Absolutely... in 2014.
We'll see what happens this month, but if the rumor is true--no 128GB this year, or this Spring/Summer. They might choke off storage memory to save hardware costs and force people to use iCloud. -_-; ...iCloud...
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iOS 5.1 Beta Reveals Evidence of Simultaneous Development on A5X and A6 Chips
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Absolutely... in 2014.
We'll see what happens this month, but if the rumor is true--no 128GB this year, or this Spring/Summer. They might choke off storage memory to save hardware costs and force people to use iCloud. -_-; ...iCloud...
we already saw the board of the ipad 3. Everyone knows it can change....but its highly unlikely. i say there's a like 95% chance the ipad 3 will have the A5X.
but....we do not know what a5x means yet....maybe its the A15 architecture. that would be better then just a quad core improvement
Although it could be the "iPad 2+" or whatever's logic board that people are speculating about in this thread... That's what I'm hoping at least - come what may I will be getting the iPad 3, and I hope it has a quad-core :/
Even modify areas of touch means seperate development from the existing iPad. Unless they want to waste usable space on the larger device.
You mean the rumor that is a rehash of the iPad 2 and iPad 2+ rumor from last year which was a rehash of the iPad 1 and iPad 1+ rumor from the year before
Apple had done this in the past, Apple has even had better video cards that where scaled back to run as its predecessor. I remember this from one of my iMac where my ATI video card was better than my wives even though her and mine where the same. Apple will hold back until things work flawless and that is why we keep coming back to them. Spec who cares all my Apple products "just work" and that is what really matters.
LOL why would the A6 be in prototype status? If it's a Cortex A9 based product it was ready months ago.
Apple doesn't use the latest tech simply because it is the latest. If they feel that it isn't ready then it will stay in prototype until they feel otherwise. Which is why the iPhone 1 didn't have 3g, why the 4s didn't have LTE and so on
Absolutely... in 2014.
We'll see what happens this month, but if the rumor is true--no 128GB this year, or this Spring/Summer. They might choke off storage memory to save hardware costs and force people to use iCloud. -_-; ...iCloud...
2013- Intel and Micron are shipping 25nm NAND storage. 128GB iPads would be ideal for the 2013 refresh as Apple could integrate the Anobit NAND controller right into the SoC and leverage better availability and pricing of 25nm NAND storage.
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That's incorrect really. Apple didn't use LTE because it was and impediment to battery life and the internals of the iPhone. They would have happily used LTE if they could have delivered the same battery life and size of the iPhone.
Apple always wants to use latest tech (Thunderbolt, Bluetooth 4.0) but they generally don't allow regression (other than price) in the platform to sustain the newer technology
At this point the A6 is likely based on Cortex A9 fabbed at 28nm. Which makes it trivial at some point to toss in a couple of more cores and tweak the graphics and power consumption (Intrinsity)
What I read here are people just tossing up opinion without really understanding the evolution of ARM at even a basic level.
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I haven't done a calculation bu it'll probably be more like 30-40% reduction in size. I already feel a few elements, such as Safari buttons, are a wee bit too small on the current iPad size. Many of the UI elements will work but I think too many things will look just a bit too small and cramped.
Based on Apple's recent history, if they do a inbetween size device, it's very unlikely they do a half-hearted job and just shove the existing apps onto the new size. They'll try to create something optimized for that size.
Or, it could be that someone has to pay for the 25% pay increase for Foxconn employees so many demanded. It's likely that most of those signing the petition have no plans of ever purchasing an Apple product.
As logical as that sounds it doesn't address issues with the touch zones. You can't simply downscale an iPad App and have it work correctly, unless you can make your fingers smaller.
My only concern with the iPad 3 not having more storage is that, with the higher resolution, I'll want to put higher resolution videos on it, which take more space
If I do decide to put my entire music library on the iPad 3, it won't leave me that much space for anything else
My older iPod is full to the brim and its battery is starting to
suck. So I was contemplating using the iPad 3 as a replacement for it, until the iPhone 5
Regarding A5X and A6 my first hunch was that they'd put the A5X in the iPad 2 they'll sell along side the iPad 3 (with A6) BUT, any way they do it, whatever chip they put in the iPad 3, it'll have to support the higher resolution display AND either boost the speed just enough to say that it is an improvment or be as fast as the iPad 2 was if it can't do that, it leave the competition with a good advertising argument
Regarding A5X and A6 my first hunch was that they'd put the A5X in the iPad 2 they'll sell along side the iPad 3 (with A6) BUT, any way they do it, whatever chip they put in the iPad 3, it'll have to support the higher resolution display AND either boost the speed just enough to say that it is an improvment or be as fast as the iPad 2 was if it can't do that, it leave the competition with a good advertising argument
This rumor is concerning. I knew that my hope for bigger storage size of 128GB won't happen, but I really hope we don't get short changed with CPU after what happened with iPad 1 and iOS 5 (main reason for upgrade not retina display for me). We need a good CPU and 1GB RAM to keep using iPad3 beyond iOS 6.
It's pretty crazy that my $900 toy (after tax) only lasted 2 years.
It's pretty crazy that my $900 toy (after tax) only lasted 2 years.
Don't get me wrong, I love my Apple products, but iOS is far from be complete and enough, there's a lot of missing... details for some, but still missing. Mainly for a better transition and potential merge of iOS and OS X.
Multi-User is one of them IMHO, mainly if you want to share your iPad at home with your wife and/or kids.
I bet on a potential "sneak peak" in March and Developer Preview for a release in May... That would make sense. Probably with a lot of new features very useful for the new or future iPad/iPhone and Apple TV....
My 2 cents,
Spid
Since we've strayed off topic.
IOS 5.1 will come out as soon as the new iPad is introduced.
IOS 6.0 will be previewed at WWDC2012 because it will involve a lot of new API's that dev's need to see not consumers.
I'm getting really excited about this next update. I think it's going to be a great year for iOS devices right across the board!
You Can call me stupid or whatever, but i gotta ask what is this "Multi-User" thing and what does it do?
Peace what do you think of this?
WWDC - Apple announces iOS 6 and delivers SDK
Fall - Apple announces 7.85 iPad mini and nextgen iPhone both slated to ship with iOS 6
Winter - Apple announces Apple HDTV which surprisingly doesn't run iOS but rather runs a full fledged OS X. People then understand why "Mac" was dropped from OS X. This TV would actually be based on Intel's Medfield class processor.
The HDTV part might very well be what happens but in time for Christmas buying season.
I can see OSX on the TV.
It seems to be going in that direction.
I now my eyebrows were raised by the deletion of "Mac" from OS X. Conventional Wisdom would state that there are plans for OS X that cannot be called a Mac.
Apple HDTV based on OS X gives Apple more flexibility. You have a fixed resolution in 1920 by 1080 which differers from iOS' 4:3 aspect ratio. OS X also allows for access to the filesystem.
I suspect we'll see an OS X based Apple HDTV based on a Mountain Lion core with a TV friendly GUI on the front end.
With iCloud, Game Center and other newly minted OS X frameworks Apple has all the flexibility it needs to create the perfect convergence device.
Intel plans to battle ARM strongly
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2828158/intel-mobile-atom-roadmap-14nm-2014
Wow 14nm in just two years. The Battle is ON!
Sorry for the OT post