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iPad Mini Confirmed to Carry Stereo Speakers
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Exactly!
Let's put speakers in those extra spaces. Who are those people, yes you, some Droid fans (the kool aid ones
). They count innovations by size increase or by the inch and or by GBs or number of medias you could insert on a gadget or useless features! Three different items trying to knock the same thing. The pixel density is at least accurate. But then Amazon jumps ship by trying to claim 1024x768 isn't HD (it's right at the edge of HD but confusing since HD is wider. I'm not sure of this, but I do believe you can watch HD videos scaled slightly down.
If I made a plastic tablet that doesn't work well if you didn't buy all your stuff from Amazon and has no cellular model, I would be wary of bragging about said plastic tablet.
If I made a plastic tablet that doesn't work well if you didn't buy all your stuff from Amazon and has no cellular model, I would be wary of bragging about said plastic tablet.
And what would make you even think it is mono when the iPad has always had stereo out the headset jack and dock connector--and bluetooth? That is a big stretch to think they would put in two speakers and not use the stereo sound that is already available.
Besides that Apple confirmed it is stereo.
Michael
To the trained eye, this ad is clearly inaccurate. So it really will only convince clueless buyers. But then if they're clueless in the first place they're more likely to buy the iPad mini.
This direct comparison lets consumers know there's an alternative to a kindle. I don't get what they're trying to accomplish anyway, isn't their kindle supposed to be niche to ebook readers? Would they care about all those HD features?
This direct comparison lets consumers know there's an alternative to a kindle. I don't get what they're trying to accomplish anyway, isn't their kindle supposed to be niche to ebook readers? Would they care about all those HD features?
Amazon claimed "single speaker" and "mono speaker" not just plain "mono." Even if it was two-speaker mono--which would be crazy and even Apple confirmed it is in fact stereo--Amazon was wrong.
Michael
Wrong
You're using dual mono incorrectly. In dual mono the 2 channels can be different and almost always are, that's the point. Dual mono does not mean two speakers playing one feed. And in fact, it is usually used in recording contexts rather than in playback. The iPad speakers are not and would not represent dual mono.
You're using dual mono incorrectly. In dual mono the 2 channels can be different and almost always are, that's the point. Dual mono does not mean two speakers playing one feed. And in fact, it is usually used in recording contexts rather than in playback. The iPad speakers are not and would not represent dual mono.
I see your point, but I'm actually interested in ultimately replacing my big iPad with a Mini. I use mine primarily for reading anyway, and the Mini would be perfect for that considering its size and weight.
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1. Because Amazon likes to make things up, apparently.
2. It's not "low res" exactly, it's just low res by comparison- the Kindle Fire HD, the Nexus, and the Retina iPad all have much better picture quality than the Mini.
I was disappointed that there was no retina display. I could see where they wanted to keep the price down and also keep the retina display for the next Mini, but I believe the lack of retina display alone is helping boost Kindle Fire sales even more.
Oh, it's stereo. That makes all the other points invalid. Phew.
Are you talking about the one other valid point about the display? Trust marketing to turn it into three points for the same thing.
Intensional. Apple 1, Amazon Advertising -1.
In amazon's defense, apple really could have done a better job advertising that feature. I mean...macrumors didn't even know until today lol.
Most people don't know that picture quality is a combination of screen size, resolution, and *viewing distance*.
Sitting too close to a 1080p 50" TV doesn't provide good picture quality.
Within arms length viewing distance for the iPad mini given its resolution and screen size would produce picture quality good enough to hardly be noticable as not being *HD*.
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Why can't this be done on 4th gen ipad
Available in 7 months for the iPad 4S
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That chart is handy, but what if my feet are smaller than other people's?
Shouldn't I sit closer?
Well apple used quotes from the court case which they are fully entitled to.....
You mean "low res" like SD? Because 600p is not so far from 480p right?
Well don't forget that a 16:9 movie playing on an SD screen will actually be 640x360.
So the iPad mini actually displays 16:9 movies at more than double (2.667x) the number of pixels of an SD screen.
Anyone trying to demonstrate that the iPad mini screen is "not much more than SD" must be either confused or biased. It's much better than SD, even though it doesn't quite match 720P HD.
And BTW, a 16:9 movie on the iPad mini still shows a bigger image than on a 7" tablet even though the screen itself is 4:3. The "black bars" on 7" tablets are made of plastic.
The only real benefit I can see to having more than one speaker on such a small device is regarding volume, and reducing the effect of the user unwittingly covering up the speaker while holding the device—you know, you're playing a game, and suddenly the sound drops out because you're covering the one and only speaker with your hand. Two speakers minimises the chance of this.
Who knows if that was Apple's rationale, but it works for me.
Just a thought… If Apple had considered 'stereo' to be an actual feature, I think they would have touted this at the launch. They didn't. In my mind, this supports my theory that it's really about overcoming some perceived issue (such as low volume, or inadvertently covering up a speaker), rather than adding stereo sound.
Good lord! TEN pages of waxing pedantic.
I usually try to be more positive but there is just no point here.
I usually try to be more positive but there is just no point here.
I don't know, but being able to access up to 25 thousand songs and pull down or stream any number of songs at will is a pretty good start. Not to mention all your purchased apps and videos. Also, since your content is always in the cloud and always available, you can delete songs, photos, videos, etc. on your phone to free up space. That's kind of like expandable storage, no?
Agree with you there... It's a work in progress.
Per my comment above, I've found that I can freely delete songs, apps, videos, etc. to make room for more stuff thanks to iCloud. As for the impact to UI, I found this quote from Duarte himself: "If youre saving photos, videos or music, where does it go? Is it on your phone? Or on your card? Should there be a setting? Prompt everytime? What happens to the experience when you swap out the card? Its just too complicated."
[SARCASM]Yes, obviously! Standard units of measurement are absolutely relative.[/SARCASM]
Why can't this be done on 4th gen ipad
Because that would be one less feature they can sell you on, for a 5th gen iPad.