They could call it iPad and market it as The new iPad.
You know, same as they do all their other product lines.
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They could call it iPad and market it as The new iPad.
You know, same as they do all their other product lines.
Why not? If you sell you old Ipad 3 and get a new one, at worst, you are looking at an additional $200 or less. Some folks go to a movie a date, buy a couple of soda and hotdog and total cost will be in the $40-50. And if you go to a basketball or baseball game with someone, you can easily spend more that a couple hundred. It is all about disposable income. Some has more than the other. So if the boy/girl want their new toy and they have the dough to pay for it, good for them.
Actually, all non-iPhone devices even. Apple TV, iPod Touch, Classic, Nano, Shuffle... Sure, we can refer to them by generation names, but they have never had numbers in the name.
Yesterday, whilst at a Best Buy purchasing a bunch of BluRay films, I wandered over to the Apple display and noticed the iPad 2 was being removed from its "display stalk", the price flyer next to it was overturned, and an iPad 2 photo description was taken down and put in the back room.
Meaning that no more iPad 2's will be available. It's gone. Finished.
Meaning that no more iPad 2's will be available. It's gone. Finished.
My period of mourning will last for exactly zero nanoseconds. I wonder if the true hardcore fanboys do that when products are discontinued... like, wear black "iCry" t-shirts and console each other.
The only other company I know that does this thing with including-"new"-in-the-product-name-but-not-really, is Volkswagen. If there's a new Golf or Passat out, they replace the navigation buttons with "Der Neue Golf", "Der Neue Passat" etc and keep it like that for about a year until they revert back to just the names. That way it's easy to keep track of which models are new and hot right now. I like it. Which is more than I can say about Apple's method of calling it "The New..." until the second the next one comes out. An 11 month old hi-tech product is many things, but "new", it ain't.They could call it iPad and market it as The new iPad.
You know, same as they do all their other product lines.
OK, I was gonna let it go, but I just can't.
You're right I don't know you any more than you know me. As to reading all your prior posts; are you kidding? I don't re-read all the drivel I've written on here, why would I ever waste time on the near 7 hundred entries you have made. That said, it is how your post presents itself that grabbed my attention. You said:
"LOL wooot wooot! exciting morning tomorrow! Got my $$$ ready! Already sold my iPad 3 in anticipation for either the new iPad or iPad mini".
Without knowing what's coming (good, bad or indifferent) you sold your current gear, ready to buy whatever Apple had to offer. Pretty much fanboi behavior. Or so it reads. Hence my response.
No, I don't know what you want, but it sounds like you don't either - it seems to be that you use your iPad as a really expensive photo frame, albeit one with a superior screen - you might have done better with a paper port - since printing is fairly inexpensive.
As to the cable issue, an adapter is $30.
As to "androidauthority" and "apple-mates", I am neither. I hate fanboism as it is just another, if slightly kinder, form of fanaticism. Yes, all of my computing and mobile goodies (save a Galaxy tab I got for free with a cable/internet/phone plan and hardly ever use) are Apple made. That's cause they are the best for me at this time. But I'm not a bloody loony about it.
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Quoting myself but I guess this is android. lol.
I'm sure people who bought the 3rd generation ipad will say they don't care but twice as fast CPU and GPU and you just bought it months ago? Apple knew all along they'd be releasing this fourth generation. Wow.
You have ZERO idea what you're talking aboutNo, I don't know what you want, but it sounds like you don't either - it seems to be that you use your iPad as a really expensive photo frame, albeit one with a superior screen - you might have done better with a paper port - since printing is fairly inexpensive.
Some of us use our iPad to MAKE money. Did you know a pro photographer/designer's portfolio in PRINT costs over $800 for 50 pages? Do you even realize the value of having hundreds and hundreds of photos in different categories and video work (I also direct) at the fingertip of your client? No? Yeah, then stop pretending like you do. My glorified picture frame is my direct access to my clients. Geez. You sound like an ignorant prick right now.
As to "androidauthority" and "apple-mates", I am neither. I hate fanboism as it is just another, if slightly kinder, form of fanaticism. Yes, all of my computing and mobile goodies (save a Galaxy tab I got for free with a cable/internet/phone plan and hardly ever use) are Apple made. That's cause they are the best for me at this time. But I'm not a bloody loony about it.
Really? then tell me why, if I'm a fanboy, that I used PC for 10 years, used Mac for only 2.5 and why I have bought and used the galaxy SIII, Nexus, G1, MyTouch 4G on every carrier. I'm a die hard fan, but I'm not crazy and stupid. I see and try out competitors products before making my own judgement.
So next time, think before you bash someone. People actually make money using these devices - so it pays to have the latest and best fitting tool.
Oh btw, when I went to a meeting 1 year ago with one of the biggest fashion clients in the US, I had a print book AND my iPad - I knew I was meeting with 2 people so I had both of them open and ready to go on the table. They BOTH went for the iPad and shared it instead of looking through my print book. So you tell me why the hell would I keep printing?
It's kinda like the Blackadder III episode with Pitt the Younger, Pitt the Even Younger, Pitt the Toddler, Pitt the Embryo and Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's eye.
His 3rd gen iPad isn't portable???
Tell me when I said that. Oh wait, I didn't? Ok then.
I don't know if you know this, but generally speaking a ~7-8" tablet will be smaller than a ~10" tablet, often leading to increased portability. Surprising, right?