Apple's new iPad blow by blow blog
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Steve Williams
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IMO it's going to be tough for the other tablets to come close let alone catch up with the iPad. I thought the Ipad2 was amazing but the 3 trumps it
And the new iPad: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57390836-37/apples-new-ipad-first-take/
New quad-core processor, LTE and doubling the iPad's screen resolution to 2,048x1,536.
New quad-core processor, LTE and doubling the iPad's screen resolution to 2,048x1,536.
I think Amazon has the right strategy with a cheaper unit to compete. I offered my wife the iPad 2 or Amazon Fire to read her books in color and she opted for the Amazon based on size and ease of integration with their bookstore. For $200, it is easy to dedicate the unit to book reading alone. Not so easy at $500.
Personally I like to get the iPad3 for presentations and picture viewing.
Really wish the rumors of a smaller iPad are true as for a remote control which is my other app for it, it is too big. A high-resolution but smaller unit at lower cost would be a great win.
Steve Williams
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I think you're probably right. I suspect there are a lot of great minds contributing to Apple products, but the vision, the courage, the willingness to fail, that comes from the top, and it almost always comes from a powerful, personal source. A board of directors cannot do it, because it simply can't be done by consensus. Give Apple five years and they'll merely be the best personal computer/consumer electronics company. Their years of being revolutionary are numbered, I'm afraid.
Tim
They are too small. Not looking for something that first in a pocket yet not as big as the iPad. The form factor of the Kindle Fire is very good.
Yeah, I don't think you'll see them making one between the Pad and the Pod. But I see why you might want one.
Tim
Steve Williams
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Sad to say, I agree with Tim. They will still be building reliable evolutionary products rather than the revolutionary products of the Steve jobs era. Also expect it's share price to stabilize and remain consistently boring just as Microsoft's value has plateaued the last several years.
I think it is still too small. If you are reading books or browsing your music library, using it for automation where you see a view of who is at your front door together with the controls for your AV equipment, you want more than 5 inch. Good news is that with Android you get such variety of choices. This is truly a repeat of the Mac vs Windows again with Google/Android playing the role of the latter.
I'm not so sure that either of you is correct. In some ways, the iPad and the iPhone were and are an evolution of the ipod. The ipod and iTunes were revolutionary. However, i hope and believe that Apple has enough highly skilled and talented people to keep pushing the envelope.
Not sure that Microsoft does or ever really did...naturally with the exception of Amir
I'm not so sure that either of you is correct. In some ways, the iPad and the iPhone were and are an evolution of the ipod. The ipod and iTunes were revolutionary. However, i hope and believe that Apple has enough highly skilled and talented people to keep pushing the envelope.
Not sure that Microsoft does or ever really did...naturally with the exception of Amir
What is revolutionary about the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad is not portable music, telephones or tiny computers - all that had been done before, all of that was evolutionary at best - the revolution is the user interface and the proliferation of useful, fun, extraordinary...and cheap applications.
Tim
There !! You have likely touched upon the reason of Apple success... Before iTunes there were mp3 downloads .. before the IPod a plethora of mp3 players which is what at the end an iPod is and before the iPhone countless of "smartphones" However Apple User Interface and by that I don't necessarily mean the Graphical user Interface although it is a big part of the User Interface, changed all that make of these an integral items of everyday life by being easy to use .. The original iPod didn't require a manual to be used .. You knew how to raise volume or change tracks by just looking at the wheel .. Apple user interface remains superior and incredibly attractive....and for most people, evident
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