with Apple's previous track record what the hell makes you guys think they would release TWO iPads this year?! all they need is to release 1.
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'iPad 4' Headed for October Launch with iPad 3 as Interim Upgrade?
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I like this idea.
Collectively we've probably got a far better hit rate.
How about a wireless external mini widescreen for anyone with Kindle Fire envy. You keep your iPad 3.14159 in the back pack and carry a small screen around with you that is thick and ugly, but plays widescreen bluduff moovies without blackbars on the top and bottom.
It wouldn't be two big leaps. Stacking product releases does not necessarily put you that much further ahead. It simply delivers less per update. It takes time to develop and test this stuff. Even simple prototyping on a machine like that could take several phases working out the right feel and aesthetics. We all know Apple spends a lot of time on that stuff. Obviously they stick to simple designs, but I would bet they go through quite a number of minor aesthetic changes before a design ships. I don't know how fast ARM updates their reference designs, but that would be another factor. I'm calling this rumor crap. You won't see two in a year. They're just different release cycle speculations, or perhaps the addition of another tablet size mid cycle (although that's unlikely).
You can read rumors on this stuff, but there are way too many possible interpretations of supplier leaks.
I don't believe Digitimes at all, but I do believe Apple will release a 4G LTE iPad and possibly iPhone 5 update (5S) in time for Christmas 2012, that is to say mid-November. It is going to take that long to get other component power savings sufficient to make up for power hoggy/lossy LTE transceivers.
I for one would not object to a slightly thicker LTE device to accommodate the needed battery capacity.
Bundling some software is something they have not done yet, but MS/wintel style bloatware is not a welcome addition. Perhaps coupons in the box, or a virtual coupon app so the bloatware in not bloated at all.
Rocketman
I for one would not object to a slightly thicker LTE device to accommodate the needed battery capacity.
Bundling some software is something they have not done yet, but MS/wintel style bloatware is not a welcome addition. Perhaps coupons in the box, or a virtual coupon app so the bloatware in not bloated at all.
Rocketman
Huh? What? What are they talking about? What specific hardware or applications are needed for that?
This sounds like super-BS.
Talk about the A6: the iPad hinges on the A-type processors. If the A6 comes in March, as well as a hi-res monitor and well-enhanced cameras and more memory, I can't imagine how there will be much need for another upgrade in October. Sure, they could always upgrade again with more memory or some small improvement, but nothing to put a new number on.
How exactly does proliferative have a "negative connotation?" We're not talking about a disease. "Proliferative" isn't really used outside of medical textbooks.
two iPads released this year? didn't we go through this whole ordeal LAST year?
yeah, yeah... this is a rumor site and all but some are obviously worse than others and this one feels like it has no credibility.
yeah, yeah... this is a rumor site and all but some are obviously worse than others and this one feels like it has no credibility.
Stop expecting the unlikely. Even under OSX 10.4 on which iOS is based, multiple applications and services run all at once, sometimes 25-100 of them and the OS splits those separate services among cores. Almost nothing that is a single service or use requires 2+ cores these days. The world gave up on parallalization as too difficult.
Even media with too much local bandwidth is split as two streams on a single process using "hyperthreading", or whatever they call it under ARM now.
H.264 was specifically designed to avoid needing that 90% of the time given other system limits.
Think of it this way. Even a "lowly" iPhone 4S has the equivalent of 4 PCIe channels and 2 cores and 4 threads. 25-50 processes simultaneously too.
Not bad for a "telephone."
Rocketman
That's handtop supercomputer to you. . . .
Yep. This is just recycled from that one. And probably about as valid.
The "iPad 4 with killer apps" is just going to be the release of iOS 6
Try to run IOS 5.1 on an Intel platform and see what happens. I'm talking ARM not Intel.
That's the one that only come with a Red frame, facial recognition to unlock it and voice controls.
Oh and it is porn friendly. (it is Valentine's Day after all)
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Actually I think you are going the wrong way. It won't be shorter than March but rather longer.
push it to early May and tie it into the whole Back to School stuff. It would be an easy move with so many schools adopting iPads. And lets not dismiss the rumors that Apple is doing something at the end of this month in New York that ties into iBooks (and NYC is the center of the book world especially textbooks).
A move like that also evenly spreads the iOS hardware across the year with the iPhone and iPod touch staying in late Sept/Oct. Given the high amount of sales both launch with, the spread makes sense for positive stock trends.
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If they do only the lowest model. It makes no sense to do otherwise as they would have to lower the price of the iPad 2 and risk fragmenting sales.
But a $349-399 ipad 2 16 GB wifi only alongside a 32GB and higher iPad 3 starting at $499, that's a combination that could benefit all. Especially the younger students who find themselves having to bring an iPad to school. That iPad doesn't likely need more than 16 GB of storage, certainly doesn't need 3g. And in a family with 2-3 or more children that $100 a unit savings can make a difference. Same with companies that want to use iPads in their stores, restaurants, airlines for passenger rental and so on.
One of us is paying attention to current ARM reality and only using "old" PowerPC G4 OSX 10.4 as a comparison, to current capabilities under an entirely different platform (ARM) which emulates/approximates its (PowerPC) capabilities.Try to run IOS 5.1 on an Intel platform and see what happens. I'm talking ARM not Intel.
Ever see the NeXT and PowerPC slide which showed them running on each of a variety of different processors with a simple recompile?
iOS5.x is a bit more than a recompile, but not much more. Running on severely crippled memory, FSB, clock rate, and mhz, is something Apple became good at after decades of torture for/on "desktops".
So, faster handtops should not surprise you at all.
OBTW, 4 cores rather than 2 on an iPad/iPhone simply applies to video services without penalizing apps/audio under current work habits. They are preparing for cable TV (virtual equivalent) in the background at all times.
Watch CNBC/Bloomberg, while live stock trading, while listening to Pandora, while doing all browser/email/ftp services, all at once.
ON A TELEPHONE.
Just Rocketman
It's also totally unnecessary. New hardware every year and then new software every year six months offset and, if the new software is designed well enough, you get a new device without the huge payout of new hardware. Especially when Apple doesn't charge for those software updates.
I disagree a little. If the site is going to post rumors then they should post all rumors.
But some editorial comment on track records etc isn't out of line. Added value of analysis by those that have seen years of mac rumors and reality.
Macrumors posts & discusses rumors (i.e. what might happen), they don't make claims (i.e. what will happen), nor do they claim reliability. Ironically enough, the rumors here are actually often times than not more accurate than randomly spewed "facts" of digitimes.
Agreed. in fact I think that a vast increase in resolution is the last thing Apple would be considering. And by vast I mean well above 1080p.
Instead they would be looking at battery life, back lighting, overall better performance and so on. If they can get a screen that has a higher resolution in the bargain why not. But if they can't, then I don't think they will mind waiting another go around for that piece of the puzzle. It would give them time to work on content deals that would benefit from such an increase.
Indeed. That and/or something big with the offerings of the iTunes store. Perhaps to go with this new Apple TV, whatever it may be (which I'm guessing will be released in time for the start of Holiday sales and will likely be touted as THE gift of the year)