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Apple Should Be in 'No Rush' on iPad 3 as RIM's PlayBook Falters

nastebu said:
The Bible?
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No, I think he is talking about those folders in "hotels" as opposed to no-tell motels which have coupons, information about guest services and amenities etc.

If you never stayed at 3+ star hotels then you might not have encountered them. :p

I always try to stay at 4 stars or greater.
 
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I'm so damn sick of these iPad 3 rumors being taken to absurd levels. The REAL iPad 2 is out and kicking retail tail.
 
Bernard SG said:
LOL!
I wouldn't go that far but, clearly, they need to take their time and not rush half-baked products into the market, embarrassing themselves.
As I said in the Windows 8 thread, if Microsoft was managed properly, their priority in terms of tablet market would be to release an iPad-optimized version of Office.
Google should look into being something more than an Ad-seller.
Amazon should think in terms of cooperation rather than competition with Apple, especially on the eBooks front.
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Microsoft should release Office for iPad, I would buy it in a heartbeat, Pages is good but not a patch on Word, Numbers is good but not a patch on Excel, I would pay up to £50 for an iPad MS Office, it would make Microsoft a fortune.

I just don't see the point in companies trying to take on Apple in the tablet market, it is like someone trying to take on eBay, Yahoo tried to take on eBay and failed miserably and haven't been the same since, companies should stop wasting money competing against companies that have a massive untouchable market share and instead work with them.
 
Mattsasa said:
What do you mean no rush??? Apple needs to ****ing beat windows 8!!
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All that means is that we need iOS6 to breathe a little bit of fresh air into the system. It needs to feel a little bit different when you look at it.
 
igazza said:
Apple cant get complacent. They done that with the iphone and let Android take over.
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I'll remind people that, when the iPhone premiered, people laughed at Apple's goal of taking 2-3% of the world cellphone market.

The reasons behind Android's growth in the smartphone market have been talked to death here, and elsewhere. But its pretty safe to say that "complacency" on the part of Apple had pretty much nothing to do with that.
 
CWT1965 said:
Windows will never have the "cool" factor that Apple has

More Windows 7 PC's are sold around the world each year than Apple devices but Windows/MS do not have the "cool" "babe magnet" factor that Apple devices do and never will. Apple is not just an electronics and computing company it is a way of life, a religion
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and? some don't care about the flamboyance and panache. they use the mac for work, not a fashion show. i don't discriminate - i hate apple same as microsoft.

a religion? that's a bandwagon fanboy remark.
 
vrDrew said:
I'll remind people that, when the iPhone premiered, people laughed at Apple's goal of taking 2-3% of the world cellphone market.
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I remember the stated goal was one percent. Which would have been 10 million iPhones a year.
 
acurafan said:
and? some don't care about the flamboyance and panache. they use the mac for work, not a fashion show.
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Exactly. I use macbook pro and iPhone because they allow me to be uber efficient. Once something trumps those products, I will buy it.
 
acurafan said:
and? some don't care about the flamboyance and panache. they use the mac for work, not a fashion show. i don't discriminate - i hate apple same as microsoft.

a religion? that's a bandwagon fanboy remark.
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The majority of people (not me I have bought Apple products obsessively for over 20 years), well 99% of school/college people buy Apple products not because of specs but because of looks and sex appeal both to willy wave to their friends and also because it helps them get girls.

Take a random ugly fat ginger kid at high school, put an iPad in his hands and he will have girls wanting to date him, Apple is a fashion statement to the young, they might turn into hardcore Apple geeks or they might jump off the bandwagon if something cooler comes along but Apple is brilliant at marketing its products as fashion statements/babe pullers
 
So because the competition is not "there" yet, Apple should not produce what they are capable of?? Who is this guy?! That's what makes Apple and it's innovations so ahead of their time!!!
 
vbmike73 said:
So because the competition is not "there" yet, Apple should not produce what they are capable of?? Who is this guy?! That's what makes Apple and it's innovations so ahead of their time!!!
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Indeed! Apple is not a 'reactive' company. They play their game at their own pace. Products are released when they are ready (technologically and operationally) not before, not after.
 
KnightWRX said:
Delusional much ?
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iPhone is the phone of choice for high school and college kids, same as every other one seems to have an iPad, do they NEED either ? no, they don't run businesses they don't need a smartphone or tablet but they get them because it is rammed down their throats that they will look cool, look rich, have improved chances with the opposite sex and so on
 
CWT1965 said:
iPhone is the phone of choice for high school and college kids, same as every other one seems to have an iPad, do they NEED either ? no, they don't run businesses they don't need a smartphone or tablet but they get them because it is rammed down their throats that they will look cool, look rich, have improved chances with the opposite sex and so on
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Again... delusional much ? And frankly, the student crowd I see is more into sliders for text messaging than iPhones.
 
Define "rush." I see no point in Apple rushing to push iPad3 out the door before Christmas 2011...but it should definitely be here by March 2012....March 2012 is 6+ months from now which is when surely more tablets will be out.

I like the iPad...I have the 1.0...but I'm not in love with the thing...nor do I use it for much more than email, Angry Birds, and web surfing. The web surfing is not very good for us shoppers...the browser needs serious support for all the websites that Firefox and IE have been handling for over a decade. My wife and I refuse to actually purchase anything via the iPad's browser because many of the pull-downs/buttons/etc to choose a color/model/type of product FAIL big time...sites like Amazon are pathetic on the iPad 1. Reading CNN or Boston.com? Sure...fine. Shopping and browsing e-retailers is a major pain.

We are really looking to see if the iPad3 addresses the browser's lack-of-support as well as other new features. Till then, it's our traditional laptops and desktops.
 
I don't like the sound of this

It sounds like complacency. If you have the market to yourself then why bother trying. It is easy to be caught napping by innovation.
 
rotarydialz said:
It sounds like complacency. If you have the market to yourself then why bother trying. It is easy to be caught napping by innovation.
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What makes you think they are being complacent ?

The refresh cycle is typically annual with Apple products and the iPad 2 has only been out 6 months, just because a few stupid rumours from bloggers posting from their bedroom came out about an iPad 3 in 2011 doesn't mean there is going to be one, Apple have never said there is.

It would be nuts to bring out an iPad 3 this year, most Apple followers have to have the latest kit so why should everyone have to spend another £600 barely 6 months after spending the previous £600 ?
 
I've been saying this for months, why don't I get a front page news headline?

Here's some more details I'm privy to:
"iPhone 5, out SOON"

Also:
"iPad 3, out next year, will be faster than iPad 2"
"New Macbooks in 2012"

There you have it.
 
If Apple is in "no rush" to create a new product then consumers are going to suffer. Competition is the driver of innovation and without it, even iPad users are going to be the ones losing out.
 
Trying to follow the logic of some of the posts makes my brain hurt.

I am looking forward to seeing what the ipad3 looks like. In our short history of IT device makers, all of the dominant makers eventually fall to a "competitor." Let's hope Apple doesn't take its competition for granted. IMHO, the ipad2 did not knock my socks off with whiz-bang improvements to the original ipad.
 
neiltc13 said:
If Apple is in "no rush" to create a new product then consumers are going to suffer. Competition is the driver of innovation and without it, even iPad users are going to be the ones losing out.
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Consumers will suffer more having to buy Apple refreshes every 6 months instead of every 12 months when they are also having to cope with rising oil prices, rising energy prices, rising food prices, rising inflation, rising taxes, recession maybe putting their jobs at risk etc.

Apple are "not rushing" because they are sticking to their traditional 12 month refresh
 
neiltc13 said:
If Apple is in "no rush" to create a new product then consumers are going to suffer. Competition is the driver of innovation and without it, even iPad users are going to be the ones losing out.
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By saying there's "no rush", I do believe it means Apple won't need to release something half-baked anytime soon. The iPad 2 is for 2011 and they will have enough time to work hard on the iPad 3 to release it in 2012 and then release something that will definitely be one step ahead than other tablets... No rush doesn't mean doing nothing... it means taking the time it takes to release a great product.

I'm seeking for an iPad 3, with HD Retina Display, better Camera, more power, better graphics, more storage, etc..etc... But what I'm more curious is what iOS 6 could bring on the table... oops, I mean tablet :)

Spid

PS: The real and only hardware improvement I really wish is a Wacom-like touchscreen. I want to be able to use a pen and draw and take notes... All current iPad Pen are just not good enough and not as good as Wacom stuff!
 
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