IT will be 1000 times faster than the original Ipad... And thinner. Do you have a point? If its so easy, guess everyone else should already have had a successful product out then.
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12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' Production Rumored for Q2 2015 Amid Manufacturing Difficulties
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IT will be 1000 times faster than the original Ipad... And thinner. Do you have a point? If its so easy, guess everyone else should already have had a successful product out then.
It better be .003mm thinner or I'm not buying it! There's a HUGE difference.
Their point is that Apple will market every iPad as thinner and use that as the main selling point.
Maybe a bit optimistic with 1000... ;-) but 200X is possible since the difference between Air 2 and the initial Ipad's GPU is already 72 times faster. Finfet 14nm and a decent clock boost because of a bigger size and bigger battery (and the possibility of Finfet) would get us there by the end of the year (even if we discount the new PowerVR 7 series coming).
By 2017 though we would exceed 1000 times faster at the speed things are going now.
Apple doesn't normally do things first, they normally get things right first.
IE, we've had touch screens since the 90s, but nobody cared until Apple made a proper touch interface in 2007 with the iPhone.
We've had multitasking on mobile devices since a few years ago, but nobody cares until Apple does it right with the iPad Pro. Or maybe they won't do it right (happens sometimes) and so people will continue to not care. It seems to me Apple normally reveals enough new stuff at once for it to be okay if not everything is a slam dunk. Maybe the iPad Pro will be the new Touchscreen Nano.
My thoughts exactly. A bigger screen iPad with current iOS would make no sense productivity wise. But we'll just have to wait and see what Apple has in store for us.
While we're on the topic of bigger screens, can we get a rMBP 17"
The better option
The better option for anyone doing real productivity work is to get a Mac Book Air or similar small notebook. And by real productivity, I mean something which involves typing and not just imprecise finger pointing.
A decent small notebook will have multiple useful ports and an SD card slot. All of Apple's tablets are as closed-up as they can be, and Apple won't change that because they now rely on planned obsolescence to make money. Allowing a user to extend the life of a product by easily obtained third party accessories and services is anathema to Apple, and any upcoming super duper iPad will be more of the same.
The better option for anyone doing real productivity work is to get a Mac Book Air or similar small notebook. And by real productivity, I mean something which involves typing and not just imprecise finger pointing.
A decent small notebook will have multiple useful ports and an SD card slot. All of Apple's tablets are as closed-up as they can be, and Apple won't change that because they now rely on planned obsolescence to make money. Allowing a user to extend the life of a product by easily obtained third party accessories and services is anathema to Apple, and any upcoming super duper iPad will be more of the same.
Right.. .Planned obsolescense, that's why they're the only ones supporting 2011 tablets or even phones... People actually use those tablets and phones too... If they really wanted planned obsolescence, they'd make the tablets be unusable at all after 2 years like most Android products.
When an analyst says it is, to cover their butt. According to Kuo, the 5.5" iPhone wasnt going to be released until Q1 2015 due to 'production issues'.
Why not iPad Pro / Mac Air combo?
My hope is that they are going to revolutionise the detachable/convertable market, or at least they should, but creating an excellent attaching mechanism that can connect the iPad Pro with the keyboard/body of a Mac Air. When the iPad Pro is stand alone, it runs full iOX. When it is attached to the keyboard, it runs OX, exactly like a Macbook. It means you would have two sets of processors/memory/GPUs/storage that work based on how you use the computer. You get the best of both worlds, without any compromises.
Current convertible devices force you to make huge compromises. The disastrous Windows 8 was a reflection of that. By bringing IOX and OX closer together, Apple can wed the iPad with the Mac in a perfect way, and increase sales for both.
Then, there will only be one App store, with different apps that utilise touchscreen or keyboard, or both.
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My hope is that they are going to revolutionise the detachable/convertable market, or at least they should, but creating an excellent attaching mechanism that can connect the iPad Pro with the keyboard/body of a Mac Air. When the iPad Pro is stand alone, it runs full iOX. When it is attached to the keyboard, it runs OX, exactly like a Macbook. It means you would have two sets of processors/memory/GPUs/storage that work based on how you use the computer. You get the best of both worlds, without any compromises.
Current convertible devices force you to make huge compromises. The disastrous Windows 8 was a reflection of that. By bringing IOX and OX closer together, Apple can wed the iPad with the Mac in a perfect way, and increase sales for both.
Then, there will only be one App store, with different apps that utilise touchscreen or keyboard, or both.
My hope is that they are going to revolutionise the detachable/convertable market, or at least they should, but creating an excellent attaching mechanism that can connect the iPad Pro with the keyboard/body of a Mac Air. When the iPad Pro is stand alone, it runs full iOX. When it is attached to the keyboard, it runs OX, exactly like a Macbook. It means you would have two sets of processors/memory/GPUs/storage that work based on how you use the computer. You get the best of both worlds, without any compromises.
Current convertible devices force you to make huge compromises. The disastrous Windows 8 was a reflection of that. By bringing IOX and OX closer together, Apple can wed the iPad with the Mac in a perfect way, and increase sales for both.
Then, there will only be one App store, with different apps that utilise touchscreen or keyboard, or both.
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My hope is that they are going to revolutionise the detachable/convertable market, or at least they should, but creating an excellent attaching mechanism that can connect the iPad Pro with the keyboard/body of a Mac Air. When the iPad Pro is stand alone, it runs full iOX. When it is attached to the keyboard, it runs OX, exactly like a Macbook. It means you would have two sets of processors/memory/GPUs/storage that work based on how you use the computer. You get the best of both worlds, without any compromises.
Current convertible devices force you to make huge compromises. The disastrous Windows 8 was a reflection of that. By bringing IOX and OX closer together, Apple can wed the iPad with the Mac in a perfect way, and increase sales for both.
Then, there will only be one App store, with different apps that utilise touchscreen or keyboard, or both.
Really?? What would you use it for that you can't use a macbook air for?
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yeah, bigger screen, split screen, users oh and a keyboard. Wait.. we are talking about a MBA right?
By your definition Android has copied everything Apple and Blackberry and Windows did before them because innovation means doing it first.
Oh wait, no it doesn't. It means doing it best. Doing it so good no one can or wants to compete with you. Who competes with Apple in the high end? Who even wants to?
Yeah but what do you do next with the software? People are saying split windows, easier way to type.. but isn't that just going the long way around to make a laptop??
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* A keyboard
* and a screen that collapses like a notebook.
I agree.
The iPad is already very capable as it is for the intents that was conceived for: content consumption and every day tasks (email, facebook, browsing, casual gaming, etc).
The tablet market has become stagnant because it never really worked out as a productivity gadget. It's great as a couch device, but there's not much else you can do with it. So, increasing the specs is not the way to go anymore: the iPad doesnt need more processing power, or more resolution, or less weight. What it needs is more different ways to use it, more applications (and I dont mean more apps).
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Prior to iOS 7 iPads always had tablet-oriented UIs apart from iPhone apps which ran stretched. Now you get tons of unused white space, 3x3 folders and third-party UIs badly ported from Android.