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Apple Issues Invitations for iPad 3 Media Event on March 7
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WHAT!! I KNEW IT!! Today at work we received lots of shipments from apple and I somehow knew they were iPad 3's and this was before the announcement! Can't wait to buy one soon! 
Based on the leaked photo, it seems like the "Home" button is here to stay...
I vaguely remember that Apple applied for a patent years ago on getting "capacitive buttons" on iOS device. Correct me if I am wrong.
I vaguely remember that Apple applied for a patent years ago on getting "capacitive buttons" on iOS device. Correct me if I am wrong.
strange...
That finger looks so small compared to that icon. Purportedly leaked photos show a home button on new screens. There are other products due for a refresh right now too-- AppleTV, MacBooks, iPods...
That finger looks so small compared to that icon. Purportedly leaked photos show a home button on new screens. There are other products due for a refresh right now too-- AppleTV, MacBooks, iPods...
except that it's not in Landscape, as has been proved by Gizmodo and various other posters throughout this thread, by looking at the positioning of the icons on the dock and the bubbles in the wallpaper.
Mainly the AppleTV. No updated Macs until Intel releases Ivy Bridge or the Xeon E5.
Of the iPods, only the iPod Touch might get an early update, but probably not for another couple of months.
Yeah I don't get the big deal over the button. I could maybe understand it on the phone if there was a way to make the screen bigger without making the phone bigger overall. But I don't see what the big deal is with the button on the iPad. Unless it's a problem for people who use their iPad for gaming (I don't).
resolution looks nice on the invitation.
excited for the announcement, the hardware seems bound to impress, will be cool to see what's new in software too.
excited for the announcement, the hardware seems bound to impress, will be cool to see what's new in software too.
That's great, still doesn't change that fact the iPad is not in Landscape mode, perhaps it's upside down or photoshopped out for a cleaner look, who knows.
No doubt we will get more leaks here before next week and someone can confirm if a button is present or not.
First off, it's rather disgusting the amount of time I've just spent looking at a picture of an iPad on my iPad.
Second, I'm sure I wouldn't be the first to mention this in the whole 33 pages of this thread, but after mucking around with the icons on my own iPad and matching it with the same wallpaper (the bubbles match and all), it looks perfectly well possible that either the home button could be cropped out by just the slightest margin, or even more easily the iPad is "upside-down" and the FaceTime camera is cropped out.
My assessment: Too many people are going to be complaining after the announcement next week that the shiny and fun new toy they've been presented with has, God forbid, a button on it, and I'm going to become depressed for spending too much time on a site where people are complaining about the perfectly-well functioning button on their iPads.
But aside from that, I'm REALLY looking forward to the keynote next week!!
Second, I'm sure I wouldn't be the first to mention this in the whole 33 pages of this thread, but after mucking around with the icons on my own iPad and matching it with the same wallpaper (the bubbles match and all), it looks perfectly well possible that either the home button could be cropped out by just the slightest margin, or even more easily the iPad is "upside-down" and the FaceTime camera is cropped out.
My assessment: Too many people are going to be complaining after the announcement next week that the shiny and fun new toy they've been presented with has, God forbid, a button on it, and I'm going to become depressed for spending too much time on a site where people are complaining about the perfectly-well functioning button on their iPads.
But aside from that, I'm REALLY looking forward to the keynote next week!!
I don't know if any of this has been said already but I don't want to read through 33 pages of comments, but heres my opinion on the matter.
Retina iPad? The product is definitely an iPad. The screen appears to be a retina display, though with the resolution it is hard to be sure, but it definitely looks crisp. When photographing a screen, the image usually appears even more pixilated, but here it seems to remain crisp.
Icons? I think that the icons were vary carefully chosen and have meaning and here are my ideas.
a. keynote. The obvious reason they included this is because this is going to be a keynote presentation as every new product announcement is. However, I think there might be reason beyond that. It could be that they wanted to remind the public of their iPad office apps do to the possible imminent release of Microsoft office.
b. calendar. Apple has used this before, and it seems to just be an indication of the event date which is what everyone cares about most, s it is prominent.
c. This icon I find the most mysterious. It could simply be indicating where it is. The map shows Cupertino, which is near the San Francisco center where they will be having the event, but they are not the same. They used it on the iPhone 4S invitation to indicate their headquarters so I don't see them using it to indicate elsewhere. It does seem to hint at the release of a new mapping app which has been in the works for years, but then its odd they would use the icon for their competitor's(google) app to suggest this. This could be reading way too much into it, and it could just be indicating its in california and not new york as other rumors were indicating, though Apple does put alot of thought into these things...
No Home Button? The main argument for there still being a home button is that the iPad could be in landscape position, but it can't, and here is why:
a. the icons in landscape view even when you have the maximum of 6 are not as close together as the icons in the image.
b. the spacing of the icons is exactly the same as having 5 icons on the bar when in portrait view.
c. the wallpaper is the standard wallpaper for the iPad, and I don't think they would tweak it just for this, just when in landscape mode, it crops the image and the specific droplets do not appear on the screen where they do in the image, where as in portrait view they appear exactly where they are shown.
So the iPad is in face in portrait position with 5 icons in the bar, but there is no home button, so there are three possibilities:
a. The iPad is upside down. The problem with this theory is that the camera would be visible. So either it isn't showing through the screen or they removed it from this device as some people have suggested which I find extremely unlikely because this is intended as a FaceTime device and they wouldn't remove a feature. Also, I don't think Apple would promote their device upside-down.
Edit: I just checked and it also appears that if it were upside-down the camera might be cropped out of the photo by about a millimeter, so it could just be upside-down.
b. The photograph didn't capture it. I tried to replicate the photo and found the button was not visible in the camera because of the exposure because of the brightness of the screen in relation, if you notice the bottom of the page appears darker just below the text so they could have darkened it out unintentionally. Though this seems unlikely
c. They have removed the home button to allow for exclusively multitouch gestures instead. I wouldn't miss this because I often accidentally hit the home button on my iPad when using it in portrait views and the home buttons have a tendency to break. However the leaked iPad screen suggests otherwise.
See. And Touch? I have been trying to decode the phrasing at the bottom, and I haven't reached any conclusions, but I have two contrasting ideas.
First, Their use of the word something seems to suggest one thing and one product launch which would suggest the iPad obviously, but this seems unlikely.
What is more compelling the the "And touch." as a second sentence. Had they said, "We have something you really have to see and touch." that would suggest you should see their new iPad and touch it because it has a touch screen, but the pause suggests there are two things: We have something for you to see. And we have something for you to touch. This tells me they are announcing the new iPad and "something you really have to see." New Apple TV? This is my best guess. I doubt they have their iTV ready though.
Don't expect too many people to have read all of this, but, thoughts?
Retina iPad? The product is definitely an iPad. The screen appears to be a retina display, though with the resolution it is hard to be sure, but it definitely looks crisp. When photographing a screen, the image usually appears even more pixilated, but here it seems to remain crisp.
Icons? I think that the icons were vary carefully chosen and have meaning and here are my ideas.
a. keynote. The obvious reason they included this is because this is going to be a keynote presentation as every new product announcement is. However, I think there might be reason beyond that. It could be that they wanted to remind the public of their iPad office apps do to the possible imminent release of Microsoft office.
b. calendar. Apple has used this before, and it seems to just be an indication of the event date which is what everyone cares about most, s it is prominent.
c. This icon I find the most mysterious. It could simply be indicating where it is. The map shows Cupertino, which is near the San Francisco center where they will be having the event, but they are not the same. They used it on the iPhone 4S invitation to indicate their headquarters so I don't see them using it to indicate elsewhere. It does seem to hint at the release of a new mapping app which has been in the works for years, but then its odd they would use the icon for their competitor's(google) app to suggest this. This could be reading way too much into it, and it could just be indicating its in california and not new york as other rumors were indicating, though Apple does put alot of thought into these things...
No Home Button? The main argument for there still being a home button is that the iPad could be in landscape position, but it can't, and here is why:
a. the icons in landscape view even when you have the maximum of 6 are not as close together as the icons in the image.
b. the spacing of the icons is exactly the same as having 5 icons on the bar when in portrait view.
c. the wallpaper is the standard wallpaper for the iPad, and I don't think they would tweak it just for this, just when in landscape mode, it crops the image and the specific droplets do not appear on the screen where they do in the image, where as in portrait view they appear exactly where they are shown.
So the iPad is in face in portrait position with 5 icons in the bar, but there is no home button, so there are three possibilities:
a. The iPad is upside down. The problem with this theory is that the camera would be visible. So either it isn't showing through the screen or they removed it from this device as some people have suggested which I find extremely unlikely because this is intended as a FaceTime device and they wouldn't remove a feature. Also, I don't think Apple would promote their device upside-down.
Edit: I just checked and it also appears that if it were upside-down the camera might be cropped out of the photo by about a millimeter, so it could just be upside-down.
b. The photograph didn't capture it. I tried to replicate the photo and found the button was not visible in the camera because of the exposure because of the brightness of the screen in relation, if you notice the bottom of the page appears darker just below the text so they could have darkened it out unintentionally. Though this seems unlikely
c. They have removed the home button to allow for exclusively multitouch gestures instead. I wouldn't miss this because I often accidentally hit the home button on my iPad when using it in portrait views and the home buttons have a tendency to break. However the leaked iPad screen suggests otherwise.
See. And Touch? I have been trying to decode the phrasing at the bottom, and I haven't reached any conclusions, but I have two contrasting ideas.
First, Their use of the word something seems to suggest one thing and one product launch which would suggest the iPad obviously, but this seems unlikely.
What is more compelling the the "And touch." as a second sentence. Had they said, "We have something you really have to see and touch." that would suggest you should see their new iPad and touch it because it has a touch screen, but the pause suggests there are two things: We have something for you to see. And we have something for you to touch. This tells me they are announcing the new iPad and "something you really have to see." New Apple TV? This is my best guess. I doubt they have their iTV ready though.
Don't expect too many people to have read all of this, but, thoughts?
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I hope ur extensive Apple product knowledge is better then ur grammar and punctuation
Get a grip dude.
What confuses me is that if it's in portrait mode and lets say its upside down where is the camera? If it is normal and there is no home button would that make for a bad siri, multitasking experience?
I guess we can all speculate and prepare for a long week lol
I guess we can all speculate and prepare for a long week lol
I agree with this.
Given the proportion of the finger to the screen, and the slight silver trim around the black bezel, this looks more and more like a touch TV. That on initial glance seems like an iPad 3 because apple knows that's what we're all revved up about.
Very clever apple!
