The Next Six Months
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The Next Six Months
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#2If Apple does have two separate iPad releases in 2011, I definitely think the first announcement will replace the current iPad and the next announcement will be a product that augments the iPad line, an HD or Pro model, as Gruber predicts. But I sincerely doubt there will be two different iPad announcements this calendar year.
Ever since Gruber's initial review of the iPad, I've been intrigued by the possibility of a Pro model with more RAM and possibly some extra horsepower. Again, it doesn't seem like Apple's plan though.
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#3If Apple does have two separate iPad releases in 2011, I definitely think the first announcement will replace the current iPad and the next announcement will be a product that augments the iPad line, an HD or Pro model, as Gruber predicts. But I sincerely doubt there will be two different iPad announcements this calendar year. Ever since Gruber's initial review of the iPad, I've been intrigued by the possibility of a…
While better specs certainly never hurt, I've never heard any iPad users complain processing power or RAM. iOS does memory management seamlessly (if I didn't understand how it worked, I probably wouldn't even notice it) and the interface is notably responsive.
I'm sure the new version will have a spec bump. Whatever that ends up meaning (dual core, faster, more RAM), it will continue to be plenty.
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#4I wrote an entire comment about how great it is for Apple to work in secret and release and "blitzkrieg" the competition. But it turns out Apple announced their iPhone ~Jan 2007 and it shipped ~June 2007.
So why did HP announce their entire 2011/2012 line up and direction of products without a price and or release date?
I think that this means HP has stake holders breathing down their neck, and they had to publicly show their hand asap. Thoughts?
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#5If you're an iPad/iPhone developer: How does the prospect of a new iPad being on the horizon affect your development/product strategy?
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#6"Apple was willing to announce it months in advance because they had no competition..."
What? They announce the first version of a product early because, being the first, it can't stop people from buying the previous version. If they announced the new iPad now, iPad 1 sales would tank.
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#7If Apple does have two separate iPad releases in 2011, I definitely think the first announcement will replace the current iPad and the next announcement will be a product that augments the iPad line, an HD or Pro model, as Gruber predicts. But I sincerely doubt there will be two different iPad announcements this calendar year. Ever since Gruber's initial review of the iPad, I've been intrigued by the possibility of a…
While better specs certainly never hurt, I've never heard any iPad users complain processing power or RAM. iOS does memory management seamlessly (if I didn't understand how it worked, I probably wouldn't even notice it) and the interface is notably responsive. I'm sure the new version will have a spec bump. Whatever that ends up meaning (dual core, faster, more RAM), it will continue to be plenty.
The current iteration could stand some more RAM (and/or Safari could be smarter about how it purges its page cache). With the latest version of iOS, I can only keep a single page in memory at a time and reloading pages when hopping between two is less than desirable.
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#8I wrote an entire comment about how great it is for Apple to work in secret and release and "blitzkrieg" the competition. But it turns out Apple announced their iPhone ~Jan 2007 and it shipped ~June 2007. So why did HP announce their entire 2011/2012 line up and direction of products without a price and or release date? I think that this means HP has stake holders breathing down their neck, and they had to publicly s…
only reason Apple announced six months in advance was the the FCC approval process, being public the iPhone would've been out in any case whether Apple announced or not.
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#9I wish HP and RIM get their act together. Four competing platforms plus the Web, will make this new era much more interesting than the times of the Wintel monoculture.
In each application space we will see many contenders. The 'standard' solution for each platform and then ports. But I think there will not be a 'standard' solution, because the common denominator the Web will enforce open operability of data. Vendor lock-in from app producers will be weak. Same with OS: only marginal vendor lock-in. This will be a blast.
And then we still have the web as a bonus.
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#10If you're an iPad/iPhone developer: How does the prospect of a new iPad being on the horizon affect your development/product strategy?
compatibility has been pretty good, so unless you were to target an app with specific new features it wouldn't affect much.