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Live Coverage of Apple's October 2013 iPad and Mac Event [Event Ended]

thisisdallas said:
Some sort of surprise upgrade to iOS 7 for iPad would be really nice. My only real complaint with iOS 7 at this point is the fact that it isn't really optimized for the iPad and wastes lots of space.
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I agree, although I don't hold out much hope. It actually runs pretty well on both my 3 and Mini, unlike some people's experience, but there's no denying the amount of wasted screen estate is getting ridiculous.
 
I can't wait to see which pre-existing product they slap a minor tweak on and over price the hell out if it!
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As someone who can't afford a new Mac Pro, or rMBP, or Mac Mini, or iPad, or even iPad Mini... I'll be looking forward to the Mavericks release date lol
 
Here's hoping for glitch-free streaming from my iPad. The event happens during my lunch hour here at work and is unavailable on my HP Laptop.
 
All I want is a 12" iPad with a keyboard cover, touch ID, all updated apps, built in projector, all in a 1 pound thin device. Everything else is gravy. :D
 
MyBodyIsReady said:
I'm super pumped!

Finally, a retina iPad mini...

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People in love with Apple b/c they are releasing a retina mini but Apple intentionally held back retina screens in order to squeeze a few extra hundred $ out of its loyal, faithful customer base. And now we cheer them. Apple customers are like battered wives.
 
What happened to iPhone 5 will happen to iPad 5 & iPad mini 2. There screen size will grow from 2048 x 1136 to 2280 x 1136.

When I was working on my App Wallax (still in review), which generates Wallpapers for iPad & iPhone, I noticed something peculiar. When I set a wallpaper on iPad, it did not fit the screen. It was slightly movable by 160 points. No such thing happened in iPhone, the wallpaper was fitting the screen.
While rumours of October 22 iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 event is around, I believe that the developers have left a clue in iOS 7 about the iPad 5 & iPad Mini 2's new increased screen size.
I think the thing that happened to iPhone 5 is going to happen to iPad 5. For the first time iPad screen size is going to change.
One more reason that makes me to strongly believe this is that iPhone 4 is becoming deprecated. With iOS 8 it will be completely out. Currently the developers have to support both iPhone 5 & iPhone 4 screen sizes. Going forward they will have to develop only for iPhone 5 screen size and next versions.
The apps developed only for iPhone still runs on iPad. iOS 7 uses the Retina assets of the iPhone-only apps to improve the 2x mode even on non-Retina devices. Interestingly, Apple doesn’t even provide the 1x/2x toggle on non-Retina devices such as the iPad mini and iPad 2. This shows that Apple has given some serious thought to usability of iPhone only apps on iPad.
Currently only the iPhone 4 version is displayed in the iPad, main reason is that only iPhone 4 screen version (small screen 640 x 960) fits into the iPad screen size (768 x 1024). If iPhone 4 becomes deprecated, developers will only develop for iPhone 5 screen size(1136 x 640). There will not be a iPhone 4 version to display on iPad and also iPhone 5 version will not fit into iPad. Its high time for Apple to increase the iPad screen size from 1024 x 768 to more than 1136 x 768. I believe that change is coming with iPad 5 & iPad Mini 2.
 
Wow has anyone checked the Apple website, full page news about the event and keynote. They have never done that before.
 
Steviejobz said:
People in love with Apple b/c they are releasing a retina mini but Apple intentionally held back retina screens in order to squeeze a few extra hundred $ out of its loyal, faithful customer base. And now we cheer them. Apple customers are like battered wives.
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We're cheering because we didn't get it last year and speak for yourself. They didn't get me. I purposely didn't buy the mini because I knew the retina mini was coming. Also plenty of people were and still are perfectly happy with their iPad mini. So what about those who don't want to upgrade?
 
Bare said:
Woooooooooooo!

PLEASE Have a black-on-black iPad option -- I've been dreaming of a larger iPad mini since I first saw this leak:

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Hate to disappoint you, but 'gunmetal' black will be replaced with 'space gray', just like iPhone
 
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