Having a 4" + phone is not a dumb idea and neither is a 12.9" iPad. The more devices in different sizes the better.
Having 3 iPhone sizes and 3 iPad sizes would awesome in my view.
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Apple Reportedly Targeting Late Q3 2014 for 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' Launch
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Having a 4" + phone is not a dumb idea and neither is a 12.9" iPad. The more devices in different sizes the better.
Having 3 iPhone sizes and 3 iPad sizes would awesome in my view.
I don't doubt it will be something neat, but I just don't see my self wearing one. Probably a plastic band, if not, it'll still have a screen xD And I'm really not into those kinds of watches, I much more prefer a analog one. + I'm not in that much of a need to be constantly connected to fb, twitter or what have you.
We'll just have to watch what happens at the keynote.
I think if it is just putting a smaller screen on my wrist that shows me the same stuff as my phone, then it won't be something I will use. It will have to have a functionality or a data collection feature that I don't already get some other way for it to get on my wrist. I wear a nice watch to tell the time and as style point. (And, to be honest, as a social signal point that presents a certain level of status.) That watch isn't coming off on my day to day anytime soon. So this thing will have to be something I'd add to my other wrist.
Yep, let's watch and see.
Yeah, huge.. All the same products with small spec bumps. And the same trick they have been doing for years, stretch the screen a bit more and call it revolutionary.
Oh and that watch I don't really care about.
Yea this should be a pretty disappoint year really unless a redesigned mac mini and imac come out.
Well you know its not gonna run OS X. But I do agree on a digitizer that would really make it stand out. As long as the digitizer is good.
Im trying to imagine using OSX with a touch screen and keep slamming my head against the wall of unimaginably tiny buttons. They work fine for a mouse. Not for my fingers.
Thats not to say they couldnt change the way the interface looks to make it work better with touch input without changing the openness of the system. But that wouldnt be OSX. That would be the lovechild of iOS and OSX, just like everyones been predicting, actually.
iPad "Pro"? really?
I don't see the "Pro" designation, just for a bigger screen. It will be called iPad Air.
There are two iMacs, but one name. There are several MacBook Pros, but they all have the same name, there are two Mac Pro "models" (custom configurable), but one name.
Personally, I think the "Air" designation will go with the larger screen iPads, and the MacBook "Air"s will eventually be discontinued, as people are buying up tablets over notebooks or desktops.
Air = lightweight & signifies the direction apple is going...replacing the MacBook Air.
Plus, apple has made the MacBook Pro retina models lighter & thinner with the removal of the optical drive. As the iPads and iOS become more powerful, there will be no place for the "in-betweener" MacBook Air's, they are being squeezed out between the two.
I don't see the "Pro" designation, just for a bigger screen. It will be called iPad Air.
There are two iMacs, but one name. There are several MacBook Pros, but they all have the same name, there are two Mac Pro "models" (custom configurable), but one name.
Personally, I think the "Air" designation will go with the larger screen iPads, and the MacBook "Air"s will eventually be discontinued, as people are buying up tablets over notebooks or desktops.
Air = lightweight & signifies the direction apple is going...replacing the MacBook Air.
Plus, apple has made the MacBook Pro retina models lighter & thinner with the removal of the optical drive. As the iPads and iOS become more powerful, there will be no place for the "in-betweener" MacBook Air's, they are being squeezed out between the two.
The MaxiPad makes you wonder. It could be a MacBook Air without a keyboard and interfaces--a MacPad.
I'm not sure they could reduce much of the weight in the MacBook Air to iPad levels, even chopping off all that stuff. I'd be glad to see a MacPad, though.
MacPad
MacPad Pro
Inevitable evolution of the form, but will it come this year?
I wonder if all that circuitry really needs to take up that much space. I mean so far, they didn't really have an incentive to miniaturize them.
At the same time, if I remember correctly, the new iMac is only 5 mm thin at the edges. I know it's much thicker in the middle but I still think the new ACD could be thinner than the current iMac and that would be awesome.
It'd be cool if we got some efficient and powerful wireless display technology. Then we could just have a 27" piece of glass with a few mm of aluminum behind it. Would be awesome.
Really? Because I've never seen any announcements that Apple confirmed they were working on an iWatch, let alone a launch date.
There are a bunch of us that want a larger iPad WITH something like a Cintiq like tablet for artists.
I find it absolutely ridiculous they are missing the boat with the pressure sensitivity angle.
I think a lot of things are pointing toward Mac OS on an iPad-like device:
- Mavericks focusing almost exclusively on under-the-hood aspects for efficiency
- No UI change in Mavericks
- iOS 7 now 64-bit
- iPad/iPhone now 64-bit Arm processors
- rumors of 12 inch retina-esque display.....
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I mainly (>95%) use my iPad 3 with a stand or smart cover to compose essays or write long emails. I watch Hulu, and I wouldn't mind having a larger screen. If you are holding iPad even the newer models for any length of time, you are doing it wrong. It is rather ironic and the best kept secret of the iPad.
Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to write r, perl or java scripts on this thing? This is a personal wish, of course.
It may easier for many of professionals to work with touch interface rather than the traditional mouse or trackpad.
Then dont buy it... pretty simple. Exactly why you dont buy a car you dont like, they make other cars and other brands of cars.
You're joking right? I'm drooling for the day my iPhone has a nice large screen. My phone is a "phone" only as a secondary use. It's primary use is for content consumption. A larger screen makes that happen. Give me something between the iPhone 5s and the iPad mini in terms of size, and I'd be the happiest person on earth.
As far as the iPad Pro, let me set that on a kick stand and use it with my Apple BT keyboard/mouse, and let me run native OS X apps on it. Then we're talking. Other than that, it's not dumb, just not something I want.
You really serious about having a screen larger than 4" on an iPhone? And current screen is way too tall anyway. So no, not dumb for larger, better screen.
EDIT: As much as I hate it, Mircrosoft is on to something with Windows 8. Maybe they are not doing it right, but if Apple could let us turn our tablets into desktops with at least BT connectivity, that would be great. I don't even need a USB port. Full Mac OS on an iPad Pro, plus sexy glass stand, with keyboard/mouse... now we are talking.
I hope this new maxi-pad is a convertible. That would be the only way it would make sense.
Then we'll finally have a new Apple retina display to connect the nMP to.
Then we'll finally have a new Apple retina display to connect the nMP to.
That means I win. \
There's a potentially huge market for an iPad Pro. No, it won't sell as much as the Air and Mini. It'll cost too much and be a little too big to have the mass appeal of the smaller tablets. But there is still a big group of people who want a tablet to do something more besides light work and browsing on, and they'll buy an iPad Pro if they find it addresses their wants and needs.
Because if Apple doesn't do it, someone else will. Hell, there's already tons of companies out there making inroads into that market. The Surface Pro is a lot closer to the ideal concept of a heavy work tablet than the iPad currently is.
Completely agree. People who have the Air now and saying no one would want a bigger screen. Then why didn't you just get a retina mini, Air is just a bigger screen at more weight, right.
Obviously, it does get to a point where the size is too clumsy to handle. Or we would see things like 23 inch laptops. However, since Apple was able to reduce the weight and size of the 'regular' iPad, I think they can probably get the 12.9 inch to be close to the ipad3/4 weight which wouldn't be too bad. Would it be harder to handle compare to the Air? For sure, but those are the trade offs for a bigger screen.
As for software, I think whatever software it gets will be on the air and mini as well, but just that it might be more useful on a larger screen.
Movies, Web Browsing, etc are better on a bigger screen. Even if the software takes no advantage of it other than allowing more room for content.
Launchpad (I mean, c'mon...)
Mission Control
Full-screen operating modes baked into many OS X stock apps (e.g. iPhoto)
Multiple full-screen workspaces built into Mavericks that you swipe back and forth into
I'm thinking of the business people. The ones who Reply All to and say here is this months sales figures and try to attach a file, to only find out they can't do it without an obnoxious workaround because Apple doesn't want people "confused" with a basic file repository.
Apple would rather sandbox and have three different versions of the same pdf file or speadsheet. Nothing "pro" about that.
And the product line just gets more and more fragmented, if this is indeed to happen.if portability isn't the selling point of a 12/3" ipad, then what is it? And why would anyone want an ipad that big priced at $600+ when for a just a bit more they can have a fully functional MBA?
I understand the need for a larger phone because that's where the market lies at the moment and no one wants to lose market share. I also believe that Apple is a company that can release an appealing larger iPhone.
But a 13" iPad just makes no sense whatsoever to me. The mini outsold the full sized one because of its portability, so my question remains: who would benefit from a tablet this big when they can get a full sized computer?
I understand the need for a larger phone because that's where the market lies at the moment and no one wants to lose market share. I also believe that Apple is a company that can release an appealing larger iPhone.
But a 13" iPad just makes no sense whatsoever to me. The mini outsold the full sized one because of its portability, so my question remains: who would benefit from a tablet this big when they can get a full sized computer?