Apple Issues Invitations for March 2nd Media Event to Introduce Next-Generation iPad

JGowan said:
I'd be highly surprised if that is the new iPad. They can't give out a picture of it yet... It would spoil the surprise. That's iPad 1.
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This.

Everyone keeps analyzing the picture, but that is quite obviously the original iPad....Why would they give you a picture of their top secret device that the world has been craving? THEY WOULDN'T!!

nothing can be inferred from that picture, unless your making inferences about the original iPad...and if you're doing that, well then, you're stupid.
 
NebulaClash said:
You make the same error the iPod competitors made: as long as you compete on hardware specs, you think you've trumped Apple.
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I'm not even sure that's true. With the iPhones, iPod Touches and the first iPad, Apple consistently had some of top specs in the industry, not to mention the fit&finish and the overall design were probably the best among the competition. If the iPad comes with the A5 as it was rumoured earlier, it should be even faster than Tegra2 Android tablets and everything else is mostly niceties. None of the Android tablets have particularly high resolution or some other earth-shattering specs, and we know Apple will most likely have the best display quality. Thus even in specs it's a wrong assumption to say "Apple lags behind others."
 
toddybody said:
iPad: is that thing still around? ... LMFAO Apple. FACE PALM
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Yeah, ~$10B in 1 year with a new product in a long-losing market is an epic fail.
There's no way a company with a $0.3T market cap could know what they're doing.

So, toddybody (giggle), what did you do last year to outdo Steve Jobs?
 
I'm calling that the next upset will have dual GSM/CDMA bands with a little hope for HSPA+ and LTE. 2 cameras for facetime and some new software features.

Still may get a playbook or honeycomb tablet since most of my money is going to a new mbp before college this fall. May well it when ipad 3. Or this christmas.


Also I'm calling tmobile to get the iphone and then sprint.
 
NebulaClash said:
You make the same error the iPod competitors made: as long as you compete on hardware specs, you think you've trumped Apple. We see how well that worked with the iPod, and the same will be true with the iPad to a lesser degree (people will buy Honeycomb tablets more than they bought iPod wannabees).

The entire system that Apple has built for their iOS devices is what sells, not the hardware specs. Only the geeks care about that. The other 90% of the market wants to know that everything just works, they can get the apps they see advertised on TV, their music collection works, they can get books from any source they want, etc.

So keep pushing the idea that the market will crush the iPad because of hardware specs. It's the other 90% of the market that will continue buying iPads by the millions.
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Making an analogy to the iPod space completely ignore the reality of Android and Honeycomb. In short, you do not see the difference of there being a VIABLE alternative the the iPad, whereas this does not exist for the iPod. The competition was way to slow in answering the challenge of the iPod and when they did, the software was nowhere near what the iPod had at least for the first 5 years after its initial release.

Sure, people what what works well. Honeycomb, based on all reviews I've see, fit this bill to a tee. Also, people care about price and variety. Some will see the 7 inch tables and go with that. Some will see the option of a 16:9 screen and prefer that. Others will look at the price, and make their purchase decision based on that.

The same factors that lost Apple the mobile telephone space will work to rob Apple of their position in tablets.
 
Hummm.... I hope it's out by the 13th.... my daughter is visiting and she needs something for surfing at home... her MacBook is about 6 years old and showing it's age. A shiny new iPad2 would be a nice present. Plus it would make my X mad as she hates Apple since I love'm! LOL!
 
bspate said:
If you look at the iPad 2's screen in the picture.....you will see that the right part of it is milky.....which shows the new anti-glare screen.

:rolleyes:
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I'm guessing that you're joking. If you're not, you should go and look at all of the product shots on apple.com. Almost every screen is shown this way in their product galleries. So, no, I doubt that this is trying to tell us anything other than that Apple has a marketing department that understands image consistency in advertising.
 
newyorksole said:
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
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Huh? I guess you missed the last few events.

Here's a history of the times he's pulled a "one more thing..."

The AirPort base station and AirPort card after the iBook was introduced in Macworld Expo 1999
The PowerBook G4
The PowerMac G5 at WWDC 2003.
The fifth generation iPod with video, announced at a press conference self-referentially titled "One more thing..."
The MacBook Pro (at Macworld Expo 2006).
Introduction of selling movies via the iTunes Store in September 2006; a second "One more thing" in the same presentation also unveiled an upcoming product dubbed iTV (renamed to Apple TV at Macworld 2007). A third "One More Thing" was the lead-in to introduce a live performance of the song "Waiting for the World to Change" by John Mayer at the conclusion of the presentation.
Introduction of Safari for Windows beta
The iPod touch
The MacBook Air
The wireless version of the iTunes Store on the iPod touch and iPhone
The new MacBook was introduced in October 2008 after the new MacBook Pro was introduced.
Though Steve Jobs did not present his Macworld 2009 keynote, Phil Schiller introduced the DRM free iTunes Music Store as a "one last thing".
The announcement of a video camera and speaker in the fifth generation iPod Nano at the Apple Music Event in September 2009
FaceTime video calling for the iPhone 4 at WWDC 2010
A revised Apple TV
A revised MacBook Air in October 2010
 
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In regards to doubling storage capacity of iPad line:
jhiner said:
This seems less likely given Apple's (supposed) investment in the cloud.
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The cloud isn't for everywhere though,

A plane! A plane!
Could you, would you
on a plane?

Sorry, young kids do this to you. But there is no cloud (ironically) when you are in the clouds. I want my stuff physically stored. Cloud isn't practical for 2GB movies files if you are connected, and if Apple goes to 24 Bit audio files, you wont play those over the cloud either. An example is of course Qriocity, their service streams music at 48 kilobits per second. Current downloads from iTunes are more than five times higher in bit-rate quality. Imagine the difference in 24 bit files if iTunes were to go to that. I would want to be able to wear some high-end headsets and listen to my music at Studio quality on my iPad or iPhone. And I have about 150 movies on my iTunes account. I wouldn't want to have to make those all available to the cloud. And I certainly am not leaving my computer up as a server while traveling either, if Apple didn't allow the type of storage on their Mobile Me servers.

Nah, give me physical, on-board storage, that works fast, and anywhere.
 
Coukos34 said:
Do you not understand why the bezel size is the way it is?:rolleyes: 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!:mad:
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Yes, I have an iPad, and no, I don't ever hold the actual front of the bezel in any way except maybe my thumb touches the very outer edge, much less than half way through it. I see no reason to rest my thumbs on the front of the device. I using have them up along the edge, the same way I hold my iPhone. I have my whole palm and fingers of two hands to support it, I don't need the front of my thumbs securing the front side. I think cutting the size of the bezel in half would certainly still work.

Besides being visually unappealing, the bezel makes an already too big device a lot bigger. It wouldn't be that bad for a 16:10 aspect ratio device like most other tablets, but it makes a much squarer device like the iPad just too wide in portrait mode. The first comment I ALWAYS hear when someone first picks up an iPad as compared to any other tablet is "IT"S HUGE" (and not in a good way). And the bezel size definitely contributes to that.

Tony
 
Full of Win said:
Making an analogy to the iPod space completely ignore the reality of Android and Honeycomb. In short, you do not see the difference of there being a VIABLE alternative the the iPad, whereas this does not exist for the iPod. The competition was way to slow in answering the challenge of the iPod and when they did, the software was nowhere near what the iPod had at least for the first 5 years after its initial release.

Sure, people what what works well. Honeycomb, based on all reviews I've see, fit this bill to a tee. Also, people care about price and variety. Some will see the 7 inch tables and go with that. Some will see the option of a 16:9 screen and prefer that. Others will look at the price, and make their purchase decision based on that.

The same factors that lost Apple the mobile telephone space will work to rob Apple of their position in tablets.
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Apple lost the mobile phone space? :eek::eek::eek:

Did anyone tell Apple? They are still selling them as fast as they can make them. The have the #1 and #3 selling phone... Yeah... I guess they lost! :rolleyes:

Really... you seem to ignore... the mobile phone space is HUGE and there will always (ALWAYS) be multiple players out there. Apple is going to be one (and a major one) for the foreseeable future.

Yes, I'm sure Android has taken some customers... until Android there was no real alternative but RIM. But, what Apple does retain is the #1 position in mindshare, single model sales, and quality. Please... stop with the Android won the war junk... the real story is how Nokia and RIM have lost it. Not Apple.
 
notabadname said:
In regards to doubling storage capacity of iPad line:


The cloud isn't for everywhere though,

A plane! A plane!
Could you, would you
on a plane?

Sorry, young kids do this to you. But there is no cloud (ironically) when you are in the clouds. I want my stuff physically stored. Cloud isn't practical for 2GB movies files if you are connected, and if Apple goes to 24 Bit audio files, you wont play those over the cloud either. An example is of course Qriocity, their service streams music at 48 kilobits per second. Current downloads from iTunes are more than five times higher in bit-rate quality. Imagine the difference in 24 bit files if iTunes were to go to that. I would want to be able to wear some high-end headsets and listen to my music at Studio quality of my iPad or iPhone. And I have about 150 movies on my iTunes account, wouldn't want to have to make those all available to the cloud. Certainly am not leaving my computer up as a server while traveling either, if Apple didn't allow the type of storage on their Mobile Me servers.

Nah, give me physical, on-board storage, that works fast, and anywhere.
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Amen. I completely agree.

Tony
 
TheSlush said:
Steve isn't on medical leave for two seconds and what to we get?? DANGLING PREPOSITIONS!!
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"Come see of what the year 2011 will be." Hmmmm...


(Ever notice those supermarket check-out signs that say "12 items or less"? Of course, they should say "12 items or fewer". When the sign does say "fewer", I usually point out to the teenage cashier that her sign is grammatically correct. Unfortunately, she's usually bewildered by this and I have to explain.)
 
Popeye206 said:
Apple lost the mobile phone space? :eek::eek::eek:

Did anyone tell Apple? They are still selling them as fast as they can make them. The have the #1 and #3 selling phone... Yeah... I guess they lost! :rolleyes:

Really... you seem to ignore... the mobile phone space is HUGE and there will always (ALWAYS) be multiple players out there. Apple is going to be one (and a major one) for the foreseeable future.

Yes, I'm sure Android has taken some customers... until Android there was no real alternative but RIM. But, what Apple does retain is the #1 position in mindshare, single model sales, and quality. Please... stop with the Android won the war junk... the real story is how Nokia and RIM have lost it. Not Apple.
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Very well said. What the critics fail to see is that Apple was never the dominant force in the mobile phone space, so there was nothing for them to lose. He idiotically went from iPod to iPhone analogy despite their very different markets because the iPod makes his arguments look bad but the iPhone seems to support his viewpoint. But it doesn't because the meme that is being pushed is the one that says Apple "lost the mobile telephone space." How stupid is this!

The mobile phone space is enormous. What Android did was take over the wannabee spots that were failing. A good chunk of "Android" are Asian knockoffs throughout Asia that grab Android for free and call it good. Woo hoo! Market share!

Meanwhile Apple keeps expanding its numbers with no looking back. Android is doing well, Apple is doing well, RIM is slipping, Microsoft is lost and Nokia just sold Symbian down the river while hitching their wagon to a partner that will stab them in the back sooner or later.

Apple didn't lose their mobile telephone space, they never had it to begin with, but now are growing as fast as they can make them. Nobody will ever, ever, ever, ever, ever own a share of this market the way Windows owned the OS market, the iPod owns the music player market, and the way the iPad currently owns the tablet market.
 
Hope they are shipping next week.....

Just about to pull the trigger on £4K's worth of training for myself and as a sweetener it comes with a free iPad with all the course documentation etc loaded on.

I've told them I want the iPad 2 but it's dependant on the shipping date...come on Apple do the right thing and launch this in the UK next week!;)
 
what is a thunderbolt anyway? isn't thunder a sound wave? maybe Apple invested in HAARP and now they're going to be changing the weather??
 
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