Exactly. This is a no-brainer for Apple. They would love to capture that market.
Uh - no. The shape is hardly ergonomic for shooting.
"Throw away your kindle. This one does more."
It will be huge.
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Exactly. This is a no-brainer for Apple. They would love to capture that market.
Uh - no. The shape is hardly ergonomic for shooting.
"Throw away your kindle. This one does more."
It will be huge.
Well, there's your 1 or 2, but you forgot the other "must-haves" for the "Apple Sucks!" peanut gallery: user replaceable battery, HDMI-out, memory card slot, USB port, FM tuner, kickstand, rear-facing camera, Blu-ray, OLED display...
I always thought the current iPad was just a very public developer preview, after all they wouldn't have a chance to do a non-public preview.
For the reason you noted it forces software for the platform to be written correctly or tightly even as the platform expands. Which is why it won't be a surprise if the first upgrade is in the 6-9months range and that will set the time frame for it's yearly update.
Plus the success of the device so far makes an update soon more likely.
I still find it funny people got upset that something might get updated, like that some how makes the device they have less useful than when they decided it was useful enough to pay for it the first time.
a lot of claims for one post. i hope half of that comes true. especially the appletv, but it seems that it would need some sort of hard drive or flash memory to hold the apps and such. i guess we'll see.
Let be real
Think about this... Verizon admitted to have been given the opportunity to carry the iPhone on verizon. They denied it. Think of any verizon phone... on what phone do you not see a verizon logo on the phone, in the start up, on your home screen. What phone do you not have a "verizon store" or in the case of the droids a section in the market called "verizon." Apple would never let a company band within the phone or on the phone except for the little service area at the top left of the home screen.
Verizon doesnt allow what Apple wants to do, which is let Apple run the phone. Verizon manages all updates, ATT does not. Apple dispatches all of their updates. When you get an update for your droid, its dispatched from the Verizon servers, not Motorola or HTC.
I could see a CDMA iPad like they rumored about testing, but not an iPhone, just doesnt seem possible. but thats just me.
Think about this... Verizon admitted to have been given the opportunity to carry the iPhone on verizon. They denied it. Think of any verizon phone... on what phone do you not see a verizon logo on the phone, in the start up, on your home screen. What phone do you not have a "verizon store" or in the case of the droids a section in the market called "verizon." Apple would never let a company band within the phone or on the phone except for the little service area at the top left of the home screen.
Verizon doesnt allow what Apple wants to do, which is let Apple run the phone. Verizon manages all updates, ATT does not. Apple dispatches all of their updates. When you get an update for your droid, its dispatched from the Verizon servers, not Motorola or HTC.
I could see a CDMA iPad like they rumored about testing, but not an iPhone, just doesnt seem possible. but thats just me.
You mean like the first gen iPhone? Or every other iPhone for people living in 3G-less areas?
Didn't all the rumors about the original ipads specs say it would feature the cortex 9 chip, most of them already speculated before release it would also have at least 512mb ram. They were wrong before.
So it's not like we are hearing any new rumors here.
Basically at this stage with the iPad still not fully released worldwide, and with supply constraints still in place, if we see a 7" revision, before year end, v.early next - the chances of any significant hardware changes other than the screen size is very unlikely until at least May - June next year.
So it's not like we are hearing any new rumors here.
Basically at this stage with the iPad still not fully released worldwide, and with supply constraints still in place, if we see a 7" revision, before year end, v.early next - the chances of any significant hardware changes other than the screen size is very unlikely until at least May - June next year.
Hahaha. Your kidding, right?
I wonder if these rumors will end up in the iPhone nano pile.
Most likely. At this rate, we'll be getting reports that hell has frozen over.
I was always curious about what the deal was with iOS 4 for iPad not being released til this fall. Are there going to be new models for this fall?
Right now the iPad feels like my iPhone 3GS did until iOS4 came out: great hardware that is being completely unsupported with software. iOS 3.2 for iPad does not feel at all optimized for the form factor, besides that it doesn't have the key multitasking feature.
As far as a 7" iPad: this is a no brainer to me. My favorite tech site, Ars Technica, which is usually spot on, for some reason believes that there's no chance of a 7" iPad. Have they ever held an iPad? Its pretty heavy and not that ergonomic to hold as reading material. If they could reduce the weight proportionately, a 7" iPad would be the preferred formfactor for readers. With the same screen resolution, you wouldn't even be giving up that much. Plus, Apple's margins on iPads are sky-high. With a smaller model they could do afford to keep the 9.7" model at current prices while also making huge margins on a slightly cheaper smaller model.
Some things to remember
1) As mentioned earlier in the thread, the A4 was not Apple's chip. It was designed by Intrinsity and already in production by Samsung as the Hummingbird. When Apple bought Intrinsity, the A4 became "their" chip - but the design is still licensed to Samsung, so it isn't exclusive. What IS exclusive, is Intrinsity's souped-up Cortex A9 design - and the most likely reason that Apple felt the need to buy Intrinsity and lock-up this processor. The A9-based iPad/iPhone/iPod touch are coming.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/winner-intrinsitys-more-cerebral-cortex/0
2) The future AppleTV was previously rumored to be smaller, iOS based and with minimal internal storage. This (along with Apple's unknown plans for its new data-center) has caused many fans to freak-out about having to stream everything from Apple over their broadband connection. Currently, I store some movies on my 160GB ATV so that they're available if my laptop is off - but everything else I stream from the laptop. Remember that the same original rumor mentioned the possibility of streaming from a Time Capsule directly to the ATV. Best case scenario: Apple makes an inexpensive home iTunes server and we can stream to multiple $99 thin-client ATV's throughout the house.
As to whether Apple will move to AMD for the ATV? It's possible - but the Cortex A9 chip will be more than powerful enough to decode 1080p.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/the-next-apple-tv-revealed-cloud-storage-and-iphone-os-on-tap/
3) The 7" iPad makes a lot of sense to me. Assuming that it keeps the same 4:3 ratio screen and a screen with a bezel that takes up ~20% of the total height and width, a 7" (screen diagonal) iPad would be ~5"x7". This would fit in a large pocket, even with a case. As mentioned above, it would fit in a lady's purse. It would fit in the pocket of my white coat in the hospital.
Unfortunately, I don't see a Retina display coming to the iPad anytime soon - the equivalent 326ppi display for a 7" 4:3 screen is 1826x1370. Even with the Cortex A9 (2GHz, multicore), that seems like a lot of pixels to push for the near future. We should expect 512MB RAM (minimum), gyroscopes, HSUPA, front-facing camera, etc. as the iPhone 4 has raised the bar on iDevices.
1) As mentioned earlier in the thread, the A4 was not Apple's chip. It was designed by Intrinsity and already in production by Samsung as the Hummingbird. When Apple bought Intrinsity, the A4 became "their" chip - but the design is still licensed to Samsung, so it isn't exclusive. What IS exclusive, is Intrinsity's souped-up Cortex A9 design - and the most likely reason that Apple felt the need to buy Intrinsity and lock-up this processor. The A9-based iPad/iPhone/iPod touch are coming.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/winner-intrinsitys-more-cerebral-cortex/0
2) The future AppleTV was previously rumored to be smaller, iOS based and with minimal internal storage. This (along with Apple's unknown plans for its new data-center) has caused many fans to freak-out about having to stream everything from Apple over their broadband connection. Currently, I store some movies on my 160GB ATV so that they're available if my laptop is off - but everything else I stream from the laptop. Remember that the same original rumor mentioned the possibility of streaming from a Time Capsule directly to the ATV. Best case scenario: Apple makes an inexpensive home iTunes server and we can stream to multiple $99 thin-client ATV's throughout the house.
As to whether Apple will move to AMD for the ATV? It's possible - but the Cortex A9 chip will be more than powerful enough to decode 1080p.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/the-next-apple-tv-revealed-cloud-storage-and-iphone-os-on-tap/
3) The 7" iPad makes a lot of sense to me. Assuming that it keeps the same 4:3 ratio screen and a screen with a bezel that takes up ~20% of the total height and width, a 7" (screen diagonal) iPad would be ~5"x7". This would fit in a large pocket, even with a case. As mentioned above, it would fit in a lady's purse. It would fit in the pocket of my white coat in the hospital.
Unfortunately, I don't see a Retina display coming to the iPad anytime soon - the equivalent 326ppi display for a 7" 4:3 screen is 1826x1370. Even with the Cortex A9 (2GHz, multicore), that seems like a lot of pixels to push for the near future. We should expect 512MB RAM (minimum), gyroscopes, HSUPA, front-facing camera, etc. as the iPhone 4 has raised the bar on iDevices.
I think apple TV needs to be completely revamped so I'm excited to see what they do, and to see if they actually make a product worth buying this time. I really hope they include HDMI, it would be stupid if they didn't. I'm tired of hearing iPhone Verizon rumors they are never true and at this point are just annoying. Its like the boy who cried wolf you can only get excited so many times before you become completely numb to the idea.
A 7" iPad huh? The iPad itself already has a problem with finding it's niche. Never mind a 7" version. To top it all off, a Verizon iPhone huh? Hasn't that been brought up every year since the iPhone has been out? Lol. I guess if you keep talking about it and wishing hard enough it may eventually come true?
iPad is outselling all netbooks combined, so your first assertion is utterly wrong. Apple is selling them as quickly as they can make them. And your utter ignorance of today's market realities in your Verizon comment confirms to me that you have no idea what you're talking about.
I like the sound of a 7" iPad, personally. I skipped out on the first-gen, perhaps the second gen iPad will be worth the purchase
As for a CDMA iPhone... I really hope Apple looks beyond only AT&T and Verizon, and considers selling phones on any carrier. They already have a GSM phone and if they add a CDMA, what's to stop them from offering it on T-mobile, AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular and Verizon? (I'm pulling for Sprint, I just switched to an EVO, and while I like it a lot, I miss iOS)
Apple needs to offer the iPhone on all carriers to compete effectively with the android phones. Aside from the fact that not everyone is pleased with AT&T, there are many areas which simply are not served by AT&T and hence Apple have no chance at all of selling an iPhone to those people.
It would be incredibly poor design work not to have the new iPhone be basically modular in design so that any cell phone parts can simply be put onto a circuit board within the physical limitations of the case and hence made available to any carrier. Other cell phone manufacturers have managed to offer handsets for virtually all carriers for years. (I do hope that the day of exclusivity to a particular carrier is coming to an end across the board. It is an anti-competitive practice which the DOJ is investigating.)
Retina display is completely contingent on viewing distance. I would argue that the viewing distance of the iPad is normally double that of the iPhone.
The iPad was almost instantly "obsolete" with the release of the iPhone 4. I think it fairly clear that Apple wanted to be "first to market", with the iPad, but was not ready with the Corex 9 based chips (worked over by their new acquisition). It is thought that the A4 is a barely worked over version of Samsung's ARM processor. There seems to be a convergence of the need to update the iPad and get a replacement iPhone out the door, breaking with the annual cycle. I question that Apple can "do nothing" about the iPhone 4 for a year without continuing to receive a lot of very pointed criticism. The January/February 2011 time frame also seems to coincide with the expected end of the exclusivity agreement with AT&T. (You will note that AT&T has been making a number of SEC type releases indicating that the loss of the iPhone exclusivity deal would not adversely impact the company's revenue stream.)
The iPhone 4 design was well along by the time that Papermaster actually got on board at Apple last year. The latest speculation is that he simply did not get on with Steve and so was shown the door (gee! what a surprise). The other people involved with the antenna fiasco have yet to be shown the door, but are rumored to be on the way out.
So, it just makes sense that there be a new iPad and iPhone after Christmas.