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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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The name could be for many reasons. I definitely think differentiation is one of them -- from the iPad 2, mini and prior generations. It also as you said conveys meaning about the update. And it follows their sort of familiar naming scheme.
Just because "Pro" is in the name doesn't mean it's for professionals. It's like the MacBook Pro. It means it's better (or more powerful) as opposed to meaning it's for professionals.
Regarding the needed computing power:
1. The A7 is already on par with the Cortex A15. And the changes from A6 to A7 were substantial and the same could be true for the A8.
2. It's not CPU power, but GPU power which will need to increase due to the larger (3072x2304) resolution. This is now possible due to the Rogue series of PowerVR graphics.
3. I can imagine it hitting ~800g. I'd definitely buy one though because portability isn't important for me at all.
Yeah, I was wrong. I meant to bring that up, but it slipped me by while I was busy trying to crunch numbers and compare models of things to figure out how much the digitizer weighed.
It's a number almost entirely pulled out of my ass for the sake of conversation.
The two heaviest components of any modern tablet are the battery and the glass. A bigger battery is going to obviously lead to more weight. By being conservative, I assumed that the larger battery only accounted for half the added weight between the Tab and Note. It was my attempt at a fair guess without having much to go on.
That's probably adding too much, really, because the digitizer itself is only a quarter of a millimeter thick piece of glass. Any substantial weight would have to be added by the controller, which probably doesn't weigh much itself.
Maybe he meant iPod Mini.... wait...
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You jumped from a Mac to a MacBook. What about the Mac Pro? Or the Mac Air? Erm, wait, I mean...
I wonder if they start to drop the numbers:
MacBook Air - 12" slimline aluminium design in silver
MacBook Colour - 14" colour polycarbonate
MacBook Pro - 16" aluminum design in black
iPhone Air - 4" slimline aluminium design
iPhone Colour - 4" colour polycarbonate
iPhone Pro - 4.7" all new design
This is it!
My church has had a young / professional organist play several times who used his iPad for the organ music. A normal iPad is simply too small.
Musicians will love a bigger iPad!
Easy to do when you have 70% market share with everyone else playing catchup. Not a good idea when your market share is slipping because your stuck in the same mind set while your competitors and your customers have moved to new ideas. People wanted a smaller iPad, now the Mini is the bestselling iPad. People want a larger iPhone and I suspect it will prove to be a big seller. Everyone said a gold iPhone would be tacky but you can't get one anywhere it's so popular.
In the tech world if you don't move forward you're moving backwards. Standing still is not an option in the tech world. Ask Palm, Blackberry, Nokia, etc. 5 years ago Samsung was nowhere now their everywhere. Apple simply cannot afford to bypass paying customers just to protect some outdated principal. It's not like they make hundreds of products. They do focus but that doesn't mean they have to stand still.
I don't think any company introduces products to satisfy a need for order in their product naming scheme.
It might sound logical looking at the names, but a naming scheme is no indication that this will happen.
I couldn't agree more. If you don't listen to your audience they will simply go elsewhere. I think it's important to keep updating your product, but releasing more of the same thing even when it's just a slight boost isn't necessarily moving forward. It's getting away with the minimum that people will tolerate. It would be nice to see fewer models, but with more options...thats all. Focus on what you have available and perfect it.
Glad to see I'm not the only one to believe this screen has nothing to do with an iPad but are just the new MacBook Air retina display ...
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I would kill for a 12" MBA retina
I sure hope Apple is hearing us... LOUD and CLEAR!
(There are many of us who feel that way)
If the rumor is correct, it'll most likely be a 12" screen since the rumored resolution is 2304 x 1440 and at 12" the DPI would roughly be equal to that of the current rMBP. If Apple can reduce the amount of bezel, it could probably be similar to the current 11.6" size.
Non sequitur. A 12.9" iPad would still be a lot lighter than the lightest MacBook Air.
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There are many more piano players, and music players in general, than composers. Being able to get rid of sheet music in paper form seems a huge advantage. Last piano concert I went to, a bit of wind came up in the room, and someone _jumped_ to the piano holding the sheets that were starting to be blown away (some air conditioning turned itself on apparently).
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Do you really think Apple has to "compete" with Surface ?
Well, with the huge success of the Surface Apple _has_ to compete with it, or they will be DOOMED.
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And that's stupid. You are assuming that everyone knows that Apple makes iPhones and iPads and Samsung doesn't. They don't. People will easily think they are buying an iPhone made by Samsung, or an iPad made by Samsung. Especially with the iPad, many people have no idea what a "tablet" is. To them they are all iPads.
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I really hope I will never, ever meet anyone who is literally beating a dead horse.
Too right! Me and my music colleagues conducting orchestras, choirs and bands are really hoping for a larger "iPad Pro" - the sooner the better. Got the top model iPad Air - it is a fantastic device, but it is too small to use in concerts etc.
Connect the spaces between iPad Air, __________, MacBook Air. Essentially there's a slight gap between iPad's and MacBook's in terms "tablet" and "laptop". Could Apple be putting a toe in the water in terms of a tablet/notebook convertible?
I had to go deep in the archive for this one on patentlyapple, but finally managed to find this. http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/04/finally-apple-reveals-their-hybrid-notebook-tablet-details.html Its from back in April, but its my thought on what this 13" display means to the future of Apple products.
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They could, but Apple has a problem with making devices that don't have a clear cut demographic.
The biggest problem for Apple is going to be the OS. Will it run OSX or iOS? There won't be a new hybrid version any time soon, and truthfully if there is it'll lean more toward iOS's archaic simplicity which is already agonizing to use on anything larger than an iPhone.
LOGIC TOUCH with vst over WIFI as VST CONNECT PRO by Steinberg
FORM IT PRO + Global illumination as LUMION
IBOOK PRO + side by side / 2 pages editing simultaneously and drag-drop
Thunderbolt
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yes but..where the is Haswel Mac Mini?Is it still happening or going to Broadwel?(sky.lake/wel ? )