1024 X 768 would look fine on an 8" screen and require less processing power. If the Mac product line is any indication, Apple will give people an incentive to buy the bigger iPads for more powerful hardware and higher resolution screen.
Yes, you have a point there. I'm not feeling the urge to jump to 4" on my iPhone (I use my iPad for all "serious" browsing - it's playing in an entirely different division for that), but I'll also not complain if they do it. IF they do that, I hope they just keep the "Retina" resolution from the 4/4s. I wonder if it would really make a difference. Slightly larger pixels, but noticeable?So then there'd be 3 screen sizes iOS apps would have to take into consideration. 4 if rumors the iPhone 5 will have a bigger screen. Why does everyone want iPhones to have bigger screens and iPads to have smaller screens? Maybe people from both camps of thought should just swap devices.
In the quarter ending in December, Apple hit new sales and profit records based on runaway holiday demand for its iPhone and iPad tablet devices. The company's share price has climbed in the wake of those results, closing above $500 a share for the first time on Monday.
Well they'll also have to change all those documents...
Anyhow, with this reduction to 80% the size, i.e. 64% the area, a QXGA 2048px × 1536px display would actually have about 330 px/in (vulgo dpi) and therefore qualify for Apples self-proclaimed Retina standard (i.e. more than 300 px/in), unlike the same enhanced resolution at the current display size, because there it had 264 px/in.
Everyone, meet the iPlay.It's not an iPad mini, it's the new iPod Touch, or maybe even just the "iPod".
1024 X 768 would look fine on an 8" screen and require less processing power. If the Mac product line is any indication, Apple will give people an incentive to buy the bigger iPads for more powerful hardware and higher resolution screen.
Why the heck would an 8" iPad need to exist. That's just too close to 9.7"
7" maybe. It's kinda hard to tell where the line should be drawn when these devices are already so small. But even then, 8" seems slightly too close.
I don't see it happening. It would mean SERIOUS fragmentation. Some apps would have to be completely redesigned to function on a lower resolution.
Could not work on a smaller screen, I don't think this would work.
Ok the minute I see Kindle Fire in these stories I call BS on them. Where is the evidence that Apple needs to compete with Kindle Fire or that Fire has eaten into iPad sales?
Maybe Apple will decide to make slightly bigger iPod Touch, but I can't see them making a smaller tablet under the iPad name.
MUCH better option would be to just discount the price of the iPad2 when the iPad3 comes out. A cheaper iPad2 would be much more tempting to a kindle fire buyer.
I think you're quite off on the market-bit. I have yet to ever experiencing that my iPad is too large, but I have experienced several scenarios where I'd prefer it to be bigger. For reading it is OK, but for a lot of productivity task I've used it I've longed for more screen real-estate.Cant see Apple ever bringing out a bigger one, there would be practically zero market for it. The only time you'll see iOS get bigger is when Apple inevitably caves and ditches OS X in favor of iOS. I dont look forward to that day.
Why the heck would an 8" iPad need to exist. That's just too close to 9.7"
7" maybe. It's kinda hard to tell where the line should be drawn when these devices are already so small. But even then, 8" seems slightly too close.
This rumor is about persisent as the iphone mini rumor![]()
Processing power... processing power... I remember running a 1600x1200 desktop, double buffered at 60 hz off a 4 MB Matrox Millennium II back in 1996. Resolutions have barely come up since the late 90s (especially on the vertical side), but GPU power has skyrocketed. The A5's GPU would literally trash whatever we had running those huge desktops back then, what makes you think it would break a sweat running anything above 1024x768, much less a PowerVR series 6 that's rumored for the iPad 3 ?