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iPad 3 Expected to Launch in Around March-April
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Slow and laggy
will it be slow and laggy as the first? will web browsing crash constantly will google search make another exclusive ipad feature that you don't want and wish never was made.
as more and more internet developers make ipad exclusive tablet features the enjoyment and usability gets more and more frustrating and gaudy.
the hyper uber excitement around tablets is making me sick as a pre-order of the original ipad; i have only found as time goes own i get more and more disappointed maybe the novelty is wearing off maybe i just hate computers and cars now.
hint internet developers stop with tablet exclusive viewing it sucks you don't know what your doing just flaying in the dark. its just crapy flash but not flash. yes and flash websites suck too. maybe i should go buy a book.
will it be slow and laggy as the first? will web browsing crash constantly will google search make another exclusive ipad feature that you don't want and wish never was made.
as more and more internet developers make ipad exclusive tablet features the enjoyment and usability gets more and more frustrating and gaudy.
the hyper uber excitement around tablets is making me sick as a pre-order of the original ipad; i have only found as time goes own i get more and more disappointed maybe the novelty is wearing off maybe i just hate computers and cars now.
hint internet developers stop with tablet exclusive viewing it sucks you don't know what your doing just flaying in the dark. its just crapy flash but not flash. yes and flash websites suck too. maybe i should go buy a book.
You must have used a different tablet from the rest of us.
But I must hear more about this "flaying in the dark" stuff.
Not really. It's the typical page hit fodder of 'maybe, rumored, expected' that comes about 4 months before any supposed Apple release.
and it's always wrong by at least one element.
A Retina display would be nice, if they can keep the performance roughly the same.
I would like to hear more about the Apple A6.
LTE seems like a possibility on Verizon, but AT&T has barely even started the roll out. LTE seems more realistic on the iPad 4. LTE is more likely to come to the iPhone first in the fall of 2012.
I wonder if Apple would consider dropping the 16GB model and going to 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. With the size of the new apps like Infinity Blade 2 topping 1GB and an average HD movie topping 4GB it seems like it is time.
I would like to hear more about the Apple A6.
LTE seems like a possibility on Verizon, but AT&T has barely even started the roll out. LTE seems more realistic on the iPad 4. LTE is more likely to come to the iPhone first in the fall of 2012.
I wonder if Apple would consider dropping the 16GB model and going to 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. With the size of the new apps like Infinity Blade 2 topping 1GB and an average HD movie topping 4GB it seems like it is time.
We aren't Apple so we don't know and won't know until they announce it.
That said, it is most likely, given their history, that they will cut the price on the iPad 2 to sell out whatever is left even after slowing production with perhaps the 16 GB iPad 2 wifi only sticking around as the cheaper model a la the iPhone 3gs and iPhone 4 staying with the iPhone 4s. But don't expect it to be less than $299.
given their history this is the more likely. But who knows at this point
Apple has never released any production data or license costs so no you don't KNOW that at all.
given the lack of real competition and the fact that folks will buy at $499 there's no reason for them to slash prices to gain share they are getting anyway.
LIES
That's too early unless they're sticking to their original plan to making the iPad thicker just to have the higher res screen. This might be a big flop or could be a big hit if they like the iPad thicker but lighter lightness is the trick of all trades to get people to buy. Also by adding the 3 to the end of the iPad will work about 50%. I'm sure they brainwashed us enough with their stuff. They just need to hurry the F up with their pricing and different looks already unless they really think they perfected their designs which I think its 2012 get over yourself and make a new damn design already I think it's time.
I don't want to die and see the same damn design for 5-7 years. Such as the MacPro
That's too early unless they're sticking to their original plan to making the iPad thicker just to have the higher res screen. This might be a big flop or could be a big hit if they like the iPad thicker but lighter lightness is the trick of all trades to get people to buy. Also by adding the 3 to the end of the iPad will work about 50%. I'm sure they brainwashed us enough with their stuff. They just need to hurry the F up with their pricing and different looks already unless they really think they perfected their designs which I think its 2012 get over yourself and make a new damn design already I think it's time.
I don't want to die and see the same damn design for 5-7 years. Such as the MacPro
you could say the same thing about the computers etc.
Apple releases according to what is good for the company and when they can get the parts they need. So things will be throughout the year. Don't like it, too bad.
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A rumor that appeared for the iPad 1 and didn't happen. Appeared for the iPad 2 and didn't happen. Has appeared for the iPad 3 and isn't likely to happen.
You must have some details if you can make that statement. So spill. How much does that high resolution display cost Apple. And just how high are we talking for that price.
It will only mean something to Samsung if their tablet sales numbers start to match Apples. Otherwise it's another fruitless effort.
Ipad 2 pro...
There will be little difference between the iPad2 and this one except for Retina Display. This will be disappointing for some, but a relief for most. It will allow them to widen the price spread, and achieve more price points. Anyone who follows the Apple product model, understands that price points are a key component to how Apple makes and markets products.
Price points are more important than features and products, and they have shown a total ability to dump their most prized products, for the sole purpose of hitting price points.
A retina display will always be more expensive than the current display, even as they all go down in price. This will always be a differentiator between high range and lower range iPads. Not everyone will find this important. I will, but not everyone. Price will be more important for most. Photographers, and those that really understand the beauty of tons of pixels, will put the extra bucks down.
The key is to have the products mostly match through the price range, without the highest "suffering", or be so more capable, that it kills the rest of the range, unless you can drive the price ridiculously low (like with the phones).
The key for this, will be frame rates for games. And I believe the solution will be in rapid scaling. Which may not exist in the current A5 but may well exist in the one in THIS iPad. You essentially need fast enough scaling that frame rates will be the same between the highest iPad and the lower iPad. If you achieve that, you have it all.
Then real iPad 3 comes later. Next year, with dramatic new features to move people to upgrade.
As to when is it going to replace a laptop? Never. For content creation, there are too many functions that require a pixel level Point and Click, and typing interface. Just because there is a ton of stuff that works well with a finger based interface, doesn't mean everything does. Cripes the things don't even print except through wishes.
This isn't the end of Ipad2, it is the completion of a product line.
There will be little difference between the iPad2 and this one except for Retina Display. This will be disappointing for some, but a relief for most. It will allow them to widen the price spread, and achieve more price points. Anyone who follows the Apple product model, understands that price points are a key component to how Apple makes and markets products.
Price points are more important than features and products, and they have shown a total ability to dump their most prized products, for the sole purpose of hitting price points.
A retina display will always be more expensive than the current display, even as they all go down in price. This will always be a differentiator between high range and lower range iPads. Not everyone will find this important. I will, but not everyone. Price will be more important for most. Photographers, and those that really understand the beauty of tons of pixels, will put the extra bucks down.
The key is to have the products mostly match through the price range, without the highest "suffering", or be so more capable, that it kills the rest of the range, unless you can drive the price ridiculously low (like with the phones).
The key for this, will be frame rates for games. And I believe the solution will be in rapid scaling. Which may not exist in the current A5 but may well exist in the one in THIS iPad. You essentially need fast enough scaling that frame rates will be the same between the highest iPad and the lower iPad. If you achieve that, you have it all.
Then real iPad 3 comes later. Next year, with dramatic new features to move people to upgrade.
As to when is it going to replace a laptop? Never. For content creation, there are too many functions that require a pixel level Point and Click, and typing interface. Just because there is a ton of stuff that works well with a finger based interface, doesn't mean everything does. Cripes the things don't even print except through wishes.
This isn't the end of Ipad2, it is the completion of a product line.
2 + 3 = $$$
Why not keep the iPad 2 in production and lower the price to $299.00 - catch all those Kindle Fire fence sitters?
After-all the amount of $$ spent to tool up for the device they could still be profitable for years to come. iPad 3 then becomes the "must have" $499 model (or more if it's Retina)
OK Apple, that will be one iPad 3 for the suggestion.
Why not keep the iPad 2 in production and lower the price to $299.00 - catch all those Kindle Fire fence sitters?
After-all the amount of $$ spent to tool up for the device they could still be profitable for years to come. iPad 3 then becomes the "must have" $499 model (or more if it's Retina)
OK Apple, that will be one iPad 3 for the suggestion.
You would think...but you'd be wrong. Check back with me in Q2 2012 and remember where you heard it first.
I dunno about an LTE iPad. I think the iphone will get that first...but who knows.
LTE isn't even widely available yet nationwide. AT&T doesn't even have it do they? If Apple did add it, would it be backwards compatible? Meaning if there wasnt a 4G signal...would it then default to 3G?
Plus, Apple isn't going to add it now if it drains the battery too fast. Smartphones are having enough issues as it is with battery drain.
The iPad is awesome partly because it's battery life is so damn good.
Personally, i don't care about LTE. I currently have a WiFi + 3G ipad version 1 and i hardly use 3G. I use it in emergencies when i am not within wifi range...like on a train. But living in NYC, its easy to find wifi hotspots.
And the times that i DO use 3G, it is plenty fast enough to surf the web, send emails or listen to Pandora. So LTE is not important to me. 3G is fine. If the ipad 3 isn't LTE, i won't be upset at all.
LTE isn't even widely available yet nationwide. AT&T doesn't even have it do they? If Apple did add it, would it be backwards compatible? Meaning if there wasnt a 4G signal...would it then default to 3G?
Plus, Apple isn't going to add it now if it drains the battery too fast. Smartphones are having enough issues as it is with battery drain.
The iPad is awesome partly because it's battery life is so damn good.
Personally, i don't care about LTE. I currently have a WiFi + 3G ipad version 1 and i hardly use 3G. I use it in emergencies when i am not within wifi range...like on a train. But living in NYC, its easy to find wifi hotspots.
And the times that i DO use 3G, it is plenty fast enough to surf the web, send emails or listen to Pandora. So LTE is not important to me. 3G is fine. If the ipad 3 isn't LTE, i won't be upset at all.
The ipad has already replaced a laptop for me. I travel alot, and used to lug my macbook around with me on my adventures to surf the web, load photos, write emails, update my blog etc. Now i just bring my ipad.
Its the first ipad...so i cant edit my videos on imovie on it....but in all other regards, it has totally replaced my laptop. And when i upgrade to the ipad 3 and CAN edit movies on imovie....i wont miss a laptop at all.
Its so much lighter than a laptop. Its interface is so much more fun and easy to surf the web on. Typing on it is second nature to me now. I can load, view and edit pictures i take with my dslr on it and then send them or post them.
Again...once i can edit video on it in imovie...i will be totally happy.
True...for serious hard core video editing i will use my imac when i get home...and power users will still prefer laptops while on the road for heavy duty work....but i am a creative guy...and i have adapted to using the ipad instead of a laptop while on the road very easily.
Soon... hopefully the next few months won't drag by! I'm honestly very excited with the retina display... But I am wondering what other new tricks Apple might have up their sleeves?