Apple iPad buyers / Owners thread (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

I think he's saying that HP's Summer is the rest of the world's 1Q next year.


Or this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/ipad-3-2011-2

 

[DaveF]

Actually, he's got a new essay that explains it. My kind of wild-eyed guessery


http://daringfireball.net/2011/02/the_next_six_months

• An iPad 2, fairly soon. Say, a March announcement, shipping in the first week of April. Faster, more RAM, maybe more storage, thinner and lighter, a front-facing camera.1 Running iOS 4.3.
  
• iOS 5, announced at a developer event in March, shipping in June.
  
• iPad 3, shipping in September, announced at the annual iPod event. Running iOS 5.1, same as the next-generation iPod Touch.
  

His overall argument is a more refined version of something I speculated on earlier: April is a bad time for the iPad release cycle because it conflicts with Christmas shopping. But where I suggested that the ipad and iPhone releases would be swapped, Gruber speculates the ipad gets moved to the Fall with the iPod refreshes. I'm with him on moving the iPad to the Fall. But I don't like it in that it bunches up two major release events. I'm convinced that Apple likes to spread out the events to focus media coverage. Forcing the media to decide whether to cover a major iPod refresh or an iPad refresh seems un-Apple like. So I think Apple, if they change the iPad refresh cycle, they'll swap it with the other product line it covers.


Unless Gruber is right on his other point: Apple will move to a biannual iPad cycle. I don't know. He says Apple wants to move the hardware as fast as possible. To date, in 10? years of Jobs, they've never done that. They've always had a relaxed refresh rate compared to everyone else. Even in fast moving areas, like phones, they keep the iPhone to annual instead of biannual. I have trouble seeing the iPad moving to a twice-yearly revision.

 

[Sam Posten]

Remember he is good but not infallible. Still waiting for the Bluray 27" iMac he called for... 2 revs later and no sign of it.

 

[DaveF]

Definitely. And this is very crazy speculation, without any sources on it. I think he's wrong. Apple will not move to a biannual iPad release. They won't release a RetinaDisplay ipad 3 six months after the ipad2. It's completely contrary to their behavior.


But I wouldn't mind being wrong

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Not to be nitpicky, but don't you mean semi-annual, not bi-annual? Was a little confusing -- and you kept saying bi-annual...


_Man_

 

[DaveF]

They mean the same thing.

http://www.google.com/search?q=biannual


And there's no hyphen in biannual

 

[DaveF]

TechCrunch piles on, saying inside sources say there will be an iPad 3 this Fall. They are emphatic that they're not merely guessing, but have solid information on it.


http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/ipad-3/


I'm still quite dubious.

 

[Ted Todorov]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveF

Definitely. And this is very crazy speculation, without any sources on it. I think he's wrong. Apple will not move to a biannual iPad release. They won't release a RetinaDisplay ipad 3 six months after the ipad2. It's completely contrary to their behavior.


But I wouldn't mind being wrong

I gotta agree with you, and not because of the 6 month thing, but because even with the $4B investment I don't think that 10" retina displays will be feasible in the fall of 2011 -- still too early. I'm guessing not before 2012.

Meanwhile, in the other direction, we are getting iPhone Nano rumors. With all the smoke, it would appear that Apple is at least thinking about broadening their iP* product selection.

 

[DaveF]

Saw the iPhone nano rumors. That seems silly. Who wants a *smaller* iPhone? If anything, Apple needs to work on a 4.5" iPhone (and a 1200 x 800 Retina Display for it).

 

[Dave Scarpa]

I'll still take a 7" Ipad if Apple wants to make one. I recently picked up a Nook Color and Jailbreaked it, its a pefect size for carrying around, the Ipad is just a tad too large. So if Apple ever wants to make ome I'm there, the next refresh camera and facetime abilty I would not use so I guess I'm waiting to Ipad 3 before I trade off my 1st gen 3G

 

[Steve_Tk]

I would definately consider a 7" iPad also.

 

[EricW]

and since Jobs stepped down (he has right?) he doesn't have to admit his mistake regarding 7" tablets

 

[TonyD]

I thought he was on sick leave.

 

[DaveF]

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/19/ipad_3_with_retina_display_new_device_sized_between_ipad_and_ipod_in_apples_pipeline.html More rumors about a September iPad 3 with double-res screen. And some interesting rumors and speculation and larger iPod touches or smaller iPads. 

 

[Sam Posten]

Let me just say if there are 2 iPad launches this year, I'll buy one of each.


But, this could make iPad2 a lot more interesting!

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/20/could-the-ipad-2-be-getting-light-peak/

 

[Steve_Tk]

Why would the iPad need a light?

 

[DaveF]

Light Peak is a USB replacement.


iPad rumors are out of hand. I've seen rumors for: 2", 3", 4", 5", 6", 7", and 10" devices.

There will be one or two iPads released this year. Apple will maintain or change its annual schedule, keeping the iPad schedule in the Spring or moving it to the Fall. There will be normal and / or double-pixel resolutions. It has a mystery port which is an SD slot, a USB slot, nothing, or a Light Peak port.


Sam, you're not buying one, or even two, iPads this year. You're buying about 49 different iPads

 

[Michael_K_Sr]

Intel to roll out 'Light Peak' tech Thursday

 

[Sam Posten]

giggiddy!

 

[EricW]

iPad 2 announcement on Mar 2!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/apple-holding-ipad-2-event-next-week/