Where in the original article does it speculate that those will be the only changes? It doesn't.
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Where in the original article does it speculate that those will be the only changes? It doesn't.
No way in hell we see an iPad 3 this year
As pointed out previously twitter would be the only app to have these retina images.
Also it would make sense that because of the deep twitter integration in iOS 5 the guys over at twitter would be clued in on some future specs, and figure that since they know they will be needed in the future, they might as well be included now to prevent more work when the time comes.
Some one please tell me how you can link retina twitter images to an imminent iPad 3 launch with iOS 5?? All suppliers say there is no iPad 3 coming as they would be ramping production next month...plus who really believes we will have a retina iPad 3 in September when we can't even be sure what network (3G,4g) the iPhone 4s will have!! Logic.
As pointed out previously twitter would be the only app to have these retina images.
Also it would make sense that because of the deep twitter integration in iOS 5 the guys over at twitter would be clued in on some future specs, and figure that since they know they will be needed in the future, they might as well be included now to prevent more work when the time comes.
Some one please tell me how you can link retina twitter images to an imminent iPad 3 launch with iOS 5?? All suppliers say there is no iPad 3 coming as they would be ramping production next month...plus who really believes we will have a retina iPad 3 in September when we can't even be sure what network (3G,4g) the iPhone 4s will have!! Logic.
Technically, yes, however "pixel-doubling" is a phrase used for many years to describe this sort of thing.
--Eric
This is good news for ipad users.
Personally I prefer E-ink and I like my Kindle. I can't wait for color E-ink to go mainstream.
The ipad is great but I can't get every toy I like.
Personally I prefer E-ink and I like my Kindle. I can't wait for color E-ink to go mainstream.
The ipad is great but I can't get every toy I like.
I'm no expert, so don't take my word for the absolute truth, but I am pretty sure it won't be released this year.
Wouldn't it be better for them to release it in November or December. I just think that may be too close together between releases. At least this would allow them to release iPad 4 in September and not have a lengthy wait.
Hell, January might even be best.
Hell, January might even be best.
Steve's stood next to (and said) all sorts of things that later proved misleading (to put it mildly).
Agreed. Why revise a product whose demand is still sky high? Plus, the current product release cycle, across all things Apple, has something upgrading in every quarter. Seems like smart business to me. Thus, I would be incredibly surprised to see another iPad this year. But if they do, I'll finally (and happily) place a toe in the iPad water.
I think this refers to doubling the number of vertical and horizontal pixels. Technically, you are correct but this is just the term that's most widely accepted.
I fully agree. The iPad 3 will be awesome, and scarce, but we'll have to wait until next Spring. I'm guessing we'll see a "World" iPad that, in addition to sporting a retina display, also supports LTE and provides high-quality cameras (similar to the cameras on the iPhone)... the top-end model will offer 128 GB storage, but I suspect we'll see no change to the A5 CPU or 512 MB of DRAM.
I'm still getting used to my iPad 2, but I definitely want to buy this fully-loaded iPad 3. After it arrives I'll give my 32 GB, Wi-Fi only iPad 2 to a needy friend.
he can just add a new slide that has an X through it with a 3 on top
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lol. It doesn't work that way.
i'm a little confused are we talking about 'jaculate?
the ipad 2 is selling so well i'm missing the incentive where they need to release the HD version.
iPad HD
Perhaps instead of an iPad 3, Apple will release an iPad HD with IOS 5, keeping both iPads at different price points?
Perhaps instead of an iPad 3, Apple will release an iPad HD with IOS 5, keeping both iPads at different price points?
Can people just stop and think of the practicality (or lack thereof) of 1536x2048 display on something like the iPad before even considering the possibility of such thing.
The obvious benefit is crisper display and text, and thus much better content-viewing/reading experience.
The drawbacks are:
Higher manufacturing price (and thus potentially more expensive retail price)
Apps will be much larger in size (and with some games already hitting 1gb in size, we can potentially see 4gb apps on a device which only has between 16gb and 64gb of storage)
The device will have to quadruple the amount of RAM (from 512mb to potentially 2gb) to still be able to run smoothly.
The higher res images will tax iPad's graphics more and, potentially, decrease battery life.
The obvious benefit is crisper display and text, and thus much better content-viewing/reading experience.
The drawbacks are:
Higher manufacturing price (and thus potentially more expensive retail price)
Apps will be much larger in size (and with some games already hitting 1gb in size, we can potentially see 4gb apps on a device which only has between 16gb and 64gb of storage)
The device will have to quadruple the amount of RAM (from 512mb to potentially 2gb) to still be able to run smoothly.
The higher res images will tax iPad's graphics more and, potentially, decrease battery life.
If iPad 3 (or, the retina iPad, since perhaps the next iPad revision will do nothing more than have a better screen resolution; A6 won't come out until next year at earliest) comes out late summer 2011 with the iPod and iPhones, it would be a swift and decisive strike against the other tablets emerging on the market.
Face it: A5 + "Retina" display + $499 would kill other pads in an instant. Even a finger hold HP would hope to gain would be obliterated.
Face it: A5 + "Retina" display + $499 would kill other pads in an instant. Even a finger hold HP would hope to gain would be obliterated.
Four times the size?? The size of each individual pixel will actually have to decrease to 1/4 the size of a current pixel to be able to accomodate 1536x2048 in a 9.7in display
It is 4x the amount of pixels. The size of the display is likely to stay the same at 9.7in.
What about the camera on the back of the iPad3?
I just got the 2 and love it. But the sub-Meg pixel camera kinda sucks for snapping hi-res pics of students' papers and other documents, as I walk around the classroom. If they up the cam, then I guess I'll be selling my 2 in a few months!
It's Verizon at max config with cell.
I just got the 2 and love it. But the sub-Meg pixel camera kinda sucks for snapping hi-res pics of students' papers and other documents, as I walk around the classroom. If they up the cam, then I guess I'll be selling my 2 in a few months!
It's Verizon at max config with cell.
Unless Apple somehow includes a hex or octo-core GPU, there's no way an iPad with a 2048*1536 display would have the same or better graphics performance as the iPad 2. iPad 2 has 786,432 pixels, a retina display iPad would have 3,145,728 pixels.
The graphics hardware would need to be 4 times as powerful as it is now for the same performance. Even traditional desktop/laptop GPUs from Nvidia and ATI are a little stretched at that kind of resolution, so I wouldn't think we'll be seeing a retina iPad for a few years yet. Even if Apple did manage to cram another 6 GPU cores into the iPad, it'd play havoc with the battery life.
The graphics hardware would need to be 4 times as powerful as it is now for the same performance. Even traditional desktop/laptop GPUs from Nvidia and ATI are a little stretched at that kind of resolution, so I wouldn't think we'll be seeing a retina iPad for a few years yet. Even if Apple did manage to cram another 6 GPU cores into the iPad, it'd play havoc with the battery life.
The screen needs to be 300 ppi or higher to earn the badge of tEh Retina. Doubling a newer iPad's screen rez -- if it remains the same physical size -- falls short of that of that number.
So we can call it, tEh almost Retina display.
So we can call it, tEh almost Retina display.
I'm not so sure this is possible, running applications is not an issue at that resolution, but if there is gaming at that native resolution then it cannot be done..
However I'm beginning to think actual games won't run at 2048x1536, they will probably run at a much lower resolution, but you still get the retina display..
Hey if they can make it possible then great, but I don't know how they plan to do it, especially at that price point..
However I'm beginning to think actual games won't run at 2048x1536, they will probably run at a much lower resolution, but you still get the retina display..
Hey if they can make it possible then great, but I don't know how they plan to do it, especially at that price point..