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Next iPad Thinner with Camera and Mini USB?
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Sorry for the eyeroll - i shouln't have posted it
you are not wrong, of course. However, I still believe an USB port would be nice to have, also for other things, like for example being able to connect a USB stick, or something.
Wireless is the way to go.
Wireless transfer/sync iOS devices and Macs using "AirStream".
Wireless charging using induction technology (www.powermat.com).
Wireless transfer/sync iOS devices and Macs using "AirStream".
Wireless charging using induction technology (www.powermat.com).
It's not HTML5 or Flash - there are plenty of ways to embed video without using flash, and professional/competent developers should create sites that detect plug-ins and deliver content accordingly so if flash isn't present for video playback, a quicktime version is displayed. It's not rocket science.
It's a sign of lazy developers - the equivalent of those who four or five years ago specified what browser and screen resolution was required instead of doing the job properly.
Which of the sites you visit regularly use flash for anything important other than video playback?
It would be great if one could connect a digital camera via USB to do some photo editing on the fly.
You already can with the camera connection kit and adobe photoshop online. Simples.
That's a given, it's happened with every new apple product revision. Everytime a new top end is released, the lower end models all move down a model at the previous price points.
Sure, for, ah, I dunno... 29 Extra $ and yet another external adapter
lol - so you want extra functionality, and don't want to pay for it. "Another external adapter"? There's only the ones in the kit (if you buy it).
Product refreshes will less be more than annual - so a year from the first revision at the least. Apple have never revised a product's physical spec within a year of launch.
What ?
Seriously What ?
That's like the Chewbacca defense argument - it makes no sense.
You can not have a retina display with the same resolution as the current ipad. Realistically and for apps to scale properly it would have to be 2048x1536 which simply does not exist in a screen of 9.7" at this time. The argument for retina display is utterly moribund at this stage.
You seem to have misunderstood the post you quoted. I think he meant that it should have the same resolution i.e. total pixel count as the current iPad but with the higher dpi of the retina display which would result in an overall smaller and lighter device. I'm all fot it!
USB port is going to become an issue, certainly with the iphone when the European Charging laws kicks in. And an adaptor I believe will not cut it with the new law.
The funny thing is that USB will be handy for charging but is going to become less of an issue over time for data connection.
Apple/Jobs has already hinted at in an interview that Wireless syncing is coming - IOS5? and TBH ideally the iphone and DEFINITELY the iPad need to and I am sure will become independent devices. Self updating etc.
Screen will remain the same res. no point in changing it. It's awesome already.
Battery up 20-30%
More RAM
128GB would be nice
Front camera is goign to be a killer. Will buy one for the parents too if that is the case. Proper large screen video calling it's like the jetsons!
The funny thing is that USB will be handy for charging but is going to become less of an issue over time for data connection.
Apple/Jobs has already hinted at in an interview that Wireless syncing is coming - IOS5? and TBH ideally the iphone and DEFINITELY the iPad need to and I am sure will become independent devices. Self updating etc.
Screen will remain the same res. no point in changing it. It's awesome already.
Battery up 20-30%
More RAM
128GB would be nice
Front camera is goign to be a killer. Will buy one for the parents too if that is the case. Proper large screen video calling it's like the jetsons!
Wait, who the hell are these analysts from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley??? Then what about analysts from my local bakery???
I don't miss it at all, it's perfectly functional for me. Then again I block Flash on my desktop too, since I hate Flash.
Yup, that's all I would want. A $499 32GB iPad with 512MB or even 1GB of RAM. I don't even care about the camera, since Facetime in my experience pretty much blows compared to Skype or iChat over XMPP. It seems to require way more bandwidth.
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And the wireless transfer/sync, but that could be added to any iOS device via software update, not just new devices. That's definitely a long time coming. I barely ever sync my iPad, because it's a pain in the ass to be switching out my iPT4, then my iPad. Just detect the damn devices and sync!!
Well, pretty much all the educational sites my daughter's school recommends are flash-heavy.
Yes, there are better ways to do it.
No, the sites in question haven't done it.
However, it's not about Video...
The question is not "is Flash a good technology" - of course it's not, it's not as bad as Apple sometimes claim, but it's not as good as more modern alternatives.
The question is not "Can you do stuff another way" - of course you can, of course, a lot of programmers haven't.
The question is "will Apple make more money by supporting Flash". On the one hand, their current policy is stopping people like me buying 2-3 iPads. On the other hand, they hope that, long-term, they can create such compelling content in their own walled garden that means that:
1: A critical mass of users will come over (best selling smart-phone = approx 1.5% of handset sales.... not sure what percentage of laptop sales the iPad represents, or whether you should class it as laptop/netbook/whatever, but absolute numbers are only big when you fail to compare them to other things that people might do with the same money.)
2: A critical mass of developers will come over. Yes, there are a good number, and some high-quality apps appearing, but compared to MacOS, let alone Windows, there is still a long way to go.
This is my first time saying that I agree an Apple product should be thinner. To me, the current iPad is just a bit too thick. It doesn't have to be wafer thin but would be nice if it was, say, 20% thinner.
-Eric
-Eric
1)USB is still going to be here for a long time...you'd be surprised how many homes still do not have wireless connectivity. And even if the connectivity was there, it's nice to have good old fashioned wired for emergencies.
2)I feel the resolution on the current iPad isn't so great. It will surely get better over time but I'm not paying $500+ for the rez right now (among other things I do not like). I am very excited for Rev 2 next year (not the mini version Apple will release this Fall)
-Eric
Which seems to include a good number of people on here, not to mention most BB employees.
I really hate that we now have mini-USB, (computer peripherals) micro-USB (phones) and sub-micro-USB (cameras) all of which are really about the same size.
I can see Apple putting a mini-USB port in for the same reason they just loosened the App Store submission rules -- to fend off anti-trust probes, esp. in Europe. However, functionality wise, I'd much rather see a bi-directional SD slot.