Does anyone know at this stage if the iPad 2 cases will fit? I'm upgrading from iPad 1 and I want to buy an odoyo aircoat for my new one, but I don't know if the form factor of the new iPad is identical enough to allow it to fit?
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Show me one product on the market with a screen this size with this sort of resolution. I'm not sure how you can't see this as a major achievement for Apple.Too many quotes for me to reply to. Some of us work, ya know.
1)Retina has been out for awhile in other Apple products...screen resolution is typically something that is enhanced every or every other product cycle at Apple and other similar product companies. Why you or anyone else thinks/thought that the 3.0 wasn't going to be retina is beyond me. Minutes after the iPad 2.0 came out, everyone was stating "well, guess we wait till 2012 to see Retina in iPad".
do you really expect ti to be as mind blowing as the original iPad introduction? Seriously I don't understand how you could honestly believe that something that has been on the market could in fact be updated in such a way as to be mind blowing. It is an established product now, at best all Apple can do is throw new technology at it.2)Does Cook's phrase "mind-blowing" from a few weeks ago ring a bell? He did not mention specifically the iPad 3.0 would be mind-blowing but to me, this update is far from mind-blowing. Nice new tech specs, little real-world features. This is why I was stating there was no awe-shock in this release.
Your problem is you have zero appreciation for the engineering effort that goes into delivering something like iPad with a retina screen. World wide I wouldn't be surprised to find out that thousands of engineers have been working to realize the technology in iPad 3 in the quantities that Apple needs.I honestly can't think of a lot of mind-blowing features or ultra-cool stuff that COULD HAVE BEEN in this update...that's for Apple to produce and wow me.
Hardware wise it is ALL NEW, what about this do you not get? That is a new screen and new SoC along with new radios for communications. Sure new standards for RF communications are boring but this is the freshest 4G hardware you can get right now.Overall I think this update is non-impressive other than Retina (so now I can see my 10 year old, much-higher-rez-than-ipad2-quality-1024x768-screen JPGs on a nicer screen). If you don't own an iPad yet, sure, go buy this one next week instead of the 12 month old 2.0...with the exact same features as 2.0 but with a faster CPU and a nicer screen.
Tech Spec product updates like this, in a brand new market, are not a sign of "revolutionary". The competitors now have a full year to work on FEATURES that will challenge the iPad 2012 and 2013.
Nice one - congratsI'm very jealous!
(nb: it wasn't that I didn't believe you...but you know how it is!)
Quite shocking that its still offline. Dont think we've had an outage this long during preorder before :/
it could be photoshopped the edges don't seem right
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People who can wait will wait... I sold my iPad2 (actually my wife's) in preparation for the upgrade. So... I have to order it (wife's constant bitching about not having iPad is getting annoying)
iOS 5.1 is available to download through software update
It has been well over an hour now.
Yup. Same here...spamming+R over and over. I have to go back to work soon...
edit: cmd+R
If the Ipad was so useful, why would you sell it and deal with days to weeks of "no Ipad"?
It's so inconsistent to say that something is an essential part of your life (so shallow as well, but that's a different topic) - yet be willing to be without the "essential" thing for a significant time based on rumours that mayber something new will be released.
If I were your wife, I'd do a lot more than "bitch".... (or a lot less)![]()
Your problem is you have zero appreciation for the engineering effort that goes into delivering something like iPad with a retina screen. World wide I wouldn't be surprised to find out that thousands of engineers have been working to realize the technology in iPad 3 in the quantities that Apple needs.
Several people have posted a question about the RAM, but I have not yet seen information about how much RAM the new iPad has. Have I missed something? Or has it not been told by Apple? And if not, perhaps that under-communication means that it is the same as the RAM in iPad 2? Anyone who knows?
Several people have posted a question about the RAM, but I have not yet seen information about how much RAM the new iPad has. Have I missed something? Or has it not been told by Apple? And if not, perhaps that under-communication means that it is the same as the RAM in iPad 2? Anyone who knows?
Is the Apple store down for anyone else? I want to pre-order the new iPad.