples being games like Tap Tap Radiation and Plants Vs Zombies – but games which require more subtle control and skill can be difficult to play effectively using an iPad. This is something that Apple will need to address with future versions of the device, as it represents perhaps the major downside of using the iPad for gaming


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