iPad 3 Will Be Thicker, Still Support Smart Cover?

[JHankwitz]

Illusion

Is it me or does it look more of like a pillow to anyone else too ?

It's a current iPad in a shrink-wrapped translucent plastic bag. The reflections of the lights and overall room/factory lighting makes it look like a pillow. It's an optical illusion, which is great when you want to pull off a hoax and get published as an expert analyst.

 

[DopeyFish]

i want my ipad to be as thick as the original

ipad 2 being as thin as it is was actually a drawback for me

 

[adildacoolset]

This is probably the ugliest cover I have ever seen in my life. If I get the iPad 3, I know what is on my blacklist.

 

[Mess]

If its thicker it will only be by a few mm at most. theres no way Jonny Ive will let it get as thick as a galaxy tab or anything like that.

And that photo to me is a fake! Wheres the hole for the rear camera?

 

[lupado]

It's really hard for me to believe these rumors that the iPad 3 will be thicker. It's just so un-Apple like. I'd rather like to believe in this recent analyst report that Apple is going away from IPS for the next iPad in order to continue the trend of thinner.

It's not unlike Apple. It's unlike Steve Jobs - and he ain't here no mo.

 

[Laird Knox]

Is this a dock connector port?

And what is this..?

That is the tag listing the materials used to fill the pillow.

 

[moonsabie]

color e-ink

how far is color E ink away from showing up in ipad i definitely would like to no-longer be victim of glowing monster effects from my display.


in fact i would love a color e ink monitor.

much like this http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/demo

 

[aerok]

20 years? If apple aren't selling 'smart' eyelid-implants by 2031, I'm selling all my (non-existent) stock.

You mean the iEye?

 

[Roessnakhan]

how far is color E ink away from showing up in ipad i definitely would like to no-longer be victim of glowing monster effects from my display.


in fact i would love a color e ink monitor.

much like this http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/demo

Apple loves their UI effects, I doubt you'd ever see an e-ink Apple ANYTHING until it had refresh rates to that of other displays. But even then, I wouldn't expect one.

 

[rhett7660]

Do you want a Retina Display ?

You do ?!!?

Well think before you comment

Battery life is important. In fact it is more important then your fashion statement

I was thinking the same thing, higher screen res is going to mean a larger battery so they can still make the claims about the battery life for the iPad etc.....

 

[416049]

This seems a bit too thick... although could potentially happen but than it should at least include some awesome features..

 

[dgree03]

WHO CARES ABOUT HOW MUCH "THICKER" IT MAY BE!?

Are we really so shallow to believe that thinner is always better? Especially since we are talking about millimeters!? Come on..

 

[Kissaragi]

how far is color E ink away from showing up in ipad i definitely would like to no-longer be victim of glowing monster effects from my display.


in fact i would love a color e ink monitor.

much like this http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/demo

A long, long way

 

[Wiesenlooser]

It might get a little thicker just as the 3G was a little thicker as the iPhone Classic.

I would be fine with it if had a retina display (I really can't stand the current iPad because of the low resolution).

The killer spec however is weight. The iPad 1 was just way tooo heavy for me. The iPad 2 was fine but it could be even lighter..

 

[ThunderSkunk]

It must be true, I saw it on the news...

...well ok, the Onion news.

 

[Renzatic]

Something happened to me earlier today that's kind of pertinent to the subject at hand.

6:32 AM, I awake to the sound of my so very obnoxious incoming text message ring tone quacking at me (I really need to change it before I'm driven to kill). For someone to text me that early, limbs better be severed, lives better be in the balance, fate of whole nations better be somewhere in the equation. To put it simply, it damn well better be something worth waking me up for.

I blearily stumble over to my phone dock, slamming my foot into the edge of the bed (adding even more joy to the occasion). And what do I see? Friends on the cusp of life and death? Social turmoil that can only be calmed by my intervention? No. I get this...

WOOHOO! FREE IPAD!

Wait...SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE! I haven't signed up for anything. I don't know anyone from New Jersey (as per the area code). WHY I DO BELIEVE I MIGHT BE GETTING PHISHED!

But whatever. It's worth the risk. I'll tell you all how the fatter iPad feels in my hands in a couple of days!

...right after I figure out why my credit card was used to buy $6000 worth of Japanese bondage porn in the Philippines. Guess I didn't win that new car after all.

 

[adder7712]

Something happened to me earlier today that's kind of pertinent to the subject at hand.

6:32 AM, I awake to the sound of my so very obnoxious incoming text message ring tone quacking at me (I really need to change it before I'm driven to kill). For someone to text me that early, limbs better be severed, lives better be in the balance, fate of whole nations better be somewhere in the equation. To put it simply, it damn well better be something worth waking me up for.

I blearily stumble over to my phone dock, slamming my foot into the edge of the bed (adding even more joy to the occasion). And what do I see? Friends on the cusp of life and death? Social turmoil that can only be calmed by my intervention? No. I get this...

Image

WOOHOO! FREE IPAD!

Wait...SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE! I haven't signed up for anything. I don't know anyone from New Jersey (as per the area code). WHY I DO BELIEVE I MIGHT BE GETTING PHISHED!

But whatever. It's worth the risk. I'll tell you all how the fatter iPad feels in my hands in a couple of days!

...right after I figure out why my credit card was used to buy $6000 worth of Japanese bondage porn in the Philippines. Guess I didn't win that new car after all.

That had me going in the morning! I got a message on Xbox Live saying that I could win MS Points for free! It's not from Microsoft but it sounds legit!

 

[Renzatic]

That had me going in the morning! I got a message on Xbox Live saying that I could win MS Points for free! It's not from Microsoft but it sounds legit!

Do it! It might be fake. Hell, it probably is fake. But...what if it's not? You would totally miss out on a bunch of free Xbox points!

Take the plunge, dude guy. The government has ways to help out victims of identity theft these days, so there's really no risk whatsoever!

 

[MattInOz]

how far is color E ink away from showing up in ipad i definitely would like to no-longer be victim of glowing monster effects from my display.


in fact i would love a color e ink monitor.

much like this http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/demo

I think you might have confused people with the eInk reference.
That looks like really sweet tech and it does seem like its at the stage that a big suitcase of Apple cash could make it happen.

I guess the question to me is they does seem to answer is viewing angle.
that and could they backlight the screen so you get good low light usage as well as outdoors.

 

[firewood]

Silly people. Thinness is nice, but far less important than a great display, shipping it next year, and hitting the popular price points. They ain't going to delay a gorgeous display by a year or raise the price by hundreds of dollars just for a couple mm of thinness.

 

[AidenShaw]

Silly people. Thinness is nice, but far less important than a great display, shipping it next year, and hitting the popular price points. They ain't going to delay a gorgeous display by a year or raise the price by hundreds of dollars just for a couple mm of thinness.

Perhaps now that the turtlenecked overlord is in a jar you will be right - maybe The MBA Tim will put "usefullness" above "thinness".