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iPad 3 with LTE, Quad-Core Processor and Retina Display Set for March Launch
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Many iOS developers do graphics at 2x because they expected a Retina display for iPad.
Interesting.
Is Samsung still on schedule to ship in volume in Q2?
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Probably not. Heck, Flash doesn't even run that well on Wintel systems.
In any case, the point is moot. Adobe has abandoned Flash for mobile devices. The engineers working in that group have long since updated their LinkedIn profiles.
The last I heard was early H2, but that wasn't clarified and I can't find info to support it. TI demonstrated working OMAP 5 silicon at CES though.
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Strange how few people mention Siri..
A brilliant feature the iPad 2 is crying out for!
Retina and 8mp camera would be fine for me
Strange how few people mention Siri..
A brilliant feature the iPad 2 is crying out for!
Retina and 8mp camera would be fine for me
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quad core + hi def display + q1 launch = now things are getting interesting
quad core + hi def display + q1 launch = now things are getting interesting
Right... but we were talking about websites....
If you have a banner image across the top of your website and it's 1000px wide.... it will have to be stretched to over 2000px to fill the width of a retina iPad.
I'm sure it will still look amazing... but there's no getting around the fact that web images have fixed physical dimensions.
A lot of folks haven't actually taken out a metric ruler and looked at what 1mm is. That's the first thing I did when that rumor came out. 1mm is INSIGNIFICANT.
Too many wishful thinkers in here. Macrumors should seriously ban this source.
Retina display - Most likely.
LTE and Quadcore? - Come on get real guys. Apple will milk you for your money before they give you this. Stop being all up on Apple's nuts and think realistically on what would be a money-making play on their part.
Retina display - Most likely.
LTE and Quadcore? - Come on get real guys. Apple will milk you for your money before they give you this. Stop being all up on Apple's nuts and think realistically on what would be a money-making play on their part.
Hmmm, so the question for Apple is can they get a dual-core Cortex-A15 out the door for their planned roadmap schedule, or is a quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU a good enough improvement?
If Apple's CPU supplier (Samsung? TSMC?) can move to the 28nn process, maybe the quad-core might be a feasible next step.
Frankly, if other companies are just starting to show prototype hardware with Cortex-A15 and if Apple is going into production ramp, it would seem more likely that A6 (or whatever Apple decides to call it) would be a Cortex-A9 design.
That's assuming that Apple is actually in production ramp for the 3rd iPad which is a big IF.
This will be a worthy upgrade to our ipad1. Buying if specs are confirmed, this would be a very nice leap. Now, about that MBA...
Should be good enough until 2013, where they'll be beaten to market with A15 by a couple of months at most for most manufacturers.
OMAP 5 won't be out until next year, so this is a year's lead time. Samples from 28nm fabs were going out mid last year. Samsung and apple are mum about their sample chips. It's a pretty narrow, but still existent, window of possibility.
I find the LTE rumor to be the hardest to swallow. I hope it's true for the people who want it. I would likely buy a wifi only model anyway, but LTE would be a cool option for sure.
These are a lot of major upgrades. If they can add all of this and keep the base price at $500 I'm sure they will sell like wild fire.
Honestly I think the iPad 2 is still very awesome. My only complaint about it is the lack of a SD card slot but as things are progressing that is becoming a non-issue. Never thought I would say this but cloud services have eliminated most of my need for thumb drives and SD's. Most.
These are a lot of major upgrades. If they can add all of this and keep the base price at $500 I'm sure they will sell like wild fire.
Honestly I think the iPad 2 is still very awesome. My only complaint about it is the lack of a SD card slot but as things are progressing that is becoming a non-issue. Never thought I would say this but cloud services have eliminated most of my need for thumb drives and SD's. Most.
Why?Get ready for a significant price increase
The price between the two generations of iPads stayed the same.
The price between various generations of the iPhone have either dropped or stayed the same.
Shall we continue this exercise with the iPod touch and Apple TV?
iPad2 works just fine. Not sure how much quicker it has to be switching apps.
LTE would be interesting since there's still no LTE Apple product out yet.
New form factor is needed though. Too thin, too slippery and too sharp on the edges. Looks fantastic, but in practice, the design is not friendly for holding in your hands at all. A rubber type grip-able backing and curved edges that don't cut into the grooves of your fingers would be nice. Probably won't happen though.
You guys who want more RAM, you need to consider that it takes battery life to preserve the RAM contents when the iPad is OFF. Below is a great article (from Microsoft!) explaining why portable devices with more RAM struggle to even come close to the iPad. The individual memory cells need to remain energized so the states of the various applications can be preserved. I really don't think Apple's being cheap here, I think they're (as usual) trying to create the best overall user experience.
http://www.appleinsider.com/print/1...ne_4s_motivated_by_battery_life_concerns.html
That's on my wish list near the very top for this revision. I think it is almost expected, but will be another great addition.
Out of the three things you've mentioned the Retina display is likely the most difficult to achieve in large numbers.
LTE isn't a problem with Qualcomm and others making chipsets. Quad Core ...also not a problem. The Cortex MP A9 was designed a while ago and with a smaller process (28 or 32nm) it shouldn't be too difficult to deliver and additional two cores within the same TDP.
The reality is this:
AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are all rolling out LTE networks.
Apple needs to find a way of reducing the 18 iPad SKU they already have so rather than having 12 cellular enabled models they can deliver 6 models that cover all three providers with a World Chip that supports LTE/GSM/CDMA
In this biz reducing unnecessary SKU is akin to paying yourself.
but remember this is the company that waited a year after everyone lose to put 3G in their phones. And despite their being LTE areas last fall didn't put it in the iPhone 4s
So just like thy could pull a fast one on the release timings and not put out the iPad 3 until more like mid May, they could wait until the iPad 4 for LTE, despite what sources, analysts and experts are saying
Do you honestly need to use an iPad at those locations?
Also, yes, SFO has free wifi. You gotta connect it via safari and watch an advertisement or finish a survey so you have access. I found it annoying but it is free after all.
