The bezel on the proposed mini screen size is key to how it can be used. It can be one handed, so wide bezels on the sides aren't needed for adult sized hands.
Wide bezels on the sides will increase the width, and make it less portable.
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Why Apple's 7.85-Inch 'iPad Mini' Isn't a 7-Inch Tablet
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The bezel on the proposed mini screen size is key to how it can be used. It can be one handed, so wide bezels on the sides aren't needed for adult sized hands.
Wide bezels on the sides will increase the width, and make it less portable.
Before u start yelling and screaming read my post again.
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So where's my stylus? I wanna draw and write on my tablet, damnit. Not exist in some ethereal Zone of Self Defined Innovation where the finger is king, because by God we said so.
So if apple "crush" the "android based crap" in the market, exactly how does that give customers choice?
With a smaller tablet you don't need that much room because you don't always hold it with two hands and even with two hands you don't need a big bezel for your thumb. You can hold the sides easily. I have a 7" tablet and the bezel is really oversized for its usage.
Yes. I'm for this.
For me right now, the two things that keep me buying books from Amazon in Kindle format are: (1) More titles; (2) eInk displays that work nicely by the pool.
I think that the iBook store will continue to grow and thus address that first concern more and more. But I still don't enjoy trying to read my iPad out by the pool. If Apple released a super-inexpensive iBook reader for outdoor use - with wifi built in - that synced bookmarks, notes, highlights and reading progress just like any other iOS device - then I'd buy it yesterday.
It's giving people an option to get a $199 tablet that works well as a reader and for many of the functions that a lot of people want tablets for. It's no iPad but it doesn't have to be.
I agree. The new iPads, iPhone 4 and 4S, iPod touch (4th gen) and now MacBooks (Retina Pro and upcoming 13" MBPs?) sport Retina displays. It would be the easiest thing in the world for Apple to make iPad mini with a Retina display as well.
A 7 inch iPad will not easily fit in your pocket (i.e. not a iPod Touch replacement).
And iOS WAS intended for devices larger than phones!?
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So... bezel and button less 7.85" tablet is what you're saying right?
I'm all in for that!
And iOS WAS intended for devices larger than phones!?
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So... bezel and button less 7.85" tablet is what you're saying right?
Probably not -- just narrow side bezels ... I hope.
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A well packed bowl of insight.
Am I the only one who thinks that if an "iPad mini" is introduced, that the iPod Touch should be renamed to "iPad nano"?
The only downside to the Kindle app for iOS is that there's no in-app purchases of books. You need to log on to Amazon's web site to buy the books. Then the app can download them.
But yes, 7" is too big for most people's pants pockets. It may, however, fit in jacket/coat pockets, and it would definitely fit into a purse.
You mean Kindle hardware, right? Amazon has a free Kindle reader app for iOS and other platforms, so you can buy books in Kindle format and read them on your iPad (or whatever you're using). The selection of titles doesn't matter if the app is free, since you'll only pay for what you want. And eInk (obviously) only applies to the hardware.
The only downside to the Kindle app for iOS is that there's no in-app purchases of books. You need to log on to Amazon's web site to buy the books. Then the app can download them.
Depends on the size of your pockets
But yes, 7" is too big for most people's pants pockets. It may, however, fit in jacket/coat pockets, and it would definitely fit into a purse.
Why do you defend poor design?
They wouldn't touch the screen necessarily. That's just what everyone thinks. Most likely, you'd adapt and find a way to make it work. In the end, you'd have a lighter/smaller product or a bigger screen.
Same goes for the iMac 'chin' and everything else.
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And iOS WAS intended for devices larger than phones!?
Well... actually yes, in two ways. First the iOS project had originally began as a tablet project which just happened to be released on a phone first.
But I'm sure you don't like that answer. iOS was redesigned in a few core ways to run on the iPad vs the iPhone. Sure this mostly just consisted in redesigning all the individual apps. Prior to Honeycomb, Android hadn't been designed for tablets. So all those 7" tabs were completely just the phone OS blown up on a tablet. Imagine if every single app on the iPad (stock apps included) were simply x2 of the iPhone apps... yikes!
If they can sell these for $249 or even $299 I'll buy one, maybe two. I've had a removable iPad install in my dashboard since Sept 2010, it works great but it's just a bit too large for my car's cramped center console. I could built a 7" tablet in, and it would look great.
And to those dissing a 7" tablet because "I don't want one," please bear in mind you are not representative of 100% of the population
And to those dissing a 7" tablet because "I don't want one," please bear in mind you are not representative of 100% of the population
Of the images shown I think it is closest to the Nexus with a narrow side and top chin to make single hand hold easier. Like a big iPhone.
I also think it will be one device for many uses. In-car GPS, remote control, educational and kid iPad, oversize iPodTouch, Magic trac pad, mobile media device, voip, skype, and others.
It is a "third generation" pad. 1. iPod Touch, iPhone, 2. iPad, 3. iPad Mini.
I think it might have a dock port on two sides or 802.11ac. I think if it has one dock port it will be on the long side.
Rocketman
I agree Steve's mini iPad talk was largely FUD and mis-direction, with some factoids to stitch it together and add suspended disbelief.
I also think it will be one device for many uses. In-car GPS, remote control, educational and kid iPad, oversize iPodTouch, Magic trac pad, mobile media device, voip, skype, and others.
It is a "third generation" pad. 1. iPod Touch, iPhone, 2. iPad, 3. iPad Mini.
I think it might have a dock port on two sides or 802.11ac. I think if it has one dock port it will be on the long side.
Rocketman
I agree Steve's mini iPad talk was largely FUD and mis-direction, with some factoids to stitch it together and add suspended disbelief.
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Bull. Gruber has been wrong many times. He was one of the Apple fanatic writers who said that the iPad 3 was going to be released last Fall. He was pretty emphatic, then was quiet when fall came and went.
I also am not sure I like that MR is basically rehashing Gruber's post as new information when it is nothing but pure opinion. I don't see it as a rumor either, just one man opining on a rumored smaller iPad (or bigger iPod whatever stance you take).
I don't think very many Steve-is-infallible fanatics actually exist.
Steve is well know to change his mind.
Surely almost all Steve-fanatics know this.
In fact, it may be one of the things that people admire about him since it takes some courage to face the inevitible criticism for doing so.