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Apple Issues Invitations for iPad 3 Media Event on March 7
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The under lighting of the hand is somewhat odd.
the hand wasn't photographed while anywhere near the iPad in shot.
As my "Photogrammartology"* Lecturer used to say
"there are no casual inferences in advertising"
In other words Imagines are carefully crafted so you only see what you are meant to. Apple and the agencies are masters of this.
*Pretty sure it was a field he made up himself so no one else was entirely sure of it's boundaries or what classes he should be teaching.
I went CSI, with my limited skills and I present my evidence:
Everyone says: The picture is in landscape and that is the reason of why there is no button.
So I checked pictures in landscape and noticed that if you have 6 icons in landscape mode on the dock, you will realised that the space between the apps would be more than the picture shown if you use the app size as reference.
So here a picture of a 5 icons in landscape and if you check that reflection wave on the dock you will notice that it touches close to the end of the bezel of the left app. However, in the original picture you will notice that would be close to the begin of the bezel.
So I checked as well a portrait with 4 and 5 docked icons. The 4 icons one passes the app icon and we actually have a match with the 5 icons on the portrait mode and the home button should be just below the maps app.
Moreover, if you would cut the picture as the original shot, only in the 5 portrait you would cut the dot index out of the frame.
Probably someone already pointed out, but if not, notice the selection of the apps: Maps(Cupertino), Calendar(7th), Keynote.
Everyone says: The picture is in landscape and that is the reason of why there is no button.
So I checked pictures in landscape and noticed that if you have 6 icons in landscape mode on the dock, you will realised that the space between the apps would be more than the picture shown if you use the app size as reference.
So here a picture of a 5 icons in landscape and if you check that reflection wave on the dock you will notice that it touches close to the end of the bezel of the left app. However, in the original picture you will notice that would be close to the begin of the bezel.
So I checked as well a portrait with 4 and 5 docked icons. The 4 icons one passes the app icon and we actually have a match with the 5 icons on the portrait mode and the home button should be just below the maps app.
Moreover, if you would cut the picture as the original shot, only in the 5 portrait you would cut the dot index out of the frame.
Probably someone already pointed out, but if not, notice the selection of the apps: Maps(Cupertino), Calendar(7th), Keynote.
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They hype train is rolling at about 10000mph now.
********** psyched. I just bought a Vita though so this is probably not gonna be a day one for me...
Oh who the hell am I kidding.. Where's the queue?!?
********** psyched. I just bought a Vita though so this is probably not gonna be a day one for me...
Oh who the hell am I kidding.. Where's the queue?!?
You are retarded if you think this "buzz" is anywhere out there in the "real world". The buzz is just between Apple fans and geeks.
Not saying this is a bad thing, just trying to straighten this lad out, he thinks Apple leaked this because they need/want these sort of stunts to create a "buzz".
They don't.
You know the invite it is a photoshop job right ?.
Because of this they could space the icons any way they wanted. And in this case they wanted them closer together to put out the place,date and event.
it wasn't a leak it was a press invite which was very public
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naysayers blah blah blah
wait till march 7, and see if my words are true oh and the words ". And Touch." are not photoshop (well added in via photoshop but photoshop didn't come up with the words).
The hand may also be photoshopped in, note I work professionally in the Television News Media and have done so for the last 20+ years. I work with Photoshop every day and while the hand and reflection may be photoshopped in (due to lighting on the thumb) the shot of the screen is not. The focus issues as mentioned before are depth of field and are in camera which means the screen is real in the shot, just the finger has been layered over the top.
As for the spacing of the icons even in landscape with 6 icons the distance between them is more than 1 icon wide:
http://www.extensions.in.th/post_2010/ipad3/pad_1.jpg
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naysayers blah blah blah
wait till march 7, and see if my words are true oh and the words ". And Touch." are not photoshop (well added in via photoshop but photoshop didn't come up with the words).
The hand may also be photoshopped in, note I work professionally in the Television News Media and have done so for the last 20+ years. I work with Photoshop every day and while the hand and reflection may be photoshopped in (due to lighting on the thumb) the shot of the screen is not. The focus issues as mentioned before are depth of field and are in camera which means the screen is real in the shot, just the finger has been layered over the top.
As for the spacing of the icons even in landscape with 6 icons the distance between them is more than 1 icon wide:
http://www.extensions.in.th/post_2010/ipad3/pad_1.jpg
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I'm with him... Apple leaks things in a controlled way to build hype. They are THE MASTERS of hype. And if you think hype from Apple is only for Apple fans, you're wrong... It goes on most major news sites and newspapers, for example:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
what's wrong with the home button? Is it really taking up that much space or is it that much of a nuisance? Or do people think a physical button is not cool enough?
Retina and tactile feedback make the most sense as the next benchmarks against their competitors. Retina makes for good advertising whether we actually need it or not, tactile feedback will help win over those desperately clinging to netbooks etc, and also starts to pave the way for advancements in the keyboards of notebooks Apple do produce, harmonising the two.
The home button may not go next month but it definitely makes sense to lose it as the products develop, there's no doubt it will disappear down the line. Look at the phone in isolation- losing the home button leaves really just the front facing camera and microphone, leaving more room for a larger screen on a future model. The edges of the iPad screen could equally be reduced over time much as has been seen with the iMac, it just makes sense. The home button 'you just know how to use it' thing is instilled in users much like the clickwheel was, but they will quickly adapt just as they did to the ipod touch and wonder why they ever needed it when replaced by a replacement gesture.
The home button may not go next month but it definitely makes sense to lose it as the products develop, there's no doubt it will disappear down the line. Look at the phone in isolation- losing the home button leaves really just the front facing camera and microphone, leaving more room for a larger screen on a future model. The edges of the iPad screen could equally be reduced over time much as has been seen with the iMac, it just makes sense. The home button 'you just know how to use it' thing is instilled in users much like the clickwheel was, but they will quickly adapt just as they did to the ipod touch and wonder why they ever needed it when replaced by a replacement gesture.
I just talked to Tim Cook and he revealed to me the following features for iPad 3:
- LTE/4G capability;
- Retina display;
- 32/64/128GB options;
- tactile feedback surface/virtual home button;
- Thunderbolt port;
- Optimized dual-core processor, leading edge GPU.
Mark my words and see for yourself on the 7th...
Please do me a favour and take the same picture in portrait with 5 icons on the dock. Maps, Calendar and Keynote have to be the last 3, and cut it in the same way. That will show proof of no home button.
One thing no-one has noticed yet; only the Calendar app is in focus, Keynote and Maps are blurred.
Not anymore. Sure, that used to be the case with old CRT's that had slow refresh rates, but LCD's now-a-days film just fine due to the higher refresh rates (and ones in sync with the filming frame rate). Often the screen will be faked for sure, but not always in post - often it's just a mock-up or video or something on screen.
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I cracked it.
3 icons explaining:
A keynote on Wed, Mar 7 about Maps.
could be free navigation system. and yes, iPad 3.
(I left this comment on the loop, but Jim removed it.)
3 icons explaining:
A keynote on Wed, Mar 7 about Maps.
could be free navigation system. and yes, iPad 3.
(I left this comment on the loop, but Jim removed it.)
Two things ... you must have the smallest hands of any adult on the face of the planet, other than the hand model in the invitation. And the reason gesture will not replace a Home button (though, maybe the Home button can be moved), is the popularity of the iPad. Too many people are buying this product just to ignore those with missing fingers ... or most common: aging consumers who are arthritic.