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Apple's Media Event to See Introduction of iPad 2, Cloud-Based MobileMe?
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Why would the media be shown a preview of ios 5 is it not usually the developers get the heads up in a dev event?
Good point. They may have a more expensive Retina Display model though? Then they could justify the price hike while keeping the iPad 2 going.
A bit like what the iPhone 3GS is to the iPhone 4.
I imagine they'd release the developer preview, show it tomorrow on the iPad 2 and say it'll be a free upgrade in a couple of months?
If they had plans to release an iPad 3 so soon after the iPad 2, why even release the iPad 2 at all? Apple is still selling iPads like hotcakes, and it doesn't make sense to put something out there knowing it's not up to par with what is excepted/wanted by Jobs.
I agree it wouldn't make sense. But if Apple didn't have enough time to differentiate the iPad from the competition coming out perhaps they might feel the need to tell everybody that they have more improvements for the iPad planned for later this year?
Six months is a long time in the technology world so I'm sure plenty of people would still buy the iPad 2 with its cameras and other improvements and Apple knows it.
But once again I admit that it would be very unApplelike. On the other hand it seems kind of risky to me to release only a specbump update then wait another whole year to release an iPad that might actually be equivalent to, or surpass, the competition.
This has to be one of the most difficult Apple announcements to predict in recent years and I wouldn't be surprised if everybody's wrong.
-PN
The problem is storage - let's say 40 GB of Libraries PER USER x a lot of users + traffic is even in today's time quite a lot of server space - no free provider in the world provides that much of free space (Dropbox: 1 GB, Gmail: 7 GB etc.)
I reckon they'll switch on the ability to see what you have purchased from the iTunes store, like with the purchased tab from Mac App Store.
As such, when you log in to iTunes on Mac or iOS you can see what you have purchased and choose to either stream or download said items.
Like Amazon or Steam etc
At the moment in order to see if you have bought something before you have to navigate through the store and find the app/music/video you want, click buy and prey to god you don't get billed.
Unless I'm wrong of course.
As such, when you log in to iTunes on Mac or iOS you can see what you have purchased and choose to either stream or download said items.
Like Amazon or Steam etc
At the moment in order to see if you have bought something before you have to navigate through the store and find the app/music/video you want, click buy and prey to god you don't get billed.
Unless I'm wrong of course.
And then there are people like myself, who don't actually want an iPad, let alone need one.
One good thing I've seen this year out of consumers is a much lower expectation of what the iPad 2 will bring than I've seen in the past. So, hopefully the expectations will now line up with what actually happens. In the past, everyone has usually been WAY too optimistic.
Tony
Tony
I agree it wouldn't make sense. But if Apple didn't have enough time to differentiate the iPad from the competition coming out perhaps they might feel the need to tell everybody that they have more improvements for the iPad planned for later this year?
Six months is a long time in the technology world so I'm sure plenty of people would still buy the iPad 2 with its cameras and other improvements and Apple knows it.
But once again I admit that it would be very unApplelike. On the other hand it seems kind of risky to me to release only a specbump update then wait another whole year to release an iPad that might actually be equivalent to, or surpass, the competition.
This has to be one of the most difficult Apple announcements to predict in recent years and I wouldn't be surprised if everybody's wrong.
-PN
Here's to hoping everyone's wrong.
A hybrid local + cloud system
I believe that Apple will offer a hybrid system:
1) iTunes purchases available from anywhere to any Mac or iOS device without local storage necessary.
2) Other non-iTunes media would still be stored locally on a Mac or PC in iTunes' database but Me.com would facilitate streaming from your iTunes to any other Mac or iOS device.
I think this system would satisfy most people:
The only compromise is that non-iTunes content would mean that you have to have iTunes running at home. I think this is a fair compromise. Maybe you can pay for server space to upload your non-iTunes content but perhaps it's better to just purchase your content on iTunes instead.
I believe that Apple will offer a hybrid system:
1) iTunes purchases available from anywhere to any Mac or iOS device without local storage necessary.
- This would satisfy the labels and studios because it wouldn't allow users to potentially benefit from improving the use of pirated material
- It would fortify Apple's position in media sales because it would encourage people to buy from iTunes
- iTunes sales would increase exponentially, justifying offering Me.com for free
- This system would eliminate the need for Apple's responsibility for upload bandwidth, only streaming downloads from items that are already stored on iTunes servers
2) Other non-iTunes media would still be stored locally on a Mac or PC in iTunes' database but Me.com would facilitate streaming from your iTunes to any other Mac or iOS device.
I think this system would satisfy most people:
- You get to have access to all your media -- iTunes and non-iTunes -- on all your devices anywhere you are.
- iTunes content staying on the server means no need to manage large file libraries (option to download to your HDD if you wish)
- Free Me.com
The only compromise is that non-iTunes content would mean that you have to have iTunes running at home. I think this is a fair compromise. Maybe you can pay for server space to upload your non-iTunes content but perhaps it's better to just purchase your content on iTunes instead.
And you 100% posted this before
I sold my launch iPad, and got good money for it, but feel bad that Apple would consider launching a third version in the same calendar year. I hope that is not true
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I don't care how many people say it, I just can't see MobileMe going free, especially if they're going to start iTunes cloud storage.
I'd certainly trade the camera for either 4G or 128 GB in iPhone 2. Most would I would think.
Tony
Mobile Me in the Cloud
Isn't this whole Mobile Me in the Cloud thing going to be more of an exercise in digital rights management rather than raw brute data storage?
You just need One master file of a new Beyoncé song and then you can just keep track of the number of iTunes users who bought it.
If they have a record in the purchased or owners table then they can have access to re-download the song from that one Master Beyoncé song file.
You don't need to keep separate copies for every IPod owner out there.
That would be an incredibly inefficient way to do it.
Maybe the only thing they would have to keep is non purchased MP3 files.
What do you think?
Isn't this whole Mobile Me in the Cloud thing going to be more of an exercise in digital rights management rather than raw brute data storage?
You just need One master file of a new Beyoncé song and then you can just keep track of the number of iTunes users who bought it.
If they have a record in the purchased or owners table then they can have access to re-download the song from that one Master Beyoncé song file.
You don't need to keep separate copies for every IPod owner out there.
That would be an incredibly inefficient way to do it.
Maybe the only thing they would have to keep is non purchased MP3 files.
What do you think?
haha I think this is the 10th Apple event where "cloud-based Mobile Me" was supposed to be introduced.
I'm hoping Apple surprises us like they did with iPhone 4 - retina display, HD video. Nobody was expecting those.
I'm pretty sure both of those were expected from leaks. We knew what the resolution of the screen was, just not how good it looked.