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How will iPad 3 have a retina display...
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Right, because the "very disappointing" iPhone 4S is selling horribly.
With just a better processor, more RAM, and a better camera, I'd buy it.
With all that, a retina display, a storage bump, and Siri, I'd gladly kick in another $100.
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Strictly speaking true, but Apple has a very close relationship with their vendors and in the case of a custom designed display like this they presumably are working closely with the vendor to the point of investing cash in advance to get it right.
The big news from the quarterly earnings reports ( one year ago?) was that they said they were investing several billion dollars to help the vendors produce desired product on time. There were no specifics but a lot of guessing that one of the products they were investing in was the double resolution display for the iPad.
Actually, a 720p video wouldn't look any more pixelated on the iPad 3 than it does on the iPad 2 since physical screen size isn't changing. (Assuming retina 2048x1536 resolution.)
And iPad 3 will most definitely have a retina display if they can get good yield rates on the displays.
i bought ipad2 on launch day but after 3 months sold it and bought my imac , now i wait for ipad3 hoping for better specs and better front camera for facetime..
The sharpness of screen depends on the viewing distance. Phones are held closer than tablets, so higher resolution is required. The current screen resolution of phones (480x800, 960x640) is optimal. Tablets are held farther and super-high resolution isn't required. Moreover 2048x1536 for a 9.7" screen is ridiculous, thats close to Apple's 27" display! Anyone who thinks retina display should be brought to iPad is out of his/her mind.
Personally i think a higher pixel density screen is inevitable, but retina is a branding, it's not nessarally going to be 300dpi.
Most other tablets have a 720p resolution, there is a chance the iPad 3 will have a 1900x1200 resolution, otherwise, 1280x960 is likely.
Won't stop them branding it as a new "retina" display
Hopefully the GPU will be upgraded accordingly to cope with higher resolutions.
Most other tablets have a 720p resolution, there is a chance the iPad 3 will have a 1900x1200 resolution, otherwise, 1280x960 is likely.
Won't stop them branding it as a new "retina" display
Hopefully the GPU will be upgraded accordingly to cope with higher resolutions.
A better Ipad display for e-reading is much needed. The Kindle is currently superior for that purpose.
Not as ridiculous as "udderly ridiculous". The alleged ridiculousness above has nothing to do with udders. The word you're looking for is utterly.
Be careful calling the kettle black.
Good catch grammar police. Was too annoyed at the time and writing quickly. Way to contribute to the topic too. Maybe you should also scan the forum rules about posting about grammar mistakes
What I really want from the iPad is better productivity and compatibility with traditional devices. I'm fine with the current resolution and don't use the front camera enough to care if its 720 or not.
- Apple has already made its point about touch input. I love to see proper stylus support. Apple could even release their own stylus accessory. There is a lot of desire by people to use this thing as an art/notebook, theres no reason they can't support it.
- iWork, iMovie, ect all need to be massively overhauled. I understand that these apps can't be as powerful as their desktop siblings but right now they are *too limited*. At the very least, they should be capable of acting as a viewer/basic editor for the bigger apps. I'd also love to see Apple release a version of remote desktop that would allow copy/paste between desktop/iOS. Also, I should be able to remotely tell my iPad to open up the same video I didn't finish watching on my desktop and open at the exact same point. Likewise for articles, websites, ect.
- Proper printer support. We shouldn't have to rely on third party goofiness to print off the device, it should be able to print from any shared printer.
- Expanded peripheral support. In a similar vein, I want them to rebrand the camera kit to the Peripheral Connection Kit and officially allow support for other USB devices -- especially printers and external storage. It wouldn't need a proper file system either, it could limited to only supporting file types supported by iPad apps. Unsupported file types just wouldn't show up.
- Siri and geo-fencing for iPad. 'nuff said. I'm so disappointed that iPad 2 users are getting the shaft on these features.
- Apple has already made its point about touch input. I love to see proper stylus support. Apple could even release their own stylus accessory. There is a lot of desire by people to use this thing as an art/notebook, theres no reason they can't support it.
- iWork, iMovie, ect all need to be massively overhauled. I understand that these apps can't be as powerful as their desktop siblings but right now they are *too limited*. At the very least, they should be capable of acting as a viewer/basic editor for the bigger apps. I'd also love to see Apple release a version of remote desktop that would allow copy/paste between desktop/iOS. Also, I should be able to remotely tell my iPad to open up the same video I didn't finish watching on my desktop and open at the exact same point. Likewise for articles, websites, ect.
- Proper printer support. We shouldn't have to rely on third party goofiness to print off the device, it should be able to print from any shared printer.
- Expanded peripheral support. In a similar vein, I want them to rebrand the camera kit to the Peripheral Connection Kit and officially allow support for other USB devices -- especially printers and external storage. It wouldn't need a proper file system either, it could limited to only supporting file types supported by iPad apps. Unsupported file types just wouldn't show up.
- Siri and geo-fencing for iPad. 'nuff said. I'm so disappointed that iPad 2 users are getting the shaft on these features.
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I'm afraid neither of those resolutions are viable. The only option is 2048x1536 which would provide 263 PPI as well as allow for compatibility with existing apps. Apple is all about making it easy for developers, and also simple for consumers. They're not about to fragment the App Store by having developers support two different resolutions and have old apps running with black borders.
So after being ridiculed at first, my post is now being agreed with expect a lot of dumb people out there to be disappointed with the lack of a 'retina' screen when the iPad 3 is announced.
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A video of a resolution less than the screen resolution WILL look inferior, no matter what the physical size of the screen, unless it is being upscaled. If you watch a 480p video on a 32'' 720p TV and a 32'' 1080p TV at the same time, the video will look worse on the 1080p TV because its being stretched more to fit the screen resolution.
expect a lot of dumb people out there to be disappointed with the lack of a 'retina' screen when the iPad 3 is announced.----------
A video of a resolution less than the screen resolution WILL look inferior, no matter what the physical size of the screen, unless it is being upscaled. If you watch a 480p video on a 32'' 720p TV and a 32'' 1080p TV at the same time, the video will look worse on the 1080p TV because its being stretched more to fit the screen resolution.
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Mmm, no I'm afraid not.So after being ridiculed at first, my post is now being agreed with
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A video of a resolution less than the screen resolution WILL look inferior, no matter what the physical size of the screen, unless it is being upscaled. If you watch a 480p video on a 32'' 720p TV and a 32'' 1080p TV at the same time, the video will look worse on the 1080p TV because its being stretched more to fit the screen resolution.
Let me use this example:
You've got a 720p video on a 10" display with a 1280x720 resolution. And then you've got the same 720p video on a 10" display with a 2560x1440 resolution, it will look exactly the same.
There's four times the pixels in the same area on the larger resolution display. When the 720p video is stretched to fill the screen, it'll populate four pixels instead of just one like on the lower resolution display. But those four pixels are the same physical size as one on the lower resolution display.
All in all, it's no worse. But the potential for better quality is there. (Apps on the other hand are drawn in higher detail automatically, you only need to update images and/or video to HD to make them look the best.)
I don't know but it will be sad without Steve to introduce it....
I know, that so so sad.
I know, that so so sad.
Good times for introducing a new face, somebody maybe younger. If there is somebody out at apple with a special mind and charisma. But i'm sure there is one.