Haven't noticed them putting any money into making desktop hardware though. The OP is suggesting Apple make a major R&D and capital investment.
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Would you buy an iPad sized table then?
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iPad mini iPad Mini is ridiculous -- Apple should go tabletop/giant!
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Haven't noticed them putting any money into making desktop hardware though. The OP is suggesting Apple make a major R&D and capital investment.
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Would you buy an iPad sized table then?
Very interested in a smaller iPad. But am now wondering about the pricing vs features.
I would like the iPad mini will be retina, but seems that's impossible. Have read this article "iPad Mini Features,Specs,Photos Roundup" in iFunia blog, very interesting, but let's just wait the iPad Mini coming.
I would like the iPad mini will be retina, but seems that's impossible. Have read this article "iPad Mini Features,Specs,Photos Roundup" in iFunia blog, very interesting, but let's just wait the iPad Mini coming.
I still don't understand the concept of table sized touch screen devices. Stretching your arm out would get tiresome very quickly, and you would have to be standing up to reach all areas.
The ergonomics just don't work for me
This. Apple has already mentioned that they've experimented with a touch screen computer (i believe for the development for the MacBook Air). Keeping your hand up for a short period of time causes fatigue. It is absolutely impractical to wave your hands up around a screen to do basic functions. As for a tilted table? Your hands will still have no place to rest, let alone the impractical viewing angle will be uncomfortable in other areas of your body as well.
HP has had the whole touch screen desktop out for years now, and it's pretty indicative by its lack of success why it hasn't caught on. And the upcoming Leap motion controller? It's a novel idea executed wonderfully, but still does not get around the ergonomics issue. The "pointing in mid-air" is totally impractical for everyday computing usage for the average consumer.
I could see a huge screen like a widescreen placed on the wall. Turned into the Apple tv and iPad. No not the Apple tv u put on your own television. 1 in 1 combination. Also would be nice at board meetings. mmmm, patents plz.
So far it hasn't taken off, Microsoft/Samsung's Surface (the 40" model, not the new one) hasn't had much success.
There are larger tablets out there already. We have some Samsung Windows 7 Slates at work which are noticeably larger than an iPad. My issues with the software aside, the larger size/weight does noticeably hinder using a tablet bigger than an iPad. Making a tablet too large diminishes the care-free ease of use and extra portability of the tablet form factor.
To give an example of what i mean, the market for larger 17+ inch laptops is getting smaller all the time. Why? Because for most people a 17 inch laptop is just to large to be portable.
To give an example of what i mean, the market for larger 17+ inch laptops is getting smaller all the time. Why? Because for most people a 17 inch laptop is just to large to be portable.
I don't think the mini is ridiculous, but I love the idea of a table top iPad...I love the idea because I am board game enthusiast and being able to play almost full scale board game in a touch screen digital format sounds freckin' awesome!
However, I am not so delusional to think such a thing would be very marketable, profitable, practical or even affordable at the present time....but a guy can dream!
However, I am not so delusional to think such a thing would be very marketable, profitable, practical or even affordable at the present time....but a guy can dream!
I got an iPad a month or so after they first came out. I've always wished that it were bigger: 13" or even 15".
It may certainly be ridiculous to you, however I think there will be a large market out there for the iPad mini and people will be buying it up.
I don't disagree with you here at all. I think it would be neat to have such things like this; things like we see in Hollywood movies. But I don't know how much of a market there would be for stuff like this. Big business, universities and governments perhaps.
I bought a Galaxy Note because I found the iPod was way too small for browsing and tablets way too big to carry around. An iPad Mini would have done the job just right. So there is definitely a market for it.
There would also be a market for larger iPads as CoMoMacUser pointed out. I would have bought one in the early days if it had been larger.
But hey, laptops are maaaybe going to phase out as we can see with convertibles entering the market. So we might see 13" and 15" laptops-tablets in the future. Apple sure is moving in that direction with its MacBook Air, though it does not mean that it will jump the fence. It will just make sense at some point to make it a tablet with a snap on keyboard + touch pad if they keep making it thinner and thinner. Apple removing optical drives and all its thunderbolt external devices thing it has going on reaaaally makes that a strong possibility too.
This also reminds me greatly of the Ubuntu PC/Phone initiative, where your phone runs a portable version of Ubuntu and turns into a full fledged PC when connected to a dock.
Things are really moving that way.
There would also be a market for larger iPads as CoMoMacUser pointed out. I would have bought one in the early days if it had been larger.
But hey, laptops are maaaybe going to phase out as we can see with convertibles entering the market. So we might see 13" and 15" laptops-tablets in the future. Apple sure is moving in that direction with its MacBook Air, though it does not mean that it will jump the fence. It will just make sense at some point to make it a tablet with a snap on keyboard + touch pad if they keep making it thinner and thinner. Apple removing optical drives and all its thunderbolt external devices thing it has going on reaaaally makes that a strong possibility too.
This also reminds me greatly of the Ubuntu PC/Phone initiative, where your phone runs a portable version of Ubuntu and turns into a full fledged PC when connected to a dock.
Things are really moving that way.
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The 9th or 10th gen iPad will be 8 1/2 x 11 and be as thin as a piece of paper and foldable. Now THAT'S innovation...
Citation? How did you determine demand for this? What any one person wants doesn't define what Apple (or any company, for that matter) needs to do despite the countless self-centered posts here and on every other discussion forum site.
Agreed. I wouldn't want anything that is much larger than the current 9.7 inch iPad.
I don't know. I could see a slightly larger iPad, but something the size you're talking about doesn't seem like it would have anything to offer but an arm workout. I'm at a computer about seven hours a day, and the prospect of doing all that stuff on a large touch screen sounds like a beating. I'll take a mouse and trackpad, thank you very much!