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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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Hmmmm early 2014? Its obvious an iPad pro is coming due to the change in name of the current iPad to iPad Air, but in 6 months? Seems too soon
Since when does every product Apple put out have to be revolutionary? I think the 5C was a marketing experiment to solve an internal debate at Apple, nothing more. We'll see if it remains. Everything else is rumor at this point.
Personally I would love to have a bigger iPad for client meetings, and what not. Being able to pass work around the table, etc. 10" is OK but having something bigger would be fantastic. You can't exactly pass a laptop around the table, it doesn't work but an iPad is natural. Apple doesn't need to put out 10 sizes of tablets but they do need a couple choices. Small, Medium, and Large. That's just the right amount of choice and I don't see Apple doing any more than that.
There's a lot of smart people at Apple. Steve wasn't all Apple but he was a great filter of work and he had a good sense of what would be successful. No one can replace Steve but I'd like to think some of his greatness wore off on many of those people. When Apple starts doing Samsung and just bumps up the sizes of their screens or starts putting out a ton of different models—Performa days anyone?—then we can worry.
If only there was some sort of large screen device that allowed you to do that. It would be cool if you could mount this sort of "large screen viewing device" on a wall so you could easily watch it without having to hold it.
I just can't imagine making an entry level OS X laptop for $1,299, and that's what would happen if the Air line is axed (assuming prices remain constant). People already complain about the current $999 price tag for an entry level OS X laptop. Maybe the new screens are really for some sort of new product category. Tim Cook has mentioned new product categories for 2014, I believe.
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I'd definitely wait until the 2nd or 3rd gen for this. It might be a great computer replacement, but not until my iMac is really long in the tooth...
I'd definitely wait until the 2nd or 3rd gen for this. It might be a great computer replacement, but not until my iMac is really long in the tooth...
Eventually replacing the current MacBook Air line with something like this could be a real winner... especially if they can keep it at the same price point as an entry level 11" Air. That is pretty unlikey, though.
And here it starts...the "should I wait for iPad pro" comments. A question about an unreleased product that is only even mentioned in rumor in which nobody knows anything about. No specs, os changes , nothing. Yet people are asked to make a decision for you based on...no information.
Yeah. Keep waiting. You want an iPad? Noooo keep waiting. That makes sense right?
Sorry but how annoying can be watching a movie on your lap or holding the table while having your girlfriend around?
1. That is why there are tvs, bigger and you can hang them on teh wall.
2. 4K is the most unrealistic format since NOTHING is created in 4 K and I am telling you that as a project manager in broadcast.
Give me real multitasking (opening two apps side by side) and it would be an instant buy for me. I use the iPad for reading and writing, but it's a pain to write based on some document since I can't open the source and the text editor at the same time.
Just to give a common example, I was in a congress and I took pictures of slides referencing interesting scientific papers, so I could look for them later. However, since I can't open the pictures and Safari at the same time, I have to keep going back and forth the pictures and Safari in order to type the articles' long names and the authors' names. With real multitasking, this would be incredibly easy.
Same as writing a scientific paper. That requires consulting a lot of PDFs as I write. With real multitasking, it would be very easy to write while keeping a PDF viewer open.
My main concern is that Apple would not update iOS for a bigger iPad, just as the current iOS is very poor on iPads (see the size of app folders). A 13-inch iPad using the exact same iOS used on the iPhone would be a waste of space.
Just to give a common example, I was in a congress and I took pictures of slides referencing interesting scientific papers, so I could look for them later. However, since I can't open the pictures and Safari at the same time, I have to keep going back and forth the pictures and Safari in order to type the articles' long names and the authors' names. With real multitasking, this would be incredibly easy.
Same as writing a scientific paper. That requires consulting a lot of PDFs as I write. With real multitasking, it would be very easy to write while keeping a PDF viewer open.
My main concern is that Apple would not update iOS for a bigger iPad, just as the current iOS is very poor on iPads (see the size of app folders). A 13-inch iPad using the exact same iOS used on the iPhone would be a waste of space.
This is daft.
iPad Pro implies that this is aimed at professional users, but I doubt many of them are going to start doing their work on an iPad. I'm no expect, but I doubt the software on the iPad is anywhere near as functional as the desktop counterparts.
iPad Pro implies that this is aimed at professional users, but I doubt many of them are going to start doing their work on an iPad. I'm no expect, but I doubt the software on the iPad is anywhere near as functional as the desktop counterparts.
I am amazed at how many people make the same mistake that has been made dozens of times in the past. Namely, predicting the fail of a product before it is even announced.
Apple has a pretty good track record of making things that people thought would fail and having them sell like hot cakes. The iWatch, if it ever exists, will be used in ways few of us have conceived of, mainly because we don't know what it will actually include.
But, I know there will be many people who say "I don't want that." And that is cool, but just because you don't want it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't want it.
I would love a bigger iPad, and I have a 13" MBA. If I had a larger screen iPad then I could do many things that I do on my MBA, but with a touch interface.
There are lots of people who are moving in the direction of not owning a desktop or laptop and many people can do everything they need to on an iPad. And that experience would be better with a larger screen.
If there was a larger iPad available right now, I would pop for it in a heartbeat.
Apple has a pretty good track record of making things that people thought would fail and having them sell like hot cakes. The iWatch, if it ever exists, will be used in ways few of us have conceived of, mainly because we don't know what it will actually include.
But, I know there will be many people who say "I don't want that." And that is cool, but just because you don't want it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't want it.
I would love a bigger iPad, and I have a 13" MBA. If I had a larger screen iPad then I could do many things that I do on my MBA, but with a touch interface.
There are lots of people who are moving in the direction of not owning a desktop or laptop and many people can do everything they need to on an iPad. And that experience would be better with a larger screen.
If there was a larger iPad available right now, I would pop for it in a heartbeat.
Correct.
Not the part about you not being an expert..., the other part regarding software.
Uhhh.. You do realize this is nothing but a rumor right?
You might as well complain about the tooth-fairy paying you in quarters.
This may not happen soon but I see them copy clowns at Samsung coming out with a 17 inch tablet just to be first.
I think that should be "mootcamp".
A: "hmmm I don't know whether to use iOS or Android..."
B: "It doesn't matter now, the new iPad Pro comes with mootcamp, so you can have the best of both worlds."
I've always felt an iPad "Pro" must come one day, since iOS (and some imitators if they get enough traction) is the future of (mainstream) computing. It feels way too soon, but Apple has been moving faster than I expected on other things, so who knows?
Proposed resolution: 2160x2880 portrait. That's slightly higher DPI than the the Air--and going extra high-DPI beyond that would be a marketing move with battery and performance penalties.
That would be almost double (198%) the pixel area of the Air and Mini. (Physically, a 12.9" "Pro" would be 77% more screen area than an Air.)
Looking beyond that:
If and when we get into REALLY big, non-portable, desktop touch UI (maybe some future touch Mac rather than iOS? not the interesting-but-halfway solutions tentatively tried in Windows) I see those screens being very wide but not very tall. Maybe 3:1 or 4:1. And nearly flat to the desk most of the time. Because vertical touch use is tiring and awkward, and reaching far back on a tall screen laid flat (even with wrist rejection software) is too. But a wide "strip" in front of you could be convenient. Tilt it up only for media watching.
Proposed resolution: 2160x2880 portrait. That's slightly higher DPI than the the Air--and going extra high-DPI beyond that would be a marketing move with battery and performance penalties.
That would be almost double (198%) the pixel area of the Air and Mini. (Physically, a 12.9" "Pro" would be 77% more screen area than an Air.)
Looking beyond that:
If and when we get into REALLY big, non-portable, desktop touch UI (maybe some future touch Mac rather than iOS? not the interesting-but-halfway solutions tentatively tried in Windows) I see those screens being very wide but not very tall. Maybe 3:1 or 4:1. And nearly flat to the desk most of the time. Because vertical touch use is tiring and awkward, and reaching far back on a tall screen laid flat (even with wrist rejection software) is too. But a wide "strip" in front of you could be convenient. Tilt it up only for media watching.
If we're going to say that about Samsung, can we say Apple would be copying Toshiba if they made a 13" tablet?
Um...no.
First of all, any laptop with a 13" screen since 2001 is pretty ridiculous for viewing.
Next, although I like (not love) my iPad 3, the screen is too small for the things I want to use it for...I would LOVE to have more screen real estate for emails, websites, and maybe even watching a video. If you used a 9.7" laptop (regardless of price or model) for the few items I listed above, wouldn't you be dying for a larger screen? Don't forget, it's almost 2014...not 2002 or 1996.
I don't EVER expect that a tablet will replace a desktop (or good laptop) for CPU intensive tasks and long keyboard typing and a boatload of other apps. But a tablet with a much larger screen would be a huge welcome.
Now...if the price is gonna be sticker-shock (over $600) and also come with miniscule storage (like the sad 16GB that still ships with the $500 base iPad) then I'll wait for another vendor or another Apple cycle. I wonder what the "pro" is actually supposed to convince me to buy...that it is simply larger or that it actually comes with "pro"fessional tools that no other iPad offers? Just slapping a "pro" sticker on the side of it because it's bigger doesn't mean a thing. But, these are all rumors and who knows what Apple will call it.