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Live Coverage of Apple's iPad Mini Media Event [Event Ended]
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Living in the future to such a degree makes it hard for people to do things today. They removed the floppy before I even started using it (was never a fan, flash drives were costly) I still want flash on my iPhone and I use my computers as one in one systems so I need an internal optical drive. The issue is because I want to like all their products, their living in the future can make that hard.
However take the Macbook Pros with their amazing screens, there could be a day where that is more important then having an internet drive that I may not even use that much in the future, I will have to see. Always wanted blu-ray in a mac though.
Don't you think these forums are becoming like the post-debate "spin rooms"? Half the people are here for talking trash to the other guy. Nothing worthwhile gets talked about.
Biggest news of this thing to me was, the "4th generation" iPad. Full-sized got a .5 major upgrade. "We're not taking our foot off the gas." Apple and Samsung doing wheelies out in the parking lot! Drag races out on the highway!
The screen real estate is very optimized in apps, which is where you spend all of your time. The Springboard is a simple app launcher, it works fast and effectively to get to where the real work/play happens ... in an app.
Heck, I generally even move directly between apps with a gesture or evoking the app bar
The reason you spend all your time in the apps is because iOS interface is so primitive. With Android you can use some apps (widgets) without opening apps.
I think to call all marginal improvements of products innovation is unfair... Maybe it's just me becoming disenchanted with Apple's marketing machine that labels everything they do as revolutionary, magic, innovative, best ever, etc and they deliver a faster CPU and a hi-res display.
The RDF ain't what it used to be with Steve around
FusionDrive plus TimeMachine in the new iMac.......I know an audiophile who is gonna be very happy. Very nice that ML is gonna figure out where to put everything; he is a musician who rolls his eyes whenever I talk tech.
On the other hand, if you are buying a Christmas present, some nice dinners (two dinners for two at $65 each, very nice indeed
) won't make up for the disappointment of getting a Nexus 7.Listen everyone, IMPLICIT in every Apple purchase is that I will be cool for NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR knowing I have the latest, best product on earth.
Apple is breaking this code with its customers. MAJOR FAIL
Apple is breaking this code with its customers. MAJOR FAIL
My assumption is simply that the iPad 3 was the only current iProduct which still used the old connection port, and if they had to update that anyways, they felt they may as well give it the speed bump to last a year.
Still can't imagine anyone throwing away their iPad 3 to buy an iPad 4 though.
Still can't imagine anyone throwing away their iPad 3 to buy an iPad 4 though.
It is not really a new trend. Apple has been holding back just enough on the specification side and updating often enough to destroy the resale value of their products when an update rolls out.
Core 2 Duo was bad enough but the iPod Touch was a nightmare and it still does not have GPS.
These are the reasons I sold it and rarely used it:
Screen res/quality - my iPad 3 and iPhone blow everything else out of the water. I'm skeptical about the mini, but am confident they've done other things to make a less dense screen look great....we shall see.
tablet specific apps/apps in general - there wasn't a single app I liked better on Android. Sure the form factor was nicer for games and reading - but they were scaled up phone apps which never took full advantage of the resolution
iOS vs. Android - there wasn't ever a time I thought "oh awesome, I could never do this on an iPad". My use case - so don't quote me as saying this is the way everyone should feel, but I found no benefit (in fact I rather came to appreciate iOS's simplicity even more) using Android.
I'm a Mac guy - all of stuff is always talking to one another. My iPad syncs with my iPhone and my iMac - I can flip a switch and push what's on my iPad/iPhone to my TV via my Apple TVs....I just have a very seamless technological existence that is interrupted when an Android product is introduced. I know there are similar experiences available for Android products, though I don't think to the same degree.
I've just always been happy with the quality, power, customer service and overall ease of use of all my Apple products. My N7 seemed poorly built, which I dismissed because it was a $200 tablet. I'm actually glad Apple prices at a premium - not only do they put more into the build quality (which shows) but the overall experience you get with Apple is second to none. That what you pay for when you pay the "Apple tax". And I for one have no problem with it.
Agreed. Screen didn't get better and devices didn't get lighter. Device is more powerful, but it already has all the power I need for light web surfing and light app use that I normally use it for.
And if I want to upgrade, I can ebay my 3 and buy a 4 and probably only lose about $200 in the process. No big deal.
Are you talking about Apple sticking with USB 2.0 when entire World switched to USB 3.0? Or them sticking with DVD drives when all PCs had BluRay? Or being the last computer manufacturer to switch to Ivy Bridge CPU? So much for "emerging tech".
What do you think Microsoft will add innovation wise? The recent surface tablet didn't introduce anything new.
A lot of people are asking for innovation but they require features that would increase the price so much that it would not be sellable at a reasonable price point.
Alternatively many so called innovations have such a narrow scope of usage that it just doesn't warrant the investment of including it in the final product. Do not forget that Apple is not making the iPad just for you, but for hundreds of millions of people. You can see at Samsung and android what happens when you try to satisfy everyone.
Nothing. Both are products that don't exist.
I know you mean iPad 3rd generation/new iPad and iPad 4th generation. I just wanted to pick you up on your technically incorrect terminology.
Really, what I think Apple is doing here is bring the iPad line into parity with the iPhone. The iPad is, after all, supposed to be the faster, more capable iDevice, sporting the beefier processor, more ram, and better screen. Having it outpaced by the phone every 6 months or so doesn't make sense for them.
I'm thinking from here on out, new iPads and iPhones are going to be announced at the same keynotes side by side.
That took too long, they also had issues with getting an SD card slot in some systems, just basic standards.
I can certainly understand it in a portable computer, the resulting unit is thinner and lighter, therefore, more portable; I just don't get it in a desktop. Especially, if your goal is to have everything in one unit (hence buying an all-in-one), without a collection of external boxes on your desk.
DVDs and CDs may be dying, but they're not dead just yet. I get that eventually they will go the way of the floppy; I just don't think that time is here yet.