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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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Maybe I didn't explain myself properly. I meant to ask what an increase in screen size would add to the iPad experience. I use my iPad for Netflix, iWork and email, and for these purposes I've found the iPad Mini much more suitable than the full-size iPad. Yes, that is just personal choice, but a 13' tablet for sending emails seems like overkill.
Ooh, hadn't thought of that at all. That would be a really good idea.
Dear Lord I want one! This would be so useful for Uni instead of a fully fledged laptop! Although i'll keep my current one just to make sure they do deliver. I hope it runs OS X. A tablet that size needs to be pushing power as well, although I hope its better than the windows 8 Tablets... Lots of room for a more powerful OS in that bigger case...
I will buy this.
Right now I try to do as much of my work as I can on my iPad air w/ a nice bluetooth keyboard, and am pretty successful with getting around iOS's annoying limitations.
Revamp iOS 7 for a large screen, give me more power user features and more capable hardware? Take my money.
seriously, take it.
I've been looking for a reason to ditch my 2011 15" Macbook Pro (that just sits on my desk)
Which bluetooth keyboard do you use?
Why don't you buy a MacBook Air instead of the iPad Pro? I am considering to buy the iPad Air.
The iPad has huge potential in medicine, engineering, and lots of other industries. My guess is that the iPad Pro will have the same screen as the Air (no 12" or 13" model), but will have A7X, 2GB RAM, Wacom digitizer, integrated keyboard cover with stylus, 32GB - 256GB Storage, and maybe the iPhone 5S cameras. It will start at $1,000 or higher.
It would probably weigh about 1.5-1.75 lbs (about the same as comparable large touchscreen devices). I expect we'll see more emphasis on iOS applications now that it has a 64-bit processor. For instance, this version might get more RAM. Note that the new Mac version of iWorks is a ported version of the iOS app. We'll see more of that in the future. Apple has already promised that iWork will see more of the Mac features added back to the new version over the next 6 months or so. That's just in time for this device, if it's true.
Absolutely it will!! But, what does that have to do with a possible giant iPad?Called it! Looks like saving my money will pay off
Agreed on everything except the stylus. I think Apple will leave it to third party developers to make styli for the iPad. Enough of the Steve Jobs "if you need a stylus you've failed" philosophy still permeates the organization.
It is unlikely, but possible it would incorporate some sort of stand. Perhaps they'd cross-license the kick-stand from Microsoft, but I think more likely they'll again leave it to third parties to develop compatible accessories, or design an add-on similar to the iPhone Dock. A larger iPad used for productivity could use it, but I just don't see Jony Ive designing a kickstand.
Well he did axe the iPhone 5, so there are still only three models of iPhone (4 in China I think) regardless of how they are selling. And the rumors are that there will only be one size of Macbook Air (12" screen in a super small body the size of or smaller than the current 11" body). The 15" non-retina MBP is gone (and the 13" is on its last legs, pretty much relegated to the education market like the white Macbook was).
3 sizes of Mac desktops, 3 sizes of Macbook, 3 sizes of iPad, 3 models of iPhone. Seems pretty straightforward if you ask me.
Though where you have a point is that I bet the rumored keyboard case will be designed for the iPad pro. I read something about how they needed a longer iPad to have a full-size keyboard. Then you add another 13" device to the mix, and who knows if you should get the 12" Air, 13" Pro, or 13" iPad. Your choices are portable/OSX, big/OSX, portable/touchscreen+tablet/iOS.
We'll see what the market makes of it. Either way they'll at least have a foot in the large-screen device camp earlier than they did with phones. They're probably wishing they had a bigger phone right now (double the current retina resolution?) and don't want to be caught in the same situation again.
If this news is real, it is not about "why Apple bothers with a 12" tablet when the 9" one is too big?" This may be about Apple trying to transition into a desktop-class ARM-based chip, and gain independence from Intel. Soon you will have those A chips in MacBook Pros and gulp, Macs....
Unlikely. That's Microsoft's approach, which Apple has specifically criticized, as recently as a month ago. More likely we'll see souped up iOS applications. iOS is slowly turning into a "desktop" OS. Apple's latest moves have been building up iOS apps, rather than re-writing or porting OS X applications.
The same naysayers before the original iPad's debut (who would want a bigger ipod touch?), now have a new target: why would anybody want a bigger iPad?
The current iPad is still too small for reading a digital magazine or watching videos from a comfortable distance with a stand on a table. So I may just buy one when I see it.
The current iPad is still too small for reading a digital magazine or watching videos from a comfortable distance with a stand on a table. So I may just buy one when I see it.
This is one of the rumors that I'd be surprised if it isn't true. A larger iPad would be perfect for professional settings. Another iPad model balances out Apple's offerings.
Yep, me too. I doubt that I would want one of these, as an individual. However, as a developer, I really want to know the use cases. I suspect this is more of a specialized, business or industrial device. (As were the first 128GB iPads; they came out about the time that airlines got serious about electronic flight bags for pilots.)
Magazines & Newspapers only(?)
This would be great for magazines (the current iPad screen is only HALF that of most regular magazines and PDF textbooks. Maybe for newspapers.
But I don't think I want to lug it around. But it'd have been lighter than lugging all my collect textbooks around!
That's only necessary because they still format themselves like paper counterparts...
Gary
This would be great for magazines (the current iPad screen is only HALF that of most regular magazines and PDF textbooks. Maybe for newspapers.
But I don't think I want to lug it around. But it'd have been lighter than lugging all my collect textbooks around!
That's only necessary because they still format themselves like paper counterparts...
Gary
I wonder why we'd need more resolution on the 9.7" iPad already. Seems like they could just concentrate on giving it unearthly performance and battery life with the current resolution.
No, I don't think a large format iPad lends itself to that purpose. It's best for use as a self contained kiosk screen and for people who use graphics in their business -- mostly artists and engineers, even as a cheap telestrator.
A 12" iPad is going to be too big to comfortable handling it the way people use the mini and Air now but will give flexibility to people who need a larger touch screen device so adding a keyboard to it really serves no purpose if that is what one needs. They are better off with an MBA.
I use the Logitech K811 http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Blue...&qid=1384874025&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+k811
I like the portability of iOS devices and the integrated cellular access.
If the iPad pro doesn't end up being what I want I'll probably keep my iPad air, sell the mbp and get a mbair.
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Might be possible. but there has to be a real catch to it - and not just a bigger screen. Something like wacom integration - a "keyboard", or maybe the possibility to runt two apps side by side?