30 versions of an android tablet...? COMPLETELY unnecessary.![]()
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30 versions of an android tablet...? COMPLETELY unnecessary.![]()
I can believe a smaller iPad (heck, I would prefer a 7" iPad to the current one), but it's not going to have an OLED display (in the near future).
How stupid and a crazy way to fragment your devices even more.
We already have 6 different versions.![]()
Would you want apps to be different on the iPad midi to the iPad nano (the iPhone)?
I haven't checked the camera app memory usage so I cannot confirm this, and I sure hope that Apple adds more RAM (when required) but with new devices coming out... memory supplies will be even more restricted.More RAM is likely if they get cameras. It is my full belief that the reason the iPhone has extra RAM is because of the cameras.
You had me until OLED.
Jobs himself raved over IPS technology when introducing the new iPhone. I don't see them going OLED now.
"targets the ebook reader market"
The iPad already does that. A 5.6 inch OLED model is a waste of time and resource.
At that point, it really does become an oversized iPod Touch. The whole point of the iPad was the multitouch capabilities with the large screen.
To those who think this a waste: it is not.
Let me ask:
--How many of you are willing to pull out an iPad in the subway and other public places?
--How many of you use the iPad to listen to music like an iPod?
--How many of you wish you could carry an iPad in your purse/murse/jacket pocket?
--How many of you (students) wish you could have something bigger than the iPod touch to read pdf articles, and even annotate them on the subway?
--How many researchers would love something like this for fieldwork, or away from the office to input data and voice memos, etc.
I am not buying an iPad because I need something I can suddenly pull out anywhere and write down ideas.
I WAS not going to get an iPhone (or iPad touch) because I'm not willing to read pdfs on that small thing.
I have been wanting something about the size of a paperback book and I do hope this is true.
To those who think this a waste: it is not.
Another point: Jobs wants the term "FaceTime" to be a part of our lexicon. He wants to change the way we communicate just like the way he changed the way we listen to music. Why do you think he is pushing FaceTime in the new ads? The only way to do this is to proliferate "FaceTime" devices so that they gain momentum.
I feel like I'm being shorted if there's no camera in there!
Not to mention...pockets are only roughly six inches wide. You're telling me, that you want to barely manage to stuff a 5.6 inch "mini-iPad" into your front pocket, and walk around like ET with real stiff legs?
And if you're gonna stick it in your back pocket, you can't sit down, you'd snap the whole damn thing in half.
I'd love to see something like an "iPad Mini" running apps and could be easily thrown in a purse or satchel as one is on the go. Put a nice, third party super rugged case on it and you are good to go.
Price wise, if they hit below $200 for the 5.6" iPad, they have a big winner on their hands.