I wonder if that will actually come to life. If so,I wonder if possibly reduced specs will be worth it.
I thought Jobs always said they wouldn't bring out a smaller form-factor because there wasn't a market for it or something. I think people would buy it.
Some of my favorites: Instapaper lets you save webpages so you can view them later, great for the wi-fi versions or when you don't want to waste bandwidth. Air Playit HD lets you stream video and audio from your PC to your ipad If you have hbo, HBOgo for access to all their past and present content. VidRhythm is a fun app that makes music videos with the ipads video camera, made by the people who created Rock Band. Kindle, Nook, Stanza, Audible, Comics, for book readers. There are a bunch of board game reviews for IOS on Boardgamegeek.com Some of my favorites include Ascension, Puerto RicoHD , Neuroshima Hex, Dominion, Carcassonne, Assasins Creed Recollection, Battle for Wesnoth and Dungeon Crawlers Non-board game related there is Angry Birds, Minecraft PE, Fruit Ninja and there are always new apps being released. Just spend some time browsing the App store top charts.
There would be a market for it, if, oh say, it was bundled with the new TV and functioned as its remote...
I played around with the new iPad today at the Apple store and I was underwhelmed. I thought it was going to be amazing but it really isn't that much of an improvement. It is definitely thicker and heavier and you can notice the difference. Didn't seem all that faster than the iPad 2, and the retina display is neat but I never really had a problem with the display on the ipad 2. I suppose I was expecting to be wowed by the screen but I wasn't. The better camera also doesn't matter because really who is going to go around taking pictures and recording with an iPad? You look like a douche.
Kind of agree. Coworker bought one Friday at lunch and had it side by side with my iPad 2. Screen was a bit brighter but not anything major. I guess if you have a 1 or want a first iPad it's worth it for the LTE but if you just want wifi I would buy a cheaper 2.
If you were buying one for the first time and you are willing to drop 400 on the iPad 2 I think you should go ahead and buy the 3rd generation. If you already have a 2, there might be less reason to buy a 3rd gen. Have to disagree about the screen though. Comparing it some friends' older ipads, there is a noticeable difference, particularly when you get into web pages and text (which is where I'd be getting the most use anyway). And HD movies are pretty outstanding.
Dude are you blind. He screen is night and day. Text, web pages, emails, apps, pics, videos are incredibly sharp. The screen is a huge differences over the iPad 2.
I was one of those 'tablets arent for me' types... but the new iPad is really nice, i mean... really nice I will exercise all my discipline to not drop almost 800 for it i'll see how long i can go
Not blind. Just underwhelmed. If that quarter of a second is that important to you then spend the extra money. I don't think it's worth it personally
There is a very large difference in the screen resolution. The screen is simply amazing. I think it'd be silly for an iPad 2 owner to upgrade but someone getting one for the first time should definitely put up the extra 100.
That is my situation, went from no iPad to the new iPad. The screen is nice - makes non-hi-res sources look like crap.
Just got the new one yesterday. Compared it side-to-side with my (okay, now my wife's) iPad 2, and the new iPad's screen, although incredibly sharp, is not as bright as the older iPad. Plus, the high res display is bluer/cooler. My wife and mother-in-law (both non-techie types) both preferred the iPad 2. I like the new display, as there is finally no longer any quality drop-off going from the my iPhone 4 to the iPad.
Not everyone can tell the difference between the display. Granted once more applications come out to make use of it the difference will probably be greater. But for now.. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iox5Q2nWi-Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I think what they are showing people in that video (plain color desktop with nothing but a few icons) would make it more difficult to see the difference.
That is a rather intellectually dishonest comparison. The film crew should show people epub readers (iBooks or Kindle), websites, and high-res photos and ask them to compare. Take the same game or website or text heavy application that has been updated and ask them to choose. Perhaps even use Sketchbook Pro. Even then, not all people will note the difference. But that is more honest than asking people to note the difference between wallpapers and app icons. The retina screen is very nice. Text is the most amazing thing so far. I can see content providers employing a wider range of fonts and background patterns, now that the screen can handle them. Of course images and art assets not up to the screen look a little fuzzy. Textures that used to look great no longer do. So it is back to the stock image site/Photoshop for many. I am sure app developers are scrambling to get up to snuff. As someone noted earlier, websites are gonna have to push larger images to keep things looking nice. Jeffrey Zeldman was going on about this on his last podcast.
