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Apple's Media Event to See Introduction of iPad 2, Cloud-Based MobileMe?
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alot of college and highschool kids use bbm. main reason i want a bb. still its rumored that rim is going to take bbm cross platform.
Agreed. Apps are limited to the hardware currently. This is where I feel Apple messed up. Honeycomb is something new, not just a mobile OS ported to a tablet like IOS is. I'm sadly probably defecting to a Honeycomb tablet. The apps that will be coming are going to really have potential to outdo anything on the iPad. Unless IOS 5 brings an iPad version that tempts me to wait it out longer.
That's Apple's problem. There isn't a newness factor. Similar to what I said above, Honeycomb looks and feels different than Android on a phone. How many people have posted since iPhone 4 came out that they don't feel like they got a new phone because its well... kind of the same. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, an iPad really lacks a newness different factor except for screen size. My Mac feels different than my iPhone, and I like that. Some people don't care, many do. Face Time on the iPad is a welcome feature, but can't call it new. And it's not a feature that people have been using in droves as it is now. I think Apple has gotten a bit complacent with design over the past 5 years or so. I love my uni-body iMac, but outside of going from plastic to metal and a white apple to a black apple, not really different.
When the iPad came out, it was the only thing out there. A touch tablet was a "new" "hot" thing, but now there is competition. With iPad one no one needed to care about the specs. There was nothing comparable, but now there is. It's like buying a car, or an appliance, or a desktop. Our society has become one that with a few key stroke in Google can compare features. If the Xoom, iPad, and say Toshiba's soon to be tablet all came out at the same time, do you think the iPad would have sold as well? Not everyone who bought it bought it people they're Apple fans. It was new. Now it's not new. Now there's choice. And If you're dropping $500-$800 on some tech, most people will try to future proof their purchase with specs to make it last longer. I'm an Apple fan boy, and I'm probably going Honeycomb.
They don't really need to store that much... definitely not "everyone's" entire collection. Just one instance of each song. Then make it appear to each user that it is in their "folder" but really the millions that own each song would just need it stored one time not millions of times.
I think it seems obvious that the cloud should do this, as it wouldn't require any more space than it already does to have each song they sell. Think about when they sell the music, their servers have one copy of each song, and yet millions can buy each song.
I don't know about storing "your" external non-itunes music, but once you have it what is the difference? What could even happen for uploading your own music is it could identify the song immediately without even actually uploading it. It could identify that the song is indeed on your computer without DMCA protection or that you have the right to that song and it's yours... that is the way I see it. Apple owns the music industry right now, so I cannot see them losing the battle if that is what they want to do and why wouldn't they?
Additionally, I think it is stupid that to own an iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, that you need a computer at all. The whole point of the iPad for many is to eliminate their old style computer or netbook with it. Why not eliminate the need for connectivity to computers at all for all iOS devices? Seems like the future to me. Don't require any iOS product to have the system requirements of anything at all, and begin to dominate by allowing each device its own connectivity to the cloud for mass storage whether real or virtual and etc.
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I completely agree with you, but it seems like something about iPad 2 will be a bit disappointing, who knows. Maybe it's just that they couldn't secure enough retina-type displays, and iPhone 5 production would be threatened in June.
I completely agree with you, but it seems like something about iPad 2 will be a bit disappointing, who knows. Maybe it's just that they couldn't secure enough retina-type displays, and iPhone 5 production would be threatened in June.
So, it isn't cross platform, doesn't run on anything but a BB device and this is your killer app? How many years until you get to high school?
Now, where do I buy the playbook?
Bto
Close - I think we'll see a dual core iPad with 1 gig of ram with a retina display being a bto option for an extra $$$ - available in 90 days - with preorders to start march 15th.
Retina on a 512 Meg iPad would leave it too memory constrained (opinion).
Close - I think we'll see a dual core iPad with 1 gig of ram with a retina display being a bto option for an extra $$$ - available in 90 days - with preorders to start march 15th.
Retina on a 512 Meg iPad would leave it too memory constrained (opinion).
I agree.
A hybrid system with three level, tiered pricing.
Level 1) a modest $50 - limited
Level 2) a bit more revenue for Apple $100 - most services
Level 3) exclusivity for the user & bragging rights for Apple $150 - full service all included.
duuuuuudde...
i didn't think of that AT ALL. that would suck, because i'm pretty sure i'd have to wait for that if they announced that tomorrow. i don't think i could handle buying one of the lower-tiered ones (if this is what they're truly planning on, i know you're guessing), knowing that an incredible one is coming in a month to three months or whatever. yeeeesh i really really hope that isn't the case.
i'd rather them not even say anything about retina if they're doin somethin like that..just so i'm blind and won't know better about when it'll actually come out..
Last minute iPad predictions...
I'm going to reiterate what some people have said here. Apple would not be calling a press conference for a spec bump. Just last week, they updated Apple's most important Mac lineup on Apple.com exactly because they were spec bumps. Important technology such as as Thunderbolt was introduced and it still didn't merit a press conference. What Apple will introduce tomorrow is an all new iPad.
I'm placing my bets on Apple borrowing technology from MacBookAir in an all new redesigned iPad. I anticipate blade SSD's that'll allow a significant jump in storage -- up to 256GB on the higher end.
A 300+ dpi (retina) display is unlikely this early but I expect improvements in contrast and brightness, as well as antireflective properties to better place iPad in the heating competition with eReaders.
This hasn't been speculated or talked about much but I'm going to predict Thunderbolt support. Apple's going to want to push the standard into the mainstream and there's no better platform to do so than on iPad. I won't go as far as to say that the dock connector will be gone, but either a Thunderbolt port will be introduced alongside the dock connector or support will be built into the dock connector itself. A dock to Thunderbolt cable will be included. No other Apple device will benefit more from a 10Gbps transfer rate than iPad.
Processor and memory spec jumps are a foregone conclusions. Incremental updates to A5 and at lease 512MB are most likely.
Improved sound won't come at the expense of design. I don't expect a speaker at the back. Placement on the back is actually worse than on the bottom. Sound should travel towards the user, not away from them.
Finally, a theme that'll drive new iOS features will be "more autonomy". Users will rely less --- or not at all -- on a Mac or PC to use their iPad. The MobileMe cloud will have a lot to do with that. Entire iTunes and and iPhoto libraries will be run directly from iPad without the need for a Mac.
An SD card slot would appear likely under this scenario. Allowing users to add photos without the need for an adapter is an important feature if Apple wants people to use their iPads as their photo management device.
I know some of these are a long shot but I have reasoning for the introduction of each of them. Now we wait. See you all tomorrow
I'm going to reiterate what some people have said here. Apple would not be calling a press conference for a spec bump. Just last week, they updated Apple's most important Mac lineup on Apple.com exactly because they were spec bumps. Important technology such as as Thunderbolt was introduced and it still didn't merit a press conference. What Apple will introduce tomorrow is an all new iPad.
I'm placing my bets on Apple borrowing technology from MacBookAir in an all new redesigned iPad. I anticipate blade SSD's that'll allow a significant jump in storage -- up to 256GB on the higher end.
A 300+ dpi (retina) display is unlikely this early but I expect improvements in contrast and brightness, as well as antireflective properties to better place iPad in the heating competition with eReaders.
This hasn't been speculated or talked about much but I'm going to predict Thunderbolt support. Apple's going to want to push the standard into the mainstream and there's no better platform to do so than on iPad. I won't go as far as to say that the dock connector will be gone, but either a Thunderbolt port will be introduced alongside the dock connector or support will be built into the dock connector itself. A dock to Thunderbolt cable will be included. No other Apple device will benefit more from a 10Gbps transfer rate than iPad.
Processor and memory spec jumps are a foregone conclusions. Incremental updates to A5 and at lease 512MB are most likely.
Improved sound won't come at the expense of design. I don't expect a speaker at the back. Placement on the back is actually worse than on the bottom. Sound should travel towards the user, not away from them.
Finally, a theme that'll drive new iOS features will be "more autonomy". Users will rely less --- or not at all -- on a Mac or PC to use their iPad. The MobileMe cloud will have a lot to do with that. Entire iTunes and and iPhoto libraries will be run directly from iPad without the need for a Mac.
An SD card slot would appear likely under this scenario. Allowing users to add photos without the need for an adapter is an important feature if Apple wants people to use their iPads as their photo management device.
I know some of these are a long shot but I have reasoning for the introduction of each of them. Now we wait. See you all tomorrow
Why Not Buy Each New Model For $100 Each Time?
I'm confident a dual core A5 running @ 1GHz will be more than a small upgrade. I also think capacity will be doubled to 128 GB at the top. Those two things alone will make the iPad 2 rock way more than the one we've been using to date.
Me too. What I don't understand is why anyone would wait for version 2 or 3 etc when the cost of selling the last one and buying the next one will amount to about $100 each time.
I'm confident a dual core A5 running @ 1GHz will be more than a small upgrade. I also think capacity will be doubled to 128 GB at the top. Those two things alone will make the iPad 2 rock way more than the one we've been using to date.
Not to minimize the point you're making, because I agree in many respects, but outsourcing to China is not a tactic employed solely by Apple.
i've been thinking of getting the 32GB wifi version. if they up the ante on the memory to 32/64/128, i may reconsider, but really, i don't see why someone would need all that space for the ipad?
i have an ipod touch for all my music. i don't plan on putting a lot of music at all on the ipad really, and i don't think apps will take up a ton of space. i don't use a lot of photos on it either. so do most people who want the bigger space just want it for their music and everything else? or is there something i'm missing?
i have an ipod touch for all my music. i don't plan on putting a lot of music at all on the ipad really, and i don't think apps will take up a ton of space. i don't use a lot of photos on it either. so do most people who want the bigger space just want it for their music and everything else? or is there something i'm missing?
The Secret Sauce...
For iPad going forward... that lil port at the top being Thunderbolt!!!
Power Extreme!
For iPad going forward... that lil port at the top being Thunderbolt!!!
Power Extreme!
iPad Eve Poem
'Twas the night before iPad, when all through Jackling House
Not an iDevice was stirring, not even a multi-touch mouse;
The banners were hung on Yurba Buena Center with care,
In hopes that St. Jobs soon would be there;
The children were nestled in black turtle-neck threads,
While visions of FaceTime danced in their heads;
And mamma by her Macbook, and I near my Pro,
Had just settled down for a HD photo,
When up on Macrumors.com I sensed such a clatter,
I sprang from the Launchpad to see what was the matter.
A new Safari window open, I flew like a flash,
Searching for news, scouring through iTrash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen tech
The glow of the Apple, much like a sunset.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Mercedes SL55, and my eye glints a tear.
With a little old driver, so lively and boss,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Jobs.
More rapid than Thunderbolt, his Geniuses they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Schiller! now, Ives! now, Cook and Forstall!
On, Sewell ! on Williams! on, Mansfield and Johnson!
To the top of the stage! to the top of the screen!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away clean!"
As dry Droids that before the wild Blackberry fly,
Who when they met with an obstacle, just stared to the sky,
So up to the press the Geniuses they flew,
With the Fedex trucks full of iToys, and Steven-Paul too.
And then, while in iTunes, I heard in advance
The dancing and chanting, of all Apple fans!
As I flicked through my iPhone, and was multi-tasking background,
Down the aisle St. Jobs came with a bound.
He was dressed in blue jeans, from his waist to his foot,
And his eyes were filled with such a joyous look;
A bundle of rumors he had carried on his back,
he looked like a madman never looking back.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His desktop immaculate, iTunes so varied!
His scroll was inertial,patents drawn up like pros,
And TimeCapsule so thin ,as white as the snow;
Terabytes and more, forever space to grow.
And the rumors encirlced every young mans dream;
An iPad with dual-cameras, large speaker, and Retina screen!
Could there be more from MobileMe?
Who knows? Perhaps it may even be FREE!
Old tech in the past was bulky and slow.
But our eyes back then thought it was a show!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke many words, and went straight to presentation,
And filled all the blogs; who then turned to temptation,
And laying his finger aside of touch screen,
And giving a wonderful iGleam, up the marketshare rose;
as the joyous conference came to a close.
And away they all worked for the next iDelight.
and I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Happy iPads to all, and to all a good-night."
'Twas the night before iPad, when all through Jackling House
Not an iDevice was stirring, not even a multi-touch mouse;
The banners were hung on Yurba Buena Center with care,
In hopes that St. Jobs soon would be there;
The children were nestled in black turtle-neck threads,
While visions of FaceTime danced in their heads;
And mamma by her Macbook, and I near my Pro,
Had just settled down for a HD photo,
When up on Macrumors.com I sensed such a clatter,
I sprang from the Launchpad to see what was the matter.
A new Safari window open, I flew like a flash,
Searching for news, scouring through iTrash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen tech
The glow of the Apple, much like a sunset.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Mercedes SL55, and my eye glints a tear.
With a little old driver, so lively and boss,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Jobs.
More rapid than Thunderbolt, his Geniuses they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Schiller! now, Ives! now, Cook and Forstall!
On, Sewell ! on Williams! on, Mansfield and Johnson!
To the top of the stage! to the top of the screen!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away clean!"
As dry Droids that before the wild Blackberry fly,
Who when they met with an obstacle, just stared to the sky,
So up to the press the Geniuses they flew,
With the Fedex trucks full of iToys, and Steven-Paul too.
And then, while in iTunes, I heard in advance
The dancing and chanting, of all Apple fans!
As I flicked through my iPhone, and was multi-tasking background,
Down the aisle St. Jobs came with a bound.
He was dressed in blue jeans, from his waist to his foot,
And his eyes were filled with such a joyous look;
A bundle of rumors he had carried on his back,
he looked like a madman never looking back.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His desktop immaculate, iTunes so varied!
His scroll was inertial,patents drawn up like pros,
And TimeCapsule so thin ,as white as the snow;
Terabytes and more, forever space to grow.
And the rumors encirlced every young mans dream;
An iPad with dual-cameras, large speaker, and Retina screen!
Could there be more from MobileMe?
Who knows? Perhaps it may even be FREE!
Old tech in the past was bulky and slow.
But our eyes back then thought it was a show!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke many words, and went straight to presentation,
And filled all the blogs; who then turned to temptation,
And laying his finger aside of touch screen,
And giving a wonderful iGleam, up the marketshare rose;
as the joyous conference came to a close.
And away they all worked for the next iDelight.
and I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Happy iPads to all, and to all a good-night."
Most iPod Touch updates are spec bumps, as was the iPhone 3GS, yet they still had special events. I think we're just going to see other things in addition to the iPad that as a whole are worth an event.
I'm Buying What's New Every Time
Me. I believe in buying each new top of the line model every time they're released. Cost of selling the last model after buying the next is likely to never exceed $100-$200. That's way too little an amount to keep current. I read an awful lot of posts here that ignore this fact.
I Need A 128 GB Model Really Badly. Willing to Pay Premium Price Too.
I have 1481 Apps organized in folders on 6 pages of my iPad and they take up 45 GB of storage space. The 64 only nets 59.2 GB. so even to store a small amount of music, movies and photos I need a 128 GB model for sure.
yes...
The secret sauce for iPad 1.5 will be Thunderbolt port out the top for connection to large display...
iOS 5 will finally include connectivity for external storage, but only via Thunderbolt.
Possibility of bumping to 128 gig storage
iPad 2.0 in Sept will be the big update... HD and other goodies and gestures abound!
The secret sauce for iPad 1.5 will be Thunderbolt port out the top for connection to large display...
iOS 5 will finally include connectivity for external storage, but only via Thunderbolt.
Possibility of bumping to 128 gig storage
iPad 2.0 in Sept will be the big update... HD and other goodies and gestures abound!
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I have 1481 Apps organized in folders on 6 pages of my iPad and they take up 45 GB of storage space. The 64 only nets 59.2 GB. so even to store a small amount of music, movies and photos I need a 128 GB model for sure.
wow that is a ton of apps. how in the world do you find time to use them all?
also, if they announce an ipad 2 pro with retina tomorrow, i'll pay whatever. i want it.
how exactly does thunderbolt work? i have a new hdtv and it'd be cool to hook my ipad up to that, so how does it work if ipad 2 had thunderbolt?
i'm gonna do what i did for the iPad and wake up at 2am (western australian time) full of hopes for the announcement of iPad 2 and end up being dissapointed at the spec bump (and OH DEAR LORDY LORD, a camera)
like some of you guys/gals here, i think apple has definitely became complacent. design (mad props to ive) is the only area that apple does astoundingly. hardware and software is abysmal at best. milking off their golden cow to the max.. don't get me wrong. iOS is amazing.. but it's evolution is pathetic..
i would really hope against all hope that we'll get an iOS that's catered more towards a tablet. honeycomb, webOS, heck, RIM's playbook even has a far better feature filled OS than the iPad's. sure, it's not smooth etc.. but i'd rather apple perfect the invention of a car rather than just stick to a bicycle just because cars are faulty..
and hardware wise, yes, we dont "need" the massive horsepower of 1GB RAM etc but having more is always nicer isn't it..
like some of you guys/gals here, i think apple has definitely became complacent. design (mad props to ive) is the only area that apple does astoundingly. hardware and software is abysmal at best. milking off their golden cow to the max.. don't get me wrong. iOS is amazing.. but it's evolution is pathetic..
i would really hope against all hope that we'll get an iOS that's catered more towards a tablet. honeycomb, webOS, heck, RIM's playbook even has a far better feature filled OS than the iPad's. sure, it's not smooth etc.. but i'd rather apple perfect the invention of a car rather than just stick to a bicycle just because cars are faulty..
and hardware wise, yes, we dont "need" the massive horsepower of 1GB RAM etc but having more is always nicer isn't it..