I'm just hoping that the rMini being released this fall has an improved screen that is similar to the Air.
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Apple Suppliers Gearing Up to Produce New iPads, Larger Model to Feature Anti-Reflective Coating
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Also rumor has it they'll cut on-board storage to 4GB because we "can stream everything from the cloud"
Lastly, I hear they're taking the battery out because it takes up most of the space inside. By removing it- while the iPad will no longer work without a battery case (sold separately, and requiring a proprietary license from Apple)- it does allow them to make the iPad itself even thinner.
Of course, to all 3 rumors, we still pay the same price for this much thinner iPad itself.
I have one too. It works great when you can take your time to position the required zoom box. But it is nothing compared to an active stylus that allows palm rejection...
There is no 5.5" i....
... errr um... wait. Nevermind.
Still not funny, considering you've said this in every iPhone related post.
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Safari is snappier.
And I replied to that user with the same thing. Tired of seeing their comments here.
If this is true, "anti-glare" would be a better description than "anti-reflective." I always laugh when I walk past someone using an iPad or a Mac laptop, and I can see the entire world reflected in their screen.... just can't read what's on the screen. It makes me wonder how they can with all those lights and glare reflected on their screen?
Apple should never have abandoned the "anti-glare" market. Sure, charge $50 more for the coating, but at least offer consumers A CHOICE.
Oh, wait, this is Apple we're talking about, where their choice is the ONLY choice.
(Yes, I use Apple products, but I buy PowerSupport anti-glare screen protectors for every product.)
Apple should never have abandoned the "anti-glare" market. Sure, charge $50 more for the coating, but at least offer consumers A CHOICE.
Oh, wait, this is Apple we're talking about, where their choice is the ONLY choice.
(Yes, I use Apple products, but I buy PowerSupport anti-glare screen protectors for every product.)
I'd really love to learn how they can make an anti-reflective coating on a screen that's meant to be touched.
If I touch the AR screen on my iMac, the fingerprints pretty much nix the anti-reflective effect and they stand out like sore thumbs. Pun intended.
It'll be interesting to see how it's done. Apple tends to not do things unless they work reasonably well, after all. Usually.
If I touch the AR screen on my iMac, the fingerprints pretty much nix the anti-reflective effect and they stand out like sore thumbs. Pun intended.
It'll be interesting to see how it's done. Apple tends to not do things unless they work reasonably well, after all. Usually.
Yes me too! Mom is in a nursing Home that has wireless & at 89 she sure could use a larger screen! She's been on the net for years now.
With a larger screen she could enjoy my video accounts & video chat with Skype etc....
That's my wish!
The only reason to upgrade from my iPad 4 is the weight.
Sad state of affairs for Apple investors. They definitely need an innovation injection. Maybe iTime will do it...meh.
Sad state of affairs for Apple investors. They definitely need an innovation injection. Maybe iTime will do it...meh.
standard practice when you aren't certain your rumor is correct. You trump up issues so if you are wrong it wasn't your fault
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thats what it sounds like but i'm not buying it. They are moving to have the two lines basically the same but for size and this is definitely a feature that would be of high value on all sizes. heck for the mini perhaps even more if the point is to make it easier to read even outside. the mini's size makes it more 'kindle' like and more likely to be used as an ebook reader.
hopefully this anti reflective coating is also even more oleophobic and is going on top of displays with better backlighting etc.
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if Apple feels that is really that important. Something tells me they might not. perhaps some degree of pressure but not the 100s that the Note etc like to spec wank.
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the investors need the stock price to go up. innovation isn't necessarily needed for that. just strong sales. they could release an iPad air and Mini that are basically identical to the current but with a slightly faster processor and touch id and get sales. If they managed to demo something mad crazy like the console Disney Infinity on the iPad, or Nintendo giving in and releasing classic super mario on iOS etc that could be enough to win a lot of sales.
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That has been my number one wish as far as ipads are concerned from the very beginning.
I've tried a number of programs and styluses with my ipad air and I don't find any of them good enough to take notes during lectures and talks. I think a pressure sensitive active stylus is what's needed for this. I don't know how big of a demand for something like this would be but I'm pretty sure it would be a hit in education. I regularly teach fairly large classes (100+ ppl) and I always make a point to see what my students are using to take notes. Many have some kind of tablets but few use them to take notes during lectures and the ones that do are those with android tablets (mostly galaxy notes I think).
But I don't have much hope that Apple will actually do this, certainly not any time soon. It's clear that they don't view this as important - they don't even sell styluses at Apple stores.
It's the same as those people claiming that Apple intentionally leaks parts in order to create buzz for new products. It has never been proven and in all cases the people that say these things are just repeating things they heard on blogs such as this one to appear to sound smart or "know what is happening when it is about Apple". Logical thinking is a rarity in these cases.
Back in the day people used to care about the quality and measured tested specifications of the microphone and speaker output, noise levels, output curves, stuff like that. Back in the day when average Joes knew how to do math with paper and pencil, understood why there was a "-" in front of dB -- and the slightly better than average Joes soldered together circuitry for fun... well I guess those were the days.
If Apple today tried to mainstream advertise comparison microphone response curves they'd get essentially 98% blank stares. I guess Apple, in understanding the intelligence of their average consumers in today's world, made them as successful as they are.
So there ARE great things they could still do with hardware - it's just that they wouldn't sell any more product to today's average Joes by doing those things. Average Joes today want BIG, BRIGHT SHINY and PRETTY!! And that has already been done. And now that I think about it, not a whole lot of guys are named Joe any more anyway.