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Next iPad to Add Five New Features including USB Port?

Video calling does not work for direct conversation. It is more useful as a passive method of conversation. You set it up, say hi and leave it running while both parties are doing other things about the room. Mostly audio communication but the video comes in when something interesting happens. "Oh let me see".

Its more fun to take a break and watch the other party going about normal activity than to stare at their face. The former gives you a real feeling of being there. The latter reminds you that you are just video conferencing.

I understand the comments about video calling not being useful because I've experienced what they are referring to when trying to have a face to face call. But if people apply the technology differently they might enjoy it more.
 
Nishi100 said:
And anyway, the phrase, "retina display", means: IPS panel, LED backlighting, 300ppi or above at a certain distance.
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No, it really doesn't. Retina display is way more convulted than that. It means : high enough PPI to not distinguish the pixels of the display at a given viewing distance. This is how Steve Jobs described it and it wouldn't make any sense otherwise (the 4th gen iPod Touch has a TN based "Retina" display just to completely destroy your definition).

In the case of a mobile phone that happens to be around 300 ppi. In the case of a TV set, it is around 50 ppi. Yes, that 32" 1080p TV you have is a Retina Display, as long as you sit around 8 meters away.

Basically, all that is required to make the iPad have a "retina" display is to simply "Look at it from further away". Seeing how an iPad is already held farther away from your eyes than a phone is, the PPI could be much lower than the iPhone 4 and still have the "Retina" effect.

I think this is why a lot of us take exception to the gross overuse of the term : most posters using it are using it wrong and have no idea what it really means.
 
I can pretty much guarantee you all that if Apple changes the resolution of the iPad it will be, like the iPhone 4, exactly double its current resolution.

1) If they maintain the aspect ratio and increase the resolution up to anything less than double, they can't scale it like the iPhone 4 otherwise you'll end up with graphic issues -- say they decide to go to 1536x1152 on the iPad, if you have an iPad app with a button on it with uneven dimensions, say 101x101, to upscale it to fit the new resolution it would produce 151.5x151.5, which just can't happen.

2) If they just make a new, higher resolution iPad which isn't necessarily in the same aspect ratio (but could be) iPad developers would have to support the old iPad resolution as well as the new, which is more hassle.

Instead of like on the iPhone where you make an app and just supply high res images and it's automatically scaled up for you on iPhone 4, you'd have to make two nibs, or maybe even two apps for the two different versions of the iPad.

The perfect and only possible resolution increase for the iPad is to 2048x1536 (264 PPI), no more, no less. I hope they can do it, because that'll be magical!
 
The least they should do is a front facing camera. A rear one doesn't looks that necessary to me!
 
Politis said:
As soon as I saw that Murdoch's 'The Times' newspaper hitched up with iPad to make us pay for reading that trash, I knew for certain that iPad is the gadget to make us pay through constant subscriptions, and for everything.
Trash you iPad and stick with what is free.
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I'm so tired of people who want everything for free!

There's nothing wrong with paying for content and apps.

If you don't want Murdoch's content, don't buy it.

But the idea of paying for quality content shouldn't be a bad thing.
 
KnightWRX said:
Yes, that 32" 1080p TV you have is a Retina Display, as long as you sit around 8 meters away.
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:confused::eek::confused: Watching a 32" 8 meters away??? Who would? Or was it kind of a sarcasm demonstrating that all screens are potentially retina displays as long as you watch them from a given distance...??? If I watch mt current iPad 2 meters away, it is surely a retina display as well :D
 
whatever said:
I'm so tired of people who want everything for free!

There's nothing wrong with paying for content and apps.

If you don't want Murdoch's content, don't buy it.

But the idea of paying for quality content shouldn't be a bad thing.
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+1 1000% agree.

I too are tired of the crowed that wants everything for free. Yet, these are the same people that want a pay check... oh wait, the company they work for has to sell something and make a profit so they can have a paycheck. Wow... is that how that works??? :D
 
jmull said:
Who was it that said there's a sucker born every minute? Call me when it has camera's and a zillion other things a real computer has.
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List those zillion other things. Oh and while you're at it, show me the clones that come with a built-in camera that isn't part of an OEM setup.
 
kntgsp said:
Arn....
"Retina" is simply a ppi:distance to user ratio. It is not some magical technology. Stop reinforcing the morons here who continually shriek about "Retina". The resolution required to make an iPad "Retina" and still compatible with the current apps is 2048x1536 at minimum.
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2048x1536 is no small feat. I'd be very impressed if that happens.
 
I think the USB port makes sense, it has been one of the biggest negative points people have brought up against the current iPad.
 
alhal said:
Retina display works out to roughly 2530 x 1898, more onscreen pixels than current 27" displays. Impossible and unnecessary.
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No it doesn't. If you want to use that marketing term, use it right.

Retina is not 326 dpi.

Retina is a combination of viewing distance and resolution that makes you not see the pixels, as per Apple's description. Of course, "not seeing pixels" is not really that scientific.

Retina on iPad could probably mean a dpi as low as 200, when you factor in longer viewing distance.
 
MacGiver said:
:confused::eek::confused: Watching a 32" 8 meters away??? Who would? Or was it kind of a sarcasm demonstrating that all screens are potentially retina displays as long as you watch them from a given distance...??? If I watch mt current iPad 2 meters away, it is surely a retina display as well :D
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In a sense, it's not even sarcasm. Yes, every display can be a "Retina" display if you "Just look at it from further away". But Apple stated that Retina is meant for "normal" viewing distance.
 
powers74 said:
I guess I don't get what you're trying to say.
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In the picture you posted, '326 dpi' and 'Retina display' are listed as seperate display features.

Retina display, as in Apple's vision, happens to be a display with a dpi high enough that you cannot seperate the pixels at a certain viewing distance.

On the iPhone, that's 326.

On the iPad, it's significantly lower.
 
karlwig said:
No it doesn't. If you want to use that marketing term, use it right.

Retina is not 326 dpi.

Retina is a combination of viewing distance and resolution that makes you not see the pixels, as per Apple's description. Of course, "not seeing pixels" is not really that scientific.

Retina on iPad could probably mean a dpi as low as 200, when you factor in longer viewing distance.
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...but the if the pixels are not doubled in both directions, then you have to interpolate older iPad apps, thereby reducing visual quality and increasing CPU strain. Alternatively, you could run them with a black boarder, but that is ugly as well.
 
croooow said:
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This is not going away anytime soon...
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But they did replace it...

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With this...

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And then this
 
MythicFrost said:
I can pretty much guarantee you all that if Apple changes the resolution of the iPad it will be, like the iPhone 4, exactly double its current resolution.

1) If they maintain the aspect ratio and increase the resolution up to anything less than double, they can't scale it like the iPhone 4 otherwise you'll end up with graphic issues -- say they decide to go to 1536x1152 on the iPad, if you have an iPad app with a button on it with uneven dimensions, say 101x101, to upscale it to fit the new resolution it would produce 151.5x151.5, which just can't happen.

2) If they just make a new, higher resolution iPad which isn't necessarily in the same aspect ratio (but could be) iPad developers would have to support the old iPad resolution as well as the new, which is more hassle.

Instead of like on the iPhone where you make an app and just supply high res images and it's automatically scaled up for you on iPhone 4, you'd have to make two nibs, or maybe even two apps for the two different versions of the iPad.

The perfect and only possible resolution increase for the iPad is to 2048x1536 (264 PPI), no more, no less. I hope they can do it, because that'll be magical!
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After reading this I now believe there will be no resoution changes in the current iPad. I was hoping for 1280x960, but now I see how that would make problems, and 2048x1536 would be too expensive and would put the MacBooks to shame. So no I think there will be no changes to resolution until Q1 2013.

Edit: on second thought... I was thinking old iPad apps could be ran in a window kind of with black bars all around the top bottom left right, like when running an iPhone app on an iPad, but then.... Like Steve jobs said the tablet would also need to come with sand paper...

My perfect world....
Q1 2011: apple updates the iPad with the expected changes...
Q1-Q2 2011: apple updates MacBook pros with ultra high resolution displays, with high performance gaming level gpus to drove them. Maybe they will even call it a retina display.....
And apple drops the price of the MacBook to 800. Then Discontinues it.
June 2011: iPhone gets even more thinner and lighter, minor CPU bump. Some other stuff
Fall 2011: iPod touch follows iPhone in it's footsteps, apple launches itunes cloud and wireless syncing, launches apps for apple tv, along with a Bluetooth controller for games.
Q1 2012: iPad gets a dual core, 1gb ram, and some crazy new feature that makes it more like it's running a desktop OS.
June 2012: iPhone finally makes the jump to 4g, retains the 2011 CPU, and some new feature.
Fall 2012: iPod touch follows the iPhone, iPod shuffle, and iPod nano, get built in wifi, for streaming and syncing. iPod shuffle simply straps onto your ear..... Apple tv is exploding as a family/casual game console, apple adds new features to add to that.
October/November 2012: MacBook air gets an even higher resolution displays to match the MacBook pro family, but a higher density on the 11inch. And speedy graphics to power the displays as Mac OS gets more and more games.
Finally Q1 2013: apple makes the jump to 2048x1536 on the iPad. And they will call it the retina display, and everyone will fight over the name retina display again.

Oh and I forgot lion coming summer 2011. And iPad and iPhone will get to verizon somewhere in there, but not exactly sure when or how.

......yea.... I got totally carried away... My bad.
 
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Full of Win said:
So what you are saying is that we should not be expecting an iPad with 4X the pixels, 2X the CPU speed, 2/3 the weight and 2X the battery life.... for 30% less cost? But its so fun to gripe when its not released.
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Wow you are going to be unhappy. ;)
 
Full of Win said:
So what you are saying is that we should not be expecting an iPad with 4X the pixels, 2X the CPU speed, 2/3 the weight and 2X the battery life.... for 30% less cost? But its so fun to gripe when its not released.
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Secretly I'm hoping for them to stick a G5 processor in it. How come i feel like I will be disappointed again?:D
 
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