New iPad like product

[Send72nj]

Anyone think there will be a new iPad like product this year? Maybe a mash of an iPad meets MacBook air? Seems strange apple didn't up the storage of the ipad2.

 

[saving107]

The new MacBook Air is the mash-up of the iPad and a MacBook Pro (Ultra Portable with instant on, plus full Mac OS X)

 

[Halon X]

The new MacBook Air is the mash-up of the iPad and a MacBook Pro (Ultra Portable with instant on, plus full Mac OS X)

Not quite.....

 

[goMac]

Not quite.....

That's certainly what Apple said...

 

[Send72nj]

Just wondering if anyone thinks there is a reason apple didn't follow what they usually do and double, or at least increase the storage on the iPad?

 

[mikethebigo]

Just wondering if anyone thinks there is a reason apple didn't follow what they usually do and double, or at least increase the storage on the iPad?

Doubling the iPad's max storage to 128 gigs would involve using two 64 gig NAND chips. This is simply not feasible currently without eating into their usual profit margins. Maybe next year?

 

[Send72nj]

Doubling the iPad's max storage to 128 gigs would involve using two 64 gig NAND chips. This is simply not feasible currently without eating into their usual profit margins. Maybe next year?

Could have upped it abit, I would have liked at least 80 gig?

 

[mikethebigo]

Could have upped it abit, I would have liked at least 80 gig?

The memory chips only come in 8, 16, 32, and 64 gb sizes. And they like to pair equal sizes together. 80 is pretty much impossible.

 

[saving107]

Just wondering if anyone thinks there is a reason apple didn't follow what they usually do and double, or at least increase the storage on the iPad?

They don't increase the memory as often as you might think:

Original iPhone 4/8GB (a 16GB modeled was released 8 months later)
iPhone 3G - 16/32GB
iPhone 3GS - 16/32GB
iPhone 4 - 16/32GB

iPod nano 1st - 2/4GB
iPod nano 2nd - 2/4/8GB
iPod nano 3rd - 4/8GB
iPod nano 4th - 8/16GB
iPod nano 5th - 8/16GB
iPod nano 6th - 8/16GB

iPad - 16/32/64GB
iPad 2 - 16/32/64GB

 

[xraytech]

the memory chips only come in 8, 16, 32, and 64 gb sizes. And they like to pair equal sizes together. 80 is pretty much impossible.

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