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Steve Jobs Criticizes 7-Inch Tablets, Says 10-Inches Minimum

Is Steve dissing the iPhone and iPod as well since they are much smaller then a 10" tablet?

I love my iPad but I'm not sure if I understand why touchscreen can work on a 3.5" mobile device but not on a 7" tablet. Personally I'm kind of glad I have a iPad at 10" because to me that was the whole point to having one.
 
I've said all along, "Go big or go home!"

I'd like to be able to rip my 15" MBP screen off and create an iPad out of it. :D
 
So how many here still want a 7" iPad?

I recall many posters on these forums saying they wanted one?

Do you still want one?

I personally would like a larger screen if anything. Always have done.
 
I would rather a 5" iPod Touch over a 7" iPad. A 5" would be bigger real estate but still pocketable.
 
From Steve Jobs' QA session

Steve: One of these days we'll eventually learn the Android numbers, and I imagine we'll compete with them for a very long time. But we have very different approaches -- ours is to make devices that just work.
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Ouch..
 
MacRumors said:
This effectively kills persistent rumors that Apple was planning on creating a 7" iPad in the near future. Apple has been known to experiment with different form factors and has even been suspected of creating multiple prototypes to throw off competitors.
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Well it wouldn't be the first time for Jobs to trash competing product based on some random feature, only to make a 180° turn when Apple announces a product that has that particular feature :D
 
Steve must've heard some of the rumors - and he's shutting them up for good. I for one like the 9.7" form factor (as do so many others). I'm glad there will be no 7". Now, about that 4" iPhone.... :cool:
 
No 7" for me thanks.

I already have an iPod Touch and BB Torch in my pocket....I would never want a smaller iPad screen. To me it makes no sense.


7" is too big to put in your pocket and too big for using in my car connected to my stereo.

I'd still need a phone (and that has to be BB because its the best system, IMO) so a 7" iPad doesn't make too much sense.

Unless the price of the iPad 7" was $299 then I'd consider it for a 2nd one for my family.
 
Having used my iPad and iPhone 4 I think a 7" iPad could work. Especially with a retina type display and if you read a lot of books.

Try travelling on the subway a lot reading from an iPad. The Kindle just looks like a better size.

There's no way Apple will never release one, but based on the comment from Jobs just don't expect one soon.
 
NO, no, no! Don't use this as an excuse to trash iPhones!

The smaller screen works for iPhones because of the apps on it that work well in that size.

The 10" screen works well for iPads because of the specialized apps on it that work well in that size (and would not work as well on an iPhone).

What will the 7" tablets run? Blown-up phone apps that look ugly? Crunched down tablet apps that don't run touch very well because of the squeezing?

It would be fine if 7" tablets came out and then there was a dedicated development ecosystem that created apps specialized for the 7" screens. I'm sure the Android tablet makers are hoping for just that. Maybe that will happen. Steve Jobs bets it won't.

I don't bet against Steve Jobs.

A year from now when all the me-toos are switching to 10" and higher, those developers who dove into the 7" market are going to be pissed. Unless Steve Jobs is wrong about this.

I don't guess against Steve Jobs.
 
Not sure what's funnier...people buying this BS statement from Steve or the irony in that Apple is famous for dissing what competitors are doing and then adopting it later on down the road. Video ipods, copy/paste, hell... half the features that were added in iOS 4.0 were once dissed by Steve.

The irony in his statement is that he's also dissing the iPhone now, but of course he knows the Apple fanatic retards won't notice that. "Too small for apps, eh?" Well, doesn't Apple make a smaller iPad...oh yea, it's called iPhone and iPod. Way to go.

I, for one, was looking forward to a 7" tablet. After playing with a Galaxy S and the iPad, the iPad is just huge to me. You absolutely cannot hold the thing comfortably with one hand (hence why the commercials show people sitting them on their lands) for more than 5-10 minutes without it becoming heavy.

Whereas, the 7" Galaxy is small enough to grip and be comfortable, while at the same time offering a pretty good amount of screen real estate.

His statement doesn't really mean crap if you go by traditional Apple history. At the MOST, it just means we MIGHT not see that option in the near future, but it certainly doesn't mean it's not happening.
 
GOOD. Put that crap rumor to rest. 7" is ridiculous for a computer platform. The iPT is not enjoyable for video;maybe it is enjoyable for kiddies, but give us more.

12 or 13" iPads would be nice. I think 15" and up are pretty ridiculous for portable work, but they work nice on the dock as a desktop. In a few years they'll get the sizes right for a portable-desktop iPad computer. It'll be wondrous.
 
emotion said:
Having used my iPad and iPhone 4 I think a 7" iPad could work. Especially with a retina type display and if you read a lot of books.

Try travelling on the subway a lot reading from an iPad. The Kindle just looks like a better size.
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I've seen both on trains and they both look fine. The advantage of the iPad is you get more words on a screen, so they look better. But both are big enough to require holding the same way. A 7" would be more like a Kindle in the amount of words you could see at once, but what's the point of that? Just get a Kindle.
 
Well bummer. I was hoping for the 7 inch Ipad with the accompaning lower price point.
 
appleguy123 said:
This doesn't confirm anything. Steve dissed his future projects throughout history.
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I don't think in the past he has totally eviscerated the argument about a particular issue such as video on an iPod, or a Kindle, or a phone as he did with the 7" display.

There's a difference between saying that nobody reads and point by point taking down a particular screen size on issues ranging from resolution issues to software to user experience.
 
I think the current size is just about right, but wouldn't complain about a slightly larger one. Never thought the 7 incher was likely, but I'm sure Apple went through many sizes in development.

Sure would like that 4 inch iPhone, though.......

John B.
 
Steve at a new product introduction some time next year:

"I did say that a 7" iPad will be difficult for application developers to work with last year. However, we solved all these issues with the great retina display on our new 7" iPad..."
 
Good. I just don't see how a 7" is worthwhile. I'd like to see larger size tablets. The current iPad size feels like bare minimum to me. Plus the silly widescreen format for screens might hopefully die away also. Please, I want a tablet screen to emulate a piece of paper, not my hdtv.
 
NebulaClash said:
I've seen both on trains and they both look fine. The advantage of the iPad is you get more words on a screen, so they look better. But both are big enough to require holding the same way. A 7" would be more like a Kindle in the amount of words you could see at once, but what's the point of that? Just get a Kindle.
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I've used all these on crowded trains. Trust me a 7" would work.

One reason the me too android tablets are all going 7" is that Gingerbread hasn't landed yet. A blown up phone looks ok on 7" (kinda).

I'm not saying that 9.6" is bad and I love my iPad but there is a point in a 7" form factor.
 
Oh well, I was holding off on this version for the 7"
No problem, I will still get the next version next year.
 
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