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Apple Issues Invitations for March 2nd Media Event to Introduce Next-Generation iPad
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I think we will definitely see form of iOS5 next week ... the title of the event says it all: "Come see what 2011 will be the year of"
It doesn't say that it will be Just an iPad event.
Plus I dont think that Apple will have 2 events in one month. They always do their Dev preview of iOSis usually in March.
All this is pointing to more then just an iPad event I think
Lets just hope that the new A4 SoC rumor is not true ... and that it will have a brand new A5.
Also the Image for the event ... shows half of the iPad has Glare on the screen ... and the other half doesn't ... Wich is maybe a way for them to tease us for this "New screen" rumor that got out of control being Retina. Maybe they are really adding that new Samsung PLS screen with less Glare and much better color !
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That would make the 16GB model a steal, since there would be practically no upgrades in the 2. More memory and a camera?
Though that is Apple's history of upgrades.
and why do people keep bringing up Apple's "one more thing" when's the last time they even did that? .. it's probably been YEARS
Thats a very forward thinking and interesting concept, I might have to agree with you on this.
So it's going to be the year of disappointment. Sometimes I see where the hype comes from but if the rumors are true it's going to be nothing special. It's terrible that sometimes buying their products makes sense and sometimes it is just obvious they are holding back so they have more to put in the next generation. They knew before they made the original iPad that there was going to be cameras in iPad 2, but why not just put them in the original iPad. Oh because then they'd have less to put in the next one.
Not a word, maybe they'll show iOS 5.0 but you'll have to wait until WWDC for iPhone 5.
iPad: is that thing still around? Seriously though, Ill laugh when they reveal all it's incremental features with the slogan "Changing Everything, Again". LMFAO Apple. FACE PALM
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Already trained myself into not getting one unless a) very big spec increase and b) cheaper than last one.
If neither, going save up and get a MacBook Air next year. So Apple will get my money at some point. Lol
Already trained myself into not getting one unless a) very big spec increase and b) cheaper than last one.
If neither, going save up and get a MacBook Air next year. So Apple will get my money at some point. Lol
Apple said:
That's the first quarter of 2011.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/01/18results.html
iPad 3 would about at least a year into the future. And most likely iPad 4 will follow a year later and so on. So if you wait now, you'll most likely continue to wait forever...
Steve
Steve on podium:
-Bla bla bla
-Last year we had the iPad.
-isn't it great?
-We think so to.
-We find it bla bla bla
-So we didn't seem a reason to change it.
-But added something.
- ***** picture of camera in ipad *****
-(audience) ahhhh. (asks there fellow journalist if he also thinks that it looks like the old one)
-Steve smiles and looks around.
-Yes you now can use facetime over al your devices.
-And we could even make is cheaper.
-They now start at 50$ less.
Steve on podium:
-Bla bla bla
-Last year we had the iPad.
-isn't it great?
-We think so to.
-We find it bla bla bla
-So we didn't seem a reason to change it.
-But added something.
- ***** picture of camera in ipad *****
-(audience) ahhhh. (asks there fellow journalist if he also thinks that it looks like the old one)
-Steve smiles and looks around.
-Yes you now can use facetime over al your devices.
-And we could even make is cheaper.
-They now start at 50$ less.
It is interesting they chose to use the iPhone 4 background...
They already use the same version of iOS so it can't be symbolic of that. It is possible this thing will actually have a higher resolution screen? Don't want to get my hopes up.
This will be an instant buy of course, just hopeful regardless.
They already use the same version of iOS so it can't be symbolic of that. It is possible this thing will actually have a higher resolution screen? Don't want to get my hopes up.
This will be an instant buy of course, just hopeful regardless.
I guess there's not going to be any reduction in bezel size then.
Tony
Do you not understand why the bezel size is the way it is?
Do you own one? I would think not, because if you did, you would understand why they carefully picked that size of the bezel. touchscreens do not work well when the hand/fingers you are holding it with are touching the actual screen.....These people in these forums are driving me crazy!My guess as to why iOS 5 is important is because Apple is very unlikely to do a UI overhaul in a point release, and unless I've been reading thing incorrectly, an updated UI is the best bet against the competition.
Agreed.
Better specs is one thing but a better user experience that only apple an deliver through improved iOS is a big deal.
Could they do this? Sure. Are they likely to? I think not. This would be a terrible decision from a PR standpoint, not to mention the negative impact on iPad sales between now and then.
well, at least you're realistic about what you'll likely get, though I'd expect that 128 GB is within reason to hope for.
Uh... I think you mean that you couldn't care less. In any event, I appreciate that what you meant is that those features are of no use to you, not that they are of "absolutely no use". However there are others who can imagine usefulness in the features that you're dismissing.