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Got this from another forum..... read on if you're on the fence of upgrading or getting a new ipad:

Baking Apples? Users mob iPad forums to complain that new gadget overheats

Device can be 'almost too hot to hold'

Gadget can lock into 'cool down mode' and freeze up, claim users

Complaints on Apple forums read by 10,000 users

By ROB WAUGH

PUBLISHED: 08:26 EST, 19 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:35 EST, 19 March 2012

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Apple fever swept the world on Friday, as users queued outside Apple stores for a new iPad that offers a far sharper screen.

But now it turns out that the new iPad also has something that few users will be happy about - it is hotter than previous iPads, and can even be uncomfortable to use.

On forums on the Apple website one of the threads called ‘New iPad overheating’ had got 115 responses and had been viewed nearly 10,000 times.

Smokin' hot? Apple forum users have claimed that the new gadget is far hotter than previous iPads - literally - and can be uncomfortable to use

On blogs iPad owners have been claiming that the tablet is hotter than previous versions and is uncomfortable to use.

Some have even claimed that it goes into ‘cool down mode’ and freezes until it has reached a stable temperature.

The problem could make it harder to use your iPad in hotter countries when you are on holiday - not to mention if you live somewhere warm.

The issue seems to be confined to the bottom left hand side, though some people said that the whole left side of the device was too hot.

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User Faatty began the discussion by posting: ‘Just got my new iPad. I'm loving the screen and speed but there's something weird about it.

‘It gets rather warm/hot after 30minutes of usage. It has never happened on my iPad 2. Do you think it's harmless or .... ?’

Rawwave added that his got ‘almost too warm to hold whilst malegno said: ‘The heat on mine is concentrated on the bottom-left although the whole left side seems to be hotter than the right side.’

Hot new gadget: Users on Apple's forums complain that the new device is far hotter than previous iPads

In a separate threat on the Apple website user znz212 wrote: ‘It begins getting warm within about 10 minutes for me, and after about 25 it's quite hot to touch (not hot enough to burn or anything, but hotter than it feels like it should be).

‘I can even feel the heat on the front - the top half of the screen is warmer than the bottom half.

‘It cools down very fast (within 5 minutes) when locked or even on the home screen, so I'm not sure if the heat is normal with the new chip.’

Apple has not addressed the problem directly but customers who took their iPad to a store have written that it has been exchanged for a new one with no problems.

This is not the first time that the company has run into teething problems with its gadgets, however.

The launch of the iPhone 4 was marred by reports that it would not connect to the Internet if it was held in a certain way.

Apple solved the ‘grip of death’ issue by giving out a free silicone rubber band to put round the phone.

Among the other other glitches have a software problem with iPhones and iPod touches which stopped the alarm clocks working until Apple issued an update to sort it out.

The iPad went on sale earlier this month and was widely praised for its 3.1million pixel 9.7" Retina display, which is the sharpest out of any tablet computer.

On the official Apple website it says the iPad should stay below 35c for optimum ‘operating temperature'.