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Playing Online Poker on the Apple iPad
Created By: Sean Lind Posted in: Positively Nerd Street, Poker Gadgets and Technology
Update!! Play real-money poker on the iPhone and iPad at Switch Poker now! If you want more information before signing up, check out our review of playing iPhone online poker at Switch Poker.
Although it's impossible to be 100% certain, as Apple could make changes before actually launching the product, it's not looking good for playing online poker on the iPad.
The iPad (which I'm shocked they went with for their name, especially since the whole world was already calling it the iTablet), is basically an overgrown iPhone.
Check out the specs.
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iPhone (3Gs) |
iPad |
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Processor |
600MHz |
1GHz |
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Wireless |
802.11 b/g |
802.11n |
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Mobile Connectivity |
3G, EDGE |
None |
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Screen Size |
3.5" |
9.7" |
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Weight |
4.8 ounces |
1.5 pounds |
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Storage |
16 or 32GB |
16-64GB |
As you can see, the iPad is basically bigger, faster, better, stronger than the iPhone. Unfortunately for us poker playing fools, there are a couple of problems:
- No mobile connectivity means we need to be in a Wi-Fi area to get online.
- Since the iPad is built on the same mobile platform infrastructure as the iPhone, it looks like the device will have no support for flash or java browsing.
- Apple only allows installation of apps from the Apple App Store.
If we can't install a native poker app, and we can't play browser based poker, the only option left is to play poker through a remote computer connection, like we did with the iPhone.
The Advantage of the iPad will be its increased speed (a faster processor, and assumed doubled RAM), a larger screen (able to fit one full table at a readable resolution) and a quicker Wi-Fi connection (assuming you're in a wireless zone running an "N" network).
In short, don't expect to play any poker on the iPad without using a roundabout "hack" method. Since virtually all iPhone apps will work on the iPad, the exact same system used to play poker on the iPhone should transfer over.
Click through here to check out our comprehensive guide to poker on the iPhone to find out how.
I would suggest waiting until Jaadu releases a RDP or VNC app for the iPad, allowing full resolution, rather than up-scaling the resolution from the iPhone App.
Realistically, since you can only use the device with Wi-Fi, and it's the size of a small netbook, it begs one simple question: Why not just buy a netbook (or notebook), and play poker online without having to use any hacks?
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Zodiac
2011-11-26Apple and macro media (owners of flash) have butted heads for years flash will never be on the iPad and that comes from macro media. Their talks broke down and they aren't even going to entertain the idea any longer. Sorry don't shoot the messenger.
Thomas kite
2011-04-04Hello....just a quick one.....ever thought of letting adobe flash player work on the iPad this would lead to much greater stuff for the iPad including sky poker !!!!
Trickyt57
2011-03-22Team viewer on the iPad allows you to view and easily manipulate your home pc even if it is logged out. It is easy to use the mouse to start up and play partypoker as well as to use any other pc function like excel, PowerPoint, or anything else on your home pc. You can play in bed while on a home network or you can play abroad, including in the USA provided you have a wifi connection. Play is instantaneous like on the home pc as all you are doing is looking at your home pc screen and controlling its mouse and keyboard. Drawbacks: team viewer does not relay the sound on your home pc so you can not hear the beeps, cash and shuffles. Also if you don't have wifi while you are abroad you may find the 3G connection to be too slow for high speed poker tables. Have not tried it on iPhone yet but iPad works great.
Switch Poker
2011-01-20Hello. I would like to respond to the comments made earlier today.
"1. This iPad poker room is powered by Anonymous person, not an registered company."
Switch Poker is ran by Rekopware Enterprises, a company registered and licensed in Costa Rica. Our full business address and contact information are shown clearly on every page of the website in the footer.
"2. Poker room has NO TRUST certificates at all."
I'm not sure I understand what is meant by this comment. We use the latest SSL certificates through out the site for impenetrable security.
"3. The withdraw option doesn't work since this poker room were lunched (lunched in October, 2010). It always shows an error such as "Oops. An error has occurred and we have been notified. If the problem persists please contact us". However, you still can deposit money into, buy you will not be able to withdraw back to your Moneybookers account."
There does not seem to be a problem with the withdrawal option. We process many withdrawals every day. 95% of withdrawals are handled instantly and the other 5% are tended to within 48 hours as stated on the website. We have never failed to handle a withdrawal request within this time frame.
"4. Looks like all tables full of automated robot players, because you may always see that there is at least one person is seating in each room for the same stakes in real money tables."
These are not robots. They are real players waiting for players to sit and play. We have many dedicated players who sit at new tables waiting for opponents, so as to help get new games going and so that new players to the site always have someone to play against.
Ant, if you need any assistance performing a withdrawal we are always on hand to help. Just contact us via the website and we shall help you out.
Ant
2011-01-19Beware of SwitchPoker.com it's looks like a big SCAM !!!
1. This iPad poker room is powered by Anonymous person, not an registered company.
2. Poker room has NO TRUST certificates at all.
3. The withdraw option doesn't work since this poker room were lunched (lunched in October, 2010). It always shows an error such as "Oops. An error has occurred and we have been notified. If the problem persists please contact us". However, you still can deposit money into, buy you will not be able to withdraw back to your Moneybookers account.
4. Looks like all tables full of automated robot players, because you may always see that there is at least one person is seating in each room for the same stakes in real money tables.
So, Beware of SwitchPoker.com it's looks like a big SCAM !!!
Ponlok
2010-12-25Hi
Varuj
2010-10-24Gooddddd
NutNutScoop
2010-05-31YOU CAN PLAY. Get the app...LogMeIn, and it allows you to take control of your home computer. It works very well when connected via wifi, and ok when you are using 3G (a little laggy)
I played during a three hour drive the other day. I do not think I could multitable it, but it works!
Steve
2010-05-29The iPad is an large iPod Touch? Sweet! I love my iPod touch and now with my iPad a get I screen that is far more usable. Life is good.
Andre
2010-04-08Too bad it is so hard for poker sites to get something out there because of the way Apple looks at things.
I for one would love to be able to play poker on my iPhone or (soon) iPad.
@gijoe: that site is nothing more than a parked domain. Why do you link to it?
gijoe
2010-04-04The app is already there its icard.com .... House only pulls 5% instead of ten.... and 20 bucks for new i pad owners...
Sean Lind
2010-03-15Hmm, I'm interested to see what happens with this mini poker idea. Although I'm not sure how you can play online poker without flash or java support, I'd be stoked to see someone figure this out.
iPad Poker
2010-03-15Joyplay are planning on offering real money poker on the iPad in the next few weeks at http://joyplay.com/poker
boiboi
2010-02-16apple would be stupid not to let pokerstars or fulltilt make an app for ipad....they would be losing alot $$$....plus i only wanted the ipad to play poker n surf the web :(.....
Sin
2010-01-29I didn't take to the 64 bit Intel processors right away. Apple can't make 3 or 4 different CPU's for every model, so they are all of the same architecture.
Adobe and Apple have had a fallig out. Final Cut and Shake about put Adobe out of the Video Editing Market. Soooo when it comes to doing EXTRA work for Apple these days, well lets just say Adobe is not in any rush to co-operate anymore.
Another problem is Apple has to work with CONTENT Producers.... they demand DRM of some sort... Apple convinced Music Comps. to drop DRM... but it was a real issue for them. I see the same problem here. Magazine Publishers Etc. want some sort of Copy Right Protection.. Apple complies.
Since the Lack of a Camera and Flash seem to be the biggest issue with the i-series... I see Apple putting a Cam in may be before it's 1st Production run? But I guarantee there WILL be a Camera in the iPad at some point...... Name might be changed too since Fujitu already has the Name!
But Flash is a problem I don't know how they will cure, I don't think Adobe is in any hurry to "HELP" Apple out of this.
Sean Lind
2010-01-29Sin,
You're absolutely correct on all counts. The issue I have is that Apple is well aware of Flash being only x86 compliant, yet still only shipped Safari as a 64bit program.
This would be like GM only selling cars which run on Hydrogen. Sure, it might be better, but no one can use them yet. Apple always likes to make the world adapt to them, rather than the other way around. But, it's such mindsets which force the world to progress.
In the short term, it means the iPad is nothing more than an overgrown iPod Touch, without a camera.
Sin
2010-01-29This could be the reason iPhones and the iPad Don't have flash
http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash
But there’s another reason why Apple created this new external process architecture for web content plugins in Snow Leopard: it was the only way they could ship Safari and the WebKit framework as 64-bit binaries. Flash Player is only available as a 32-bit binary. (This is true for other third-party web content plugins, like Silverlight, but Flash is the only one that ships as part of the system.) 64-bit apps cannot run 32-bit plugins. Apple doesn’t have the source code to Flash, so only Adobe can make Flash Player 64-bit compatible. They haven’t yet. So if Apple wanted Safari to be 64-bit in Snow Leopard (and they did), they needed to run 32-bit plugins like Flash in a separate process.
I don't know of course, but this guy seems to know his stuff. Just sayin.......
Sin
Sin
2010-01-28This has a new processor made by APPLE it's not AMD or Intell or ARM it's APPLE. ( A4) With all the Audio and Video components on that chip. It will very hard to hack it... not impossible, but it's a new beast all together. Could be easier? Anyway. Apple never gives you everything in the 1st run of any product. Always wait for the 3rd Run. Bugs worked out added features and cheaper too!
Sean Lind
2010-01-28Until online poker is 100% legal to operate, finance and play in the USA, I highly doubt Apple will allow any app which provides access to the sites.
Out of all the companies in the world, Apple seems to be the one most likely to stick to their guns, even if has become painfully clear to everyone their original stance was brutally wrong.
The jailbreaking community will do some nice stuff with this (we can only assume), but since the % of people who jailbreak versus not is small, it would be shocking to see any poker site spend resources to develop a Jailbreak (read un-licensed and illegal) app.
It would be nice though.
Wayne Flopski
2010-01-28I bet the jailbreaking community will come up with some cool apps for it.
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