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Bloomberg Confirms September iPhone 5 Launch, Hi-Res iPad 3?
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what is the alternative?
No bets since I am not well informed, but what is the best acceptable alternative to Flash?
No bets since I am not well informed, but what is the best acceptable alternative to Flash?
HTML 5. Facebook is currently rewriting their entire site in HTML 5 so they can accommodate mobile devices w/o flash.
Note that for some reason the link here (and everywhere else on the web) is no longer to the original June 21 Bloomberg story, but now to a June 22 story. I assume there have been changes/revisions but nothing on its face to indicate that. Like I said, I don't trust Bloomberg.
Not really. I just said an edge to edge screen would be nice. 4" or not. Most of the android 4" screens out there are barely any larger than the current iphone 4.
As a developer, I hate Flash. It's an easy language (almost identical to JavaScript) but the platform itself is unnecessarily heavy. I've often debated that we need a browser that's capable of animations and such without the extra layer of Flash or Java, but even then I still prefer Java over Flash. Java mobile is much more streamlined than Flash mobile.
Also as a user, I hate Flash. It's insecure, full of bugs, and Adobe develops Flash asynchronously (i.e. they release first on Windows, then on Mac and never on Linux). Secondly, have you used Flash on a mobile device? It drinks battery juice like Gatorade.
That having been said, I understand how the "general" user would think Flash is necessary, so I can't blame you for saying so. It's not necessary anymore, especially since people are starting to code using HTML5. I, for one, welcome our new browser overlords.
But they have a different aspect ratio, don't they? If not, ignore me, but I'm pretty sure that's the debate. Along with the fact that iPhone early adopters say they think the iPhone is no smaller than it should be, nor should Apple increase resolution by less than 4x due to problems in app development.
Speaking of this, I did some math yesterday on how they would design a bigger-screened iPhone that I'd like community opinion on but there doesn't seem to be a lot of active posters in the iPhone forums...is there a better time of day to post something so it gets more views/replies?
Seriously? There are over 2000 people viewing the iPhone forum right now.
[Pokerface]
What I mean is there are about 3 posts every 10 minutes. That seems relatively slow. Maybe I'm picky...[shrugs]
Heh....I just responded to a craigslist ad because I am looking for an ipad2 and that's exactly what they emailed back. Right down to the "secret tip" at the end.
Great. Verizon's unlimited plan is about to run out...and no new iphone right when I want to switch. Lulz...
In my opinion
These sounds about right, doesn't really mention time line of iPad 3 but I think it would be next year - likely with higher resolution and faster cpu.
Next iPhone will likely be better camera and same cpu as iPad 2
I think other rumors especially with different bodies and larger screens are not reliable. I personally like the size of iPhone 4 and iPad could actually be a little bigger - but that is just me.
These sounds about right, doesn't really mention time line of iPad 3 but I think it would be next year - likely with higher resolution and faster cpu.
Next iPhone will likely be better camera and same cpu as iPad 2
I think other rumors especially with different bodies and larger screens are not reliable. I personally like the size of iPhone 4 and iPad could actually be a little bigger - but that is just me.
Maybe that's because the retina display DOUBLED the resolution, it didn't increase it by 1/3.