Apple Says Future iPads Could Feature Landscape Apple Logo

[philfloyduk]

* OR * …. a small screen with an auto rotating logo 😎

 

[grjj]

The logo should be a small e-ink display so the Apple rotates to proper orientation however you hold the iPad

 

[mevans7]

Make the orientation a purchase-time option. Double the number of SKU numbers.

 

[endemize]

My iPad is in a Smart Folio, so I can't see the Apple logo. Even if it weren't, I'm looking at the screen, so I still can't see the Apple logo. Seriously people, who are we trying to satisfy here?!

People with OCD. I’m sure they would be very pleased with this.

 

[tomchr9]

Tim Cook, the self-serving jester of SKU, will make BOTH - Landscape logos for Pro segment and portrait logos for Air segment.

Next up:
- More focus on selling/segmenting binned hardware
- Stretching the limits of tolerable products segmentation based on low RAM and storage capacity
- 'Pro' -> 'PRO' , maybe even a thinner font
- Thinner Mac Pro
- Thinner Mac Studio
- Thinner Displays
- Thinner iPhones

 

[bousozoku]

Why not have a spinner, so that it will be in the correct orientation no matter how it is held?

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

That's... interesting I guess.

 

[Konigi]

And then, include a built-in physical keyboard and more ports. There you have it, a MacBook.

 

[Skiefire]

Stop the presses, this is huge. Apple are about to invent Horizontal tablets!

 

[lkrupp]

It's about time.

Such poor design - the logo I never see when using my iPad and is covered by the Magic Keypad case is in portrait instead of landscape.

Maybe you should apply for an industrial design position at Apple. You could be the next Jony Ive, no?

 

[Pitogyro]

iPad roadmap 2025:
-Horizontal logo
-New “cerulean lapis” colour only Anne Wintour, Meryl Streep and ijustine can notice in broad daylight. Actual customers scratch their heads as to whether there is any colour at all.
-Removal of charging brick for Mother Nature
-Removal of 256GB tier to push customers up to 512GB

Keynote:
“The best iPad we’ve ever made”

Investor call:
“We’re firing on all cylinders in innovation”

 

[gpat]

Tim Cook, the self-serving jester of SKU, will make BOTH - Landscape logos for Pro segment and portrait logos for Air segment.

This actually sounds realistic. Crazy times.

 

[turbineseaplane]

-Removal of charging brick for Mother Nature

Didn't they already do this?

 

[gpat]

Investor call:
“We’re firing on all cylinders in innovation”

Sounds kinda hypocritical, considering that Tim Apple drives an EV.

 

[dumastudetto]

It would be really neat if Apple sold a pair of iPads with the logo represented perfectly in landscape and portrait orientations. They could also position the camera appopriately based on whether the iPad Pro is a landscape or portrat iPad Pro.

 

[lovehateapple]

Actually his idea was to make it a consumption device. Tim Apple made it a creative tool with the introduction of the pencil, which was dreaded by His Steveness.

That's not true. I read when the iPad was first introduced, someone pointed out to Steve Jobs that it could only be used for content consumption so Steve had his software team make versions of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers so it could be used for content creation. Apple also brought Garageband to the iPad in 2011, I think.

 

[Maigrais]

To do that, Apple will need the power of M5.

This made me chuckle so much. Great work! It's true too.

 

[JosephAW]

Now make it light up like my old PowerBook and MacBook

 

[polyphenol]

Why not use an e-ink display so the logo is correct regardless of orientation?

Pretty much exactly what I would have said - had you not already done so.

And, if not e-ink, maybe some genuinely novel tech. answer to the issue. I was thinking of something made of very fine sheets of material with lines on them which would be able to move a tiny amount - approx. the line spacing. Using diffraction, polarisation and mirrors (or whatever works). So that it just works without any software/firmware being needed. No - I haven't got a workable answer yet...

 

[Gasu E.]

Steve Jobs rolling in his grave.

iPad was supposed to be a creative tool.....ended up as a glorified netflix/youtube/gaming tablet.

And yet "I'm old enough to remember" when people constantly bitched about videos shot in portrait orientation.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Why would you use it in landscape mode?

Solitaire works MUCH better in portrait, and that's about all an iPad is good for anyway.

It's a toy, not a tool.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go spend a bit of quality time on the toilet. I'll be taking the iPad, because reading news there is the only other thing it's good for.

 

[robertmorris2]

I mean....who cares ? Obviously some do but good lord it's not an improvement in performance or reliability...

 

[Gasu E.]

Several people have remarked that they keep their iPads in a case, and that anyway the Apple logo is on the back so they wouldn't see it anyway. If apple were to repurpose the face unlock scanner they could spectrum shift it and project the apple logo onto the users forehead. The benefits are obvious, no more obscured logo and auto rotate as the iPad rotates. They could also colour shift to signal " do not disturb "
Remember folks, you read it here first 😉

The eyes! DON'T LOOK IN THE EYES!!!

 

[roncron]

Why not a rotating logo on the back?

The technology for this already exists.

Apple could put a dual layer 120Hz OLED display on the back, for the sole purpose of displaying the logo in whatever orientation the iPad is in.

This would be the killer app that finally makes iPadOS worthy of the advanced hardware it runs.

Apple, you’re welcome.

😉

 

[Hogswarts]

Future iPads could also support a command line interface. But there needs to be an economic incentive.