Its very possible that Apple wants to get away from these number-naming-schemes, as they're serving less to differentiate from older versions, and more to confuse status among their own product lines.
The casual observer takes little notice of when a product was first introduced, so numbering schemes like, AppleTV2, iPad 3, iPhone 4S, iOS 6....a bit whack, and a headache for the average joe.
I say, get away from it. Let the software have numbers. Let the hardware have names.
iPad HD sounds great.
next iPhone? iPhone HD? Maybe.
This AppleTV refresh? AppleTV HD
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iTunes is expected to be updated with 1080p video to serve....and they're also getting into what they called "HD" music?
Sounds like iTunes HD is coming our way too.
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Rumblings of Retina Display Macs/Macbooks this year? MacBook HD anyone?
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Next year, they think of something else to totally re-identify the new models.
The casual observer takes little notice of when a product was first introduced, so numbering schemes like, AppleTV2, iPad 3, iPhone 4S, iOS 6....a bit whack, and a headache for the average joe.
I say, get away from it. Let the software have numbers. Let the hardware have names.
iPad HD sounds great.
next iPhone? iPhone HD? Maybe.
This AppleTV refresh? AppleTV HD
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iTunes is expected to be updated with 1080p video to serve....and they're also getting into what they called "HD" music?
Sounds like iTunes HD is coming our way too.
-----
Rumblings of Retina Display Macs/Macbooks this year? MacBook HD anyone?
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Next year, they think of something else to totally re-identify the new models.