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Apple Reportedly Planning to Launch Smaller iPad in Early 2011

Apple TV will be next to go Touch....

What about moving the Apple TV to the iPhoneOs platform... make a great console. App Store for delivery of games and Apps that deliver channels and programs/films etc...
 
anthonylambert said:
What about moving the Apple TV to the iPhoneOs platform... make a great console. App Store for delivery of games and Apps that deliver channels and programs/films etc...
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Nah, what they REALLY need to do is make a touch-screen remote and include it with the Apple TV. Same exact case as the iPod Touch but ALL it does is work with the Apple TV. It'll come with the Apple 'Remote' app and nothing else on it. They can make them cheaper since they have almost no local storage. Just enough for the app.

Apple TV = ok
Apple TV + iPhone w/ Remote App = AMAZING

If they can get that experience into every Apple TV box (and not just to those of us with iPhones) then the Apple TV will become a LOT more popular.

I bet that in a year or two they'll be able to make that kind of remote cheaply enough to include in every box for free.
 
In essence, this device would be Apple's version of a Kindle.

PAC88 said:
maybe they just discontinue the ipod touch
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If they're considering this, then they need to open up the iPhone to more US carriers first. A lot of people are still going to want the compact size of the Touch, but will not just rush to buy the iPhone as long as AT&T is the only provider.
 
This will take away the app store advantage for Apple to a degree by making it "Android-like" where developers will now have to develop for many different devices with different features, screen sizes and resolutions, processor speeds, etc.

The reason that the app store is so convenient to develop for is because you know that there are millions of nearly identical pieces of hardware out there that can run what you make. Smaller developers who don't have the resources to invest into 3 or 4 or more different versions of their programs will either have to exclude many consumers from using their apps or will have to sacrifice quality on some devices (ex: their app may work perfect on the iPad but have many bugs on the iPad "mini" or iPhone, etc.).

As a consumer, you are also almost guaranteed that what you see on the app store you will most likely be able to run. There are already some issues with that as some apps require 3G or GPS which isn't on all the devices, but now there will be even more requirements to look at.

This is going to create even further confusion.

BAD IDEA.
 
There is certainly a segment of the population that the ipad is a bit too big for. Commuters who spend a lot of time on public transportation like the size of the Kindle for E-reading. I think this is a good move to Apple and don't really understand all the bashing.
 
niuniu said:
I was going to blast this - then I realised that it could be pretty clever. If the iBook store etc takes off, and the market for e-readers develop, which it will now that Apple have been making the right business connections - people will want a novel page sized device to read from as it would be more comfortable and lighter than the iPad which people already complain about being heavy. Maybe they'll do away with the iPod Touch altogether..
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Why not just make an iBookstore app for the iPod Touch then? I don't think that they're actually going to do it anyway, after all it is just a rumor.
 
Gregintosh said:
This will take away the app store advantage for Apple to a degree by making it "Android-like" where developers will now have to develop for many different devices with different features, screen sizes and resolutions, processor speeds, etc.

The reason that the app store is so convenient to develop for is because you know that there are millions of nearly identical pieces of hardware out there that can run what you make. As a consumer, you are also almost guaranteed that what you see on the app store you will most likely be able to run. There are already some issues with that as some apps require 3G or GPS which isn't on all the devices, but now there will be even more requirements to look at.

BAD IDEA.
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3 or 4 devices with different screen sizes made by Apple is nothing compared to dozens made by different manufactures with completely different hardware, screens, keyboards, etc....
 
If you think this couldn't work, drop by an office supply store and look at all the products made for a 5" x 7" folio size.

I'd have been happy with either a 5 by 7 or the current iPad; if I have to choose between them when I'm ready to buy it, I may short-circuit. My ideal device that I used to dream about was a 5 by 7 that folded/slid out to about 8 by 10 when needed.
 
We haven't heard the rumor about the Supermaxipad or the ultramaxipad or the ultraminipad yet...

Tasteless, maybe, but Apple really stepped in it this time with their naming...


Pechente said:
People are already making jokes about the "iPad mini" or "iPad nano", so I guess it wouldn't be a great idea for Apple to really produce such thing :D
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rydenfan said:
There is certainly a segment of the population that the ipad is a bit too big for. Commuters who spend a lot of time on public transportation like the size of the Kindle for E-reading. I think this is a good move to Apple and don't really understand all the bashing.
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The point is that I can, right now, tell you every main product Apple sells off the top of my head. You can go to Apple.com/store and see them arranged on that one page.

Compare that to Dell.com where you have hundreds of choices (it seems like) across dozens of different pages that are constantly changing. I have never met even a die-hard Windows fan who can tell you what's what on Dell.com at any given moment. 'Just go on there and browse around' is what you have to do.

I can't explain it all here but there have litteraly been entire books written about the strength of the Apple approach. Every time you make the customer make a choice between 2 things you are ACTUALLY giving them 3 choices: Pick A, Pick B, or walk away. This is why you configure a Macbook on one web page. Dell's multi-page 'setup' system gives people many, many chances to decide "eh, I'm gonna go look at HP or Sony."

But it's not just the website...the product line itself has to be simple. The best page in the world can't make many similar objects seem not confusing. It's the reason there is not a 14" Macbook between the 13 and the 15. It's the reason there is not an iPhone mini or a double-high Mac Mini. It's the reason there's not an aluminum 15" Macbook Pro and a white plastic 15" Macbook.

I can promise you that the 6 iPad options are making Steve Jobs sweat, but they really had no choice there. But wait and see. I bet that next year there will only be 4 iPads when they kill the bottom model and drop the price of the other 2 by $100. I'm certain that Apple can't WAIT until they can have only 4 iPad models.

Given all of that, adding different size iPads just doesn't make sense for the Apple business plan.
 
Wow, there Cowboy....

How about getting this little "Tiger" cooking properly first ?

This iPad has far too many holes to be filled before we go off making a baby brother or sister. There are only so many developers and engineers around and it would be better to sort out this first beta version before we go off making new "toys" .

Now where shall we start ....lets get iWorks for iPad doing a proper job etc...:rolleyes:
 
Pechente said:
People are already making jokes about the "iPad mini" or "iPad nano", so I guess it wouldn't be a great idea for Apple to really produce such thing :D
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And the giant one could be called the "iPad Maxi"... known as the iMaxiPad among techies.
 
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Jeez, when the iPhone first came out I thought it would be a small product line compared to Macs, but look at it now:

iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPod Touch
iPod Touch 2G
iPod Touch 3G
iPad
SOON-TO-BE Smaller iPad
 
This looks like complete BS for various reasons.

Developing-wise it would be plain stupid, apps must be tailored to a certain diagonal.
 
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tuhoops said:
This device would have a screen only 1.5" larger than the iPhone / iPod Touch?Hmm...
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Reminds me of the Nintendo DSi, which I am using to post this...
 
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