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Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by mechanical_fish »

ugh wrote: post #31
fourspace wrote: post #10

Love the faster processor, HDMI out and better Safari performance. However, the main reason I'd upgrade my iPad would be for better resolution. Going from my iPhone 4, the iPad's screen just looks like crap. I primarily use the iPad for reading websites and Instapaper, and my guess is that I'm not alone.

Why would you buy the new version of any product only one year after you bought the last version? That seems just crazy to me.

You sell the old one used.

Apple kit holds its value very well, as you would expect from a product that is selling almost as fast as it can be made. Gazelle.com is currently offering me 60% of the retail price of my old iPad. Must... resist...

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by jordanroher »

Tycho wrote: post #32

The piano on Garage Band is touch-sensitive (dynamic volume depending how hard you press)? That almost is, dare I say it... magical. All in all, goalposts shifted once again. Can't wait to see what sort of games hit the AppStore (although I suppose backwards compatibility will hinder the uptake of the '9x better' graphics)

After the iPod Nano watch, I smell the next obvious Apple accessory: the iPad Keytar.

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by siglesias »

jrockway wrote: post #46
siglesias wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it pays attention to the accelerometer. EDIT: In fact, it does. See thread below.

Also, dip your finger into an inkwell. Then press really lightly on a piece of paper, then press really hard on a piece of paper. Note the difference. No accelerometer needed -- flesh is fleshy and distorts under pressure.

How does that account for finger size though? Children might have a hard press of the same area as my light press. Hm, could be they look at the rate of change in the growth of the tap event...but this wouldn't provide information about mass. I think it's a no go.

We need a force here. They know how heavy the iPad is. They have an acceleration. There's a force.

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by joezydeco »

siglesias wrote: post #38
Tycho wrote: post #32

The piano on Garage Band is touch-sensitive (dynamic volume depending how hard you press)? That almost is, dare I say it... magical. All in all, goalposts shifted once again. Can't wait to see what sort of games hit the AppStore (although I suppose backwards compatibility will hinder the uptake of the '9x better' graphics)

I think it pays attention to the accelerometer. EDIT: In fact, it does. See thread below.

A good capacitive screen can determine the diameter of the touchpoint as well as the center. It's translating finger squish into pressure. It might also be looking at rate of change of the diameter over time to figure velocity.

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by bryanlarsen »

mdemare wrote: post #40
fourspace wrote: post #10

Love the faster processor, HDMI out and better Safari performance. However, the main reason I'd upgrade my iPad would be for better resolution. Going from my iPhone 4, the iPad's screen just looks like crap. I primarily use the iPad for reading websites and Instapaper, and my guess is that I'm not alone.

Yes, the changes look exciting, but I'm holding out for a better screen too, primarily because of how black-and-white text looks. Isn't that a problem on the Kindle, which has an even lower resolution? (I've never seen one in the wild here in Europe). I'd love a 200ppi Kindle, but maybe such a high pixel density is unnecessary with e-ink?

"maybe such a high pixel density is unnecessary with e-ink?"

That's right. E-ink pixels are not square, don't have gaps, and don't use three colour pixels to create white. A higher pixel density with e-ink would be nice, but isn't as necessary as it is with LCD.

http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2722

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by rflrob »

mdemare wrote: post #40
fourspace wrote: post #10

Love the faster processor, HDMI out and better Safari performance. However, the main reason I'd upgrade my iPad would be for better resolution. Going from my iPhone 4, the iPad's screen just looks like crap. I primarily use the iPad for reading websites and Instapaper, and my guess is that I'm not alone.

Yes, the changes look exciting, but I'm holding out for a better screen too, primarily because of how black-and-white text looks. Isn't that a problem on the Kindle, which has an even lower resolution? (I've never seen one in the wild here in Europe). I'd love a 200ppi Kindle, but maybe such a high pixel density is unnecessary with e-ink?

In my experience, the Kindle resolution is sufficient to be like printed text. My guess is that because it's black and white only, you don't need to worry about the sort of sub-pixel font rendering that LCD's do.

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by 6ren »

jrockway wrote: post #46
siglesias wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it pays attention to the accelerometer. EDIT: In fact, it does. See thread below.

Also, dip your finger into an inkwell. Then press really lightly on a piece of paper, then press really hard on a piece of paper. Note the difference. No accelerometer needed -- flesh is fleshy and distorts under pressure.

I was thinking that too, but they said they use an accelerometer. http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=22452&Pag...

Re: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

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Post by raufrajar »

benologist wrote: post #8
decklin wrote: post #3

The auto-refresh on this page is rather annoying. I was attempting to skim the whole thing, and in the middle, the entire page was replaced by a connection-refused error (I imagine they're getting some heavy load, but I don't know why they wouldn't use some sort of AJAX refresh). Here's a link with that parameter removed: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/live-from-apples-ipad-2-e...

The aren't using an AJAX refresh because this way they can pretend they got xx pageviews/visit.

After all AJAX will not bring content from nowhere, they can still count the feed's requests.
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