For everyone saying bigger won't sell, tell me then what has happened to the cell phone industry?
I've ben begging for this since DAY ONE!
I've ben begging for this since DAY ONE!
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Apple Suppliers Said to Begin Production of 12.9-Inch Retina Display for Early 2014 'iPad Pro'
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Well, I really don't care what they say, they aren't going to get something that is larger with retina display to be thinner and lighter. I guess the only way that is possible is if Intel's next chips really increase battery life the way they say they will.
We have that now, it's called a TV.
Except a TV doesn't have a feature to hold it up for the duration of a movie. You have to just lay there and watch it!
I agree. Steve only said what he wanted people to think at a particular moment. But what he said can be used against him, or at least used to point out that even he said something, whether he thought it true or not. I think most of the time he downplayed ideas because he didn't want to bring too much attention to a product, because maybe he already knew Apple was going to have a great product of similar type or feel.
Like any good poker player, never trust them.
If it would run MacOSX and MacOS9 apps I would buy six in a moment. We need legacy support going into the future and reaching back to the past where our data came from.
Niche 13" iPad will be a godsend to all pro users
Can't wait...
If you guys think Apple will make an iOS device for Pro users I just don't know what to tell you. iOS devices are meant to sell tens of millions of units, a 'Pro' (and I hate the Pro attached to Apple products) would not sell to many people, as the overwhelmingly vast majority of consumers don't use their computers for 'Pro' purposes. Moreover, what are you going to do with it being a Pro? It won't have anywhere near the computing power of normal Pro computers, what do you think it will have an A12 chip? Lol. Hate to break it to you guys but Apple will release the A8 next year, and it won't be obscenely more powerful than the A7.
FYI: probably the biggest selling point of Samsung's Note 10.1 2014 is the Wacom support. Also, the Surface Pro is very popular because of the pen support.
(Assuming the iPad Pro also gets Wacom support. I don't think Apple would miss this chance to - at last - cater for the traditional Wacom users and to avoid them having to switch to Android / Windows.)
1, for some quick sketches it'd be more than sufficient.
2, what about using it as an input tablet for a desktop, with the latter doing all the computation needed and just relaying back the computed image to the tablet? It'd be vastly useful - much-much more useful than screen-less, current digitizers like the Bamboo.
Finally: if it indeed gets a 4K screen, watching video on the thing will be GREAT. The iPad 3/4/Air are already great video players so I'm pretty sure I'd use it a lot for video playback.
You must be high lol. 7.9 to 9.7 = 1.8; 9.7 to 12.9 = 3.2 iPad mini with retina is 0.73lb iPad air is 1lb. It would easily be 1.7-2lb. Extremely heavy and cumbersome.
On the poster's behalf, yes I can:
Panasonic has put on sale this 4K 20" full blown Windows 8 tablet/PC for the professional market, so this rumour of a 12" iPad Pro is more then possible I say?
And the Surface Pro 2 in You Tube videos certainly seems capable of keeping up with the supposedly more powerful Razer Edge gaming Windows 8 tablet/ PC. So Apple could certainly get a powerful and efficient Intel chip in it.
And the Surface Pro 2 in You Tube videos certainly seems capable of keeping up with the supposedly more powerful Razer Edge gaming Windows 8 tablet/ PC. So Apple could certainly get a powerful and efficient Intel chip in it.
it's not innovative anymore cuz the genius of Apple has left earth. They can't do anything else but increasing size and 1-2 features here and there.
They will die in 5 years if they can't come up with a new innovative product.
Do what? The iPad 2, 3, and 4 were about 1.5 pounds, give or take. The Air roughly a pound. The Mini, about 0.7. With the design advances made to the Air, assuming they build off the same bodytype, I'd peg it around 1.3 - 1.6 pounds.
what on earth? the ipad mini is amazing. there is no such thing as an ipad pro (it's a r-u-m-o-r), and the 5c is merely the name for last-year's phone discounted $100 and sold in the #2 spot, as theyve done every single year since 2008.
you are confused.
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so. ******. original.
grow up. seriously. or be doomed to eternally wonder why women dont want you touching their private parts.
If it happens, I'm thinking it's more likely Apple will go with ARM over Intel. This is all supposition on my part, but I think they'll use this as a way to push the iOS ecosystem into higher end markets. The first step in the long process to slowly, slowy replace the Macbook line with tablets.
Where does this leave the iMac? the Original iPad? just because a different line of products has the same name pattern, doesn't mean it's going to be the same pattern for a product with an entirely different structure and purpose.
There's no point in carrying around a 12,9 inch tablet when you can buy a macbook air in both 11 and 13 inch...
So it's still filed under: Believe it when I see it.
No sane people would state that - assuming they're speaking of Surface Pro 2's and not lowly RT's or plain Surface 2's (which are also RT's).
The Surface Pro 2 is a VERY good tablet. Of course it's heavier than all the iPad models but it's a complete x86 device with Wacom pen support, a fast CPU and, in the $1200 model, a whopping 8GB of RAM / 256G SSD storage.
As I've explained above: it's either considerably cheaper than the SP2 or has a lot of goodies like indeed true 4K screen and/or Wacom support, then, it'll be well worth the price for more serious users.
Of course, it needs to be priced accordingly - it needs to be considerably cheaper than the SP2 and only a bit more expensive than current 9.7" iPads to be successful. No double-price.
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Wrong.
1, Airs still have no Retina screen. Their screen is pretty much awful, resolution-wise.
2, no Wacom support, no tablet mode, no touchscreen - should I continue?
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Exactly. The SP2 is one heck of a tablet, well worth the price - as opposed to what has been stated previously in a comment here.
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Unfortunately, it's HIGHLY unlikely we'll see a true OS X tablet in the next 1-2 years.
Which is really a pity as I prefer OS X to Windows.